Musicians dont retire they stop when theres no more music in them. – Louis Armstrong
Stone walls confine a tinker cold iron binds a witch but a musicians music can never be fettered, for it lives first in her heart and mind. – Charles de Lint
Music is a beautiful opiate, if you dont take it too seriously. – Henry Miller
The bass, no matter what kind of music youre playing, it just enhances the sound and makes everything sound more beautiful and full. When the bass stops, the bottom kind of drops out of everything. – Charlie Haden
There is nothing stable in the world uproars your only music. – John Keats
The worlds a better place since I chose music. – Henry Rollins
When I was a teenager, I began to settle into school because Id discovered the extracurricular activities that interested me: music and theater. – Morgan Freeman
Theres people making babies to my music. Thats nice. – Barry White
I came into music just because I wanted the bread. Its true. I looked around and this seemed like the only way I was going to get the kind of bread I wanted. – Mick Jagger
You just pick up a chord, go twang, and youre got music. – Sid Vicious
Rock n Roll came from the slaves singing gospel in the fields. Their lives were hell and they used music to lift out of it, to take them away. Thats what rock n roll should do – take you to a better place. – Meat Loaf
I get bored easily, so I need to do a lot. Ive started a record label, so I get to nurture new talent and talk about music, which is a passion of mine. Ive written another book. And I get to come to work and do the TV show, which is always really fun. – Ellen DeGeneres
Im a big collector of vinyl – I have a record room in my house – and Ive always had a huge soundtrack album collection. So what I do, as Im writing a movie, is go through all those songs, trying to find good songs for fights, or good pieces of music to layer into the film. – Quentin Tarantino
I feel good about being able to take bluegrass on to television like Letterman and The View, and Ive heard nice things about being able to do that. I really havent felt any negativity toward me or my music. – Steve Martin
I like all kinds of music. I listen to Abigail Washburn, the Punch Brothers, and Marc Johnson, the great clawhammer player. I also listen a lot to Sirius Radio, theres a lot of bluegrass there. – Steve Martin
I had to resign myself, many years ago, that Im not too articulate when it comes to explaining how I feel about things. But my music does it for me, it really does. – David Bowie
I dont want to limit myself musically. It would be really limiting if wed neglect something we really want to do, like explore other styles of music. – Billie Joe Armstrong
I decided to make music again at a time when I couldnt have had more obstacles. – Marilyn Manson
You cant give up something you really believe in for financial reasons. If you die by the roadside – so be it. But at least you know youve tried. Ten minutes in the music scene was the equal of one hundred years outside of it. – Robert Plant
Hip-Hop isnt just music, it is also a spiritual movement of the blacks! You cant just call Hip-Hop a trend! – Lauryn Hill
