Music Quotes

When I decided to be a musician I reckoned that that was going to be the way of less profit, less money. I was sort of giving up the idea of making a lot of money. It was what I loved to do. I would have done it anyway. If I'd had to work at Taco Bell I'd have still been out at night trying to play music.

I'm not trying to clock scores in this lifetime, it's just that things are better now than they were like five, ten years ago. Music has gotten a lot better. There's a lot of people who are committed to - soulfully.

It took us two years to get our first real gig. That was a big dream. We ended up booking a lot of our own gigs and putting on a lot of our own shows. We were trying to get our actual music across, trying to make a connection there.

In terms of music, I can try anything I want, even something that doesn't work at all, because I'm not putting my career in jeopardy.

Anybody who thinks pop music's easy should try to make a pop single and find out that it isn't.

Music tells no truths.

Truth is the number one element in whatever you do with music.

I am quite certain in my heart of hearts that modern music and modern art is not a conspiracy, but is a form of truth and integrity for those who practise it honestly, decently and with all their being.

The most important thing about music that I've learned after all this time is that to me, it's a way of reaching the truth.

I think that people respond to honesty in music, so I only choose songs that are the truth for me.

Well, my sister played trumpet. Can you imagine having a sister blowing the trumpet around the house, Fred? And my brother, he played piano. Everybody was playing some kind of music, so it was natural for me to get into it.

I spend a lot of time copying saxophone players and trumpet players. Not to say that it is not important to listen to guitar players, but there's so much music out there and so many possibilities. I like anyone who plays any instrument.

The way I see it, if people truly love my music, they will support me in some way down the road.

I truly miss the genius of the music of John Lennon, as I'm sure everybody does.

Although technical discussions are interesting to composers, I suspect that the truly magical and spiritual powers of music arise from deeper levels of our psyche.

Maybe I'll put my iPod in two minutes before. But truly, I've listened to actors say that they loved to listen to music before a shot, and I really understand that now because it puts you in the mood and gives you energy.

Any band that is out there chasing it is doing more destruction to music then someone who is out there playing what they truly feel.

When a singer truly feels and experiences what the music is all about, the words will automatically ring true.

I miss the 80's as well, it was a truly great decade for music.

The truest expression of a people is in its dances and its music. Bodies never lie.

True country music is honesty, sincerity, and real life to the hilt.

Rock music should be gross: that's the fun of it. It gets up and drops its trousers.

It's part of the calling to at least do a few songs in the show that give people some hope. There's so much hurt in this world and... music is such a great healing balm and a great way to forget your troubles.

Jazz in itself is not struggling. That is, the music itself is not struggling... It's the attitude that's in trouble. My plays insist that we should not forget or toss away our history.

The fact that we elected Obama was a sign that the black struggle inherent in the blues and so much of the music I have loved can triumph.

Those who have always had faith in its final success can do no less than rejoice as if it was our own triumph after five years of daily struggle to impose Cuban music on the European continent.

I seldom play in a trio, but acoustic music is likely to be lighter, quicker, and quieter.

Ray had so much love of life and the music. He had so much integrity. He treated the music with so much dignity and respect. I spent four and a half years as a sideman with Ray Brown's trio. Music was his life, more so than anyone I could mention.

The 1960s were big for folk music, and the Kingston Trio led the way. They were the ones who started it all. The music was fresh and alive. College kids loved it and their parents did, too.

I've always tried to listen to a lot of different music from around the world.