Music was important. Football was the easy part. Zinedine Zidane on music
I like pop music. I consider rock 'n' roll to be a branch of pop music. Tom Stoppard on music
When I listen to music these days, and I hear Pro Tools and drums that sound like a machine - it kinda sucks the life out of music. Dave Grohl on music
If you don't die of thirst, there are blessings in the desert. You can be pulled into limitlessness, which we all yearn for, or you can do the beauty of minutiae, the scrimshaw of tiny and precise. The sky is your ocean, and the crystal silence will uplift you like great gospel music, or Neil Young. Anne Lamott on music
It was Elvis who really got me hooked on beat music. When I heard 'Heartbreak Hotel' I thought, this is it. Paul McCartney on music
Music itself is going to become like running water or electricity. So it's like, just take advantage of these last few years because none of this is ever going to happen again. You'd better be prepared for doing a lot of touring because that's really the only unique situation that's going to be left. David Bowie on music
If the king loves music, there is little wrong in the land. Mencius on music
There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar I love not Man the less, but Nature more. George Byron on music
Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art. Charlie Parker on music
I mean, just because you're a musician doesn't mean all your ideas are about music. So every once in a while I get an idea about plumbing, I get an idea about city government, and they come the way they come. Jerry Garcia on music
If I hadn't of had music in my life, it's quite possible I'd be dead and I'd much rather be alive. James Hetfield on music
There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres. Pythagoras on music
Have you listened to the radio lately? Have you heard the canned, frozen and processed product being dished up to the world as American popular music today? Billy Joel on music
Music is the refuge of souls ulcerated by happiness. Emile M. Cioran on music
I think the most important thing about music is the sense of escape. Thom Yorke on music
Where I come from it was really unheard of to be at a party and someone says, 'What kind of music do you make?', and you say, 'Pop music.' You may as well have 'I'm not cool' stamped on your forehead. Lady Gaga on music
I dropped out of NYU, moved out of my parent's house, got my own place, and survived on my own. I made music and worked my way from the bottom up. Lady Gaga on music
I decided to pursue music, so I dropped out of school and I told my parents I didn't want any money from them. I got three jobs and I just hit the ground running. Lady Gaga on music
Actors are agents of change. A film, a piece of theater, a piece of music, or a book can make a difference. It can change the world. Alan Rickman on music
I wanted to prove the sustaining power of music. David Bowie on music