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"For me it's the instrument. If I want to think of a flute and the state of the arts, I hear a vibrato; I don't know what a flute is unless the person plays it for me"
Morton Feldman, Composer
"Now the big question is: if you are going to go to all the trouble of setting an opera and making all that music and so on, there's got to be some aspect that you can do in an opera that really makes it worth while"
William Bolcom, Composer
"Jimi was always at The Scene when he was in New York, and we played many times together. He was just everywhere - he went out and jammed everywhere he was"
Johnny Winter, Musician
"A painter paints his pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence. We provide the music, and you provide the silence"
Leopold Stokowski, Musician
"Jazz is there and gone. It happens. You have to be present for it. That simple"
Keith Jarrett, Composer
"Occasionally, when I run into a great bass backstage at a festival, I'll play a few notes on the low E string, just to feel the instrument vibrate against my belly"
Steve Swallow, Musician
"Marc Almond has done a couple of covers, a few people in Europa have done them. I own all the publishing. It's never really been addressed, as I haven't had the time to go out and tout the songs"
Peter Hammill, Musician
"Hip-hop is supposed to uplift and create, to educate people on a larger level and to make a change"
Doug E. Fresh, Musician
"One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain"
Bob Marley, Musician
"Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent"
Victor Hugo, Author
"Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world"
Martin Luther, Professor
"If you live in rock and roll, as I do, you see the reality of sex, of male lust and women being aroused by male lust. It attracts women. It doesn't repel them"
Camille Paglia, Author
"I've never written a political song. Songs can't save the world. I've gone through all that"
Bob Dylan, Musician
"One of the things I've always personally tried to stress with this band was to have some kind of visual aspect and to be consistent with it - like, not to change"
Peter Steele, Musician
"Finding fresh song topics can sometimes be quite difficult"
Peter Steele, Musician
"I've always been very image prone, along the lines of bands like Black Sabbath and even Devo"
Peter Steele, Musician
"I like to put on hardcore when I have to clean my apartment, which I hate to do, but it's motivational. I like old heavy metal when I'm outside working on my car. Music has definite functions for me"
Peter Steele, Musician
"I find that different types of music are good for certain activities"
Peter Steele, Musician
"Sometimes, I write '60s or '80s style pop songs"
Peter Steele, Musician
"I need that on stage. I need a burst of life. That's entertainment for me"
Tina Turner, Musician
"Greatest hits is easy, because one has nothing to do - except that we both, Roger and I, felt that new songs should be there because I've been away for awhile"
Tina Turner, Musician
"Excuse me while I kiss the sky"
Jimi Hendrix, Musician
"Tone has the living soul"
Shinichi Suzuki, Musician
"Music is always a commentary on society"
Frank Zappa, Musician
"Most people wouldn't know music if it came up and bit them on the ass"
Frank Zappa, Musician
"I don't know anyone who would be exclusively working on game music, per se"
Nobuo Uematsu, Composer
"Certainly my only interest is not in Celtic music"
Nobuo Uematsu, Composer
"I always begin to compose the melody first"
Nobuo Uematsu, Composer
"However, in countries outside of Japan, I think game music is still a potential growth market that has not yet developed to the extent that we are seeing in Japan"
Nobuo Uematsu, Composer
"For over ten years or so, game music has developed into a very large market"
Nobuo Uematsu, Composer
"And as far as the Disney Concert Hall is concerned, it is a wonderful modern structure and I am extremely honored that I had this opportunity to have a concert here"
Nobuo Uematsu, Composer
"However, now we can create a sound that can truly startle someone, and in terms of sound effects, I think the environment that we are in now has improved dramatically"
Nobuo Uematsu, Composer
"When you talk about the Final Fantasy series, the series started selling better after 7, and that was the base idea for the center of the set list for the LA concert"
Nobuo Uematsu, Composer
"So I don't really have a clear plan, in terms of music, as to where I want to head in the future"
Nobuo Uematsu, Composer
"I have been interested in Irish traditional music for the past few years"
Nobuo Uematsu, Composer
"There's something about prime time television and the way the song is going to come off on the air. I'm very concerned, very self-conscious about that"
Jon Secada, Musician
"I just lived it and did my own thing without looking over my shoulder. I think I'm very lucky, considering when I started everything, and the fact that I have a master's in music, and I've always worked in music, and that's what I wanted to do"
Jon Secada, Musician
"I have a bachelor's and a master's in jazz"
Jon Secada, Musician
"A real active music set, based and really concentrated on what the music's all about. That's what I'm all about - singing and a really good strong music set"
Jon Secada, Musician
"Oh, yeah, I've always thought of covering some of my influences like Billy Joel, Elton John, Stevie Wonder"
Jon Secada, Musician
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