I'm clearly most well known for my music. Eventually, ultimately, I'll be writing books. I'm still writing articles now. I just consider myself a writer. Alanis Morissette on music
I've been really enjoying writing articles and writing music and music for movies. Alanis Morissette on music
My message to anyone who's afraid that they can't write music when they're happy is 'Just trust the passion.' The passion can write a lot of things. Alanis Morissette on music
What influenced me was Tori Amos, who was unapologetic about expressing anger through music, and Sinead O'Connor. Those two in particular were really moving for me, and very inspiring, before I wrote 'Jagged Little Pill.' Alanis Morissette on music
It's not just the 'Grammys' that I've pulled out of. I also pulled out of the English awards as well. The reason that I wanted to pull out was because I believe very much that the music industry as a whole is mainly concerned with material success. Alanis Morissette on music
Music will always be a part of my life. I love music and I don't care how many units I sell. Alanis Morissette on music
I don't like painting flowers in my music. I like painting guts and pain. Jonathan Davis on music
Music is a great energizer. It's a language everybody knows. Bill Hicks on music
Music has always been my back door to life. It is important for people to find something that excites them. I like the concept that if you do what excites you, you will be rewarded generously, whatever form reward takes, which is not necessarily money. Brandon Boyd on music
I'm not terribly happy about rock and roll. Certain rock music is uninspiring, numbing it makes you feel like an idiot. Manuel Puig on music
Racism is taught in the home. We agree on that? Well, it's very hard to teach racism to a teenager who's listening to rap music and who idolizes, say, Snoop Dogg. It's hard to say, 'That guy is less than you.' The kid is like, 'I like that guy, he's cool. How is he less than me? Jay-Z on music
We're five people, five individuals who came together to create something, to make music and to complete each other musically, to form a perfect circle. Maynard James Keenan on music
I would say that although my music may be or may have been part of the cultural background fabric of the gay community, I consider myself an outsider who belongs everywhere and nowhere... Being a human being is what truly counts. That's where you'll find me. Annie Lennox on music
Music is the effort we make to explain to ourselves how our brains work. We listen to Bach transfixed because this is listening to a human mind. Lewis Thomas on music
All that stuff about heavy metal and hard rock, I don't subscribe to any of that. It's all just music. I mean, the heavy metal from the Seventies sounds nothing like the stuff from the Eighties, and that sounds nothing like the stuff from the Nineties. Who's to say what is and isn't a certain type of music? Ozzy Osbourne on music
It is jazz music that called me to be a musician and I have always sang the songs that moved me the most. Harry Connick, Jr. on music
I don't think I'd ever make an album of just covers because I love writing my own music. Taylor Swift on music
The business aspect is one of the most important things about having a music career, because every choice you make in a management meeting affects your life a year-and-a-half from now. Taylor Swift on music
Country fans need to support country music by buying albums and concert tickets for traditional artists or the music will just fade away. And that would be really sad. George Jones on music
The romantic embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer. Havelock Ellis on music