“Rock music is niche.”
Music bypasses the brain and goes straight to something deeper. These quotes explore rhythm, melody, performance, and the mysterious way that organized sound can make you cry, dance, or remember something you thought you had forgotten.
“Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart.”
“Rock music is niche.”
“Lyrics are the only thing to do with music that haven't been made easier technically.”
“Music is about listening, the more you play, the more the magic spreads.”
“Certainly tolerance and acceptance were at the forefront of my music.”
“It is jazz music that called me to be a musician and I have always sang the songs that moved me the most.”
“The lyrics are constructed as empirically as the music. I don't set out to say anything very important.”
“Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist.”
“I love to listen to pop music and I admire people who do that, but I don't think I would ever be a very good pop star. I always leave that singing voice for the shower! I wouldn't put it out in the world!”
“Inspiration for my music just comes from, you know, my life experiences.”
“Music is the strongest form of magic.”
“I don't need anybody to market or promote me. If people don't want to hear this music, then it's not for them. You cannot please everybody.”
“Nevertheless the passions, whether violent or not, should never be so expressed as to reach the point of causing disgust and music, even in situations of the greatest horror, should never be painful to the ear but should flatter and charm it, and thereby always remain music.”
“I scientifically engineer my music to be as accessible as possible.”
“Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.”
“I think Ray Charles did as much as anybody when he did his country music album. Ray Charles broke down borders and showed the similarities between country music and R&B.”