Music Quotes

My earliest memories of defying my parents were through music. I remember rap being banned in my house, and then getting a Cam'ron album.

Kerby Jean-Raymond
- Remember
- House
- Parents
There's consciousness in my music, and my music comes from a conscious place. And when people say that, I certainly take it as a compliment. But my job, in terms of selling my music, is to be universal and to try to get it to everybody.

Talib Kweli Black Star
- People
- Music
- Job

I've always had a fascination with making your own music but never have been skilled enough to play the instrument, so to be able to make music without the ability was awesome.

Avicii
- Music
- Awesome
It's really interesting to go back to '93 or '94 and listen to that music, like the I'll Lead You Home record.

Michael W. Smith
- Music
- Home
- Interesting
Somehow you can tell the difference when a song is written just to get on the radio and when what someone does is their whole life. That comes through in Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Willie Nelson. There is no separating their life from their music.

Lyle Lovett
- Life
- Music
- Song
When he wakes sometimes from dark dreams of broken cradles, and compasses without bearings, he pushes the unease down, lets the daylight contradict it. And isolation lulls him with the music of the lie.

M. L. Stedman
- Music
- Dark
- Broken
I learned that instead of relying on and imitating American music, there is a better chance for an Asian artist to succeed if he or she follows his or her own culture.

Rain
- She
- American
- Culture
The idea in The Man that Would Be King was that the music should recreate all that majestic surrounding and emphasize the adventure, but also speak about the frustration or, rather said, the curse of both protagonists, even before happened what happens them.

Maurice Jarre