Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Lennon

The Beatles were just a band that made it very, very big, that's all.

John Lee Hooker

I been doing the same things as in my younger days, when I was coming up, and now here I am, an old man, up there in the charts. And I say, well, what happened? Have they just thought up the real John Lee Hooker, is that it? And I think, well, I won't tell nobody else! I can't help but wonder what happened.

As would-be songwriters, our interest was in black music and black music only. We wanted to write songs for black voices.

They get to pick their own music and costumes. And if they don't want to, we'll pick for them. Trust me, they don't want that.

Mike Dirnt

For a long time we were regarded as the Susan Lucci of the Video Music Awards, ... because we could just never, we were nominated, like, 14 times or something before we ever got one.

Mystikal

It's the least I can do, to come back with some strong music.

Tinashe

There was never really a Plan B for me - I always wanted to be a music artist.

Damian Marley

There must be pain before healing. So in that way, the music is revolutionary, because it tells the truth.

It really is a vaudeville show. That is the music I am into.

John Otto

It's all about theme and development anyway. That's what music is about.

I told them to turn the music up.

David Bennett

They're not telling Music Row how to record the songs. But I think more than ever before they're dictating the look and the feel of the genre.

Chris Cornell

There's a lot of music that I don't like.

J. Tillman

There's a lot of risk in putting what you suspect you really are into your music.

Crystal Bowersox

The only 'Idol' music I've ever purchased is Phillip Phillips.

Crystal Bowersox

I knew from the time I was 6 or 7 that music was something I had to do.

Chuck Mangione

Most recently we've been working in concert situations rather than clubs. because there aren't too many rooms there like Ronnie Scott's, that are pure music rooms, where people come specifically to listen to music.

Casey James

My music is an extension of who I am and what I went through and what I know musically.

Dustin Diamond

This music isn't Top 40, we really stand out from anyone.

Well, I think the first piece of music I ever heard that I really loved was 'Salome's Dances' by Richard Strauss. I played that 12-inch, 78 record, and I stood up on an ottoman to play it on a big Victrola and I'd just keep playing it and playing it.

It's never too late to do anything new when it comes to music.

Vance Joy

I feel like I'd have a different approach to football now after doing music.

Trey Parker

Like anything important, anything you need people to hear - you've got to have music for it. You've got to make it at least a little piece of a song or sometimes a whole song.

Trent Reznor

People want to listen to a lot of music and do whatever they want with it. They don't want DRM, they don't want subscriptions. They don't want a player that only can do this but can't do that and you only have one copy. They don't want that. You know? I don't want that.

Trent Reznor

I've said it before and I'll say it again: I don't think music should be free.

Trent Reznor

The reality is that people think it's okay to steal music.

Trent Reznor

I think the thing I've always tried to do is - and I didn't plan it, it just started to come out that way - is try to make challenging music that flirts with accessibility.

Tunde Adebimpe

Playing shows is really fun. And writing music is really fun. But going on tour for a year is one of the more soul-crushing experiences you can have as a creative person.

Tyler Hilton

I have come to terms with the fact that it's called pop music - that's what I play, and that is what I write. I think it is a pretty broad category.

Tyler Hilton

Whether or not I would be able to be an actor without the music I'm not sure, but I feel pretty lucky to do it.

Big Sean

People who tend to listen to my music have come back and said, 'Yo, this is my anthem. This is what I live by.'

Vanessa Brown

So film music is something I absolutely wanna get involved in.

Ansel Elgort

I just make whatever music I want. It's my obsession, and it's very fulfilling.