I am quite certain in my heart of hearts that modern music and modern art is not a conspiracy, but is a form of truth and integrity for those who practise it honestly, decently and with all their being. Michael Tippett on music
I've never had a very quiet voice. I tried in choir to make it smaller, and it just didn't work out. And I listened to a lot of soul music when I was growing up on my own accord. But I was mostly into Mama Cass and Gladys Knight, and they all had big voices too just different than mine. Beth Ditto on music
Olympia was a town crawling with music. I was new to the whole punk scene. The culture shock continued Olympia had bagels! We didn't have bagels in Arkansas. You could order vegetarian food all over town! It was so crazy to me - a place with so many vegetarians, the restaurants made special dishes for them? Beth Ditto on music
I know that I can sing. That's the reason I started playing music when I was twelve years old. Kesha on music
Music for me is an emotional thing and it really does make me happy. It's not a tool for me to get fame or see my face in the papers or anything like that. It's about the fact that I really do enjoy it. Ville Valo on music
Bands are about these little relationships that make everything tick, and when you create new music you're testing those relationships. Jonathan Cain on music
Dreams do come true, even for someone who couldn't speak English and never had a music lesson or much of an education. Lawrence Welk on music
It's funny how the music industry is enraged about the Internet and the way things are copied without being paid for. But you know why people steal the music? Because they can't afford the music. Tom Petty on music
A man can stand a lot as long as he can stand himself. He can live without hope, without friends, without books, even without music, as long as he can listen to his own thoughts. Axel Munthe on music
I don't need anybody to market or promote me. If people don't want to hear this music, then it's not for them. You cannot please everybody. Lauryn Hill on music
For some young people, their first experience ever hearing punk rock music was playing the Green Bay Packers on 'Madden'. Billie Joe Armstrong on music
When I'm alone, I work sometimes with music, sometimes without and sometimes just listening to NPR. Mikhail Baryshnikov on music
A country is made not by policy alone, but by its music, its entertainment shows, all of it. Glenn Beck on music
Half the time I feel like I'm appealing to the downer freaks out there. We start to play one downer record after another until I begin to get down myself. Give me something from 1960 or something let me get up again. The music of today is for downer freaks, and I'm an upper. Wolfman Jack on music
I think the pop chart today is entirely market-driven. And it has nothing to do with public taste. And it has nothing to do with moving music forward. It's simply a market chart. Steven Patrick Morrissey on music
That's why this generation is the least racist generation ever. You see it all the time. Go to any club. People are intermingling, hanging out, having fun, enjoying the same music. Hip-hop is not just in the Bronx anymore. It's worldwide. Everywhere you go, people are listening to hip-hop and partying together. Hip-hop has done that. Jay-Z on music
Bluegrass has brought more people together and made more friends than any music in the world. You meet people at festivals and renew acquaintances year after year. Bill Monroe on music
My life so common it disappears and sometimes even music cannot substitute for tears. Paul Simon on music