Music is part of God's universe. Cat Stevens on music
I've studied various schools of thought... I acknowledge that some Muslims consider music prohibited, but I've found a lot of evidence from the life of the Prophet to show that he allowed certainly, but even encouraged, music at certain times. Cat Stevens on music
Music can be healing, and with my history and my knowledge of both sides of what looks like a gigantic divide in the world, I feel I can point a way forward to our common humanity again. Cat Stevens on music
I suppose that by being absent from the music business, it appeared that I just dropped out, but really I never did. I was continuously working and doing various things. Cat Stevens on music
Music is the only language in which you cannot say a mean or sarcastic thing. John Erskine on music
I mean, music totally comes from your soul. Martin Scorsese on music
The bottom line is, I tend to be going back to older and older music. Martin Scorsese on music
Music I heard with you was more than music, and bread I broke with you was more than bread. Now that I am without you, all is desolate all that was once so beautiful is dead. Conrad Aiken on music
Pop is actually my least favorite kind of music, because it lacks real depth. Christina Aguilera on music
I turned to music originally because of my past and needing a release or an outlet to get out anger or frustration or hurt. Christina Aguilera on music
Music can be made anywhere, is invisible and does not smell. W. H. Auden on music
I was never too keen on the British music press. They've called us a supermarket hype, and they used to suggest that we didn't write our own songs. Freddie Mercury on music
First of all, the music that people call Latin or Spanish is really African. So Black people need to get the credit for that. Carlos Santana on music
My job in this life is to give people spiritual ecstasy through music. In my concerts people cry, laugh, dance. If they climaxed spiritually, I did my job. I did it decently and honestly. Carlos Santana on music
That's why people listen to music or look at paintings. To get in touch with that wholeness. Corita Kent on music
But maybe music was not intended to satisfy the curious definiteness of man. Maybe it is better to hope that music may always be transcendental language in the most extravagant sense. Charles Ives on music
At the beginning of the 20th century, the ambition of the great painters was to make paintings that were like music, which was then considered as the noblest art. Brian Eno on music
I wanted to get rid of the element that had been considered essential in pop music: the voice. Brian Eno on music
Music in itself carries a whole set of messages which are very, very rich and complex, and the words either serve to exclude certain ones or point up certain others. Brian Eno on music
The lyrics are constructed as empirically as the music. I don't set out to say anything very important. Brian Eno on music