Music Quotes: Melodies of Inspiration (Page 25)

"Stone walls confine a tinker; cold iron binds a witch; but a musician's music can never be fettered, for it lives first in her heart and mind"

Charles de Lint, Writer

"I wrote The Same Sea not as a political allegory about Israelis and Palestinians. I wrote it about something much more gutsy and immediate. I wrote it as a piece of chamber music"

Amos Oz, Writer

"It's hard for me to think of others because I'm not particularly in sympathy with the music of this century"

Alan Hovhaness, Composer

"Maybe I'll put my iPod in two minutes before. But truly, I've listened to actors say that they loved to listen to music before a shot, and I really understand that now because it puts you in the mood and gives you energy"

Berenice Bejo, Actress

"I did a couple songs with this hip-hop guy named Tim Dark. He was working in the same studio I've been working in, he heard my music and he said, aw man, I've got to do something with you"

Alan Vega, Musician

"We are increasingly likely to find ourselves in places with background music. No composers have thought to write for these modern spaces, which represent 30% of our musical experience"

Brian Eno, Musician

"All the great political music was made at the height of political confrontations"

Billy Bragg, Musician

"I hate the rock music tradition. I can't bear it!"

Brian Eno, Musician

"Rap is poetry set to music. But to me it's like a jackhammer"

Bette Midler, Actress

"Music is like girlfriends to me; I'm continually astonished by the choices other people make"

David Lee Roth, Musician

"I saw music as a way to entertain people and take them away from their daily lives and put smiles on their faces, as opposed to what I see it being now, which is a way for me to actually communicate, and a way for me to tap into my subconscious"

Alanis Morissette, Musician

"Canned music is like audible wallpaper"

Alistair Cooke, Journalist

"When I lived in New York, not only did I have safety locks on the door but I had the music going, keeping the city at a distance, trying to find creative time and peace and so forth"

Ann Beattie, Writer

"Lately I've been listening to some classical music again, some jazz"

Alan Vega, Musician

"The martial music of every sideburned delinquent on the face of the earth"

Frank Sinatra, Musician

"You are the music while the music lasts"

T. S. Eliot, Poet

"That was a time when I did love music, I couldn't get enough of what was going on. Maybe it was Nirvana that brought me back. I guess it was a comfort because something that sounded so right - and non-commercial - had become so influential, so immediately"

Marc Jacobs, Designer

"I usually think in terms of music"

Shane West, Actor

"I like having my hair and face done, but I'm not going to lose weight because someone tells me to. I make music to be a musician not to be on the cover of Playboy"

Adele, Musician

"For you, it's a silent movie. For us, it's a talking movie because we had lines on set. There's a lot of noise on set and music. We spoke in English, in French, in gibberish, but it was very alive. The challenge was tap dancing"

Jean Dujardin, Actor

"Jazz music is an intensified feeling of nonchalance"

Francoise Sagan, Playwright

"There was always a lot of American music in England until, obviously when the Beatles came around, then there was a shift towards English music, but before then American music was the main thing"

John Deacon, Musician

"The iPod completely changed the way people approach music"

Karl Lagerfeld, Designer

"People make music to get a reaction. Music is communication"

Yoko Ono, Artist

"My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence"

Edith Sitwell, Poet

"Music was invented to confirm human loneliness"

Lawrence Durrell, Writer

"Music is only love looking for words"

Lawrence Durrell, Writer

"No, I mean we'd all definitely involved in the music business someway or another, because we're all living with it, and in it, and also we've got all sorts of things we would like to do"

John Deacon, Musician

"I just go with the flow, so any style can be in my music - that makes it exciting"

Yoko Ono, Artist

"All my concerts had no sounds in them; they were completely silent. People had to make up their own music in their minds!"

Yoko Ono, Artist

"The music and the love we shared will always be a part of my heart"

June Carter Cash, Musician

"Music is an art form that's always changing and evolving. It's never static, and that's what makes it so exciting"

David Gilmour, Musician

"Playing music is like meditating. It's a way of getting into a different state of mind and leaving your troubles behind"

David Gilmour, Musician

"Music is a language that transcends all barriers. It doesn't matter where you come from or what language you speak, you can still feel it"

David Gilmour, Musician

"When you're making music, the only thing that matters is the result, the sound. Everything else is just a means to an end"

David Gilmour, Musician

"I don't write lyrics. I write music, and then I listen to it and try to figure out what it's saying"

David Gilmour, Musician

"I think music can have a very powerful effect on people. It can change the way they feel about things, and sometimes that can be a good thing"

David Gilmour, Musician

"The best music comes from people who are in tune with themselves and their emotions"

David Gilmour, Musician

"I'm not interested in being famous. I'm interested in making good music"

David Gilmour, Musician

"It's not that I don't appreciate music - I love music, but I don't like to be part of the process. When you're making music, you're creating something that's invisible and that's the thrill of it"

Richard Belzer, Comedian

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