Music Quotes
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My music is a little dark, and my lyrics are a little darker. Every day, I'm fighting towards the light.
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I really believed that my songs were good enough for the whole world to listen to. I had fans from America or the U.K. who would be like, 'Oh my God, I love your music'.
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The actor must know that since he, himself, is the instrument, he must play on it to serve the character with the same effortless dexterity with which the violinist makes music on his. Just because he doesn't look like a violin is no reason to assume his techniques should be thought of as less difficult.
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I'm not afraid of being thought of as someone who is associated with film music. Why not? If it's a good song, what does it matter?
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I grew up playing sports, and my dad was always really into that, very passionate about that, as was I, but even my passion for music far outweighs what it was for sports. That's hard for me to believe. And it's hard for me to believe that my parents' passion for music far outweighs their passion for sports, but it does.
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As a developing musician, skiffle became a platform for me to start playing music.
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In church, they have the music where you jump and you shout, you know, and then you have the quiet music where you're sitting, you're meditating.
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I think the '70s was a much healthier period for music because people were more innovative and creative.
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Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, time runs out.
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What is all this shit music in the charts? I mean all this Vanilla Ice shit? I have never seen a chart like this, it is really so bad.
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The reason I don't drink is that the drinking lifestyle robs me of my musical intensity and sharpness. I live a super-healthy lifestyle not because it's sensible or that I'm contrite, but because I need to keep my focus on the music I'm making. To do that, I need to be wide awake.
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Sometimes people talk about music, whether blogs or magazines, in a strange way where it doesn't seem like they're actually listening to it.
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I'm very obsessed with pop culture of the mid-century and it goes hand-in-hand with the music that I studied in school.
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I don't like to define my music. To me, music is pure emotion. It's language that can communicate certain emotions and the rhythms cuts across genders, cultures and nationalities. All you need to do is close your eyes and feel those emotions.
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I don't know where my fashion sense comes from, exactly. I've always been interested in, not necessarily being unique, but not necessarily sticking to the preexisting paradigm - whether it be clothes or music or whatever.
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I want to take it really far in Spanish; even non-Spanish speakers listen to my music across the world. Even though they don't know what I'm saying, they really feel it. We want to take it to another level and keep building our name. We want to take it really far just in Spanish.
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I go into military communities and do fundraisers and that kind of thing with the band, because I know that the music can help do a lot of things. It can bring communities together, it can raise awareness... and it entertains.
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Now you are seeing electronic dance music producers on TV, on talk shows. It's so great to see the festivals growing bigger and bigger, it's like one big family that's all partying with each other. I love being a part of that.
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I compose music for films, and by the grace of God, I've got a few awards. That's it.
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Music scores your life. You interact with it. You listen to it in the car. It becomes the soundtrack to that one summer with that one girl.
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In the 70s, GEORGE CLINTON and PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC and EARTH WIND & FIRE, we were very serious about our music and who we were trying to touch. I think that's why the music of the 70s has not died - because it has a rejuvenating quality to it.
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They all knew my name, but no one heard the music - I didn't look the same.
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I've always been very much in control of my music and my image, and I think one of the things I've been lucky about is I didn't bring a label on board until I really figured out who I was.
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Music kept me off the streets and out of trouble and gave me something that was mine that no one could take away from me.
