Quotes about Modern Music

Without the blues, modern music would be nothing like it is now - not remotely. Votes: 4

The academic area of new music or modern music festivals is not something which attracts me at all. Votes: 4

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. Votes: 4

That's what so sad about a lot of modern music, in my opinion, so many young bands never stay around long enough to fulfill their ultimate promise. They only get halfway there or a quarter of the way there. Votes: 4

There is much modern music that is better adapted to a wind combination than to a string, although for obvious reasons originally scored for an orchestra. If in such cases the interpretation is equal to the composition the balance of a wind combination is more satisfying. Votes: 4

Modern music is as dangerous as narcotics. Votes: 2

Modern music is three farts and a raspberry, orchestrated. Votes: 2

But I can't really say there is too much modern music that I'm blown away by at this moment Votes: 2

But I can't really say there is too much modern music that I'm blown away by at this moment. Votes: 2

There's always been good and bad music. Many composers hide behind modern music in order to not make music. Votes: 2

If you don't trust the roots of the modern music in Africa, then there's hope for that music at all. Votes: 2

Modern music is people who can't think signing artists who can't write songs to make records for people who can't hear. Votes: 2

All this machinery making modern music can still be open-hearted. Not so boldly charted, it's really just a question of your honesty. Votes: 2

Modern music and artistry would look and sound completely different if not for the groundbreaking contributions Michael Jackson gifted to the world. Votes: 2

I did not want to be somebody who lived off his reputation. I wanted to continue to be part of the modern music scene. Votes: 2

I had no idea of the historical evolution of the civilized world's music and had not realized that all modern music owes everything to Bach. Votes: 2

The blues echoes right through into soul, R&B and hip hop. It's part of the make-up of modern music. You can't turn your back on the blues. Votes: 2

What matters in modern music is not the part you can write down, the words and the tune, but the rest - the texture, the atmosphere, the references and associations. Votes: 2

It's wonderful to look back and think you were part of a force that shaped modern music and influenced the public in so many ways. However, that's all in the past. Votes: 2

In Bach there is still too much crude Christianity, crude Germanism, crude scholasticism; he stands on the threshold of European (modern) music, but he looks back from there to the Middle Ages. Votes: 2

To the seeker after the new, or the sensational, to those who expect a sinister frisson from modern music, it is my melancholy duty to point out that all the bomb throwing and guillotining has already taken place. Votes: 2

85% of modern music doesn't have a damn thing to do with music. It has to do with looking good. Name me one woman on the top ten right now who isn't absolutely smoking hot. You think that's a coincidence? Votes: 2

I urge you children to be patient with your parents. If they seem to be out of touch on such vital issues as dating, clothing styles, modern music, and use of family cars, listen to them anyway. They have the experience that you lack. Votes: 2

My music is not modern, it is merely badly played Votes: 0

I don't think about music as being new or modern. I just play. Votes: 0

The part of modern pop music I don't know much about is hip hop. Votes: 0

Modern church music is so constructed that the congregation cannot hear one distinct word. Votes: 0

I don't like modern country music. It's not what I'm into, is all. I'm old-school. Votes: 0

There's definitely an old school element to my music, but I also think it's modern. Votes: 0

I'm making music the way I would have done before modern equipment and music recording. Votes: 0

Like all tools, modern technology has produced some wonderful moments in music and also some horrors. Votes: 0

I find most modern country virtually unlistenable. I can't relate to the music or the lyrics. Votes: 0

The modern listening experience is one of solitude, where someone just listens to music on their laptop. Votes: 0

Van Morrison remains a singer who can be compared to no other in the history of modern popular music. Votes: 0

There's good stuff going on in modern pop music, but a lot of it is really materialistic and only about money. Votes: 0

The danger in having modern music tied to a period piece is that hearing something may take you out of the moment. Votes: 0

I think of rock 'n' roll as a combination of country blues and swing band music, not Chicago blues, and modern pop. Votes: 0

Music is a continuum and the modern and avant-garde composers of today will be part of the standard repertoire 30 years from now. Votes: 0

I'm not an anti-online person. I get what the modern world's about and I understand that that's the nature of music dissemination. Votes: 0

I was horrified by modern 12-tone music. I said to myself, 'Maybe I can find something different... maybe salvation, liberation, is possible. Votes: 0

Great Music, it said, and Great Poetry would like quieten Modern Youth down and make Modern Youth more Civilized. Civilized my syphilised yarbles. Votes: 0

I always thought martial arts was the most modern choreography we could have right now, and I always wanted to put it to music. Votes: 0

The new music, the bebop and modern jazz, wasn't music to him. It was choppy noise pretending to make music out of traffic jams. Votes: 0

However, in modern conceptual frameworks there is a more sophisticated view. I would say that the act of music exists in several worlds simultaneously. Votes: 0

We all listened to a lot of recorded music, especially American jazz, modern jazz, and that's where our studies were and our inspiration came from. Votes: 0

Music is neither old nor modern: it is either good or bad music, and the date at which it was written has no significance whatever. Votes: 0

In the hysterical technocracy of modern music, sorrow is sent to the back of the class where it sits, pissing its pants in mortal terror. Votes: 0

There has been an effect of business rap on the output of today's rap music. But I don't think that's the modern day rapper's fault. Votes: 0

All old music was modern once, and much more of the music of yesterday already sounds more old-fashioned than works which were written three centuries ago. Votes: 0

Modern recording has made it so that people can spend forever taking shortcuts and making everything uniform, but that strips music of what makes it exciting. Votes: 0

I think the music of Mozart is like a universe of human feelings, sentiments and fragility, and ... that's why it's so 'actual' in a way, so modern. Votes: 0

I like musicianship, and it's quite lacking in most modern popular music. You're always safe with old Chicago, the Allman Brothers, Gov't Mule, or Tower of Power. Votes: 0

We are increasingly likely to find ourselves in places with background music. No composers have thought to write for these modern spaces, which represent 30% of our musical experience. Votes: 0

Listening to hard rock on the subway doesn't work for me, especially modern hard rock. Driving in L.A. helped me to understand the appeal of that music. Votes: 0

The fact remains that, if the supply of energy failed, modern civilization would come to an end as abruptly as does the music of an organ deprived of wind. Votes: 0

And yet shall Love himself be heard,Though long deferred, though long deferred:O'er the modern waste a dove hath whirred:Music is Love in search of a word. Votes: 0

If you want to find the source of much of the music of modern day Russia, you will find it in the incredible compositions of that crazed lunatic Berlioz. Votes: 0

The more country that my music gets, the less it fits into the country world today. It's almost like there needs to be two genres, modern country and... country? Votes: 0

I am equally excited about the possibilities that music making holds for all people and it's ability to heal what seems to me a chronic imbalance in modern life. Votes: 0

Copland was one of the first American composers to forge a truly modern style of American classical music while also making use of American popular music - including jazz. Votes: 0

Music is a gut thing. You're working in a medium which is more in touch with the primal than the modern. A gig is a ritual. There's a congregation. Votes: 0

I heard a lot of different kinds of music. I heard country music, I heard jazz, I heard symphonic music, opera, everything you can think of except very modern music. Votes: 0