Music Quotes
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In the 1960s, people like Bob Dylan, his music and words were a threat to the society and mainstream of the time. It shook people alive, and directly and indirectly things changed. But, as I see it, the change is never through the music alone. It's also the circumstances around the music that will cause/create the effect. And sometimes it's just strictly accidental that a piece of music becomes a form of protest.
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I am stupidly passionate about music; it has become a bit of drug. I buy tons of CDs and spend days listening to each and every one, putting notes on every song to know which tracks are good so that when I do my little MP3 collection, I know which songs to include.
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I love all those great 'f' words - feminism, folk music..
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I love music, from shanty sea-songs to Calvin Harris.
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Our podium is the music. It's really important that we stay focused, because things become misconstrued in the media.
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Music is the subliminal connecting adhesive in film, or at least in narrative feature films.
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If I suddenly disappear from the music world, you might see Hikaru Utada working as a helper at some inn in Atami.
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Actors are agents of change. A film, a piece of theater, a piece of music, or a book can make a difference. It can change the world.
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I always see my songs in colors, and I'm often more inspired by movies and photographs than I am by other songs when I write my music. I'm also inspired by fashion, and I want my music to be a visual painting of what's in my mind.
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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.
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In Australia, there aren't a lot of people committed to art, so these communities form that are dedicated to music, theater, cinema, but they're very small. So, they tend to move ahead on the power of collaboration, enthusiasm and creativity.
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One of the things I've heard musicians say that's true is, 'I would play for free. I would play music forever, but you have to pay me to travel.' I know we're always going to make music. The traveling part - that is the most wear and tear on any human.
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That's what music-making is: a dialogue.
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I believed in fictional characters as if they were a part of real life. Poetry was important, too. My parents had memorized poems from their days attending school in New York City and loved reciting them. We all enjoyed listening to these poems and to music as well.
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When they sold me on 'Supergirl', I went and sat down with Andrew Kreisberg and Greg Berlanti, and they described the character to me. Greg Berlanti used a couple of music theater references to kind of explain who the character was. They threw up Chris Pratt in 'Guardians of the Galaxy' as a reference point.
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Paris has always shown a lot of love towards my music, and I am very grateful.
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Are there people's music that I don't like? Sure, there are.
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I like composing music, but I love being with my family.
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I just am really bad at making new friends - especially in the music industry, because they're not really real friends; they're just music industry friends.
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Music is only a means to an end - it is not the end. The concern is with the condition of man.
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It is essential to do everything possible to attract young people to opera so they can see that it is not some antiquated art form but a repository of the most glorious music and drama that man has created.
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This is sort of not expected, but I would love to produce a record for Missy Elliott. It would be totally different, but she makes party music. 'Lose Control' was my favorite song when I was in 5th or 6th grade.
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I think it's important to stay curious and see and experience as much as you can, whether it's art, performance, music, travel, or just hanging out and people-watching.
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My story as an artist has been about trial and error. It's been about artist development, character building, struggle, happiness and failure, family, and music.
