Quotes about About Music

What we value about music and literature are the moments that they create in our minds when we encounter them. Votes: 4

I thought I knew a lot about music. Then you start digging and the deeper you go, the more there is. Votes: 4

That's the amazing thing about music: there's a song for every emotion. Can you imagine a world with no music? It would suck. Votes: 4

Aside from purely technical analysis, nothing can be said about music, except when it is bad; when it is good, one can only listen and be grateful. Votes: 4

I'm really passionate about music. Votes: 3

I know absolutely nothing about music. Votes: 3

Well, I get excited about music. Votes: 3

I don't like talking about music. Votes: 3

Music isn't about music, it's about life. Votes: 3

I'm happy. I feel good about music. Votes: 3

I know nothing at all about music. Votes: 3

Writing about music is like dancing about architecture. Votes: 3

Writing about music is like dancing about architecture. Votes: 3

Talking about music is like dancing about architecture. Votes: 3

Verbal communication about music is impossible except among musicians. Votes: 3

People speak with enormous pomposity and arrogance about music. Votes: 3

There is nothing more difficult than talking about music. Votes: 3

The most unique thing about music making is sharing. Votes: 3

I want to be a person crazy about music. Votes: 3

I played piano, I learned a lot about music. Votes: 3

I've forgotten more about music than I ever knew... Votes: 3

I hate talking about music, to tell you the truth. Votes: 3

That's another interesting thing about music: It can mean anything. Votes: 3

What do you know about music? You're not a lawyer. Votes: 3

As a little girl, I had huge fantasies about music. Votes: 3

One of the things I love about music is live performance. Votes: 3

My dad taught me about music. He used to tap dance. Votes: 3

The one thing about music is that there are no rules. Votes: 3

I don't care much about music. What I like is sounds. Votes: 3

What I like best about music is when time goes away. Votes: 3

Sometimes I think to talk too much about music almost cheapens it. Votes: 3

I think vulnerability is one of the most amazing things about music. Votes: 3

The most beautiful thing about music is that it transcends most anything. Votes: 3

Sometimes I think to talk too much about music almost cheapens it Votes: 3

That's the weird thing about music: It's never for anyone to own. Votes: 3

Nobody talks about music as having intrinsic meaning, how it engages the mind. Votes: 3

I'm never scared what people are gonna think about music that I make. Votes: 3

Monk taught me more about music composition than anyone else on 52nd Street. Votes: 3

I think the most important thing about music is the sense of escape. Votes: 3

I don't want to make music for people who don't care about music. Votes: 3

For me, the great thing about music is that anybody can do it. Votes: 3

I don't think about music as being new or modern. I just play. Votes: 3

I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to. Votes: 3

One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain. Votes: 3

The people who know nothing about music are the ones always talking about it. Votes: 3

The great thing about music is that whatever you're into, you see new possibilities. Votes: 3

All I know about music is that not many people ever really hear it. Votes: 3

Kids these days don't know as much about music as they think they do Votes: 3

That's not easy to find in a corporate world, somebody who cares about music. Votes: 3

In the long run, any words about music are less important than the music. Votes: 3

The more I can learn about music, the more I learn about other things. Votes: 3

I was able to truly immerse myself in the record-making process. I'm excited about music. Votes: 3

The greatest thing about music is putting it out there for people to figure out. Votes: 3

What I think is the universal, wonderful thing about music, is that it's very inclusive. Votes: 3

You must surrender whatever preconceptions you have about music if you're really interested in it. Votes: 3

The British may not know much about music, but they certainly loves the noise it makes. Votes: 3

That's the crazy part about music, that you can just be someone and it means something. Votes: 3

He [Vaclav Havel] did love music. And so much about the Czech revolution was about music. Votes: 3

It's just about really being sensitive, and trying to play a music that is about music. Votes: 3

I don't know anything about music theory at all. Zero. But I don't really need to. Votes: 3

That's what I love about music...all these banalities suddenly turn into these beautiful, effervescent pearls. Votes: 3

If a literary man puts together two words about music, one of them will be wrong. Votes: 3

The cool thing about music is no one can take music away from you, writing wise. Votes: 3

I'm really passionate about music - I get really emotionally connected, probably in a weird way. Votes: 3

It's funny when people debate about music, because they get so passionate about what they enjoy. Votes: 3

There's something about music that makes me feel like a different person, that feels like an escape. Votes: 3

What is true about music is true about life: that beauty reveals everything because it expresses nothing. Votes: 3

When I started I didn't know anything about music. I came from an absolutely non-musical, non-artistic background. Votes: 3

I've only ever had one doubt about music. It came when I was 11. I hated playing scales. Votes: 3

We were all crazy about music and almost all the money we had, we spent for equipment. Votes: 3

I cannot say what I think is right about music. I only know the rightness of it. Votes: 3

That's the thing about music. You get to make it mean whatever you need it to mean. Votes: 3

I think the future looks great for music, musicians, bass players, and all we love about music. Votes: 3

The way I feel about music is that there is no right and wrong. Only true and false. Votes: 3

I still have a lot to learn - about the business, about music, and about myself. Its exciting. Votes: 3

Writing about music is like dancing about architecture - it's really a stupid thing to want to do. Votes: 3

I think that's what's really beautiful about music, that it is little pieces of your heart and soul. Votes: 3

Do not categorize about music. You take each musician at the time and open yourself to that musician. Votes: 3

It's really only all about music. It's not like a big rocket scientist kind of philosophy or anything. Votes: 3

What I like about music is the songs you can remember the lines of in a single second. Votes: 3

The usefulness of science is sometimes exaggerated. You'd never talk about music being useful or art being useful. Votes: 3

She was one of those people who said I don't know anything about music, but I know what I like. Votes: 3

I want to change peoples' minds about music, I want to bring the really brutal experimental stuff to peoples' attention. Votes: 3

Generally I try to read anything but indie rock journalism or anything about music at all, especially in the summer. Votes: 3

What's great about music is it takes so many kinds of people, including me. Everybody is in a different place. Votes: 3

When they talk about music getting in your blood, I understand exactly what they're talking about, because that is me. Votes: 3

I've always been serious about music. After you've done it for so many years, you get back to the basics. Votes: 3

It's funny; people get so doctrinaire about music. It should be the last thing you don't have an open mind about. Votes: 3

I'm all for in my production, creating really unique textures and sounds - for me that's what I love about music. Votes: 3

My core values are still the same about music, and my work ethic, and what I want to represent to people. Votes: 3

Going to college was never an option. I was passionate about music, but how much talent I actually had was another matter. Votes: 3

I was a history major in school. I review the past a lot and think about music history and how culture unfolds. Votes: 3

To re-embrace what I once loved about music has been a warming process for me, because it's a good, earned feeling now. Votes: 3

I'm passionate about music, and I feel that theatre has an extraordinarily musical ability in the way it operates on the audience. Votes: 3

I have a sort of tactility about music. I go into record stores and just run my fingers over it, the spines. Votes: 3

I taught myself how to play guitar - pretty badly, but I knew enough about music to start to figure it out. Votes: 3

It's all about music, because music is basically what's... been my avenue out of maybe being involved in things I shouldn't be. Votes: 3

Sometimes people talk about music, whether blogs or magazines, in a strange way where it doesn't seem like they're actually listening to it. Votes: 3

If you're curious, if you have a capacity for wonder, if you're alive, you know all that you need to know [about music]. Votes: 3

There's something mathematically satisfying about music: notes fit together and harmony and all that. And mathematics has to do with abstractions and making connections. Votes: 3

I learned so much about music by playing this little, miniature songwriting machine [ukulele], especially about melody. The motto is less strings more melody. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

A lot of people don't know about music, but buy records. A lot of people that know about music can't afford to buy records. Votes: 3

I really don't know anything about music, and it's no great experience for me. But I do think that music has a purifying element. Votes: 3

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: 3

In terms of perceptions of the culture, most people don't think about music. They're not concerned with it. They don't take their musical legacy seriously. Votes: 3

That’s one of the great things about music. You can sing a song to 85,000 people and they’ll sing it back for 85,000 different reasons. Votes: 3

You learn so much about music from all the people you surround yourself with - good, bad and indifferent. It's extremely hard to be specific. Votes: 3

Rock 'n' roll is about music. Music. Music. Music. It's not about you, it's not about me, it's not about Oasis. It's about the tunes. Votes: 3

It was all about music, about getting your friends to come and see you play. I don't see that same intimacy happening very much today. Votes: 3

No one comes up to me asking for a crack dealer's number. People come up to me to talk about lyrics, about music, about the band. Votes: 3

I'm extremely happy about music altogether, and the history that I've made. How I changed the world, music-wise, music over the internet and stuff like that. Votes: 3

When I dream about music, or think about music, by myself, I try to be as free as possible and allow my creative mind full reign. Votes: 3

I view life as a learning experience. It is not so much all about music; it is about what happens when you are doing the music. Votes: 3

Music kept me sane. I love music too much. I'm too passionate about music to let anything or anyone come in between me and my love. Votes: 3

For as long as I can remember, I've been passionate about music. I can't recall a time when I didn't have music playing in my head. Votes: 3

The beautiful thing about music is that even so-called negative emotions like anger, sadness, frustration, when they come through the filter of music, they all become beautiful. Votes: 3

Do we have Steve Jobs to thank for the iPod and iPod shuffle? iTunes? I think so. He changed the way we hear and think about music... Votes: 3

I am passionate about music - and people think because I go to places where I can enjoy music I have to be partying. It isn't true. Votes: 3

The musicians that didn't know music could play the best blues. I know that I don't want no musicians who know all about music playin' for me. Votes: 3

Motown was about music for all people - white and black, blue and green, cops and the robbers. I was reluctant to have our music alienate anyone. Votes: 3

I think about music in the way that I heard music as a kid - like, Oh my god, there's this weird rubbery ball of undulating things. Votes: 3

It's uncomfortable, definitely, but it's also really, really great to talk drums with kids and hear them get excited about music and talk about listening to the drums. Votes: 3

Guys like Otis Blackwell and Bobby Darin, and all the guys who were writing songs for Elvis at the time, just hanging around, writing songs, talking about music. Votes: 3

Guys like Otis Blackwell and Bobby Darin, and all the guys who were writing songs for Elvis at the time, just hanging around, writing songs, talking about music. Votes: 3

Naturally, no one knows more about music than musicians. They talk about their own work all the time, but they rarely get to talk about other people's music. Votes: 3

The thing I love about music is that you can take things that are painful, deep things that hurt you, and you can turn them into something beautiful. Votes: 3

The game Rock Band has been haunting me like a bad ring tone. It gets stuck in my head and momentarily effaces all that I love about music. Votes: 3

Great art is a regional thing. I'm not saying my art is great. I recognize what I think is great about music is often on a regional level. Votes: 3

Most musicians, regardless of what culture they come from, can get together and agree on some stuff about music. As there is going to be a common ground. Votes: 3

Motown was about music for all people – white and black, blue and green, cops and the robbers. I was reluctant to have our music alienate anyone. Votes: 3

When I talk about music in Memphis, it's a place you can go if you are a beginning artist or anywhere in your career, and you can incubate. Votes: 3

My story of success and failure is not just about music and being famous. It's about living and loving and trying to find purpose in this crazy world. Votes: 3

What I like about music is its ability to be convincing, to carry an argument through successfully to the finish, though the terms of the argument remain unknown quantities. Votes: 3

Aesthetically, we were enormously successful. Economically... there was no success. It was all about music of the future and unfortunately it was a band that didn't have any future. Votes: 3

I listen to music cinematically. I think about music and how it would make me feel when it's put to an image, a moving image, and I love it. Votes: 3

I'm passionate about music, food, books, film, blah, blah. The same things everyone is passionate about, no? Love, sex, connection. Peace. Not f - - g up our planet. Votes: 3

Right, yeah, you know, my favorite thing just globally about music is just hopefully I'm able to be, you know, blessing the people in any way that I can. Votes: 3

When I write I like to just say everything that people think about but never express vocally. I just get deep into it; I'm a bit obsessive about music. Votes: 3

I had another dream the other day about music critics. They were small and rodent-like with padlocked ears, as if they had stepped out of a painting by Goya. Votes: 3

The Bronx are great. I have a lot of respect for those guys, they know more about music and how that world works than most of the players out there. Votes: 3

The thing I like about 'Nashville,' it just happens to be about musicians, and all the music is practical, meaning it's performed at a concert or during a rehearsal. Votes: 3

I'm the worst critic about music myself. I hardly ever, every like something the first time I listen to it. So I've got to put myself in other people's shoes. Votes: 3

Some artists are bound to an image: Bob Marley has dreadlocks, Matisyahu has a beard. But that's a reminder that the whole thing is not about style. It's about music. Votes: 3

I like this town, it's really great. They've put me in The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. This town is about music. It's about the kind of music I like. Votes: 3

I questioned everything about music. I think it's a strange thing standing on a stage and making music. I just questioned it always: What's music? What's the meaning of it? Votes: 3

I grew up working at a record store and listening to vinyl. Even if it's side A and B, there's always this continuity that really turned me on about music. Votes: 3

We don't really talk about music that much, to be honest with you. It's not some I usually - I can't really talk about other people's tracks never mind my own. Votes: 3

I don't understand anything technical about music at all. I don't understand any of it, why you can't put these sounds together with those sounds. I only know what sounds good. Votes: 3

Obviously the people that I admired, like the Beatles, were really into rock'n'roll, but it was already a little past rock'n'roll when I started listening and making my own choices about music. Votes: 3

That's what I love about music. It's immediate. There's a connection whether you are playing at Hyde Park or Chicago, and it's been happening since the beginning of time and the troubadours. Votes: 3

Talking about music and talking about drums brings me back to my beginning and the simplicity, and the excitement about trying to play something and see if it works for your band. Votes: 3

When you have characters talking about music in any way, especially about music someone doesn't know, some people presume it's about showing social capital and sneering at those who don't have it. Votes: 3

There is something suspicious about music, gentlemen. I insist that she is, by her nature, equivocal. I shall not be going too far in saying at once that she is politically suspect. Votes: 3

The thing about music is it's not an obscure pursuit, it's a very natural thing for human beings to do. Once you put in the effort, the learning curve is very fast. Votes: 3

The power of sound to put an audience in a certain psychological state is vastly undervalued. And the more you know about music and harmony, the more you can do with that. Votes: 3

If the lyrics have meaning to it and it gives me a certain emotion, I think that's the most beautiful part about music - you can feel it and connect to it. Votes: 3

I think that most people who write about music just want to fill some paper. They're not really interested in getting to the heart of something. Otherwise, they wouldn't write what they write. Votes: 3

At first people thought I was really arrogant and a snob about music because I'm so intense about my production and sound, and because they knew I didn't like new music so much. Votes: 3

In some way, my fundamental feeling about music is that it's impossible to put a price tag on it. Human beings made music before they made a lot of other things, including tools. Votes: 3

Nothing is more futile than theorizing about music. No doubt there are laws, mathematically strict laws, but these laws are not music; they are only its conditions? The essence of music is revelation. Votes: 3

I'm continuing to learn more about music - it's an ocean, and you can never really say that you know everything. I'm grateful that I'm still living and making music among the greats. Votes: 3

Fashion is silly. Perhaps I should say fashion in general is silly. But then everything is, in general. If you talk about music in general, it's silly; about magazines, in general, they're silly. Votes: 3

Music is funny. I shouldn't even ever talk about music, because you can have all the ideas in your head, and it never goes exactly the way that you think it's gonna go. Votes: 3

I think it's almost a law of nature that there are only certain things that hit an emotive space, and that's what was always special for me about music: it made me feel something. Votes: 3

Orpheus never liked words. He had his music. He would get a funny look on his face and I would say what are you thinking about and he would always be thinking about music. Votes: 3

Frank was the BOSS and was not open to anything that was not from his head. There were no arguments about music because if you did, he would show you where the door was. Period. Votes: 3

Where I came from, just nodding and smiling when someone expressed views was the ultimate insult. If people weren't yelling about politics in our house then they were arguing about music, or movies, or food. Votes: 3

I write music, it’s performed. After all, my music says it all. It doesn’t need historical and hysterical commentaries. In the long run, any words about music are less important than the music. Votes: 3

All my books are about one major idea and two or three subsidiary ones. I have thought a lot about music when constructing books, and I like the way in music that themes come back. Votes: 3

I watched and learned about music as a member of Big Bang. Of course it's important to show my charms as an artist by showing my abilities but that's what our solo activities are for. Votes: 3

I was attracted to a lot of different art forms - dancing, painting. But there's something about music that people hold so close. It's such a powerful art form, and that's why I live for it. Votes: 3

In regard to music, I just think that it's always best to have an attitude of being a perpetual student and always look to learn something new about music, because there's always something new to learn. Votes: 3

Dan: Thats what I love about music.Gretta: What?Dan: One of the most banal scenesis suddenly invested...with so much meaning.All these banalities.Theyre suddenly turned into these...these beautiful, effervescent pearls.From music. Votes: 3

It is our responsibility to learn how to speak to an audience that is less informed about music, to give it a reason to want to come and see us instead of going to the movies. Votes: 3

We must see that music theory is not only about music, but about how people process it. To understand any art, we must look below its surface into the psychological details of its creation and absorption. Votes: 3

People showed me this way of dealing with music, writing songs, thinking about music and shows and our community and the fact that it doesn't have to be about being popular or fashion or making money. Votes: 3

Swallow My Gift' is all about music being its own reward. I don't do it to become more famous; I don't do it to make money. I don't do it from an ego-driven point of view. Votes: 3

In every interview I've got to explain something about being white but still being into hip hop. It's gone way beyond the musical aspect of the business. And I'm as critical about music as everybody else is. Votes: 3

When I'm playing with the band or playing with some projects or some of my own stuff it's about the musical approach. That would be the more turntablist approach to things of where it's strictly about music. Votes: 3

My grandfather and my father disagreed about music, not least of all because my dad wanted to improvise. It wasn't just that he wanted to play different music; it was just that he came off the dots. Votes: 3

I don't like music docs, usually. There's nothing to really say. What can you say about music? Normally, you can't say too much. There are a few really good ones, but the majorities are boring, I think. Votes: 3

Most true artists care about music as a pure, passionate art form, but can get caught in the trap of the business. Which, sadly, has now become more important than the artist or even the music itself. Votes: 3

You make music to move people and you don't get to pick who you move. You just don't. It's exclusionary and elitist and I just never felt that way about music, of all things. The great unifier. Votes: 3

I'd like to expand on doing what I love and venture out a bit more. I would like to play consistantly good music. Eventually someday I would like to open up a school and teach kids about music. Votes: 3

I thought people cared about music in a deep way, so I was writing to that spirit in people and in myself. It was me, thinking I knew what was up. Youth, who else can change the world? Votes: 3

The piano is the X factor. People have a tough time following the structures when there's no piano there, spelling it out. It makes it more easily understood, particularly to people who don't know as much about music. Votes: 3

But the greatest thing about music is putting it out there for people to figure out. You want the listener to find the song on their own. If you give too much away, it takes away from the imagination. Votes: 3

Punk rock is a word used by dilettantes and heartless manipulators about music that takes up the energies, the bodies, the hearts, the souls, the time and the minds of young men who give everything they have to it. Votes: 3

Punk rock' is a word used by dilettantes and heartless manipulators about music that takes up the energies, the bodies, the hearts, the souls, the time and the minds of young men who give everything they have to it. Votes: 3

Perfect music has its cause. It arises from equilibrium. Equilibrium arises from righteousness, and righteousness arises from the meaning of the cosmos. Therefore one can speak about music only with a man who has perceived the meaning of the cosmos. Votes: 3

See my father knew a lot about music, he played the piano and he would do theory and stuff like that, but I didn't learn anything from him, but I played that for him and he liked it a lot. Votes: 3

That's the thing about music: It's forever. Hopefully, you captured a moment musically that has a timeless quality people will find relevant to their lives at any point. That's the whole idea about what I love about art and music. Votes: 3

I think people are largely proud of being musically on the risk. Any time you talk to someone about music, I feel like everyone is kind of always underlining just, you know, how voracious their appetites for various things are. Votes: 3

I think that one of the things about music is it's supposed to be spontaneous, it's supposed to be real human beings bouncing off of each other whether its from the stage or to the audience, or jamming with friends. Votes: 3

Most of my arguments with musicians through the years have had more to do with their attitude about music, or their attitude about their own lives, or their personal responsibility. Music has never really been the big centerpiece of the fight. Votes: 3

One of the great things about the Internet is that people are excited about music and wanna hear a random album from a band somewhere in Romania or something, and to listen to all sorts of stuff from around the world. Votes: 3

What I love about music, when you can look at something and be like, "Wow, what's this all about?" You can't really picture what these people look like - is it one guy, or a band making music in a garage? Votes: 3

I'm a lot more sensitive about music, I think, than most other guys in this particular side of the business. Most of them are beat crazy and beat heavy. I'm more melody. I'm more musical than most of the other ones. Votes: 3

I mean, just because you're a musician doesn't mean all your ideas are about music. So every once in a while I get an idea about plumbing, I get an idea about city government, and they come the way they come. Votes: 3

If I asked you something about basketball and you don't really know about basketball and you try to talk it and fake it, I'm going to be able to tell. It's the same way about music; you have to be real. Votes: 3

I like showing different types of comedy - showing that I could tell a story, or showing that I could do a one-liner, showing I could do stuff about music - so just trying to be versatile and talking about different topics. Votes: 3

I always hankered to be a composer - I was mad about music, though I never studied seriously, and can't read a note. But I learned to play the piano and became pretty skillful at improvisation, especially after a drop or two. Votes: 3

The danger with the internet is that you don't need to think about music, you just search for it and you find the answer. Singing used to be part of everyday life. Women sang while pounding corn. Men sang while paddling canoes. Votes: 3

It was writing about music for NPR - connecting with music fans and experiencing a sense of community - that made me want to write songs again. I began to feel I was in my head too much about music, too analytical. Votes: 3

I couldn't imagine what it's like to be a journalist talking about music. You're left with empty descriptions; you probably have to make up a sort of weird cocktail of band influences and references to other music to get your point across. Votes: 3

The chamber music repertoire is so vast that if one is genuinely curious about music, the art of listening, understanding and responding to a score, the elementary skills and requirements of chamber works are easily applicable to that of any solo playing. Votes: 3

As you get older, the assumption is you get wiser. I try to earn it by not staying still, not resting on laurels. A lot of people in other professions are retired at my age. I care about music more than ever. Votes: 3

It's what the Pixies always said about music - they were writing songs and just trying not to be boring. That was their main motivation and it worked for them. I remember reading that and thinking that was the way to do it. Votes: 3

When no one's buying your records, it's easy to justify selling a song. But once you start selling records, you can't really justify having two songs in Cadillac commercials. It looks greedy. And it is greedy. This whole music thing should be about music. Votes: 3

There's no borders or lines you can't cross anymore. Everything is getting blended with everything. That's the dope thing about music now. Some people don't like it, more of the older people. They want to, you know, go back to old-school New York hip-hop. Votes: 3

I had ideas about music and sound and listening and time and so on that I wanted to pursue as an individual, and by doing that book, Brian [Eno] opened the door, and he decided to do a record based loosely on the book. Votes: 3

If you ask me about music and how things should be played, I believe that music-making is the combination of having learned how to do something right, what one feels is right to do in the moment, and the way the audience is listening. Votes: 3

I met a zillion people through Ronnie Wood. He's been my friend since he was in The Faces, and he's still my best friend. A real person, earthy, working 24 hours a day, uplifting to be around, and he's still got that fire about music. Votes: 3

I'd been to a lot of shows and I was just tired of people being jaded about music in general. Just a lot of pretensions, a lot of the attitude that goes along with it was a little difficult for me to deal with. Votes: 3

I think the best thing an artist can do is not hang out with other artists. I really dislike hanging out with musicians, for the most part, except for a few select friends, because I don't like to talk about music all the time. Votes: 3

Playing music well is difficult, yet the world has an abundance of fine performers. Explaining a little about music is easier, yet few do it well. Those who can do both supremely form a tiny club, whose honorary chairman is the conductor Michael Tilson Thomas. Votes: 3

I'm still learning about music. The best way to learn is to listen to the audience. When you listen to the audience, they will tell you what they like. I wish these big corporations, instead of telling the audience what they should have, would listen. Votes: 3

Economics is a study of cause-and-effect relationships in an economy. It's purpose is to discern the consequences of various ways of allocating resources which have alternative uses. It has nothing to say about philosophy or values, anymore than it has to say about music or literature. Votes: 3

I don't want any production credit. I think producers are overrated. They're for people who, first of all, don't know anything about music or arranging and have no ear for their own doings. They can't tell a good solo from a bad solo, stuff like that. Votes: 3

For the longest time, I didn't even want to admit I was serious about music. Before the Shins, I would tell myself, 'Oh, I'm going to figure something out someday.' I had this romantic vision of being this old dude maybe making guitars or something. Votes: 3

My earliest memories about music are connected with going to church and listening to organ music. I am not from a musical family, actually, and I remember my first musical fascination to be for organ music. I wanted to become an organist and not a pianist. Votes: 3

My dad's father was a White Star Line trumpet player in the '20s. It shaped the way that I think about music. My grandfather was classically trained, military trained. He was an orphan who ended up in the Military School of Music in Kneller Hall. Votes: 3

That's the funny thing about music. Part of the magic, I quess. Sometimes it replenishes me, like I'm feeding off its energy and it fills me. And other times, it pulls at my pain, weaves its way through the strands of my soul and wrecks it". Votes: 3

I didn't know anything about music when I started a band. I barely knew how to play a guitar. I didn't know how to produce records. I learned how to play bass guitar and keyboards in Rilo Kiley. I picked up a lot from my collaborators. Votes: 3

My life is about politics, a lot of about music, and a lot about things other than acting. I like traveling the world. But, what makes me want to stay in this business and keep doing this are movies when it's a true labor of love. Votes: 3

You can fill this table up with people who are racist, homophobic, Satanist worshippers, sexist and we can be arguing but if you put on a song, I guarantee that people will stop and listen and that's what I love about music, it can bring people together. Votes: 3

A lot of people would say "well that's not a bad reputation. you sound like a pussy" and I would say yea. but I am passionate about music and being taken seriously about my music, so if you're going to mess with that, we have a problem. Votes: 3

Artists say that paintings are never done. I sort of feel the same way about music. I would never say something is perfect. There are performances that can generate a lot of emotion in me when I hear them, but I can't say if anything is perfect. Votes: 3

There's something about music that encourages people to want to know more about the person that made it, and where it was recorded, what year it was done, what they were listening to, and all this kind of stuff. There's something that invites all this obsessive behavior. Votes: 3

If I think about music in the future, I imagine it often as not involving electricity, in some dystopian, post-apocalyptic future. And that's what I get from Penderecki: people making music by taking these instruments out of boxes and playing them. That's a very bizarre and modern thing. Votes: 3

I didn't know Charlie Parker well, but I spent some time with him, and he was articulate and well-spoken with a lot of curiosity about music and the world. But the only way he seems to be depicted is as a junkie. And that's not the full picture. Votes: 3

I am passionate about music and my work to the bottom of my very soul, but I also very much enjoy good clothes and some of the finer things in life. Rappers do, too, and perhaps it's one of the reasons I've been welcomed so warmly into their world. Votes: 3

Some people feel like you need to have a very specialized understanding of music to have the authority to talk about it. They are such good directors that it's perfectly possible to have conceptual and directorial and storytelling conversations about music without needing to know all the technical pieces. Votes: 3

I don't come from a film background. I haven't learned anything about films or film-making. But I have a thirst to know everything about my profession. I want to learn about cinematography, about editing, about music recordings, about post-production. So when people in the know talk, I willingly listen. Votes: 3

I had to appreciate other things about music, like the writing and the cadence and dealing with producers. I became a student. I wanted to learn the actual idea of what this industry was before I could creatively speak a lot of the things that I wanted to speak. Votes: 3

My dad and I had a real meeting of the minds. We loved to talk about music, politics, and art. He loved children. The thing I missed most about my dad when he died was that this person who really gets who I am at the core was gone. Votes: 3

I don't have a girlfriend. I don't know if I have a type, but I really like girls who are driven. I really care about music, so I like it when a girl really cares about something too. Whatever it is they are into, I'll be their biggest fan. Votes: 3

I feel like people either love me or hate me, which is good, because that was the point of what I do. The point of M.I.A. is to be - it's either to be loved or hated. At least you evoke that much of a strong opinion about music. Votes: 3

Music is about the performance. Votes: 0

I absolutely love everything about Christmas music. Votes: 0

There isn't anything weird about my music. Votes: 0

I'm so passionate about making good music. Votes: 0

I am totally unapologetic about pop music. Votes: 0

Just make music; don't talk about politics. Votes: 0

Pop music should be about young people. Votes: 0

Music is about bringing light to others. Votes: 0

I never feel guilty about liking music. Votes: 0

I've always had a fascination about mixing music, Votes: 0

I am optimistic about the future of music. Votes: 0

Directing music videos is all about capturing images. Votes: 0

Music is love. Music is always about love. Votes: 0

Music is about textures as well as melody. Votes: 0

I'm not about being sexy. I'm about the music. Votes: 0

For me, music is all about emotion and attitude. Votes: 0

It's Always about the music, never about anything else Votes: 0

For me, music and life are all about style. Votes: 0

I care about writing music and playing my music. Votes: 0

I don't know anything about the history of music. Votes: 0

I'm not crazy about the rap thing. Or house music. Votes: 0

But otherwise, music is about a beat and a message. Votes: 0

Music is about expressing things you can't in everyday life. Votes: 0

I don't think of my music as being about something. Votes: 0

I love playing music. And that's what it's all about. Votes: 0

Music is all about wanting to be better at it. Votes: 0

Learning from other people is what music is all about. Votes: 0

The thing about Christmas music is the recognizability. It's great. Votes: 0

Music is about more than connecting notes. It connects people! Votes: 0

When I think about country music, I think about America. Votes: 0

My music is about being strong, even in your vulnerability Votes: 0

My music is about being strong, even in your vulnerability. Votes: 0

I'm not crazy about country-western music. But the lyrics are good. Votes: 0

This is rock'n'roll, not classical music. It's about people working together. Votes: 0

Punk is like not about the style, its about the music! Votes: 0

Everybody loves classical music they just don't know about it yet. Votes: 0

Country music is about new love and it's about old love. Votes: 0

The thing about my music is, there really is no point. Votes: 0

There's nothing remotely interesting to me about marketing music as a product. Votes: 0

Music in movies is all about dissonance and consonance, tension and release. Votes: 0

Nothing is more singular about this generation than its addiction to music. Votes: 0

We don't have music that talks about sexuality from a female standpoint. Votes: 0

I'm not a professional; I lack even basic knowledge about writing music. Votes: 0

Our music's kind of about taking something ugly and making it beautiful. Votes: 0

Louis Armstrong is jazz. He represents what the music is all about. Votes: 0

My music is about the journey, about love and the human experience. Votes: 0

I've never been too worried about all the music critics and stuff. Votes: 0

There's nothing remotely interesting to me about marketing music as a product. Votes: 0

I think Ive learned more about Baroque music than any other genre. Votes: 0

Music is about the only thing left that people don't fight over. Votes: 0

Learning music by reading about it is like making love by mail. Votes: 0

I have a lot of new music that I'm very excited about. Votes: 0

I do like expressing how I feel about things in my music. Votes: 0

I started taking music lessons and singing when I was about ten. Votes: 0

A lot of pop music is about stealing pocket money from children. Votes: 0

You have to be very focused about the music that you have inside. Votes: 0

My music is all about an idealistic human personality. I have 19th-century ideals. Votes: 0

Acting is largely about putting on masks, and music is about removing them. Votes: 0

When rock music came in, I wasn't bitter about it. I was puzzled. Votes: 0

Songs are about just being totally honest and putting those words to music. Votes: 0

I care about what people think of my heart, my music, my passion. Votes: 0

To me, music was about being accepted and escaping from this crummy existence Votes: 0

Musicians always have music in their heads about their perceptions of the world. Votes: 0

I've started thinking about pure electronic music again. Something very melodic, very aggressive. Votes: 0

Music for us is about articulating the feelings you can't put into words. Votes: 0

Music is about imagination. It's about thought. It's about creating something from nothing. Votes: 0

Michael Jackson fundamentally altered the terms of the debate about African American music. Votes: 0

This isn't about the money. This is just for me. I love music. Votes: 0

Change is always happening. That's one of the wonderful things about jazz music. Votes: 0

I've been really excited about some new cutting edge electronic music and technology. Votes: 0

I've dreamed about doing music since I was three or four years old. Votes: 0

Music is about listening, the more you play, the more the magic spreads. Votes: 0

The last thing I think about when I'm making music is its reception. Votes: 0

My music is not really about one ideology. It's not about one truth. Votes: 0

I am about the arrangements and the layers of depth in the music. Votes: 0

The whole thing about rock music, pop music, is it's really for kids. Votes: 0

Music is all about leadership and there ain't really a lot of leaders. Votes: 0

Through music you learn not to care about the color of someone's skin. Votes: 0

If you're doing a music film, you've got to be singing about something. Votes: 0

The hardest part about being in Radiohead is listening to my own music. Votes: 0

Songs are about just being totally honest and putting those words to music, Votes: 0

Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it. Votes: 0

There's really only three things you can write music about: girls, cars and surfing. Votes: 0

If you ever tell anyone about Jonah's sexual dysfunction, I'll never play music again. Votes: 0

Thank God for books and music and things I can think about." --Charlie Gordan Votes: 0

Thank God for books and music and things I can think about."--Charlie Gordon Votes: 0

I am passionate about making music that feeds the soul and brings people together. Votes: 0

I love the opportunity to tell the story about the characters through the music. Votes: 0

I agree with you about the music of today. It lacks style and emotion. Votes: 0

My favorite books, art pieces, films, and music, always have something jarring about them. Votes: 0

Well, what I love about '80s rock music is the amazing, fantastic melodies. Votes: 0

My wife is very happy about me keeping all my music in my pocket. Votes: 0

When I need a little advice about Saddam Hussein, I turn to country music. Votes: 0

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

Music is all about transporting people; speaking a language which languages fail to express. Votes: 0

Ultimately I have learned more about poetry, from music and magic than from literature. Votes: 0

It wasn't until I was about 17 or 18 years old that I got into music Votes: 0

If you want to know about the Sixties, play the music of The Beatles. Votes: 0

Music… is a memory bank for finding one’s way about the world. Votes: 0

People never talked about my music. They just counted how many knickers were on stage. Votes: 0

Hip-hop educated me about other forms of music, because it sampled from all different styles. Votes: 0

When it comes to music, I'm definitely thinking [about] what I would like to hear. Votes: 0

My music is really about people connecting with their identities, even if they aren't Jewish. Votes: 0

Education isn't just about feeding the brain. Art and music feed the heart and soul. Votes: 0

The power and the potency of music will transcend any one person's opinion about it. Votes: 0

It's really about making the best music you can make. It's really about working hard. Votes: 0

It always helps me connect with characters, to think about what music they respond to Votes: 0

What I love about African-African music is how unselfconscious it is in so many ways. Votes: 0

Creating music and just having someone's art directs the way you think about life subconsciously. Votes: 0

All that I'm concerned about is that my fans understand & that they like the music. Votes: 0

I force myself to care about the music end by wrestling with it for years. Votes: 0

I love to play music. I'm terrible at it, but I love learning about it . Votes: 0

Kid A is about an abortion. *laughs* It's about how our music is an abortion Votes: 0

One thing I love about Christmas music is that it has a tradition of warmth. Votes: 0

I actually get a metallic taste in my mouth when I think about electric music. Votes: 0

Both music and acting are huge parts of my life - it's all about balance. Votes: 0

I was doing stuff that for me was sort of more about playing real music. Votes: 0

When I was 15, I did not know nothing about what concerned the world of music. Votes: 0

The music is all we care about -- so if that's bad, then we're bad. Votes: 0

I respect country music because I feel like it's more about the talent and the songwriting. Votes: 0

Lyrics are always misleading because they make people think that that's what the music is about. Votes: 0

Sam said nothing about it, as though he spontaneously composed music with nature all the time. Votes: 0

Since the early Nineties it's been very fashionable to say, 'It's all about the music.' Votes: 0

People never ask people doing serious music, 'Do you ever think about doing funny music?' Votes: 0

The more I do in my life, the more I can write music about new experiences. Votes: 0

Music is also a part of who I am so I'm thinking about recording an album. Votes: 0

I mix up all styles on my albums because that is what music is about now. Votes: 0

Early in my career, people wanted to hear music about protest, about trying to change things. Votes: 0

But anyone who knows anything about the music industry knows it's not only about the music. Votes: 0

It's very hard to write music for a film because you're writing about somebody else's experience. Votes: 0

No, there's something about the sing-song cadence of children's music that has its place in rock. Votes: 0

I liked when I was naive and I thought it was just about making good music. Votes: 0

Rock & roll is dying. It’s frightening to think about the music scene 20 years from now. Votes: 0

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

The music is the last thing I'm thinking about right now, in order of what's important. Votes: 0

After making music for twenty-six years I can't pretend I don't know anything about it anymore. Votes: 0

Whenever I think about funk music, it has a look - and that's how it sounds. Votes: 0

IPods just made music about how many songs you could have on you at all times. Votes: 0

What I like about Americans is if it's good music, that's the only thing that matters. Votes: 0

I think the most important thing about screaming in our music is the urgency of it. Votes: 0

To my mind, there is a reason that music is there and it's about being human. Votes: 0

To me, music has to be about freedom. It's the most important thing in my life. Votes: 0

Prose poetry is not set to a melody or music so there's something freeing about it. Votes: 0

Young fans want to know about the past and older fans also want to find new music. Votes: 0

In retrospect I realize that the threat was about ego rather than the validity of the music. Votes: 0

Now, it's almost impossible to go out and do a film about a new form of music. Votes: 0

Guy Pearce is very precise and clear about understanding the rhythm and the music of a scene. Votes: 0

Telling someone about what a symbol means is like telling someone how music should make them feel. Votes: 0

Music lovers always want to hear the best. It's about freedom of choice, we supply the music. Votes: 0

I guess, people like myself and Roxy Music that had a different agenda about taking up music. Votes: 0

I don't worry so much about whether people are buying my music or getting it for free. Votes: 0

What I've learnt about artists over the years is, artists are usually the opposite to their music. Votes: 0

World music is about taking things from different places and bringing them together - which is great. Votes: 0

And then there's my Grandson: He's certainly got the music together, there's just no question about it. Votes: 0

People who are thinking about your music almost as much as you are, that almost never happens. Votes: 0

The cool thing about writing music, writing anything, is that once you publish it, it's there forever. Votes: 0

I am a person who thinks about the music first in trying to achieve something musically valid. Votes: 0

Every artist has a moment where they think about quitting music for a moment because it's scary. Votes: 0

A man in music, as one in love, either lives it or talks about it; seldom both. Votes: 0

I'm very nerdy about my music, and I like interrogating people about what they put on playlists. Votes: 0

I'm crazy about James Brown. I'm crazy about soul music. And then the blues. Rhythm and blues. Votes: 0

You can enjoy many different types of music. I think that's something more Americans should think about. Votes: 0

I love reinventing my music and myself as well, and that's something my fans love about me. Votes: 0

If you think about it, everything we do in life is set to some kind of music. Votes: 0

I need both music and acting to even think about surviving life. I don't have a choice. Votes: 0

Because music gets you high, so it makes sense to sing about what else gets you high. Votes: 0

My music is for real women and it's about real women and I am a real woman, Votes: 0

The curious beauty about African music is that it uplifts even as it tells a sad story. Votes: 0

When you are a real artist who is serious about your craft, you love good music. Period. Votes: 0

When I listen to music, I don't want to hear about flowers. I like death and destruction. Votes: 0

World music evokes a feeling. You don't have to think about the scene that it comes from. Votes: 0

I don't know about folk music. I play guitar, so there's a feeling I make folk music. Votes: 0

This music is about struggle. Reggae is a vehicle to carry a message of freedom and peace. Votes: 0

When I sing, I want people to think only about the tenor and only about the music. Votes: 0

The only things Mick and I disagree about is the band, the music and what we do. Votes: 0

Every artist has a moment where they think about quitting music for a moment because its scary. Votes: 0

I believe that my music is just about feelings, and the style is just a side effect. Votes: 0

I've made a living out of music since I was 19, which is something I'm really happy about. Votes: 0

You create a community with music, not just at concerts but by talking about it with your friends. Votes: 0

I didn't realize that everyone was so attracted to my hair. I thought, well what about my music? Votes: 0

House music has always been about peace, love and unity - and I'm bringing the 2012 version of it. Votes: 0

Country music has always been about as close to R&B as you can possibly get. We're storytellers. Votes: 0

The spirit of America is all about defiance, and the best music like mine is the freedom soundtrack. Votes: 0

I have an intense desire to constantly make music, and I don't feel that way about anything else. Votes: 0

My music is about a joyful experience. I've learned that if you can affect other people, you should. Votes: 0

The music is first and foremost everything - no egos, no attitude, nothing - it's about the music. Votes: 0

I've always sort of felt that, for me, everything's so much more about the music than the accolades. Votes: 0

Logically, when you talkin' about folk music and blues, you find out it's music of just plain people. Votes: 0

Stop thinking about the audience and what they may be thinking of your music. Just play the music. Votes: 0

I wrote... Neon Ballroom in that time where I hated music, really everything about it, I hated it. Votes: 0

Some people know why they make music, I suppose. But we never talk about what we're doing. Ever. Votes: 0

Music is what I love to do, so you'll never have to worry about me not doing that. Votes: 0

Part of what makes music so interesting is the lack of consensus on just about any given topic. Votes: 0

What is music about? You can't listen to one era, one composer, and know what music is about. Votes: 0

I wanted to play music. I didn't think about where it would go or what it would do. Votes: 0

What I enjoy most about going out on stage is seeing all my fans react to my music. Votes: 0

A lot of my music is slow and subtle. The subtly is what I enjoy about making music. Votes: 0

Music was never really something I wanted to do, so I never thought about it as a kid. Votes: 0

The music is fun and all that, but first and foremost it is a business, it's about money. Votes: 0

I just don't get that new hot music. I don't know anything about all these groups like U2. Votes: 0

If you really want to know something about me, you should know this: I like my music loud. Votes: 0

I love film, but it's bringing me away from music. Singing is what I'm probably most passionate about. Votes: 0

I can listen to all different sorts of music. I don't really care about The Next Big Thing. Votes: 0

When I work on music, I never think about vocalists. They're the last person I'm making music for. Votes: 0

To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the music the words make. Votes: 0

I believe that there is no doubts about who I am, an artist who loves music, above everything. Votes: 0

Never understood a lot about the world... music is one of the only things that makes any sense. Votes: 0

If you talk bad about country music, it's like saying bad things about my momma. Them's fightin' words Votes: 0

I wrote Neon Ballroom in that time where I hated music, really everything about it, I hated it. Votes: 0

The thing about sports movies is, they can't help but feel epic - putting music to images, etc. Votes: 0

We are excited about the music, past and present and future, and are really looking forward to playing. Votes: 0

If you talk bad about country music, it's like saying bad things about my momma. Them's fightin' words. Votes: 0

Great music as much about the space in between the notes as it is about the notes themselves. Votes: 0

Pop music, disco music, and heavy metal music is about shutting out the tensions of life, putting it away. Votes: 0

I wish I finished music school, because then I feel like I could talk more about the dissonant notes. Votes: 0

I've been writing Indian music for a while. Indian music is about Mother Earth, and mine is no exception. Votes: 0

Now we're in an age of singles. It's actually always been more about singles for most of music history. Votes: 0

To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner music that words make. Votes: 0

I just try to be more creative and come with something new because I actually care about the music. Votes: 0

My music is about my life. If it's something that I've lived, then it's something that I've written about. Votes: 0

Music really helps me stay centered. I can listen to music and forget about any issue that I have. Votes: 0

One thing I always loved about hip-hop music was the raw, boom-bap element - it felt powerful and manly. Votes: 0

I do music for the love of it, and I've been doing it from a very young age: about 11. Votes: 0

I have an instinct for music, or a feeling about it, and I'll have my feelings guide my hands. Votes: 0

I haven't thought about making a music film, but if I did, that would be a very interesting idea. Votes: 0

I've been making music for a while. And I could read about myself on the Internet for a while. Votes: 0

I talk about life, and I make universal music with an American style - and that's what I do. Votes: 0

I feel fortunate about being able to make the music I want to make and getting away with it Votes: 0

I love that about the Beatles, that the music is still going on more than the haircut, you know. Votes: 0

I'm serious about the music, but I'm not serious about the fantasy. It's no big deal being on TV! Votes: 0

I don't do much press. I don't like to talk about my music too much before I do it. Votes: 0

There are a million things in music I know nothing about. I just want to narrow down that figure. Votes: 0

The thing that's good about Hip Hop is that it has experimented with a lot of different sounds and music. Votes: 0

It's about the music and that's it. I'm not an entertainer. But I do entertain people, see what I mean? Votes: 0

Everyone to me has to pick a subject to talk about in music if you're going to be a writer. Votes: 0

Once you free your mind about a concept of music and harmony being correct, you can do whatever you want. Votes: 0

Music used to be a lot more about angst for me. Now it's the only form of meditation I do. Votes: 0

If I'm not writing songs about things I've actually been through, it ruins the idea of making music to me. Votes: 0

My music doesn't exist in a vacuum; there's a script and there's an actor and it's about to come together. Votes: 0

I'm free to make music - I'm sitting on about 40 or 45 new songs that I can't wait to put out. Votes: 0

For me it's about the music, and it always has been. Maybe for some other people it's more about money. Votes: 0

Anybody I'm dating, I don't want them to talk about my music. I don't talk about my music to them. Votes: 0

Jazz of the sort we play is a happy, extroverted music. You don't have to think about it too much. Votes: 0

One thing that I always liked about fashion was that it was tied in with music and art and film. Votes: 0

I wasn't very aware of pop music because I attended an arts school. For me, it was all about jazz. Votes: 0

In the long run, all I care about is making good music & not wasting time being in the public eye. Votes: 0

Country music is not a formula it's a music with its own soul and I'm all about saving that soul! Votes: 0

I wish I could be invisible and just play music and not have to worry about anyone looking at me. Votes: 0

What I wanted to do was music, until I was about 16. But it was jazz and rock, never classical music. Votes: 0

I still feel very much an imposter in the whole music scene, which I'm quite happy about to be honest. Votes: 0

I loved music, but I found myself at the point where I wanted to die. I didn't care about life. Votes: 0

I don't have a very 'masculine' taste in music. I get a lot of heat from my friends about that. Votes: 0

I always did each show for about two years. So if you play the music, it just comes back to me. Votes: 0

Even with artists I love, only about a third of their music is what really hits the sweet spot for me. Votes: 0

I think we're about ready for a new feeling to enter music. I think that will come from the Arabic world. Votes: 0

I've talked about sex a great deal in my music for a great while now. I feel very comfortable with it. Votes: 0

The way that I've always gone about making music, the rule of thumb, has just been to make what I love. Votes: 0

I'm taking a break from music... everyone was so mean about it and it was so hard that I wanted to die. Votes: 0

I think in the old music, everything was so competitive. It was all about - very selfish in a lot of ways. Votes: 0

I'm a big music fan, an admirer. But I mean by no means am I about to release an album or anything. Votes: 0

I like to talk about things when it pertains to a band. I like to talk about things that matter and music. Votes: 0