I think Ray Charles did as much as anybody when he did his country music album. Ray Charles broke down borders and showed the similarities between country music and R&B. Willie Nelson
I've always said that Adele has turned so many people on to British singers - whether female singers or just like music from this country in general. Ellie Goulding
We used to play music for fun. Much more than now. Now nobody picks up a guitar unless they're paid for it. Leonard Cohen
I'm obsessed with the countryside: woods, forests, fields, lakes, mountains. I'm really into folk music and folklore. But more so I'm into electronic music. I'm into bands that have both aspects, like Boards of Canada is a perfect example. You could listen to that type of music running through a woods. It's kind of what I wanted to achieve. Ellie Goulding
I need music. It's like my heartbeat, so to speak. It keeps me going no matter what's going on - bad games, press, whatever! LeBron James
I don't really have a style icon but I really admire the way people dress like Gaga, Rihanna and Gwen Stefani. It's good to be inspired by singers who write music and dress incredibly - rather than models and people in the fashion industry who dress immaculately anyway because it's their style. Ellie Goulding
It is so characteristic, that just when the mechanics of reproduction are so vastly improved, there are fewer and fewer people who know how the music should be played. Ludwig Wittgenstein
I met Prince William at a musical festival and he let me know he was a fan of my music. But the invitation to sing at his wedding reception came completely out of the blue. The fact that Kate and William knew the words to my songs was very touching. Ellie Goulding
Pop changes week to week, month to month. But great music is like literature. Ravi Shankar
I started getting these attacks in 2009, just as my music career was taking off. I'd be doing photo-shoots and started to feel like I was having heart attacks. Increasingly I found it difficult to step outside my flat. Things started to get better after I saw a therapist, who told me I needed to make peace with my panic attacks. Ellie Goulding
I was always struck by how Picasso had no interest in music. David Hockney
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
I am happy to make money. I want to make more money, make more music, eat Big Macs and drink Budweisers. Kid Rock
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
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
You create a community with music, not just at concerts but by talking about it with your friends. David Byrne
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
The making of music is profoundly affected by the market. David Byrne
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