Music Quotes
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The dream world of sleep and the dream world of music are not far apart. I often catch glimpses of one as I pass through a door to the other, like encountering a neighbor in the hallway going into the apartment next to one’s own. In the recording studio, I would often lie down to nap and wake up with harmony parts fully formed in my mind, ready to be recorded. I think of music as dreaming in sound.
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I'm always afraid, because I do most of my stuff at home, where nobody bothers me, and I don't have to stroke somebody's ego or be careful about hurting someone's feelings. But I also want to know that I can still go into the world and be with other people and make music.
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Kids these days don't know as much about music as they think they do.
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The most important thing is that you like the music.
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"One of the first things I remember is my mum doing the housework to The Supremes. When you hear music like that when you're young, it stays with you."
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So, it's a matter of that I want to take our music around the globe.
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In music, it makes for a good platform to take time and really mold a piece the way I need to mold it. When it comes to fashion, I create a functional art that moves.
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Music is the one universal language. It's your best friend when the chips are down, and it's better than any energy drink when you're feeling it.
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What I took back, because of my exposure to the Jewish music of the 30s and the 40s in my upbringing with my father, was that kind of theatrical songwriting. It was always a part of my character. This desire to make people laugh.
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It is always weird to be in the studio working on Christmas music in June and July, so we decorated the entire studio, we really did. We brought out lights, fake trees and decorated the place to get in the Christmas spirit. You'd leave the studio, and it'd be 100 degrees out in Nashville, but nonetheless, a great experience.
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I actually often write about writing music and being in that zone.
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It bothers me when musicians listen to music from the '60s and try and recreate it. Those people weren't trying to recreate music from the '20s. Why do it?
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I loved music from the age of eight. Jazz and blues. But also Little Richard and Elvis Presley.
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I applied to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and didn't get in the first year, so I worked at Costa and the Dean Gallery Cafe then applied again and got in the next year when I was 18. I was so excited.
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Artists, especially new artists and lesser known artists who did not have major backing, should find a more open environment to have their music heard and hopefully succeed.
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Black music is too big and too powerful not to have its own awards show.
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Olympia was a town crawling with music. I was new to the whole punk scene. The culture shock continued; Olympia had bagels! We didn't have bagels in Arkansas. You could order vegetarian food all over town! It was so crazy to me - a place with so many vegetarians, the restaurants made special dishes for them?
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The thing about places like Trinidad and Jamaica is that they can be very musically insular. There isn't much space for kids making hip-hop, electronic music, or hybrid genres.
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I know so many girls that have felt like they've been taken advantage of. Not only in the music business, but in every single career out there.
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Making music is so spiritual. I'm not a spiritual person, but music is sacred to me.
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I'm from Chicago, I live in Chicago and I wanted very much for the music in Chicago to succeed.
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I know music is subjective.
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I was a kid who got picked on in school, and now the guys beating up those kids were wearing red caps and using my music to fuel that aggression. But if they listen to the lyrics, the aggression is targeted at them.
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Though I'm getting a lot of acting offers, I'd like to enter only when I'm ready. My first love will always be music.
