Arts, Media & Entertainment: Music Quotes

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"Although I am proud of all my Symphonies as they all have something special to say, my particular favourite is the Fifth. As the great Mahler expert Donald Mitchell said that if Mahler had written another Symphony, it would have been my Fifth!"

Malcolm Arnold, Composer

"I've been informed by both sides, jazz, western music, Asian music, African music, all sides, because I've been interested in the sound of the universe, and that sound is without limit"

Joseph Jarman, Musician

"Mos Def is one of the most creative, intelligent human beings I've had the opportunity to work with. He is fun. The entire time, he would go in and out of different characters, just for the fun of it. Awesome energy"

Jill Scott, Musician

"Songwriting is an art unto itself, not to be confused with performing"

Jo Stafford, Musician

"I think it was that we were really seasoned musicians. We had serious roots that spanned different cultures, obviously the blues"

Jimmy Page, Musician

"The conductor has the advantage of not seeing the audience"

Andre Kostelanetz, Musician

"I'm very sassy. I want to show people in my album I'm not like my characters on TV"

Ashley Tisdale, Actress

"I still think that I'm playing instruments, not just pushing buttons, and there it goes. It's interactive and alive with the sound and the manipulation and it plays like instruments"

Ikue Mori, Musician

"I did musicals from about age 10 to 18"

Alison Lohman, Actress

"I would say seeing the original Yardbirds with Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page at the old Fillmore was a pretty powerful influence on me"

Ronnie Montrose, Musician

"It was my 16th birthday - my mom and dad gave me my Goya classical guitar that day. I sat down, wrote this song, and I just knew that that was the only thing I could ever really do - write songs and sing them to people"

Stevie Nicks, Musician

"We want to be the band to dance to when the bomb drops"

Simon Le Bon, Musician

"I am not handsome, but when women hear me play, they come crawling to my feet"

Niccolo Paganini, Musician

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

Edgar Winter, Musician

"The greatest guitar player in the world today for me is Paco de Lucia, who is actually Spanish"

George Benson, Musician

"Well, you know it was so different from when you rehearsed. You're out there with your guitar and trying to get a sound, but it doesn't sound anything like what you expect!"

Jonathan Richman, Musician

"I love living on that stage. Without that, I'd die"

Celia Cruz, Musician

"Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art"

Frederic Chopin, Composer

"Country music is three chords and the truth"

Harlan Howard, Musician

"I would say that longtime fans of the Rolling Stones will be thrilled with these results, and new fans will understand why they're the greatest rock'n'roll band in the world"

Don Was, Musician

"I've always thought live albums were cop-outs"

David Coverdale, Musician

"I can only think of music as something inherent in every human being - a birthright. Music coordinates mind, body and spirit"

Yehudi Menuhin, Musician

"Yes, Carl Vine stuck around. He's now number one composer for choreography"

Graeme Murphy, Dancer

"The band has always stayed close to its fans and not sold out. That's a very rare thing. I can see how rare that is, having been outside of the band for eight years. Maiden has integrity. I think people appreciate that"

Adrian Smith, Musician

"Michael is the kind of guy who has rhythm; he has rock'n'roll in his soul, whether he really plays it or not"

Phil Lesh, Musician

"I knew that I could be more creative onstage, to state my own case and deliver my own interpretation of the role much more aggressively than in the recording studio"

Kiri Te Kanawa, Musician

"Frank Zappa... was Beethoven for insane rock guys"

Scott Ian, Musician

"When people come out of rehab, they usually go to secondary rehab for another six months and then enter back into society gradually. But I came out and did Top of the Pops straight away!"

Robbie Williams, Musician

"I got that idea from being in India. I always like the chanting"

Ray Davies, Musician

"Right now I just finished writing the music for a Rugrats feature film, and the third week of September, I go to London, and the orchestra is going to perform the score"

Mark Mothersbaugh, Musician

"I've always felt that music should be a normal part of the experience that surrounds people"

Morton Gould, Musician

"I have never acknowledged the difference between serious music and light music. There is only good music and bad music"

Kurt Weill, Composer

"The end of all good music is to affect the soul"

Claudio Monteverdi, Composer

"Music has no subject beyond the combinations of notes we hear, for music speaks not only by means of sounds, it speaks nothing but sound"

Eduard Hanslick, Writer

"Memphis is in a very lucky position on the map. Everything just gravitated to Memphis for years"

Steve Cropper, Musician

"I think that's the problem in a lot of music. We've got these record labels"

Teena Marie, Musician

"The Bee Gees were always heavily influenced by black music. As a songwriter, it's never been difficult to pick up on the changing styles of music out there, and soul has always been my favourite genre"

Robin Gibb, Musician

"I come from the performance world, but the idea of a worship song is different. It's useful music"

John Tesh, Musician

"I think a lot of the Mothers stuff that we recorded was written while we were on the road"

Jimmy Carl Black, Musician

"At the end of the day, they're happy if you do the obvious songs towards the end of the set, and you've got to try and make yourself happy by doing certain songs at the front end of the set"

Rick Allen, Musician

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