909 private quotes tagged music

“I didn't want to go out and change anything. I just wanted to make the music that was part of my background, which was rock and blues and hip-hop.” — Kid Rock

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“We're not trying to change the world just music.” — Jonathan Davis

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“Music is about communication... it isn't just something that maybe physically sounds good or orally sounds interesting it's something far, far deeper than that.” — Evelyn Glennie

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“What is music anyway? It's a form of communication, and that's why I play the kind of music that I think - that I hope - can communicate with people.” — Kenny G

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“Music is for people. The word 'pop' is simply short for popular. It means that people like it. I'm just a normal jerk who happens to make music. As long as my brain and fingers work, I'm cool.” — Eddie Van Halen

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“Placebo is music for outsiders, by outsiders and our gigs are like conventions of outcasts, which is cool.” — Brian Molko

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“Remember the first time you went to a show and saw your favorite band. You wore their shirt, and sang every word. You didn't know anything about scene politics, haircuts, or what was cool. All you knew was that this music made you feel different from anyone you shared a locker with. Someone finally understood you. This is what music is about.” — Gerard Way

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“It's really cool to see glowsticks at the show, to see dance music culture infiltrating and becoming one with the metal community.” — Jonathan Davis

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“You have to watch all sides of your advancement, you have to make sure people's bodies and minds are healthy and their morale is cool before you can really go out and play great music.” — Shirley Manson

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“Australia is so cool that it's hard to even know where to start describing it. The beaches are beautiful so is the weather. Not too crowded. Great food, great music, really nice people. It must be a lot like Los Angeles was many years ago.” — Mary-Kate Olsen

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“I was in choir in school. I kind of just did it. I already knew I wanted to sing. My music program in my school wasn't really great - people didn't really want to be part of the choir, they didn't want to do the plays and stuff like that. It definitely wasn't the cool thing to do.” — Lea Michele

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“I wanted to take up music, so my father bought me a blunt instrument. He told me to knock myself out.” — Jay London

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“I asked my daughter when she was 16, What's the buzz on the street with the kids? She's going, to be honest, Dad, most of my friends aren't into Kiss. But they've all been told that it's the greatest show on Earth.” — Ace Frehley

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“Music was always the distraction, so it was the obvious choice to pursue. My dad always said to find a job I love to do, that way it wouldn't feel like a job. So I did that.” — Jason Mraz

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“The one thing that kept our family together was the music. The only thing that our family would share emotionally was to have our dad cry over something the kids did with music.” — Dennis Wilson

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“Good music comes out of people playing together, knowing what they want to do and going for it. You have to sweat over it and bug it to death. You can't do it by pushing buttons and watching a TV screen.” — Keith Richards

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“Of emotions, of love, of breakup, of love and hate and death and dying, mama, apple pie, and the whole thing. It covers a lot of territory, country music does.” — Johnny Cash

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“I was fantasising about my own death, I started thinking what my funeral would be like and what music would be played, I was at that level of insanity.” — Billy Corgan

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“When I listen to music, I don't want to hear about flowers. I like death and destruction.” — Jonathan Davis

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“Good music is very close to primitive language.” — Denis Diderot

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“Dreams do come true, even for someone who couldn't speak English and never had a music lesson or much of an education.” — Lawrence Welk

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“Music - that's been my education. There's not a day that goes by that I take it for granted.” — Billie Joe Armstrong

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“When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory.” — Billy Joel

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“I sought my father in the world of the black musician, because it contained wisdom, experience, sadness and loneliness. I was not ever interested in the music of boys. From my youngest years, I was interested in the music of men.” — Eric Clapton

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“I have such happy memories of performing in a choir and I don't think I'd have got where I am today without all that experience. So my advice to young singers is to either join your school or church's choir or find one in your local area. Choral music at any level teaches you so much about musicianship and blending your voice.” — Katherine Jenkins

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