Music Quotes | Beyond Motive 18/61

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"I mean the interesting thing I think would be if something happened like, what happened in England where all these kids that all of a sudden can't afford the ticket prices."

"I mean the interesting thing I think would be if something happened like, what happened in England where all these kids that all of a sudden can't afford the ticket prices."

Lester Bangs, American Critic

Music, England, Kids

44

"Because essentially Schoenberg was an extremely gifted man. And in spite of many of his theories and so on, when he really began to write music, he still was guided very much by his internal hearing, by what we call your internal ear."

"Because essentially Schoenberg was an extremely gifted man. And in spite of many of his theories and so on, when he really began to write music, he still was guided very much by his internal hearing, by what we call your internal ear."

Leo Ornstein, American Composer

Music, Hearing, Man, Theories

44

"To me, I'm for a band whose forefront is the music."

"To me, I'm for a band whose forefront is the music."

Phil Anselmo, American Musician

44

"Guys would hang out in groups just to be with the music."

"Guys would hang out in groups just to be with the music."

Jim Capaldi, British Musician

44

"Pop music allows you to be who you are without having to wear a social uniform or to conform, which some people find impossible to do."

"Pop music allows you to be who you are without having to wear a social uniform or to conform, which some people find impossible to do."

Siobhan Fahey, British Musician

44

"I have never sung a whole song on my own before and I am not the best dancer in the world, but I would rather try and fall than not not try at all."

"I have never sung a whole song on my own before and I am not the best dancer in the world, but I would rather try and fall than not not try at all."

Geri Halliwell, British Musician

Music, Song, World

44

"I do like what Alicia Keys and John Legend are doing. With their music, you keep your clothes on."

"I do like what Alicia Keys and John Legend are doing. With their music, you keep your clothes on."

Ben E. King, American Musician

44

"I don't trawl record shops anymore. I usually hear music in bars or at friends' houses."

"I don't trawl record shops anymore. I usually hear music in bars or at friends' houses."

Andrew Eldritch, English Musician

Music, Friends, Houses, Shops

44

"Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend."

"Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend."

Ludwig van Beethoven, German Composer

Music, Knowledge, Mankind, World

44

"Now my music is kind of pop-rock, right? If I'm 25 and singing still, I don't want to be singing music like that."

"Now my music is kind of pop-rock, right? If I'm 25 and singing still, I don't want to be singing music like that."

Hilary Duff, American Actress

Music, Now, Right, Singing

44

"I like songs that are simple."

"I like songs that are simple."

Syd Barrett, English Musician

44

"My favorite type of music to sing would be between R and B and opera."

"My favorite type of music to sing would be between R and B and opera."

Stefano Langone, American Musician

Music, Favorite, Opera

44

"When making music I sink myself into the process as deeply as I can and forget all of the success."

"When making music I sink myself into the process as deeply as I can and forget all of the success."

Enya, Irish Musician

Music, Success, Forget

44

"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."

"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."

Dirk Benedict, American Actor

Music, Acting, College, Writing

44

"I just happened to start playing music for the conceptual ideas."

"I just happened to start playing music for the conceptual ideas."

Kim Gordon, American Musician

44

"Larry only ever wrote one song, and he wrote that with Tony Kaye, I think it was, from Yes."

"Larry only ever wrote one song, and he wrote that with Tony Kaye, I think it was, from Yes."

Neil Innes, British Writer

44

"Nothing separates the generations more than music. By the time a child is eight or nine, he has developed a passion for his own music that is even stronger than his passions for procrastination and weird clothes."

"Nothing separates the generations more than music. By the time a child is eight or nine, he has developed a passion for his own music that is even stronger than his passions for procrastination and weird clothes."

Bill Cosby, American Comedian

Music, Time, Clothes, Generations

44

"There was this mountain village in Russia where my music was getting in on some German radio station. I remember this because music used to get up to Saskatchewan from Texas. Late at night after the local station closed down."

"There was this mountain village in Russia where my music was getting in on some German radio station. I remember this because music used to get up to Saskatchewan from Texas. Late at night after the local station closed down."

Joni Mitchell, Canadian Musician

Music, Night, Russia

44

"There are stories that people don't want to talk about that brought this music through."

"There are stories that people don't want to talk about that brought this music through."

Ruth Brown, American Musician

Music, People, Talk, Want

44

"The music rights at the time cost me $12,000 in 1964 money, which is about double now or whatever. But I cleared everything. I had a lawyer in New York. And it was cleared for use in a short subject, not a feature."

"The music rights at the time cost me $12,000 in 1964 money, which is about double now or whatever. But I cleared everything. I had a lawyer in New York. And it was cleared for use in a short subject, not a feature."

Kenneth Anger, American Author

Music, Time, Money, Rights

44

"Falling in Place was meant to be very much rooted in a place and time, and music was a part of that."

"Falling in Place was meant to be very much rooted in a place and time, and music was a part of that."

Ann Beattie, American Writer

44

"The '60s was one of the first times the power of music was used by a generation to bind them together."

"The '60s was one of the first times the power of music was used by a generation to bind them together."

Neil Young, Canadian Musician

Music, Power, First

44

"The music becomes something that is its own entity."

"The music becomes something that is its own entity."

Herbie Hancock, American Musician

44

"Music has charms to sooth a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak."

"Music has charms to sooth a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak."

William Congreve, English Poet

44

"Musicians are there in front of you, and the spectators sense their tension, which is not the case when you're listening to a record. Your attention is more relaxed. The emotional aspect is more important in live music."

"Musicians are there in front of you, and the spectators sense their tension, which is not the case when you're listening to a record. Your attention is more relaxed. The emotional aspect is more important in live music."

Brian Eno, British Musician

Music, Attention, Listening, Musicians

44

"In the mental calmness of a spiritual life, I have found that the answers to the whys in our lives are able to come to you. In my music I find the same thing."

"In the mental calmness of a spiritual life, I have found that the answers to the whys in our lives are able to come to you. In my music I find the same thing."

Clarence Clemons, American Musician

Music, Life, Answers, Spiritual

44

"You know, I think when people fly the nest a little too soon, as far as getting involved in movies, anything beyond the music can make it suffer, I just want to make sure that I'm not that guy."

"You know, I think when people fly the nest a little too soon, as far as getting involved in movies, anything beyond the music can make it suffer, I just want to make sure that I'm not that guy."

Bubba Sparxxx, American Musician

Music, Movies, People, Want

44

"Hopefully my music is medicine, some type of antidote for something or some kind of explanation or just to feel good."

"Hopefully my music is medicine, some type of antidote for something or some kind of explanation or just to feel good."

Erykah Badu, American Musician

Music, Medicine

44

"Music is the best means we have of digesting time."

"Music is the best means we have of digesting time."

W. H. Auden, English Poet

44

"The way I feel about music is that there is no right and wrong. Only true and false."

"The way I feel about music is that there is no right and wrong. Only true and false."

Fiona Apple, American Musician

Music, Right, Wrong

44

"As far as I'm concerned, blues and jazz are the great American contributions to music."

"As far as I'm concerned, blues and jazz are the great American contributions to music."

Edgar Winter, American Musician

44

"I try to use my music to move these people to act."

"I try to use my music to move these people to act."

Jimi Hendrix, American Musician

Music, People, Act

44

"I believe 100 percent in the power and importance of music."

"I believe 100 percent in the power and importance of music."

James Taylor, American Musician

Music, Power, Importance

44

"I grew up listening to a lot of soul music, and a lot of folk music."

"I grew up listening to a lot of soul music, and a lot of folk music."

Katey Sagal, American Athlete

Music, Soul, Folk, Listening

44

"I still have a passion for the music, which is such a beautiful thing. I still wake up in the middle of the night out of a dream and have a melody in my head, and run to my piano."

"I still have a passion for the music, which is such a beautiful thing. I still wake up in the middle of the night out of a dream and have a melody in my head, and run to my piano."

Teena Marie, American Musician

Music, Dream, Night, Passion

44

"I have observed, too, that the people of the many countries that I have visited are showing an ever increasing interest in the classical and traditional music of their own cultures."

"I have observed, too, that the people of the many countries that I have visited are showing an ever increasing interest in the classical and traditional music of their own cultures."

George Crumb, American Composer

Music, People, Countries, Interest

44

"Film is one of the three universal languages, the other two: mathematics and music."

"Film is one of the three universal languages, the other two: mathematics and music."

Frank Capra, American Director

Music, Film, Mathematics

44

"The music is the last thing I'm thinking about right now, in order of what's important."

"The music is the last thing I'm thinking about right now, in order of what's important."

Burt Bacharach, American Composer

Music, Now, Order, Right

44

"I was in the band as a boy and was taught music and learned to compose."

"I was in the band as a boy and was taught music and learned to compose."

Norman Wisdom, English Comedian

44

"The romantic embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer."

"The romantic embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer."

Henry Ellis, British Psychologist

Music, Prayer, Romantic

44

"Music is part of us, and either ennobles or degrades our behavior."

"Music is part of us, and either ennobles or degrades our behavior."

Boethius, Roman Philosopher

Music, Behavior

44

"I always listen to a lot of different music when I am working on a project."

"I always listen to a lot of different music when I am working on a project."

Bill Wyman, British Musician

44

"As Erykah Badu, it has nothing to do with me, the way I look, my hair wrap, my style, it's about you and what you feel for my music. If I can make you feel like the way that people who influenced me made me feel, that's completion."

"As Erykah Badu, it has nothing to do with me, the way I look, my hair wrap, my style, it's about you and what you feel for my music. If I can make you feel like the way that people who influenced me made me feel, that's completion."

Erykah Badu, American Musician

Music, People, Completion, Hair

43

"Since I'm allergic to various things, the army wouldn't accept me during the war, and I got into the Office of War Information, which sent music to Europe."

"Since I'm allergic to various things, the army wouldn't accept me during the war, and I got into the Office of War Information, which sent music to Europe."

Elliott Carter, American Composer

Music, War, Army, Europe

43

"It is desirable that people make music on the breath, with the breath."

"It is desirable that people make music on the breath, with the breath."

Dietrich Fischer Dieskau, German Musician

43

"There were times I used to go to parties when I was, you know, like 15-, 16-years-old, and I'd always bring my guitar, and all my friends would be like, sing one of the Smokey songs. And everything I sang was his music, and I could sound just like him."

"There were times I used to go to parties when I was, you know, like 15-, 16-years-old, and I'd always bring my guitar, and all my friends would be like, sing one of the Smokey songs. And everything I sang was his music, and I could sound just like him."

Teena Marie, American Musician

Music, Friends, Guitar, Songs

43

"I have considered rap music stars, and there is one in my new book, Lovers and Players, and there is also a hip-hop music mogul who I think you will like a lot."

"I have considered rap music stars, and there is one in my new book, Lovers and Players, and there is also a hip-hop music mogul who I think you will like a lot."

Jackie Collins, British Author

Music, Lovers, Rap, Stars

43

"I wasn't really writing with anything commercial in mind I just wanted to create some new music."

"I wasn't really writing with anything commercial in mind I just wanted to create some new music."

Billy Sherwood, American Musician

Music, Mind, Writing

43

"In any case, Ives encouraged me to go into music even though he himself had such a hard time being a composer."

"In any case, Ives encouraged me to go into music even though he himself had such a hard time being a composer."

Elliott Carter, American Composer

Music, Time, Being

43

"I never took a music lesson in my life, it just came naturally."

"I never took a music lesson in my life, it just came naturally."

Wynonna Judd, American Musician

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