“Well, I'll tell you, I don't know how aware teenagers are of me. I think it really depends on the teenager and how well-versed in music they are and what kind of music they like.”
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“The music industry can make you feel like a prostitute.”
“I've been a fan of electronic music since the beginning.”
“It seems like a lot of music today is so churned out and simple.”
“Singing is just a feeling set to music.”
“The calm mind allows one to connect with the inner self, the Soul, the very source of our being. That's where the music lives. That's where my music comes from.”
“My husband is a composer, so he plays piano all the time and I sit there and clap telling my unborn child, 'Hear me clap, hear the music.' I know music, in general, is supposed to be good for babies to hear.”
“People think our music's very aggressive or angry or whatever, and it's just the opposite, really... I like laughing. And I like being really calm before a show, and smiley.”
“I find Indian music very funky. I mean it's very soulful, with their own kind of blues. But it's the only other school on the planet that develops improvisation to the high degree that you find in jazz music. So we have a lot of common ground.”
“I think ABBA have a pure joy to their music and that's what makes them extraordinary.”
“Great classic music that I've been turned on to has not only inspired and influenced me, but it has had an effect on my songwriting.”
“The great moments of rock 'n' roll were never off in some corner of the music world, in a self-constructed ghetto.”
“Rock music is niche.”
“If you pour some music on whatever's wrong, it'll sure help out.”
“In our music, in our everyday life, there are so many negative things. Why not have something positive and stamp it with blackness?”
“Pop music is aspirin and the blues are vitamins.”
“Music, at its essence, is what gives us memories. And the longer a song has existed in our lives, the more memories we have of it.”
“Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good plays, good company, good conversation - what are they? They are the happiest people in the world.”
“I love to make music and stay grounded.”
“I only want to make music because I have a passion for it.”
“Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the soul.”
“I don't like to be labeled, to be anything. I've made the mistake before myself of labeling my music, but it's counter-productive.”
“I have so many opinions about everything it just comes out during my music. It's a battle for me. I try not to be preachy. That's a real danger.”
“My music isn't anything but me. It has jazz in it, and rock'n'roll, and it has an urgency to it.”