The reflection of the world is blues, thats where that part of the music is at. Then you got this other kind of music thats tryin to come around. – Jimi Hendrix
Music makes me high on stage, and thats the truth. Its like being almost addicted to music. – Jimi Hendrix
Heres the thing with me and the religious thing. This is the flat-out truth: I find the religiosity and philosophy in the music. I dont find it anywhere else. – Bob Dylan
You cant imagine parlor ballads drifting out of high-rise multi-towered buildings. That kind of music existed in a more timeless state of life. – Bob Dylan
Look, when I started out, mainstream culture was Sinatra, Perry Como, Andy Williams, Sound of Music. There was no fitting into it then and of course, theres no fitting into it now. – Bob Dylan
If you dont know the blues… theres no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music. – Keith Richards
Most people wouldnt know music if it came up and bit them on the ass. – Frank Zappa
My mother knew how to read music and everything. But I just kinda learned off of records. And so, I was listening to records and Id play em over and over. – Clint Eastwood
I like having my hair and face done, but Im not going to lose weight because someone tells me to. I make music to be a musician not to be on the cover of Playboy. – Adele
It is as absurd to say that a man cant love one woman all the time as it is to say that a violinist needs several violins to play the same piece of music. – Honore de Balzac
Rock and roll music, if you like it, if you feel it, you cant help but move to it. Thats what happens to me. I cant help it. – Elvis Presley
If you talk bad about country music, its like saying bad things about my momma. Thems fightin words. – Dolly Parton
A scream is always just that – a noise and not music. – Carl Jung
I dont like country music, but I dont mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means put down. – Bob Newhart
To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what its about, but the inner music that words make. – Truman Capote
Teens think listening to music helps them concentrate. It doesnt. It relieves them of the boredom that concentration on homework induces. – Marilyn vos Savant
Music makes us want to live. You dont know how many times people have told me that theyd been down and depressed and just wanted to die. But then a special song caught their ear and that helped give them renewed strength. Thats the power music has. – Mary J. Blige
Back then people closed their eyes and listened to music. Today theres a lot of images that go with the music. A lot of music is crap and its all commercial and the images are all trying to sell the record. – Neil Young
Honestly, I dont listen to nobody elses music but my own. Its kind of like sports to me. You dont see Kobe Bryant at a LeBron James game – he just works on his own game. And thats what I do. I only listen to me, so I can criticize and analyze and all those things. – Lil Wayne
I want my fans to love themselves. Its almost like I want to hypnotize them so when they hear my music they love themselves instantly. – Lady Gaga
