Music Quotes
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As far as my creative urge is concerned, I do sit down and write my own music...I'll tell you a writer who I think is a genius: Ray Stevens. He comes up with some of the most fantastic novelty ideas. Dolly Parton also writes well. I like a lot of songs, a lot of writers.
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I don't really listen to my old music.
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The reason I stopped music for a while and concentrated on theatre was that it was more conducive to parenting; having the days free was quite handy. I love them both. I hope I don't have to compromise one for the other.
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I've always written - about music, art, things going on around the world. The danger is that it becomes too personal. I don't think people want it at that level of intimacy.
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Music has a poetry of its own, and that poetry is called melody.
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I've spent, like, over a million dollars on that Superficial album, so you will not be getting new music from me unless you'd like to GoFundMe.
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I won't lie - when you're first bringing out music and you want people to notice, you probably overdo it, especially as a girl.
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We are trying to schedule music every other Saturday night from 7 to 10 p.m. We like to feature local talent.
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Music is reflection of self.
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For the brief moments the song lasted, it was pure joy, stirred up from deep within, in that place not a soul can find, not until it comes alive with music and laughter.
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I have the best job in the world. I'm able to express myself, and people attach themselves to it if they identify with it. Music certainly is a driving force in my life. There's not a moment where I'm not in it.
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When Talking Heads started, we called ourselves Thinking Man's Dance Music.
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As a young person, I was on the road playing music, so I was getting new environments shoved in my face whether I wanted them or not.
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Trying to get my music performed live by bar bands was a self defeating experience. It really just distracted me from what I should've been doing all along, writing and recording.
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No music can fill the gaping void ... at least in my experience only faith. Only faith.
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I try to record music that people can relate to.
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I love the pioneers like Sam Cooke and Otis Redding, but when I write music, it comes out in my own way.
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People ask me how I make music. I tell them I just step into it. It's like stepping into a river and joining the flow. Every moment in the river has its song.
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Lenny Breau played more great stuff at one time than anybody on the planet... with feeling and tone. He was the best that ever lived, bar none.
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Hip-hop has done so much for racial relations, and I don't think it's given the proper credit. It has changed America immensely. I'm going to make a very bold statement: Hip-hop has done more than any leader, politician, or anyone to improve race relations.
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Music should be your escape.
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I wanted to appeal to people who've never really listened to hip-hop or really given it a chance before. I've also tried to incorporate all my favorite lifestyle things in the music. Of course, 'Fashion Killa' is one of peoples' favorites because it just expresses how much I like fashion.
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People in music lie, but they don't expect you to believe them. People in television actually expect you to believe the lies.
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I guess the bottom line is I don't make music that is consumed en masse.
