But I feel music has a very important role in ritual activity, and that being able to join in musical activity, along with dancing, could have been necessary at a very early stage of human culture. E. O. Wilson on music
The world's a better place since I chose music. Henry Rollins on music
Music is the doorway that has led me to drawing, photography, and writing. Layne Staley on music
A jazz musician can improvise based on his knowledge of music. He understands how things go together. For a chef, once you have that basis, that's when cuisine is truly exciting. Charlie Trotter on music
Lean your body forward slightly to support the guitar against your chest, for the poetry of the music should resound in your heart. Andres Segovia on music
When I was a teenager, I began to settle into school because I'd discovered the extracurricular activities that interested me: music and theater. Morgan Freeman on music
There's people making babies to my music. That's nice. Barry White on music
If you want to be a rock star or just be famous, then run down the street naked, you'll make the news or something. But if you want music to be your livelihood, then play, play, play and play! And eventually you'll get to where you want to be. Eddie Van Halen on music
I came into music just because I wanted the bread. It's true. I looked around and this seemed like the only way I was going to get the kind of bread I wanted. Mick Jagger on music
You just pick up a chord, go twang, and you're got music. Sid Vicious on music
Nothing pleases me more than to go into a room and come out with a piece of music. Paul McCartney on music
Music is essentially useless, as is life. George Santayana on music
Music is a means of giving form to our inner feelings, without attaching them to events or objects in the world. George Santayana on music
Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below. Joseph Addison on music
Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense. Joseph Addison on music
Rock n' Roll came from the slaves singing gospel in the fields. Their lives were hell and they used music to lift out of it, to take them away. That's what rock n' roll should do - take you to a better place. Meat Loaf on music
I think everybody can agree that you can hear a certain song and it will put you in a certain mood, and that's just the beauty of music and I am so inspired by that. Shaun White on music
The more a race is governed by its passions, the less it has acquired the habit of cautious and reasoned argument, the more intense will be its love of music. Stendhal on music
Music is mediator between spiritual and sensual life. Ludwig van Beethoven on music