“In middle school, I really didn't have music, but in high school, I remember taking a lot of choir and drama.”
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.
“I listen to crazy, robust rock music where they sing their faces off, and soul music, which can be similar.”
“In middle school, I really didn't have music, but in high school, I remember taking a lot of choir and drama.”
“I haven't heard any music on the BBC World Service in a long time. Maybe I'm listening at the wrong times. But not one single piece of music.”
“When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have.”
“I decided to make music again at a time when I couldn't have had more obstacles.”
“For me, great music doesn't just have to fall into one category or one genre and I love appreciating all kinds of music.”
“I feel good about being able to take bluegrass on to television like 'Letterman' and 'The View,' and I've heard nice things about being able to do that. I really haven't felt any negativity toward me or my music.”
“I had to resign myself, many years ago, that I'm not too articulate when it comes to explaining how I feel about things. But my music does it for me, it really does.”
“I've never had a very quiet voice. I tried in choir to make it smaller, and it just didn't work out. And I listened to a lot of soul music when I was growing up on my own accord. But I was mostly into Mama Cass and Gladys Knight, and they all had big voices too just different than mine.”
“The world's a better place since I chose music.”
“It's really hard for me to sometimes put myself out there, like 'Hey, how do you feel about making music together?' because maybe I'm afraid of rejection or I don't want to put anybody out. It's the Southerner in me, like, 'I don't mean to bother you but do you mind making a song?'”
“Music is harmony, harmony is perfection, perfection is our dream, and our dream is heaven.”
“It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music to be the legitimate offspring of respectable parents.”
“I love recording music.”
“Life is like music it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.”
“It is piracy, not overt online music stores, which is our main competitor.”