I'm not terribly happy about rock and roll. Certain rock music is uninspiring, numbing it makes you feel like an idiot. Manuel Puig
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
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
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
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
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
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.
I don't think I'd ever make an album of just covers because I love writing my own music. Taylor Swift
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
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
The romantic embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer. Havelock Ellis
Learning music by reading about it is like making love by mail. Luciano Pavarotti
I sought my father in the world of the black musician, because it contained wisdom, experience, sadness and loneliness. I was not ever interested in the music of boys. From my youngest years, I was interested in the music of men. Eric Clapton
I have never denied my background or my culture. I have taught my child to embrace her Mexican heritage, to love my first language, Spanish, to learn about Mexican history, music, folk art, food, and even the Mexican candy I grew up with. Salma Hayek
The sound and music are 50% of the entertainment in a movie. George Lucas
Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule. Nevertheless one had better know the rules, for they sometimes guide in doubtful cases, though not often. Paracelsus
Placebo is music for outsiders, by outsiders and our gigs are like conventions of outcasts, which is cool. Brian Molko
I think music is the most phenomenal platform for intellectual thought. Annie Lennox
I believe that music is another form of news. Music is another form of journalism to me so I have to cover all the areas with my album. Lil Wayne
You used to have to sing and convey emotion, and now, well, technically you can do anything with technology. It sucks for music today, but that's why that old music feels so good to me. Christina Aguilera