Music Quotes
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Some nightlife places, people aren't there for the music, and it's depressing. I'm not just a club DJ; I am a producer, and I'll only DJ when the crowd is there to enjoy the music.
Ansel Elgort
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Some people think its just fun and games and others don't know how much I pushed to get here. They have to be in my shoes, but by listening to my music they can find out.
Howard Bailey Jr.
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My earliest memories of rap music was mixed with my earliest memories of reggae music. They were big sounds around the way, heavy bass lines, strong messages, definitely.
Nas
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One thing I am certain of is that, if I have done anything good in music, it was, first, because of my father, and second, because of my wife.
Charles Ives
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Music is almost like a therapy for me. It helps keep me centered and think straight. Before I discovered it, I was walking around, and it felt like there were 25 extra pounds of gravity on my shoulders. It's like you're mute or something.
Banks
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Music is so much more than what you wear and your hair.
Jennifer Nettles Sugarland
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Obviously, you want to honour the sound of your music, but I'm definitely open to trying new things and making myself use a different palette of sounds.
Washed Out
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Popular music has always been rooted in the blues, whether it's Adele or Led Zeppelin or Sam Cooke. It's just the beat that changes.
L.A. Reid
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He is made one with Nature: there is heard His voice in all her music, from the moan Of thunder, to the song of night's sweet bird.
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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A lot of labels are hiring a lot more accountants than people that know music.
Taylor Hanson Hanson
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I think the world is ready for some rock 'n' roll. Some real time guys that play their own instruments, write their own songs, and sing the music and have a good time doing it.
Vince Neil Mötley Crüe
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Even if I'm making music for people for $20 a night, at least I'm making music.
Rachel Platten
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Being authentic can be a good thing in that often people who are fixated on that are also fixated on having very high standards, so they may maintain something they think has tremendous value. On the other hand, most of the kinds of music that I've been excited about are hybrid in their origins.
Edgar Meyer
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I don't feel a day older when it comes to my approach to music or what gets me off than when I was a teenager. I've always been into different kinds of stuff and when I play I like to play loud. I like my arm hairs to move and I like my body to vibrate 'cause I like the feel of it; I'm still a teenager at heart.
Eddie Van Halen Van Halen
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I'm in love with music, and I'm pregnant by it. It's like having twins. Or triplets. Or eight-lets!
R. Kelly
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Today's consumer is less interested in possessing things and more in experiencing them. That's something the music industry needs to get its head around. Do we even need record companies any more?
Jimmy Chamberlin The Smashing Pumpkins
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The composer does not sit around and wait for an inspiration to walk up and introduce itself…Making music is actually little else than a matter of invention aided and abetted by emotion. In composing we combine what we know of music with what we feel.
George Gershwin
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I liked that music was a window into a world with a lot of unpredictability and chaos; it was almost diametrically opposed to my very regimented day-to-day living.
K. Flay
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I have such an eclectic taste. I like listening to classical music and pop music.
Felicity Jones
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Making music is pretty much the only thing I can do.
Washed Out
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I've always used music for my acting, and I do have a kind of a very personal play list that I create.
Jonathan Tucker
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When I started playing music, I was more of a character. Now I'm just me with a cool outfit on. I'm more comfortable being myself.
Ben Hopkins
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When you hear my music and you feel the emotion, it's real. When you see me in a film and you see a tear, it's real.
Jennifer Hudson
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Music isn't like news, where it's what happened five minutes ago or even 10 seconds ago that matters. With music, a song from the 1960s could be as relevant to someone today as the latest Ke$ha song.
Daniel Ek