Music Quotes

"Because of the wealth of fine music spread through the film, working on it held all the fun and excitement of attending a great concert"

June Allyson, Actress

"I don't know what else I would have done, because I love music too much"

Julie Gold, Musician

"Comedy is ridiculously hard. And if the rhythm is not right, if the music or the line is not right, it's not funny"

Julianne Moore, Actress

"Music is very spiritual, it has the power to bring people together"

Edgar Winter, Musician

"As far as I'm concerned, blues and jazz are the great American contributions to music"

Edgar Winter, Musician

"If our music survives, which I have no doubt it will, then it will because it is good"

Jerry Goldsmith, Composer

"Emphasis on the common emotive or affective origins of music and words in the first cries of humankind undermines words"

Jean Philippe Rameau, Composer

"I am perfectly willing for my music to exist with somebody else's taste"

David Tudor, Musician

"Music is important"

Jessi Colter, Musician

"Music is the greatest communication in the world. Even if people don't understand the language that you're singing in, they still know good music when they hear it"

Lou Rawls, Musician

"The music rights at the time cost me $12,000 in 1964 money, which is about double now or whatever. But I cleared everything. I had a lawyer in New York. And it was cleared for use in a short subject, not a feature"

Kenneth Anger, Author

"There is a lot of work just in terms of traveling and logistics and people and gear and all that kind of stuff. But I never really have problems playing music. That never seems like work"

James Iha, Musician

"Music is the soundtrack of your life"

Dick Clark, Entertainer

"I think there is great interest amongst the younger people in this music. I think that there is a lot of them that are looking for interesting situations and music that is stimulating"

Dave Holland, Musician

"You're surrounded by electronic music in New York. I mean New York is one of the few places in North America where electronic music is the prevalent form"

Bob Mould, Musician

"I have one piece of music, since 1997, and I don't see it having lyrics. Where does it go in this world? So I haven't recorded it"

Joni Mitchell, Musician

"I love classic rock, rock and roll, that's the top notch. I love soul - bluesy music as well"

Haley Reinhart, Musician

"There's nothing remotely interesting to me about marketing music as a product"

Mark Edwards, Celebrity

"Punk is not really a style of music. It was more like a state of mind"

Mike Watt, Musician

"I actually write film music because I'm classically trained on the piano so as well as songwriting I also write actual film music that could be used for movies like war movies and love movies"

Vanessa Brown, Actress

"My dad wanted me to play when I was a kid, so I learned to play the guitar. I pursued a career in music because I love it so much and I enjoy what it does to those who hear it"

Randy Travis, Musician

"The sheer force of the music calls for a wild audience reaction"

Emanuel Ax, Musician

"The Beach Boys are not a superstar group. The music is the superstar of the group"

Dennis Wilson, Musician

"I knew Bobby Dylan back in the days when he lived in the village. He used to come and see me and sing songs for me, saying they ought to go into my next collected book on American folk music"

Alan Lomax, Writer

"We're just beginning to learn the importance of music in our society"

Lester Bowie, Musician

"But one day, when I was still young, I was parted from my family and left my native country. I hunted and searched for music, and destiny turned me into the object of my hunt. The circumstances of life became my 'antlers' and prevented me from returning home"

Georg Solti, Musician

"We'd like to think that our music will always be bigger than any one of our individual personalities"

Chester Bennington, Musician

"Whatever I'm doing, whatever comes along, this music is something that I've always wanted to do"

Tina Yothers, Actress

"The music and everything we're doing on the stage and on television backs itself up. If that's what gets people's curiosity going or brings their attention to us, that's fine"

Tina Yothers, Actress

"I've never known a musician who regretted being one. Whatever deceptions life may have in store for you, music itself is not going to let you down"

Virgil Thomson, Composer

"Other people notice the same things but they don't think to put it to music"

Ian Hunter, Musician

"First, I'd become an avid reader of blogs, especially music blogs, and they seemed to be where the critical-thinking action was at, to have the kind of energy that I associate with rock writing of the 1970s or Internet e-mail discussion lists a decade ago"

Carl Wilson, Musician

"I am musical and I enjoy theatre, but I never wanted to just do theatre. I always wanted to go into film. I love film. I loved growing up in the theatre, but I always wanted to do film all along. But, I still pursue music separately"

Sabrina Lloyd, Actress

"When you're artistic director of a program, you present the music you want to present"

Stanley Crouch, Critic

"To be born in Wales, not with a silver spoon in your mouth, but, with music in your blood and with poetry in your soul, is a privilege indeed"

Brian Harris

"A song without music is a lot like H2 without the O"

Ira Gershwin, Musician

"A lot of pop music is about stealing pocket money from children"

Ian Anderson, Musician

"So film music is something I absolutely wanna get involved in"

Vanessa Brown, Actress

"Music's been around a long time, and there's going to be music long after Ray Charles is dead. I just want to make my mark, leave something musically good behind. If it's a big record, that's the frosting on the cake, but music's the main meal"

Ray Charles, Musician

"In retrospect I realize that the threat was about ego rather than the validity of the music"

David Baker, Composer

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