Music Quotes

Small: Im amazed at how adventurous and how dangerous the music was, and still is. I havent heard anything like it si
"I'm amazed at how adventurous and how dangerous the music was, and still is. I haven't heard anything like it since. I'm quite surprised, because a lot of the music on there we never heard at the time"
Michael Giles, Musician
Small: Well I was always a hustler... I ran numbers I wasnt a stick up kid, but I was a fence for them. I used to sel
"Well I was always a hustler... I ran numbers; I wasn't a stick up kid, but I was a fence for them. I used to sell weed; and was kicked out of Music and Art for that"
Kurtis Blow, Musician
Small: Thats what it is that you rehearse - the making of music, not the playing of notes as abstractions
"That's what it is that you rehearse - the making of music, not the playing of notes as abstractions"
Sarah Caldwell, Celebrity
Small: When I listen to music, I dont want to hear about flowers. I like death and destruction
"When I listen to music, I don't want to hear about flowers. I like death and destruction"
Jonathan Davis, Musician
Small: Guys like Otis Blackwell and Bobby Darin, and all the guys who were writing songs for Elvis at the time, just
"Guys like Otis Blackwell and Bobby Darin, and all the guys who were writing songs for Elvis at the time, just hanging around, writing songs, talking about music"
Johnny Rivers, Musician
Small: Well, first of all, theyre all about the music and all I care about in my professional career is the music
"Well, first of all, they're all about the music and all I care about in my professional career is the music"
Ronnie Spector, Musician
Small: Making music is fantastic
"Making music is fantastic"
Warren Cuccurullo, Musician
Small: The Japanese actually approach the music on a high level. Its always been on a high level
"The Japanese actually approach the music on a high level. It's always been on a high level"
Billy Higgins, Musician
Small: Ive messed myself up more playing music than when I played football
Zakk Wylde
"I've messed myself up more playing music than when I played football"
Zakk Wylde, Musician
Small: I have terrible hearing trouble. I have unwittingly helped to invent and refine a type of music that makes its
"I have terrible hearing trouble. I have unwittingly helped to invent and refine a type of music that makes its principal proponents deaf"
Pete Townshend, Musician
Small: You know, when I hear music, I just hear the whole thing
"You know, when I hear music, I just hear the whole thing"
Meg White, Musician
Small: There are people hell-bent on the idea that were a Christian band in disguise, and that we have some secret me
Amy Lee
"There are people hell-bent on the idea that we're a Christian band in disguise, and that we have some secret message. We have no spiritual affiliation with this music. It's simply about life experience"
Amy Lee, Musician
Small: Most artists have contracts directly with the record company, and when they do music, all of their music is ow
"Most artists have contracts directly with the record company, and when they do music, all of their music is owned by the record company. But I did mine through a production company"
Roy Ayers, Musician
Small: I think music all the time
"I think music all the time"
Roy Ayers, Musician
Small: I dont think Im really so unique. If every black person looked at their life they would quickly discover that
"I don't think I'm really so unique. If every black person looked at their life they would quickly discover that they have been influenced by every type of music prevalent in America"
Roy Ayers, Musician
Small: As Governor, I could think of only one way to unify our State that was made up of so many different climates,
"As Governor, I could think of only one way to unify our State that was made up of so many different climates, political beliefs and people, and that was our music"
Lamar Alexander, Politician
Small: Well be presenting a broad spectrum of the music and looking at how the younger guys can carry it on
"We'll be presenting a broad spectrum of the music and looking at how the younger guys can carry it on"
Keith Emerson, Musician
Small: I dont care what people say about my relationship I dont care what they say about my boobs. People are buying
Katy Perry
"I don't care what people say about my relationship; I don't care what they say about my boobs. People are buying my songs; I have a sold-out tour. I'm getting incredible feedback from my music"
Katy Perry, Musician
Small: Ive managed to dodge the curse. Not all my family have. Of course, music helped me - music is all about civili
"I've managed to dodge the curse. Not all my family have. Of course, music helped me - music is all about civilization, about something worthwhile. It's all about ideas"
Gordon Getty, Businessman
Small: Music - opera particularly - is a process which is endurable or successful only if it is achieved by people wh
"Music - opera particularly - is a process which is endurable or successful only if it is achieved by people who love to collaborate"
Sarah Caldwell, Celebrity
Small: Music and woman I cannot but give way to, whatever my business is
"Music and woman I cannot but give way to, whatever my business is"
Samuel Pepys, Writer
Small: Both parents were very encouraging - especially my father. My father thought the sun rose and set with me.
"Both parents were very encouraging - especially my father. My father thought the sun rose and set with me. Neither one had a musical background or any musical talent. They liked classical music, but neither could carry a tune"
Gordon Getty, Businessman
Small: Im kind of a good girl - and Im not. Im a good girl because I really believe in love, integrity, and respect.
Katy Perry
"I'm kind of a good girl - and I'm not. I'm a good girl because I really believe in love, integrity, and respect. I'm a bad girl because I like to tease. I know that I have sex appeal in my deck of cards. But I like to get people thinking. That's what the stories in my music do"
Katy Perry, Musician
Small: Every band had their own distinctive sound, but it was pretty much dancing music and rhythmic music with a tre
Ruben Blades
"Every band had their own distinctive sound, but it was pretty much dancing music and rhythmic music with a tremendous emphasis on copying the Cuban models"
Ruben Blades, Musician
Small: I always preferred to hang out with the outcasts, cause they were cooler they had better taste in music, for o
"I always preferred to hang out with the outcasts, 'cause they were cooler; they had better taste in music, for one thing, I guess because they had more time to develop one with the lack of social interaction they had!"
John Hughes, Director
Small: Australia is so cool that its hard to even know where to start describing it. The beaches are beautiful so is
Mary-Kate Olsen
"Australia is so cool that it's hard to even know where to start describing it. The beaches are beautiful; so is the weather. Not too crowded. Great food, great music, really nice people. It must be a lot like Los Angeles was many years ago"
Mary-Kate Olsen, Actress
Small: There is two kinds of music, the good, and the bad. I play the good kind
"There is two kinds of music, the good, and the bad. I play the good kind"
Louis Armstrong, Musician
Small: The music industry can make you feel like a prostitute
"The music industry can make you feel like a prostitute"
Jonathan Davis, Musician
Small: And the input that we always got from Deadheads, at the moment of making the music, was always a factor
"And the input that we always got from Deadheads, at the moment of making the music, was always a factor"
Phil Lesh, Musician
Small: And when they encounter works of art which show that using new media can lead to new experiences and to new co
"And when they encounter works of art which show that using new media can lead to new experiences and to new consciousness, and expand our senses, our perception, our intelligence, our sensibility, then they will become interested in this music"
Karlheinz Stockhausen, Composer
Small: I was a very interested arts student, I was always into that part of school and when I got into high school I
"I was a very interested arts student, I was always into that part of school and when I got into high school I went into architectural drafting. It gave me an understanding of how to build things and it's really helped me put things in perspective. With my music and my movies, to me it's all art"
Ice Cube, Musician
Small: I love music. Its freedom, a way to deal with pent-up frustration
"I love music. It's freedom, a way to deal with pent-up frustration"
Ice Cube, Musician
Small: Or the other process that is important is that I compress longer sections of composed music, either found or m
"Or the other process that is important is that I compress longer sections of composed music, either found or made by myself, to such an extent that the rhythm becomes a timbre, and formal subdivisions become rhythm"
Karlheinz Stockhausen, Composer
Small: A good interpreter can take a piece of bad music and make it sound pretty decent, while a bad interpreter can
"A good interpreter can take a piece of bad music and make it sound pretty decent, while a bad interpreter can take good music and make it sound cheap. I can tell that some people have a bad taste, and unlike on the piano, they smear around a lot, that is bad taste"
Ruggiero Ricci, Musician
Small: People in England were coming up to me, saying, My mother and father turned me on to your music. This happened
"People in England were coming up to me, saying, My mother and father turned me on to your music. This happened to me 20 years ago. When I was 40 they were saying that"
Roy Ayers, Musician
Small: People are always defining and re-defining music. My style of playing has been characterized as smooth jazz an
"People are always defining and re-defining music. My style of playing has been characterized as smooth jazz and acid jazz. I listen as I play; I'm not caught up in defining the type of music I play"
Roy Ayers, Musician
Small: A lot of the hip hop artists dont write music. They write words
"A lot of the hip hop artists don't write music. They write words"
Roy Ayers, Musician
Small: Skiffle was a name that was attached to what was, in essence, American folk music with a beat
"Skiffle was a name that was attached to what was, in essence, American folk music with a beat"
Van Morrison, Musician
Small: It is a common mistake these days to politicize anything and everything, including music
"It is a common mistake these days to politicize anything and everything, including music"
Tony Snow, Journalist
Small: I like music to soothe me
"I like music to soothe me"
Helen Reddy, Actress
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