Music is the career I'm lucky enough to get paid for, but I have other desires and passions. Layne Staley on music
I had spent many years pursuing excellence, because that is what classical music is all about... Now it was dedicated to freedom, and that was far more important. Nina Simone on music
The best music is essentially there to provide you something to face the world with. Bruce Springsteen on music
Music was invented to confirm human loneliness. Lawrence Durrell on music
Music never dies. Do we really need another Madonna tour? Does she have to compete with women performers 25 years her junior? Camille Paglia on music
Yet, it ought to be obvious that good music generally occupies a higher plane that mere politics. Great writers can express moods through melody and capture experiences we share most powerfully - love, lust, longing joy, rage, fear triumph, yearning and confusion. Tony Snow on music
Every so often, I feel I should graduate to classical music, properly. But the truth is, I'm more likely to listen to rock music. Tony Blair on music
Music is really something that makes people whole. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on music
I think the world is ready for some rock 'n' roll. Some real time guys that play their own instruments, write their own songs, and sing the music and have a good time doing it. Vince Neil on music
People are going deaf because music is played louder and louder, but because they're going deaf, it has to be played louder still. Milan Kundera on music
Do I listen to pop music because I'm miserable or am I miserable because listen to pop music? John Cusack on music
For me, music and life are all about style. Miles Davis on music
Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts - as the one which, more than any other, ministers to the human spirit. Herbert Spencer on music
A lot of music is mathematics. It's balance. Mel Brooks on music
I think that a song, when it works, never mind a piece of long form music, even a song is something that speaks to itself but has a language all of its own, ideally. Steve Hackett on music
I'm not trying to clock scores in this lifetime, it's just that things are better now than they were like five, ten years ago. Music has gotten a lot better. There's a lot of people who are committed to - soulfully. Jerry Garcia on music
If not for music, I would probably be a very frustrated scientist. It's one way to answer the question, 'What is the meaning of life?' I feel music answers it better. Paula Cole on music
I listen to music for emotion and I get zero emotion from rap. Sebastian Bach on music
I just do what I do. I like to make music. Neil Young on music
I want my music to do the explaining. Demi Lovato on music