I compose my own stuff. I've been writing songs with words. I've been playing more on the keyboard because I can transpose it to sheet music on the computer. — Alicia Witt
I write music with an exclamation point! — Richard Wagner
Folk music is the original melody of man; it is the musical mirror of the world. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Music is a whole oasis in my head. The creation process is so personal and fulfilling. — River Phoenix
My music is evidence of my souls will to live. — Charles Mingus
Short Original Music Quotes
Music is the soundtrack to life. It plays the melody of our being. — Michael Jackson
Music is the soundtrack of your life. — Dick Clark
Music is my religion. — Jimi Hendrix
Music gives a soul to the universe. — Plato
Music exists for the purpose of growing an admirable heart. — Shinichi Suzuki
There is nothing greater than the joy of composing something oneself and then listening to it. — Clara Schumann
All the good music has already been written by people with wigs and stuff. — Frank Zappa
Music comes from an icicle as it melts, to live again as spring water. — Henry Williamson
My music is the spiritual expression of what I am: my faith, my knowledge, my being. — John Coltrane
Music gives color to the air of the moment. — Karl Lagerfeld
Original Music Image Quotes
Life is like a piano, the white keys represent happiness and the black shows sadness, but as you go through life's journey, remember that the black keys also makes music.
Inspirational Music Quotes
Religion is for people who fear hell, spirituality is for people who have been there. — David Bowie
The guitar is the easiest instrument to play and the hardest to play well. — Andres Segovia
Behind every girl's favorite song there is an untold story.
The highest goal of music is to connect one's soul to their Divine Nature, not entertainment — Pythagoras
Music is enough for a lifetime - but a lifetime is not enough for music. — Sergei Rachmaninoff
love the life you live. live the life you love. — Bob Marley
You were born an original. Don't die a copy.
Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. Music is the electrical soil in which the spirit lives, thinks and invents. — Ludwig van Beethoven
I don't want people who want to dance; I want people who have to dance. — George Balanchine
Organ Music Quotes
But an innovation, to grow organically from within, has to be based on an intact tradition, so our idea is to bring together musicians who represent all these traditions, in workshops, festivals, and concerts, to see how we can connect with each other in music. — Yo-Yo Ma
Music acts on the whole of the organism like a magic force which suppresses the understanding and irresistibly takes possession of the entire being. To insist on analysing this force is to destroy its very essence. — Emile Jaques-Dalcroze
I dislike organized games, swimming pools, fashionable resorts, night clubs, music in restaurants, and political manifestoes; I enjoy driving from coast to coast, good food and drink, a few friends, dogs, the theatre, long walks, music and free conversation. — James Hilton
All our knowledge has its origin in our perceptions.
The oldest, truest, most beautiful organ of music, the origin to which alone our music owes its being, is the human voice. — Richard Wagner
Music and the arts feed our souls, but a decent wage puts food on the table. Musicians, fans of music, and grassroots political organizations are a potent force to fight for social justice. — Tom Morello
When people in stadiums do the Wave, it's the group-mind collective organism spontaneously organizing itself to express an emotion, pass time, and reflect the joy of seeing the rhythms of many as one, a visual rhyming or music in which everyone senses where the motion is going. — Jerry Saltz
I regard music therapy as a tool of great power in many neurological disorders -- Parkinson's and Alzheimer's -- because of its unique capacity to organize or reorganize cerebral function when it has been damaged. — Oliver Sacks
The direction for my music is heaven, of course. We gear all things to the realm of heaven - which is the mind, the organized mind. — Richie Havens
The sounds proceeding from the instruments of symphonic music seem to be the very organs of the mysteries of creation; for they reveal, as it were, the primal stirrings of creation which brought order out of chaos long before the human heart was there to behold them. — Richard Wagner
Iconic Music Quotes
I respect Snoop even aside from the music, just as a man, and especially the way he still represents who he is, after being a pop star and an icon. He's done it successfully and has still been able to balance it. — Nipsey Hussle
I really worked with icons in the music business, which really had a strong effect on me. It wasn't just pick-up gigs. — Kevin Eubanks
Patty Griffin is iconic, and there's no other word to really describe her. She is iconic for a lot of people - not only for me but for a lot of fans. Her voice is one of a kind, and she's such an important figure in the American music scene. — Dierks Bentley
A real leader faces the music, even when he doesn't like the tune.
Being in the music business requires having a very strong resolve. You must be completely committed to the craziness that will inevitably ensue when pursing a career in music. There is no one who is immune to this. Not even the biggest music icons. — Wendy Starland
I make music as good as possible, but I do reference cultural icons, because I want my music to be a time capsule of 2007. — Kanye West
You'll get this kind of psychological relationship to the imagery of the music, but that idea is translated to iPhone apps. It's translated to the small, you know, kind of icons on your computer. You name it. — DJ Spooky
Art is how we decorate space; Music is how we decorate time.
I have had very little interest in being an icon or visual representation for my music. I like playing music with my bandmates and I have more and more fun onstage these days, but the part where you're supposed to be a salesman for your music is pretty unappealing to me. — Jorge Elbrecht
I don't know about being an icon yet but I definitely do love fashion; it's really important for me to resemble my music. I definitely look like I sound. Creating an image is an art form in itself, it's a really fun part of being a musician. — Zella Day
I was born in the '80s, so I don't really remember it very strongly, but the music is so iconic. — Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Our campaigns have always been based on what we consider music icons that transcend generations and they're not of the moment - they continue to evolve. — Paul Weller
Meaningful Music Quotes
For me, the best things in life - meaningful work, meaningful relationships, interesting experiences, good food, sleep, music, ideas, sex, and other basic needs and pleasures - are not, past a certain point, materially improved upon by having a lot of money. — Ray Dalio
Some people believe in God. I believe in music. Some people pray. I turn up the radio. — Jared Leto
Music is the love of my life. It’s a total escape from reality. Music transports you to another place, someplace unexpecet and meaningful. — Miley Cyrus
Never change your originality for the sake of others. Because no one can play your role better than you.
If you're gonna sing meaningful songs, you have to be committed to living a life that backs that up. — Joan Baez
Opera is music AND drama. I'm prepared to sacrifice the beautiful note for the meaningful sound any time... I can make a pretty tone as well as anyone, but there are times when the drama of a scene demands the opposite of a pretty sound. — Beverly Sills
If this word "music" is sacred and reserved for eighteenth and nineteenth century instruments, we can substitute a more meaningful term: organization of sound. — John Cage
The mind that opens up to a new idea never returns to its original size.
I love music, right? I can't say "I'm only going to listen to a physical medium," because there's a bunch of meaningful records that as a music fan I love that I would've never been able to access. So if I want to be part of something I have to get dragged along with technology. — Chuck Klosterman
To me, there's a difference between going to a concert and getting a recording. It's almost like a different release. The physical album itself is the more meaningful one for me, but I don't want to tell people how to listen to music. — Tristan Perich
Music used to be essential and meaningful, but now it's disposable. — Brian McKnight
I think a lot of people assume from my music and stuff I'm constantly talking about deep and meaningful things, but then with my friends I'm just a class clown. — Ella Henderson
Music And Lyrics Quotes
I'm not a lyric writer to make statements. What I enjoy doing is making paintings with lyrics, creating colorful images. I think that's more what entertainment and music should be. — Chris Cornell
The only music minister to whom the Lord will say, 'Well done, thy good and faithful servant,' is the one whose life proves what their lyrics are saying, and to whom music is the least important part of their life. Glorifying the only worthy One has to be a minister's most important goal! — Keith Green
And gentle winds and waters near, make music to the lonely ear. — Lord Byron
A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.
I was babysitting the night High School Musical premiered last year. I watched with the kids and we sang along to the lyrics. I was making $12 an hour. — Monique Coleman
It was about working with other musicians, but more than that it's about exploring musical areas that you could never do with the band you're in, in my case Judas Priest. You could tackle musical areas and lyrical areas that wouldn't be appropriate for Priest. — Glenn Tipton
People are like Music, some speak the truth and other are just noise
Fleetwood Mac were really accessible musically, but lyrically and emotionally, we weren't so easy. And it was our music that helped us survive. But all of us were in pieces personally. — Mick Fleetwood
I grew up with all kinds ofmusic, but my heart was particularly drawn to Country Music because of the guitar playing, the lyrics and of artists like Steve Warner and Vince Gill. — Bryan White
Music's staying power is a function of how timeless the lyrics, song and production are. — Gary Wright
My music is basically all about witty punchlines and lyric progression that is aimed to make you laugh or say "Woah." — Mike Stud
The whole point of 'Acid Rap' was just to ask people a question: does the music business side of this dictate what type of project this is? If it's all original music and it's got this much emotion around it and it connects this way with this many people, is it a mixtape? What's an 'album' these days, anyways? — Chance the Rapper
Gospel music rhythms are not African in origin, although I know that's what the jazz experts say. — Mahalia Jackson
Led Zeppelin is the greatest. Robert Plant is one of the most original vocalists of our time. As a rock band they deserve the kind of success they're getting. — Freddie Mercury
In Hungary all native music, in its origin, is divided naturally into melody destined for song or melody for the dance. — Franz Liszt
My chief virtue (or if you like, defect) has been a tireless lifelong search for an original, individual musical idiom. I detest imitation, I detest hackneyed devices. — Sergei Prokofiev
I like being in a recording studio. I like watching a song go from the simplicity of the original music. — Grace Slick
It wasn't just music in The Ramones: it was an idea. It was bringing back a whole feel that was missing in rock music – it was a whole push outwards to say something new and different. Originally it was just an artistic type of thing; finally I felt it was something that was good enough for everybody. — Tommy Ramone
Hip-hop is definitely not what it used to be, which was creative, original music. — Missy Elliot
If I had my life to live over again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once every week. — Charles Darwin
I originally wanted to embrace the imagery and forthrightness of rap music. There are some interesting, dynamic voices in rap. But I find most of it irresponsible in its overt violence and commercialization of anger. As artists, we believe we can will action through language. If that's the case, we have to take responsibility for what we say. — Yusef Komunyakaa
A mathematician, like a painter or a poet, is a maker of patterns. — G. H. Hardy
I think early on I was really into ambient music and like American original Emo. — Matthew Healy
My discussion with Keith Richards about the creative process led me to believe that there's an invisible presence of a stream of ever-flowing creativity that we overhear-all you have to do is pull up the antenna and dial it in. This presence allows you to maintain your sense of origin and move forward. — Billy Gibbons
To some degree, yeah, because I have to play a certain number of originals that might be considered avant-garde material. I realize though, that only a few people in the audience actually know what that music is, or understand it. — Archie Shepp
A true music, that is to say, spiritual, a music which may be an act of faith; a music which may touch upon all subjects without ceasing to touch upon God; an original music, in short, whose language may open a few doors, take down some yet distant stars. — Olivier Messiaen
Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. — Jim Jarmusch
I'm 100 percent original, and that's what got me here. My rap music is more understandable, slower. It tells a story. You can write a book on each of my thoughts. — Tupac Shakur
Modern European composers...have very largely received their stimulus, their rhythms and impulses from Machine Age America. They have a much older tradition of musical technique which has helped them put into musical terms a little more clearly the thoughts that originated here. They can express themselves more glibly. — George Gershwin
I was born in love with music. My mother is a singer, many of my aunts and uncles on my mother's side are musical, my grandparents sang and played blues piano. It's literally in my blood. My mother wrote an original song to teach me the days of the week. — India.Arie
[The original Sister Act] is running all over the world now, on-stage as a musical. It lives! — Whoopi Goldberg
...man is a musical being. His origin is in the spoken Word. By sound was he sustained and by music he evolved. One day he will recognize music as a vital factor in the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual evolution of the whole human race. — Corinne Heline
Music originally had a social function. You were in church, in a concert hall, a marching band; you were dancing. I'm concerned that music could be too separated from its roots and just become a pleasure-giving experience, like a drug. — Oliver Sacks
Those who seek to satisfy the mind of man by hampering it with ceremonies and music and affecting charity and devotion have lost their original nature. — Zhuangzi
the grace is being able to like rock music, symphony music, jazz … anything that contains the original energy of joy. — Charles Bukowski
[On being asked how it felt to be the first female conductor of the Boston Symphony:] I've been a woman for a little more than fifty years, and I've gotten over my original astonishment. — Nadia Boulanger
There's the paradox of making pop music when you're in your 50s. People weren't meant to be doing that originally and yet they are. Mick Jagger [used to say] we're not going to be doing Satisfaction when I'm in a wheelchair. — Neil Tennant
Bluegrass is wonderful music. I'm glad I originated it. — Bill Monroe
I've always been making original music. I think that when I sat down with Losing Focus, I approached it different. I had a clearer understanding of who I was talking to, because I was able to go out and tour and see them right in front of me. I wanted to speak to them and speak about this lifestyle. — Young De
Emphasis on the common emotive or affective origins of music and words in the first cries of humankind undermines words. — Jean-Philippe Rameau
The Gershwin legacy is extraordinary because George Gershwin died in 1937, but his music is as fresh and vital today as when he originally created it. — Michael Feinstein
My husband John Lennon was a very special man. A man of humble origin, he brought light and hope to the whole world with his words and music. — Yoko Ono
That was part of the whole original concept. We were thinking, it's off-season, let's do a really fun, local-oriented event, raise money for good causes and bring some music to the valley. — Andy Kaufman
Mars is really different, into art. Lydia Lunch is more energy. James Chance is more commercial in a different way, in funk and jazz. They were all doing original things, trying to create their own sound and music. I think they're all great. — Ikue Mori
I wanted to be different and original but still have it be something my fans could get into. There also are some big, beautiful ballads. I told my producers that I wanted tracks that are going to blow up in the clubs, but I also wanted songs that were very melodic and with a lot of instrumentation. — Aaliyah
There is much modern music that is better adapted to a wind combination than to a string, although for obvious reasons originally scored for an orchestra. If in such cases the interpretation is equal to the composition the balance of a wind combination is more satisfying. — John Philip Sousa
I'm very lucky to work in so many different arenas of the entertainment industry and I do enjoy them all, but making music - original music - in the studio or live onstage is definitely my favorite thing to do. — Bill Mumy
And obviously, when I started out, I had a little bit more curiosity than some, and went seeking out the original artists, or in some cases searching up country music. — Elvis Costello
I guess many game music fans prefer original soundtrack albums. — Nobuo Uematsu
In classical music, love is based on bitin' -- imitation. It's not based on interpretation. A jazz musician, if he plays someone else's song, has a responsibility to make a distinct and original statement. — Todd Boyd
Originally a record producer more or less hired a bunch of professionals to participate in a recording session, the performers and the technicians, and a music director was put in charge. That directly related to a film producer's job. — Tony Visconti
My taste in music originates from my culture and heritage, and from traveling the world and listening to all kinds of fun sounds and bits. — Chanel Iman
In a way, the history of jazz's development is a small mirror of classical music's development through the centuries. Now jazz is a living form of original music, while classical music has gotten to the end of its cycle in terms of exploring its form. — Mike Figgis
I think we're returning to more of the original vibration of music and creativity through the removal of this distortion called the music industry. That's where we're heading. And it'll cut out a lot of music if people ever expected to make money. — Jane Siberry
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