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I find Indian music very funky. I mean its very soulful, with their own kind of blues. But its the only other school on the planet that develops improvisation to the high degree that you find in jazz music. So we have a lot of common ground. – John McLaughlin

I think ABBA have a pure joy to their music and thats what makes them extraordinary. – Bono

Great classic music that Ive been turned on to has not only inspired and influenced me, but it has had an effect on my songwriting. – Scott Weiland

The great moments of rock n roll were never off in some corner of the music world, in a self-constructed ghetto. – Bono

If you pour some music on whatevers wrong, itll sure help out. – Levon Helm

I always think Im the Tom Cruise of music – a lot of success and fans, but no critics, darling. – Jon Bon Jovi

The music of Hendrix wakes people up to their possibilities. Its more than just dreaming about being a guitar hero. – Carlos Santana

I dont like to be labeled, to be anything. Ive made the mistake before myself of labeling my music, but its counter-productive. – Neil Young

I have so many opinions about everything it just comes out during my music. Its a battle for me. I try not to be preachy. Thats a real danger. – Neil Young

My music isnt anything but me. It has jazz in it, and rocknroll, and it has an urgency to it. – Neil Young

The 60s was one of the first times the power of music was used by a generation to bind them together. – Neil Young

All that stuff about heavy metal and hard rock, I dont subscribe to any of that. Its all just music. I mean, the heavy metal from the 70s sounds nothing like the stuff from the 80s, and that sounds nothing like the stuff from the 90s. Whos to say what is and isnt a certain type of music? – Neil Young

Ive spent hours and hours doing research into Appalachian folk music. My grandfather was a fiddler. There is something very immediate, very simple and emotional, about that music. – Renee Fleming

Alas! all music jars when the souls out of tune. – Miguel de Cervantes

They teach you theres a boundary line to music. But, man, theres no boundary line to art. – Charlie Parker

Im probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14 – to meet women. – Billy Joel

I cant think of one person Ive ever met who didnt like some type of music. – Billy Joel

Theres a constantly applicable nature to soul music, whereas sometimes pop music can be a periodical. – John Mayer

I dont need my phone to play me music. I need it to be a phone and an e-mail thing. – David Duchovny

Ive been composing music all my life and if Id been clever enough at school I would like to have gone to music college. – Anthony Hopkins