Music Quotes
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People don't realize how much it means to your music to record on tape, whether it be for new music or old music. People don't realize how much or how imperative it is to use actual hardware when making drums because those are actual percussion samplers. They're hardware instruments that are made to have the drum hit.
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You’re never going to get the same track twice from us and we hope our music stands the test of time because of that fact.
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Saying you're a pop group isn't saying very much. Personally, when I think of pop, I think of instant, accessible, catchy songs - I definitely identify our music as that. I think that by writing pop, or instant, accessible or hopefully catchy music, it shoes you into bigger audiences because it seems that more people like that music. I think the possibilities are endless if you stick to a simplistic short song; the music can be as wild and bizarre as you want it to be, as long as at the core of it, there's something really strong.
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It is completely a God thing that I am here today because for the first 17 years of my life, I never thought I would ever do music professionally. I'd always liked what my dad did, but I never thought that I wanted to do it, just to be different.
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'Salad Days' refers to a youthful or innocent period. And a lot of people having been asking me already so you jaded? And I'm not, I'm 23. It's me reflecting, I had to re-learn to have fun with music and I had to re-count my blessings.
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I would really love to do the score for movies. Pick the music and work with composers. I don't know if I'd be any good at it, but I love music.
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If someone who knows what's going on comes up and says they liked the music, I appreciate that.
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If New Orleans is allowed to die, a crucial part of the world's music heritage will disappear.
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The love of Christ is not a pretend love. It is not a greeting-card love. It is not the kind of love that is praised in popular music and movies.
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'Climb Every Mountain' is a beautiful statement of philosophy. Critics may think 'The Sound of Music' is saccharine, but I think it's profound. The message, that we can't accommodate evil, is just as important today.
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At this very early stage in my career, I want people to experience the music first and let it drive their imagination and their experiences.
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I still picture myself as a student of the music. I'm always trying to learn new things. Music is just what makes me tick.
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I do feel like no matter what you're doing, whether it's music or writing a play or a poem or drawing a picture or painting something, that you're speaking to what is it you want to express, what is it you want to see.
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The music has to drive you. That's just it. You follow it. You follow the songs.
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My Dublin wasn't the Dublin of sing-songs, traditional music, sense of history and place and community.
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There is something to mystery. You make up this entire world that you fit into because of what the actual music does to you.
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When playing any song in front of an audience, you're watching them experience it, and it changes. In a lot of ways, it's almost like the music is just the background buzz to what's happening between you and the audience in the room.
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I've realized that I love all forms of music and get excited when any artist goes crazy and creates something that is an experience.
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I knew I wanted to write on religious themes when I was a GI in World War II. I saw and experienced so much violence that I thought I could express my outrage best with music.
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I like seeing people that are into my music, it shows me that it doesn't matter, you can't judge a person based on how they look, and that's just how my music is.
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I live cinema and passionately love music, and my efforts in both these crafts are unfolding.
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Music and dance is part of everything in New Orleans. So I grew up appreciating it all.
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I wasn't interested in writing music that wasn't beautiful for me to listen to.
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There's a stigma attached to 'pop music,' like it's a taboo word. It used to make my skin crawl when people said it, and I'd say, 'I'm not a pop star! I want to be a respected musician!' But I think people have changed the way they think about it.
