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I start really missing London when I go away. I have a little flat, but very central. I live above a pub and you'd think it'd be a nightmare, but I like hearing the music and it's quite comforting.
Ellie Goulding on music

I am happy to make money. I want to make more money, make more music, eat Big Macs and drink Budweisers.
Kid Rock on music

I didn't want to go out and change anything. I just wanted to make the music that was part of my background, which was rock and blues and hip-hop.
Kid Rock on music

It didn't even occur to me that I'm the last person in the world who should play salsa or Brazilian music.
David Byrne on music

You create a community with music, not just at concerts but by talking about it with your friends.
David Byrne on music

I've noticed a lot of younger artists have less fear of doing different sorts of things, whether it's various types of music, or gallery artists moving between video and sculpture and drawing.
David Byrne on music

The making of music is profoundly affected by the market.
David Byrne on music

We don't make music - it makes us.
David Byrne on music

People are already finding ways to make their music and play it in front of people and have a life in music, I guess, and I think that's pretty much all you can ask.
David Byrne on music

Even from a listening end now, I'm still completely a fan of music.
James Iha on music

I'm not suggesting people abandon musical instruments and start playing their cars and apartments, but I do think the reign of music as a commodity made only by professionals might be winding down.
David Byrne on music

We tend to mistake music for the physical object.
David Byrne on music

I've rarely seen video screens used well in a music concert.
David Byrne on music

There's more good music being made now than ever before.
David Byrne on music

Why not invest in the future of music, instead of building fortresses to preserve its past?
David Byrne on music

The imminent demise of the large record companies as gatekeepers of the world's popular music is a good thing, for the most part.
David Byrne on music

I think I'm a music fan before anything else.
Nuno Bettencourt on music

So there's no guarantee if you like the music you will empathize with the culture and the people who made it. It doesn't necessarily happen. I think it can, but it doesn't necessarily happen. Which is kind of a shame.
David Byrne on music

I supply the music for Vampires, which is a new series that's coming out.
John Entwistle on music

If anything, a lot of electronic music is music that no one listens to at home, hardly. It's really only to be heard when everyone's out enjoying it.
David Byrne on music