Music Quotes

• There is a lot of work just in terms of traveling and logistics and people and gear and all that kind of stuff. But I never really have problems playing music. That never seems like work.

  

  James Iha The Smashing Pumpkins
  • People
  • Work
  • Music

• My songs speak for themselves. The musicians who play on them and the way they sound and where they were recorded and the way they were recorded is the old Nashville way ... they sound as country or more country than a lot of things that are on country radio.

  

  Neil Young Buffalo Springfield
  • Country
  • Song
  • Play

• Revenge is good. I think revenge is healthy too, and if you can use music in that way, a sort of therapeutic way for yourself, it can't do any harm. So if King is angry in any way, it's angry in a random, chaotic, healthy way. Like the guy who goes into a building, shoots a bunch of holes in the wall and then leaves. He didn't kill anybody.

  

  Mike Patton Faith No More
  • King
  • Angry
  • Building

• Joining Modest Mouse was just consistent with what I used to do as a teenager: I followed where I thought I would make some interesting music.

  

  Johnny Marr Pretenders
  • Music
  • Teenager
  • Consistent

• I can be a traditionalist but also play with Luke Bryan and get the crowd to go crazy. I think that mix is a lot of what has kept me going and kept people fired up about the music.

  

  Jon Pardi
  • People
  • Up
  • Crazy

• 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.

  

  Ansel Elgort
  • Different
  • She
  • Song

• I've got rid of a lot of cynicism and anger. I feel positive about my development, and I just want to carry on making music and building myself as a person.

  

  Archy Ivan Marshall
  • Music
  • Positive

• Through soundless labyrinths of dream you pass,Through many doors to the one door of all.Soon as it's opened we shall hear a music:Or see a skeleton fall . . .

  

  Conrad Aiken
  • Dream
  • Fall
  • Door

• My wife was born in Korea, and we met in music college; she was there for vocal, and I was there for drums.

  

  Anderson Paak
  • She
  • College
  • Wife

• I'm into a lot of different types of music - pretty much everything from blue grass to jazz to dub step to metal to indie experimental and progressive.

  

  Britne Oldford
  • Different
  • Pretty
  • Blue

• Growing up, my parents always played artists like Alanis Morissette, Aerosmith and Michael Jackson, so I just grew to love their music. And I just love so many diverse artists for different reasons; some for their instruments, some for their edge, some for their vocals.

  

  Manika
  • Parents
  • Like
  • Artists

• It's not like we set out to antagonize the audience in any way. We're just presenting our music; it's really much more innocent.

  

  Lee Ranaldo Sonic Youth
  • Audience
  • Presenting
  • Antagonize

• Even Catholic parishes today are not wanting for talent. But no serious singer or organist will get anywhere near the typical music program, at least if he wants to retain his self-respect.

  

  Richard Morris
  • Catholic
  • Program
  • Retain

• I have no idea where my career is going. I just make the best music that I possibly can.

  

  Billie Joe Armstrong Green Day
  • Music
  • Career
  • No Idea

• I'm a big fan of certain new acts. I love any genre of music, and I think it's really great to see that there are new artists coming through. It's kinda funny to think that I'm like the old man on campus now. But I'm really happy for groups like One Direction. I think they're really good guys.

  

  Joe Jonas DNCE
  • Good
  • Great
  • Happy

• Music is just about having fun, being free, being yourself.

  

  Megan Nicole
  • Music
  • Fun
  • Free

• My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center.

  

  Ben Harper
  • Family
  • California
  • Folk Music

• I'm not a pretty princess, and I'm aware of that, so I like music that is really intense, really bold, and characters that in a way almost have a dark side and are kind of evil because, for me, that's when I feel my strongest and fiercest, when I'm not necessarily the good girl.

  

  Ashley Wagner
  • Good
  • Pretty
  • Girl

• The New Lost City Ramblers are a very good comparison, actually. They really took the music seriously, and we take the music very seriously. But we don't take ourselves seriously at all.

  

  Winston Marshall Mumford & Sons
  • Music
  • Seriously
  • Comparison

• Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

  

  Berthold Auerbach
  • Life
  • Soul
  • Everyday

• When I hear bluegrass today, I hear so many new sounds in it. It's almost like country music in a way.

  

  Rickie Lee Skaggs
  • Music
  • Country
  • Today

• N.E.R.D. was also from - not too far from where I was from growing up. For a lot of people who make music, that was a huge influence in teen years.

  

  Kali Uchis
  • People
  • Up
  • Growing

• I've always tried to listen to a lot of different music from around the world.

  

  Serj Tankian System Of A Down
  • World
  • Music
  • Different

• If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph:THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDEDFOR THE EXISTENCE OF GODWAS MUSIC

  

  Kurt Vonnegut
  • Music
  • God
  • Die

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