Music Quotes
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I do not like the raw sound of the human voice in unison unless it is under the discipline of music.
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I'm kind of a geek when it comes to talking about chord structures or melody, so I always loved in-depth conversations with musicians about things. I also enjoy when a fan can just put something on, and they really know nothing about music other than they like it and it touches them in some way.
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I was horrified by modern 12-tone music. I said to myself, 'Maybe I can find something different... maybe salvation, liberation, is possible.'
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I'm attached to the beat. The beat speaks words. I love music.
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Ladies and gentleman, I've suffered for my music, now it's your turn.
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Jazz is like a telescope, and a lot of other music is like a microscope.
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I don't have a hand in a lot of my own beats. I like all types of music and all types of beats though.
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'You like music, Mr. Gurgeh?' Hamin asked, leaning over to the man. Gurgeh nodded. 'Well, a little does no harm.'
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The electronic age is a world in which causes and effects become almost interchangeable, as in music structures. (p. 99)
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Books are acts of composition: you compose them. You make music: the music is called fiction.
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Maybe Simon Cowell for his effect on music. I call him Slimy Cowpat.
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Once I get into the locker room, I turn on stuff to get me hyped up. Mainly, it's a lot of rap music.
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I can now video chat with my grandkids from any corner of the world, listen to music, or order food and have it delivered to my front door.
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It's not that I have resisted songwriting, it's just not something I felt I have had to do. I've just not woken up and thought, I must do this. But I have often heard music that I have instantly felt 'I have to sing that song'.
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It doesn't necessarily take four years to write a good piece of music. It might take four hours. It just depends on when your inspiration comes.
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My father was an innovator. He's the first person who sang and set Rumi's poetry into music 35 years, 40 years ago.
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When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music. Which of you would be a reed, dumb and silent, when all else sings together in unison?
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First, it doesn't surprise me that traditional music has experienced a kind of exhaustion in the 20th century - not forgetting that many musicians started to look outside the traditional structures of tonality.
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My inspiration is always what I think my fans want to listen to. I often write about social problems. If I'm not going through it or I haven't gone through it, I want to make sure it touches someone. That's what I base my music on.
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I'm excited to be part of a movement that's progressing country music. There's always gonna be people saying, 'It ain't country anymore,' but I don't get into that whole deal.
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The academic area of new music or modern music festivals is not something which attracts me at all.
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I suppose one of the challenges of writing the word-side of music these days is trying to decipher and communicate how this planet is very overwhelming at this point. The difficulties we face are overwhelming. It's very difficult to give yourself the time to breathe and appreciate the joy and beauty that might be just right around us.
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If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph:THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDEDFOR THE EXISTENCE OF GODWAS MUSIC
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I always want to have the traditional country soul while meeting the new standards of country music.
