What I'm trying to do is find either existing properties or come up with properties or angles or stories which will create music drama. It's my obsession and most of all I would like to remain working in theatre. I think it's very much alive. Pete Townshend
Music exalts each joy, allays each grief, expels diseases, softens every pain, subdues the rage of poison, and the plague. John Armstrong
I felt that the elegance of pop music was that it was reflective: we were holding up a mirror to our audience and reflecting them philosophically and spiritually, rather than just reflecting society or something called 'rock and roll.' Pete Townshend
I just go with the flow, so any style can be in my music - that makes it exciting. Yoko Ono
Starting out really punk came from not knowing any better and listening to music like that, not knowing how to play music - well, still not knowing how to play music. Beth Ditto
The English may not like music, but they absolutely love the noise it makes. Thomas Beecham
I love sad songs. They say so much. I love country music but even the happy songs sound really sad. Beth Ditto
Music and the music business are two different things. Erykah Badu
I'm constantly thinking about what I'll do next. I never count on music being a career of longevity. I mean, longevity is key, and I hope that it lasts, but you just don't know, because it's not in your hands, you don't make the decision. Beth Ditto
The beautiful thing about hip-hop is it's like an audio collage. You can take any form of music and do it in a hip-hop way and it'll be a hip-hop song. That's the only music you can do that with. Talib Kweli
It's really hard for me to sometimes put myself out there, like 'Hey, how do you feel about making music together?' because maybe I'm afraid of rejection or I don't want to put anybody out. It's the Southerner in me, like, 'I don't mean to bother you but do you mind making a song?' Beth Ditto
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
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
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
I know that I can sing. That's the reason I started playing music when I was twelve years old. Kesha
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
Bands are about these little relationships that make everything tick, and when you create new music you're testing those relationships. Jonathan Cain
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