“Who hears music feels his solitude peopled at once.”
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“Music is the soul of language.”
“The real art of conducting consists in transitions.”
“The advice I am giving always to all my students is above all to study the music profoundly... music is like the ocean, and the instruments are little or bigger islands, very beautiful for the flowers and trees.”
“I think often sadness is a great place to get songs from.”
“Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart.”
“Music is always changing and the changes are unpredictable.”
“I was growing up listening to Queen. Freddie Mercury threw those incredible melodies into his songs.”
“There's a lot of music that sounds like it's literally computer-generated, totally divorced from a guy sitting down at an instrument.”
“I've never missed a gig yet. Music makes people happy, and that's why I go on doing it - I like to see everybody smile.”
“My music, my songs are 100 percent inspired by girl power.”
“You know, all my songs are relatives, brothers, sisters, cousins.”
“Sometimes before we make a record I go back and listen to a few. It's equally humbling and uplifting.”
“Times were changing. Clothes were changing. Morals were changing. We went from romantic loves songs like I used to do to rock 'n roll. Now that has changed to rap. So, there's always a new generation with new music.”
“It is essential to do everything possible to attract young people to opera so they can see that it is not some antiquated art form but a repository of the most glorious music and drama that man has created.”
“Music is a performance and needs the audience.”
“Although I am basically self taught, I consider Debussy my teacher - the most important elements are colour, light and shadow.”
“Music's not like becoming a doctor, who can walk into a community and find people who need him.”
“Music's staying power is a function of how timeless the lyrics, song and production are.”
“My music will go on forever. Maybe it's a fool say that, but when me know facts me can say facts. My music will go on forever.”
“My music fights against the system that teaches to live and die.”
“Close friends contribute to our personal growth. They also contribute to our personal pleasure, making the music sound sweeter, the wine taste richer, the laughter ring louder because they are there.”
“Music inflames temperament.”
“Sometimes I feel like rap music is almost the key to stopping racism.”