Music Quotes
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Our goals, our dreams and ambitions have always been towards performing live music across the globe, and so when we were told we were performing at The Billboard Awards or being nominated for a VMA, they're like extra bonuses.
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I knew when I went to a very hippie high school that focused on music that I wanted to do something in the industry.
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I had an old man moment the other day. I went into Abercrombie & Fitch to get some jeans and the music was so loud I couldn't stay.
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It's important to have a life and spend time outside of those things [music and politics], in order to appreciate what you've achieved as far as just spending time with people you love, and doing things like painting.
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I thank the Creator of the universe to have discovered the discipline of music was the greatest gift that I could have been given, the possibility to be a student working in the world.
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We have always played classical music and always loved dance and pop music.
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We make our own music, and the songs appeal to the public well, and the public likes them.
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How good music and bad reasons sound when one marches against an enemy.
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My music is constantly changing because I am. I'm writing it and changing as I'm writing.
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I do write. I actually do want to start my music as well. My sister and I are starting a band. I've been playing a guitar for nine years, and she plays piano, and we sing together. We're going to start up something soon. I mostly am writing songs right now actually, but I would love to write a script someday.
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I would happy for someone to download my music.
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Call it whatever you want, whether it's hip-hop or cult music or pop music, but to me, it's all pretty disposable. I don't think that the music of Nikki Minaj or Justin Beiber is going to be played on the radio twenty-five years from now.
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Since the music industry cracked and fell apart, gasping for the cash flow it had come to expect, much re-thinking has been the order of the day. It is a fine time to be a musician. Like walking through Sodom and Gomorrah while it is still smoking, on your way to the next gig.
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Although my first instrument was actually the violin, I prefer the piano as my main instrument. I love harpsichord and church organ and, of course, I love all synthesizers, analog and digital, as well as all sorts of percussion instruments, in addition to my beloved Alpine Horn and trumpet. And there's nothing like a Hammond organ and a real Moog synthesizer, or even a real Oberheim. When I played the mellotron, I had special effects tapes of all my albums made and was "playing" them through live concerts or different recordings like "on cue" analog samplers. I liked that part of playing them too, because they provided some very original punctuations in the music.
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In my dorm room, I was a hermit making music, I've always had a sense of urgency that I don't have forever to make this happen.
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I don't think music is done by any means. I would love to do it again but it's finding the right thing.
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I don't think you should ever say, 'This is the last time'. Music isn't like that. You'll be sitting there not wishing to get onto a stage again for maybe two, three, four, five months, or maybe a year, then suddenly you'll wake up and feel like you've got to do it again. It's in the blood, and I never say never.
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Music's always been a big part of my life.
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I was never in the business of trying to put my name out there - I was really focused on music and records and being in the studio.
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Popularity has everything to do with business and nothing to do with music.
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What happens when I'm making a new album is I try not to listen to music that's coming out at the time. I turn off the radio and don't read any music blogs, because I tend to get really distracted by new music. When I hear it, I think, "Should I be doing that?"
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I always wanted to do something with music, but to be honest, I never thought I'd be good enough.
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People have been so supportive of this career for so long, and they are still enjoying the music that I bring to them.
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It seems as though if you go on tour with someone that means you're automatically going out with them. I'm just focusing on my music.
