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.

“You are the music while the music lasts.”

T. S. Eliot

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“In England and Europe, we have this huge music called ambient - ambient techno, ambient house, ambient hip-hop, ambient this, ambient that.”

Brian Eno

“I sing a mixture of everything from opera, folk music, Broadway. It's a mix of things.”

Katherine Jenkins

“The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too much respect for music they should be taught to love it instead.”

Igor Stravinsky

“I've been a fan of electronic music since the beginning.”

Jonathan Davis

“There's a great enthusiasm for good country music all over the world.”

Willie Nelson

“The iPod completely changed the way people approach music.”

Karl Lagerfeld

“I'm writing constantly about all my crazy experiences across the world, so I have a lot of music I've already written.”

Kesha

“I have a big problem with piped music. I like either silence or to listen to it properly.”

Sting

“My father was a minister and so rock music was banned in our house.”

Tori Amos

“It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.”

Walter Lippmann

“Music is a lady that I still love because she gives me the air that I breathe. We need all sorts of nourishment. And music satisfies and nourishes the hunger within ourselves for connection and harmony.”

Cat Stevens

“Maybe I'm genetically more inclined to music - but the music I make is so far removed from Indian classical music. I grew up in Texas!”

Norah Jones

“My music is fun, kind of cheeky.”

Kesha

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