I just want to make music, I don't want people to talk about me. All I've ever wanted to do was sing. I don't want to be a celebrity. I don't want to be in people's faces, you know, constantly on covers of magazine that I haven't even known I'm on. Adele on music
Music is a beautiful opiate, if you don't take it too seriously. Henry Miller on music
To me, movies and music go hand in hand. When I'm writing a script, one of the first things I do is find the music I'm going to play for the opening sequence. Quentin Tarantino on music
Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries. Jimmy Carter on music
Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle. Billie Joe Armstrong on music
The bass, no matter what kind of music you're playing, it just enhances the sound and makes everything sound more beautiful and full. When the bass stops, the bottom kind of drops out of everything. Charlie Haden on music
I'm a visual thinker, really bad at algebra. There's others that are a pattern thinker. These are the music and math minds. They think in patterns instead of pictures. Then there's another type that's not a visual thinker at all, and they're the ones that memorize all of the sports statistics, all of the weather statistics. Temple Grandin on music
I think the drummer should sit back there and play some drums, and never mind about the tunes. Just get up there and wail behind whoever is sitting up there playing the solo. And this is what is lacking, definitely lacking in music today. Buddy Rich on music
Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards. Keith Richards on music
The scarcity of the music not only makes the music itself enjoyable but it also gives the collector a strange sense of superiority. Henry Rollins on music
Music is about listening, the more you play, the more the magic spreads. Maynard James Keenan on music
I learnt a whole lot from my mother. About music, relationships, being a good person, loving people, the whole of life. I learnt about everything from her. Every single day I think about her. All through the day. R. Kelly on music
Music is for people. The word 'pop' is simply short for popular. It means that people like it. I'm just a normal jerk who happens to make music. As long as my brain and fingers work, I'm cool. Eddie Van Halen on music
On the other hand, what I like my music to do to me is awaken the ghosts inside of me. Not the demons, you understand, but the ghosts. David Bowie on music
Music is a fantastic peacekeeper of the world, it is integral to harmony, and it is a required fundamental of human emotion. Xun Zi on music
Those who have virtue always in their mouths, and neglect it in practice, are like a harp, which emits a sound pleasing to others, while itself is insensible of the music. Diogenes on music
I just hope that our fans are people who are inspired by music, and just use our music as a background or inspiration for whatever it is they do. Maynard James Keenan on music
There is nothing stable in the world uproar's your only music. John Keats on music
When music fails to agree to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart and the senses, then it has missed the point. Maria Callas on music
Through literacy you can begin to see the universe. Through music you can reach anybody. Between the two there is you, unstoppable. Grace Slick on music