Quotes about Live Music

I saw a sign in Boulder. It said, 'Live Music and Darts.' Chicken wire isn't going to help at all. Votes: 3

Live music is better. Votes: 2

Live music is healthy. Votes: 2

I love seeing live music. Votes: 2

Live music is the cure for what ails ya. Votes: 2

SDC has a great reputation for putting live music on stage. Votes: 2

There's nothing to compare to live music, there just isn't anything. Votes: 2

As rich as Cincinnati was in live music, New York was even more. Votes: 2

I am lucky to live in Austin, so I can enjoy the live music. Votes: 2

I love live music and I love to see people's faces when I'm performing. Votes: 2

I just think, certainly for live music it should look as good as it sounds. Votes: 2

There's nothing better than live music. It's raw energy, and raw energy feeds the soul. Votes: 2

I listen mostly to live music, and mostly my musical experience was playing music with other people. Votes: 2

I love dive bars, old movie theaters, live music and good food. The simplest things in life for me are the most important. Votes: 2

I was born in Alabama and my first live music experiences were in church. Every Sunday we watched regional gospel groups on television singing their hearts out. Votes: 2

I love being in the studio, and I am a huge fan of live music. Without writing good stuff in the studio, you have nothing to play live. Votes: 2

Women do not like CDs of live music. We only like the original recordings. If a song sounds different from the version we fell in love with, then it's awful. Votes: 2

I'm one of those guys that is still a bit afraid of the telephone, its implications for conversation. I still wonder if the jukebox might be the death of live music. Votes: 2

Hee Haw was probably my biggest exposure to live music at a young age, because there wasn't any live music around my town and no one in my family played instruments. Votes: 2

Quite frankly, I've always listened to the black side of the radio dial. Where I grew up, there was a lot of it and there was a lot of live music around. Votes: 2

But then I'm one of those guys that is still a bit afraid of the telephone, its implications for conversation. I still wonder if the jukebox might be the death of live music. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

The virtual choir would never replace live music or a real choir, but the same sort of focus and intent and esprit de corps is evident in both, and at the end of the day it seems to me a genuine artistic expression. Votes: 2

It's been really interesting watching people's reactions to the new music, to the old music and also watching how modern young people will be standing in front of something going on like live music, and there's a camera in front of their face. Votes: 2

Music TV in the U.K. is disappearing. 'Top Of The Pops,' 'CD:UK' and shows like that have gone, and it's bringing down the music industry. We should do as much as we can to keep our music TV and producers need to be more willing to accommodate live music. Votes: 2

If you're a new artist, practice your art and share it. Set up shop somewhere, whether it's a street corner or a coffee shop. I got my start in a coffee shop that didn't even have live music. I wanted to play in coffee shops that did have live music, but I didn't have an audience. Votes: 2

I have a whole iPod full of exceptionally bad music, truly awful stuff including a disproportionate number of one hit wonders from the early '80s and lots of hair bands. I find it utterly impossible to love a song until I know every single word, so listening to live music or new bands is pretty much out. Votes: 2

I live my daydreams in music. Votes: 0

It's always inspiring to watch live music. Votes: 0

I live in an atmosphere of music. Votes: 0

My ambition was to live like music. Votes: 0

Mozart's music gives us permission to live. Votes: 0

I want to live like music sounds."- Ruth Votes: 0

I couldn't live without my music, man. Or me mum. Votes: 0

Let my children have music! Let them hear live music. Votes: 0

I just want to play music with a band, live. Votes: 0

My music is evidence of my soul's will to live. Votes: 0

My music is evidence of my souls will to live. Votes: 0

I'm always listening to music; I can't live without it. Votes: 0

One of the things I love about music is live performance. Votes: 0

I've been playing music since I was 12. I love performing live. Votes: 0

There is only one better thing than music - live music. Votes: 0

I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. Votes: 0

I really enjoy creating music onstage, to participate in making music live. Votes: 0

Ironically, we live in times that are awash in authentic sacred music. Votes: 0

My music fights against the system that teaches to live and die. Votes: 0

My darlings, if I can't write dark, epic music, I can't live!" Votes: 0

Music has to breathe and sweat. You have to play it live. Votes: 0

My darlings, if I can't write dark, epic music, I can't live! Votes: 0

If you took away music, I wouldnt have a reason to live. Votes: 0

So to live is heaven; to make undying music in the world. Votes: 0

Since the decline of record companies and music sales, I've always played live. Votes: 0

I think that live music is something that the Internet can never kill. Votes: 0

I think that's the beauty of live music - creating from the destruction. Votes: 0

I grew up to the sound of live music in our Brooklyn household. Votes: 0

In the presence of great music we have no alternative but to live nobly. Votes: 0

A good musician should say: We can live without air but not without music! Votes: 0

Music comes from an icicle as it melts, to live again as spring water. Votes: 0

I feel my live shows are my music; everything blossoms from the live shows. Votes: 0

I will continue to pursue my music and live my life with my family. Votes: 0

We live in the digital age, and unfortunately it's degrading our music, not improving. Votes: 0

First thought, best thought - I live by that when I make my own music. Votes: 0

A big part of my love and passion for making music is playing it live. Votes: 0

As a live stand-up comedy performer, I have the benefit of choosing real entrance music. Votes: 0

Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try. Votes: 0

New York is vibrant, sexy, naughty, always surprising, and has great live music and great fashion. Votes: 0

The first piece of music that captured my imagination was probably Ray Charles Live At Newport. Votes: 0

I can't live one day without hearing music, playing it , studying it , or thinking about it . Votes: 0

I live cinema and passionately love music, and my efforts in both these crafts are unfolding. Votes: 0

Live a life like a beautiful song, touch every heart with loving words and memorable music. Votes: 0

We are all very lucky to live in a world where there is this much music. Votes: 0

I've made three studio albums and one live one with my brother. It's melodic singer-songwriter acoustic-rock music. Votes: 0

With music and art, I can create the kind of world in which I wish to live. Votes: 0

Three languages - the video, the music and the live performance - are awesome to bring together. Votes: 0

All of the silent films had live music accompaniment, so it's actually a very rich period in music. Votes: 0

I love doing live action movies, but there's a great job in doing animation, especially one with music. Votes: 0

I've always felt that music is an art form that deserves to live the life of the artist. Votes: 0

I'd say it's just part of the world that we live in; it's part of the music world. Votes: 0

The day was so delightful that I wished one could live slowly as one can play music slowly. Votes: 0

To understand what music has to be, you have to live for music. Who's ready to do that? Votes: 0

There are two things that I cannot live without: music and books. Caffeine isn't dignified enough to qualify. Votes: 0

We don't make music for people to take drugs to, we make music for people to live their life. Votes: 0

I am a musician, a songwriter, music fan. I live in New York City and I love my job. Votes: 0

I've been changed watching films or reading books or hearing music, and that helps you to live your life. Votes: 0

I do it live on tape with a band. It's not like I'm doing electronic music with a laptop. Votes: 0

My secret? A desire to work, years of dedication and loving what you do; I can't live without music. Votes: 0

I always wanted to work with Michael Jackson. His music will live forever and with technology nowadays... maybe I could. Votes: 0

In those days it was either live with music or die with noise, and we chose rather desperately to live. Votes: 0

George Jones may be gone but his music will live on forever. What a great voice and a great friend. Votes: 0

Feed the body food and drink, it will survive today. Feed the soul art and music, it will live forever. Votes: 0

When it comes to music, we live in a very different world than everyone did in the 1960s and 1970s Votes: 0

Music, when soft voices die, Vibrates in the memory; Odors, when sweet violets sicken, Live within the sense they quicken. Votes: 0

Check out the albums, ... Check out the live performances. That's the reality of it all. Music is such an energizing thing. Votes: 0

I love all Yes music and love to play it live, but I'm most interested in making new music with Yes. Votes: 0

Music is one of my greatest loves. I don't think I would be able to live without music in my life. Votes: 0

To me, country music tells a story about, and deals with, the way people live their lives and what they do. Votes: 0

Live music is the most primal form of energy release you can share with other people besides having sex or taking drugs. Votes: 0

If I think about the way I was drawn into the music, it was much more by recordings than by live performances. Votes: 0

Dance music is my love, is my passion, is my life. I live for my fans and take my art very seriously. Votes: 0

I like the music. I love it & live it in fact. But for me the business part of music just plain stinks. Votes: 0

As long as God lets me live, I want to do things that make a difference in the world besides play music. Votes: 0

We are all spirits. We get depressed. But music makes you want to live. I know my music has saved my life. Votes: 0

I just try to be as honest and open as possible with all my music, whether it's live shows or the studio. Votes: 0

Music is the true breath of life. We eat so we won't starve to death. We sing so we can hear ourselves live. Votes: 0

I live my daydreams in music I see my life in terms of music. I get most joy in life out of music. Votes: 0

Music does not live until it's interpreted - with all of its flaws, mannerisms, etc. It needs to be incarnated to be something. Votes: 0

I never understood the need for a "live" audience. My music, because of its extreme quietude, would be happiest with a dead one. Votes: 0

There wasn't a lot of live music that you could hear where I came from, which was a small town in southeast Missouri. Votes: 0

I just want to live my life a little freely and not adhere to any schedule - just make music and have fun. Votes: 0

For people who live their lives in classical music the Three Tenors is a kind of benign tumor: unsightly but not life threatening. Votes: 0

I cannot live or write without music. It stimulates the normally dormant parts of my brain that come in handy when constructing fiction. Votes: 0

I cannot live or write without music. It stimulates the normally dormant parts of my brain that come in handy when constructing fiction." Votes: 0

I love to go see live music. That used to be what I would do, almost every other night, and watch drummers play. Votes: 0

To live is to be musical, starting with the blood dancing in your veins. Everything living has a rhythm. Do you feel your music~? Votes: 0

To live is to be musical, starting with the blood dancing in your veins. Everything living has a rhythm. Do you feel your music? Votes: 0

The kind who live for music and are constantly seeking it out, anywhere they can. Who can't imagine a life without it. They're enlightened. Votes: 0

There's this great TV show we have called 'Later... with Jools Holland', a live-music show on Friday nights. Anyone and everyone's been on it. Votes: 0

I am an actor, and although I love music, and at times can't live without it, I eat, sleep, breath, sweat, and bleed acting. Votes: 0

I don't live for the accolades. I'm more so about the music. Making it, and putting it out. Those are the two best feelings. Votes: 0

Music is largely psychic. It is a feeling. It is not logical. It is a feeling - Art, life, why we live - feelings. Votes: 0

Music isn't selling like it used to, but the one thing you can't steal or download is a live show experience or a T-shirt. Votes: 0

Yeah I live of my music. Why does everyone ask me that? Is my music that absurd that nobody could possibly be buying it? Votes: 0

Music is the medium that has taken me around the world, and I would be lying if I said I could live without music. Votes: 0

Music is largely psychic. It is a feeling. It is not logical. It is a feeling - Art, life, why we live - feelings. Votes: 0

That's one of the good things about music. You get to do it live, where you can touch the people and interact with them. Votes: 0

I keep my ear to the streets - that's how I know music. I live, breathe, eat, and sleep music. That's it. Nothing else. Votes: 0

The passion for doing music, the passion that I have for going out and playing it live - my love for country music is back. Votes: 0

People who tend to listen to my music have come back and said, 'Yo, this is my anthem. This is what I live by.' Votes: 0

The piece of music is nothing without the act of interpretation. That is the only way it can live, and it's a totally abstract thing. Votes: 0

Music, of course, is what I hear and something that I more or less live by. It's not an occupation or profession, it's a compulsion. Votes: 0

We live in the mind, in ideas, in fragments. We no longer drink in the wild outer music of the streets - we remember only. Votes: 0

When I go to see live music I tend to want to really listen to it, so when people get up and dance it's really irritating. Votes: 0

This music is forever for me. It's the stage thing, that rush moment that you live for. It never lasts, but that's what you live for. Votes: 0

Music has been my outlet, my gift to all of the lovers in this world. Through it - my music, I know I will live forever. Votes: 0

There was no match for Barry White. His music is just going to live forever. It's not limited to disco or soul or hip-hop or anything. Votes: 0

If there are only you and the music in the room, it means that there are two persons in the room! Music is a live being! Votes: 0

The greatest DJ is one who can live within the formula and make it sound .... as if he producing and pulling the music all by himself. Votes: 0

Music. I live it and breathe it. It wakes me up in the morning, puts me to sleep at night and is with me all day. Votes: 0

The life that I live and the experiences that I have always affect what comes out of me creatively. I think that's what makes music real. Votes: 0

It's all about the music. For me, that's truly what I live for. Just music constantly. Always listening to, writing, or playing music. That's definitely me. Votes: 0

As music becomes less of a thing--a cylinder, a cassette, a disc--and more ephemeral, perhaps we will begin to assign an increasing value to live performances again. Votes: 0

Enough of clouds, waves, aquariums, water-sprites and nocturnal scents; what we need is music of the earth, everyday music..music one can live in like a house. Votes: 0

I was born in Alabama and my first live music experiences were in church. Every Sunday we watched regional gospel groups on television singing their hearts out Votes: 0

[Performing artists] are making greater percentages. People are going to live events more and it's a big success story for everyone - except the music industry itself. Votes: 0

I don't really believe in plans. They only change. My goal is simply to be able to make music and live life in this crazy, falling-apart world. Votes: 0

Live your life, listen to your music way to loud, be crazy and as different as you want to be and always remember your not alone Votes: 0

I'm a person who has always been clear about my love of music and vocal about trying to live in a way that lends itself to health. Votes: 0

I'm actually a huge fan of hip-hop. I like hip-hop music. I love rap. I like cabaret music, as well. I just love live music and bands. Votes: 0

Unlike motor sport, I didn't get into music for the live performances. I like writing and studio work and seeing how a song can come to life. Votes: 0

I rented a house, recorded the stuff in a house. Just took my time 'cuz sometimes it's just rush, rush, rush. I just wanna live and play music. Votes: 0

The only thing that can kill me is death, that's the only thing that can ever stop me, is death, and even then my music will live forever. Votes: 0

I couldn't live without music. I experienced things through music in different countries where you cannot speak the same language, but the music and the dance relates everything. Votes: 0

Coming to Nashville has been so motivating and inspirational. Just watching people live and breathe their music and create something that they can feel from start to finish. Votes: 0

It's all about going out there, performing live, making music. But, obviously, being a guy who has thousands of screaming female fans doesn't exactly make it less fun Votes: 0

The music I love listening to is more of the Jack Johnson, Ben Harper, Dido, Jewel, Nora Jones, Joss Stone, a bit more of that organic live-instrumentation feel. Votes: 0

We live in a connected world now. Some find that frightening. If people are downloading our music, they're listening to it. The internet is like radio for us. Votes: 0

We live with incessant music, all the time. It's like some weird musical purgatory, there is absolutely no rest for the ears, no space to absorb and reflect. Votes: 0

Any idiot, any stockbroker can get out there and live out a fantasy and pretend like he's playing music. And I don't think there's anything wrong with that. Votes: 0

Live performances make music important. Recording is cool and fun, and it's nice to document the thing you made, but the goal in my mind is to perform. Votes: 0

One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background. They fade on the page and live on the stage when set to music. Votes: 0

I live with all these people, I live with four people that are involved with my music and I call 'em my team and that's what we call GoodLife... Votes: 0

When the words come, they are merely empty shells without the music. They live as they are sung, for the words are the body and the music the spirit. Votes: 0

Whenever I go to New York I try to soak up as much live music as I can, including as many nights at the opera as I can manage. Votes: 0

Honestly, I don't recommend anyone get into music. If you have something else that you're good at, do that instead. This is a really tough world to live in. Votes: 0

Recorded music has always been in a sense promotion for live performance, and some artists have discovered that giving it away is as effective as trying to sell it. Votes: 0

If I had my life to live over again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once every week. Votes: 0

People are used to music that justifies street culture but something that's not touched on is why these kids act the way they act, live the way they live. Votes: 0

Just be glad you don't live in one of those little countries where at this very moment, music is severely restricted, or as it is in Iran, totally illegal. Votes: 0

Music films are great, but they can never compete with a live performance. Live music is what it is. It's the whole point. You experience it in the moment. Votes: 0

We groove off of everything, any sort of live show. The inner dialogue you're having with yourself, between you and the music, is for me the search for God. Votes: 0

That was the idea behind glam clubs like Seven and The New Eve. You could eat and dance to live music. To enter you had to descend a grand staircase. Votes: 0

To listen only to records is a sin of narcissism. It is important to hear live music, in concert, which is a source of emotions that a record can never convey. Votes: 0

I love live music. I love going to the event. And to know them as people and to have seen the Grateful Dead grow up and become who they are is so incredibly special. Votes: 0

It's heartening to return to live music, heartening for people like me in a band. It's a very traditional thing to return to. It re-validates the original form that we fell in love with. Votes: 0

People used to recordings believed every piece of music had a definitive sound, its emotional context trapped in amber, a butterfly pinned to a board; beautiful, but dead. Live music was just that. Alive. Votes: 0