Music Quotes

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.

“Life is like music it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.”

Samuel Butler

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“I enjoy all forms of music - pop, classical and opera.”

Stephen Hawking

“Ninety percent of all music is always crap, and when too many people decide they're going to have guitar bands, then ninety percent of them are going to be crap. It's just a given law.”

David Byrne

“I want my music to do the explaining.”

Demi Lovato

“I practice and work hard at my music, but I'm not saving lives here.”

Harry Connick, Jr.

“Music is my life, it is a reflection of what I go through.”

Lenny Kravitz

“It is jazz music that called me to be a musician and I have always sang the songs that moved me the most.”

Harry Connick, Jr.

“Getting into music has changed my personality and way of doing things. I'm far more open now.”

Shaun White

“I'm just lucky because my kids are grown-up - I love them, very proud of them, and we are in close contact as big-time friends, but they don't need me that much now and I can actually enjoy this wonderful world of music.”

Robert Plant

“People haven't always been there for me, but music always has.”

Taylor Swift

“Music is my living. I enjoy selling my music.”

James Taylor

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

Willie Nelson

“My husband is a composer, so he plays piano all the time and I sit there and clap telling my unborn child, 'Hear me clap, hear the music.' I know music, in general, is supposed to be good for babies to hear.”

Danica McKellar

“From the beginning, I knew intuitively that if nothing else, music was safe, and that nobody could tell me anything about it. Music didn't need a middleman, whereas all the other things in school needed some kind of explanation.”

Eric Clapton

“Music is a part of my life all the time - on the plane, before matches, driving out to the court.”

Maria Sharapova

“Music is a fantastic peacekeeper of the world, it is integral to harmony, and it is a required fundamental of human emotion.”

Xun Zi

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