Music Quotes

I've always been incredibly lucky that the music that I make, other people like it.

When I say music saved me, I don't say that lightly.

And music has always been incredibly cathartic for me, whether it's writing my own stuff or singing other people's music; it's very freeing.

Music gave me a sense that I was worthwhile and that I had something of value to offer the world even though everybody was telling me that I didn't.

We all write the music, and then Mark and Tom write the lyrics.

My mom listened to the Beatles and Elvis, a lot of different types of music.

And I was in another band called Flash In The Pan, which was soca, Latin music, down in Laguna Beach.

You'd think I'd have been happiest in my life playing music in front of 50,000 people at Gillette Stadium. But let me tell you, it's an odd feeling to feel alone in the spotlight.

Music's supposed to come from the heart. I felt like that if it ever got mechanical, I was going to back away from it.

I buy records from all across the board. I get kind of a hybrid of influences in my own music.

Everything in life influences my music. I've always used songwriting as a means to share what I think is profound.

I didn't know if I had the music for it or if I could pull off the larger concert experience. Then I realized if I can just continue to be myself, I'll be all right.

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.

What I'd love to do is work with kids in the U.S. to raise their awareness and encourage them to be global citizens. We're all connected these days; we can listen to the same music as kids all around the world and share our ideas.

Game music has a purpose and it does incorporate sound effects.

I graduated from high school early so I could move to New York to do 'A Little Night Music' out of the New York City Opera.

Usually music is used to hide a film's problems.

To me, all writing is like music. And especially dialogue. I studied music in college; that is what I wanted to be, a composer. Acting got me sidetracked.

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.

Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards.

Music is part of God's universe.

I became alienated from this religious upbringing, and started making music. I wanted to be a big star. All those things I saw in the films and on the media took hold of me, and perhaps I thought this was my god: the goal of making money.

I've studied various schools of thought... I acknowledge that some Muslims consider music prohibited, but I've found a lot of evidence from the life of the Prophet to show that he allowed certainly, but even encouraged, music at certain times.

Music can be healing, and with my history and my knowledge of both sides of what looks like a gigantic divide in the world, I feel I can point a way forward to our common humanity again.

I had to learn my faith and look after my family, and I had to make priorities. But now I've done it all and there's a little space for me to fill in the universe of music again.

I suppose that by being absent from the music business, it appeared that I just dropped out, but really I never did. I was continuously working and doing various things.

You just pick up a chord, go twang, and you're got music.

Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music.

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

When I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in which they were created.