Music Quotes

I listen to all kinds of music - new music, old music, music of my colleagues, everything.

Anywhere you had a commerce center, you had a lot of music.

My parents are both musicians and made sure we all played music. My brothers and sisters all play instruments, so we'll get together whenever we can and play. We play a lot of classical music - you know, the good stuff.

The music is within your heart, your soul, your spirit, and this is all I did when I sat at piano. I just go within.

Find a beautiful piece of art. If you fall in love with Van Gogh or Matisse or John Oliver Killens, or if you fall love with the music of Coltrane, the music of Aretha Franklin, or the music of Chopin - find some beautiful art and admire it, and realize that that was created by human beings just like you, no more human, no less.

He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice.

In terms of helping people understand and know each other a little better, music is universal - universal and transporting.

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.

Wagner manages to convey emotion with music better than anyone, before or since.

I'm a DJ who makes dance music who got to play with Sting.

I've been in the game a long time. I've done all sorts of different types of music. From mob music to the G-Funk era.

I have a pretty healthy perspective on what my past music was.

It's always about the music, never about anything else.

When Basquiat was hanging out with Madonna and Fab Five Freddy, and all those worlds were colliding, people have to realize hip-hop and the arts were like this 'cause we both were outcasts: we wasn't allowed inside the galleries or inside Yankee Stadium. We were writing in the street and making music.

Most people wouldn't know music if it came up and bit them on the ass.

Beautiful film music can be made relevant to any period.

Music is supposed to be an escape. It's supposed to be somewhere you go, where you can be yourself, or be whatever you want to be.

Music and football are two industries where black people excel, because talent is undeniable. You can't deny an amazing voice. You can't deny amazing athletic prowess. Physically, it's evident. But in other industries, circumstance is more of a thing.

Where there is devotional music, God is always at hand with His gracious presence.

Good soul music should make you feel something in your heart, in your body, and in your spirit. That's what I try to do both in the studio and on stage.