It is jazz music that called me to be a musician and I have always sang the songs that moved me the most. Singers, like Frank Sinatra and myself, we interpret the songs that we like. Not unlike a Shakespearean actor that goes back to the greatest words ever written, we go back to the greatest songs. Harry Connick, Jr.
I used to go to Bourbon Street when I was a kid and there would be club after club after club of people who were around when the music started. I mean these are legendary, maybe not so well known, but legendary musicians. Harry Connick, Jr.
I've spent hours and hours doing research into Appalachian folk music. My grandfather was a fiddler. There is something very immediate, very simple and emotional, about that music. Renee Fleming
I don't play pyrotechnic scales. I play about frustration, patience, anger. Music is an extension of my soul. Dick Dale
Though everything else may appear shallow and repulsive, even the smallest task in music is so absorbing, and carries us so far away from town, country, earth, and all worldly things, that it is truly a blessed gift of God. Felix Mendelssohn
I write the vocals last, because I wanted to invent the music first and push the music to the level that I had to compete against it. Axl Rose
When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory. Billy Joel
When I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in which they were created. Billy Joel
We are living in a time when American popular music is finally being recognized as one of our most successful exports. The demand is huge. Billy Joel
Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music. Billy Joel
I'm probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14 - to meet women. Billy Joel
I can't think of one person I've ever met who didn't like some type of music. Billy Joel
Don't make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money. Though it's crucial to make a living, that shouldn't be your inspiration. Do it for yourself. Billy Joel
There's a constantly applicable nature to soul music, whereas sometimes pop music can be a periodical. John Mayer
I don't need my phone to play me music. I need it to be a phone and an e-mail thing. David Duchovny
It was stumbling on to really the bible of the blues, you know, and a very powerful drug to be introduced to us and I absorbed it totally, and it changed my complete outlook on music. Eric Clapton