Music Quotes
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The first thing that struck me about contemporary music in general had been thatthere was not much interest in rhythm.
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I just write about how I'm feeling at the time. If I feel like being cheeky and a bit straight up and a bit aggressive, you'll hear that in my music. If I feel like being very vulnerable and opening up about something personal, you'll hear that, too.
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Music goes beyond nationalities - it's a language which you can understand in any country.
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I always loved music and was drawn to it and affected by it. But it wasn't until I got to San Diego that I started exploring music more.
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Music is a work in progress. On a record, it gets frozen in time. And it's oddly unnatural.
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I realised that the only time I really enjoyed music was when I was in the studio writing. So even though it was a six album deal, they saw quite early on that I wasn't enjoying it as I should be. I didn't feel there was anything behind it.
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I'm hoping to knock down the walls and broaden the lane a little bit more for music that's pop music at the heart of it.
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I'd like to see more crossover between white and black music. That's something I've been advocating for years.
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The effect of music is so very much more powerful and penetrating than is that of the other arts, for these others speak only of the shadow, but music of the essence.
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To me, Mozart is our Shakespeare, the one who wrote the most dramatic, psychologically most baffling music. He combined ideas that no one else would have thought of putting together.
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There are so many things that are misunderstood or not recognized about my father's music because they've been filtered by people who work for magazines like Rolling Stone.
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John Mayer would be my ultimate collaboration because he's just the man. He has basically captured all I believe in with music.
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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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I think for us up-and-coming artists, once you're out there, once you've put stuff up, once people know who you are, once you discover who you are, we're all in the same boat: it's down to whether people appreciate the music or not.
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Selling music doesn't make that much money.
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I don't get into the favorite songs thing, because so many speak to different parts of my life, but the music in the '90s is just unbeatable.
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The more that I travel, the more people that I meet, the more experiences that are really a testament to the kind of person that I am, and you hear about my experiences and my growth through my music. I think that that is really relatable.
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I started playing music when I was around 10. I always wanted to be in a band, so I started out by playing drums.
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I have come to terms with the fact that it's called pop music - that's what I play, and that is what I write. I think it is a pretty broad category.
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Watching David write was inspiring to me. He was at his most content composing. Music floated from his mind and fingertips. He would strum the 11 strings on his 12-string Harptone guitar and wander to the piano and play a few bars, then off to forage for rice pudding in the kitchen.
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I have tried, in all the ways I can, to make timeless music.
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I always tell people I write songs, but I'm a writer. It's a difference. I can write songs to music, but I can write a story. I can see ideas spark in me.
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I think that creative work, music in particular, is a conveyor of inner emotional life. I don't feel one way all the time, so I don't want my music to feel the same way all the time.
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When I was studying at Berklee, I got the feeling I couldn't play the [guitar] at all, because I could not use my own things as they didn't fit any set pattern. When I joined [Chico Hamilton], he helped me immensely to develop my own style. He never forced me in any set way. At all times, he encouraged me to be myself on the instrument.
