music quotes

“It is as absurd to say that a man can't love one woman all the time as it is to say that a violinist needs several violins to play the same piece of music.”

— Honore de Balzac

“After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.”

— Aldous Huxley

“Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.”

— Victor Hugo

“All I do is play music and golf - which one do you want me to give up? ”

— Willie Nelson

“A movie goes from several stages, from idea to script. As you continue shooting, you will make some adjustments. You're constantly adjusting. It's like a piece of music. You're constantly trying to make it better.”

— Robert Rodriguez

“To me, movies and music go hand in hand. When I'm writing a script, one of the first things I do is find the music I'm going to play for the opening sequence.”

— Quentin Tarantino

“People think our music's very aggressive or angry or whatever, and it's just the opposite, really... I like laughing. And I like being really calm before a show, and smiley.”

— Serj Tankian

“I'd rather let the music speak for itself.”

— Serj Tankian

“It's probably a combination of personal and non-personal matters that have led us to where we are musically. ”

— Serj Tankian

“Honestly, I don't listen to nobody else's music but my own. It's kind of like sports to me. You don't see Kobe Bryant at a LeBron James game - he just works on his own game. And that's what I do. I only listen to me, so I can criticize and analyze and all those things.”

“I believe music should reflect yourself in some way and not just yourself at the given time. I feel that when you die or when you're going, someone's supposed to listen to that music and know everything about you. And I just try to get that across.”

“My music will go on forever. Maybe it's a fool say that, but when me know facts me can say facts. My music will go on forever. ”

“Sometimes I feel like rap music is almost the key to stopping racism.”

“I need drama in my life to keep making music.”

“Personally, I just think rap music is the best thing out there, period. If you look at my deck in my car radio, you're always going to find a hip-hop tape; that's all I buy, that's all I live, that's all I listen to, that's all I love.”

“You know, fame is a funny thing, man, especially, you know, actors, musicians, rappers, rock singers, it's kind of a lifestyle and it's easy to get caught up in it - you go to bars, you go to clubs, everyone's doing a certain thing... It's tough. ”

“I've accomplished enough with the music that I haven't had to go out there and do other things to over-saturate. ”

“For me the visual is just as important as the music.”

— Christina Aguilera

“I turned to music originally because of my past and needing a release or an outlet to get out anger or frustration or hurt. ”

— Christina Aguilera

“Pop is actually my least favorite kind of music, because it lacks real depth. ”

— Christina Aguilera

“You used to have to sing and convey emotion, and now, well, technically you can do anything with technology. It sucks for music today, but that's why that old music feels so good to me. ”

— Christina Aguilera

“I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies. ”

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“Punk is musical freedom. It's saying, doing and playing what you want. In Webster's terms, 'nirvana' means freedom from pain, suffering and the external world, and that's pretty close to my definition of Punk Rock. ”

— Kurt Cobain

“How many chances to you get to make a musical about a serial killer? The minute Tim Burton approached me, I was in.”

— Johnny Depp

“This land is your land and this land is my land, sure, but the world is run by those that never listen to music anyway. ”

“I consider myself a poet first and a musician second. I live like a poet and I'll die like a poet. ”

“People today are still living off the table scraps of the sixties. They are still being passed around - the music and the ideas. ”

“Here's the thing with me and the religious thing. This is the flat-out truth: I find the religiosity and philosophy in the music. I don't find it anywhere else. ”

“I became interested in folk music because I had to make it somehow. ”

“Folk music is a bunch of fat people. ”

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