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
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
I think everything Joni Mitchell did for music was big. – Maynard James Keenan
Adam does most of the work when it comes to videos and he basically does the same as I do with the lyrics. The videos are his visual interpretations of our music. – Maynard James Keenan
Reading is more of a left-brain process, and listening to music is a right-brain function. – Maynard James Keenan
I hate most of what constitutes rock music, which is basically middle-aged crap. – Sting
I like when guests come over early and we chop veggies and talk and play music. – John Stamos
I can play punk rock, and I love playing punk rock, but I was into every other style of music before I played punk rock. – Travis Barker
When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have. – E. W. Howe
Good music is good music, and everything else can go to hell. – Dave Matthews
What I took back, because of my exposure to the Jewish music of the 30s and the 40s in my upbringing with my father, was that kind of theatrical songwriting. It was always a part of my character. This desire to make people laugh. – 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 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
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
