Music Quotes
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We are just party people. We always had a drink in the evening with the music on and space to dance. It was that kind of a family.
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To be honest, when you grow up in the music business, people heard me sing from a young age, and you get offered development deals and things like that.
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I suppose it would be different if I sat down and listened to some of the recordings from way back, that might provoke that response, but I’m not really good at sitting down and listening to my own music.
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In general I’m not a big fan of hip hop, even though I worked with Kanye. I did the Kanye stuff not because I’m a fan, but because for me it’s interesting to make some new music in an old style.
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I try to make sure that the Buddhism is more or less implicit in the music rather than explicit.
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The music pot is broad. It's just unfortunate that the record companies cry the blues as frequently as they do.
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I listen to classical music very much. There's a lot of jazz that I don't enjoy listening to.
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One of the first people that believed in me, the first person to invest in my talent, me and this guy used to argue all the time in the studio, but at the end of the day, we both realized that we were after the same goal, and that was to make great music. And I'm talking about Eazy-E.
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I'm a mellow guy, and I feel like my music is mellow.
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I'm a singer and performer in a hybrid show that's standup, music and audience participation.
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Music, in performance, is a type of sculpture. The air in the performance is sculpted into something.
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I love seeing people collaborate to make great music!
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I think comparisons are very on the surface. If I sing, like, 'Park Bench People,' and there's kind of a social undertone, people will say I sound like Gil Scott-Heron. But for me, the more insightful comparison would be a Roberta Flack or Nina Simone - people who really mix different genres of music.
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I am a black woman the music of my song some sweet arpeggio of tears is written in a minor key and I can be heard humming in the night Can be heard humming in the night.
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People tell us they have been inspired by our music to do great things.
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Rock and roll music - people want records. For me, it's the whole thing - the package. I don't get satisfaction from buying an MP3.
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I can't usually sleep if I'm listening to music. It seems to fire up my mind, and I keep engaging with it to see what it's doing.
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Music is such an intensely personal thing for me, and I knew if I was going to do it, it would be in my own way.
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If you listen to my tapes, you'd hear 14 different ways to arrange the rhythm guitar behind the harmony vocal, and then 14 different ways with a different vocal. You'd have to really be a music lover to sit through that and find it entertaining. I enjoy it, but I'm easy to please.
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I've looked at pictures that my mom has of me, from when I was four years old at the turntable. I'm there, reaching up to play the records. I feel like I was bred to do what I do. I've been into music, and listening to music and critiquing it, my whole life.
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I think it's so dope that I'm here in Chicago and contributing to the music scene that's thriving. People are so happy Chicago's shining that everyone is willing to say 'I represent Chicago.' That wasn't always the case.
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I think game music is something that should last with the player. It's interesting because it can't just be some random music, but something that can make its way into the player's heart. In that sense, this not only applies to game music, but I feel very strongly about composing songs that will leave a lasting impressionWhat I must not forget is that it must be entertaining to those who are listening. I don't think there's much else to it, to be honest. I don't do anything too audacious, so as long as the listeners like it, or feel that it's a really great song, then I've done my job.
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I can write music but I'm not much for words.
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It just needs to be real people making real music.
