Music rhythms are mathematical patterns. When you hear a song and your body starts moving with it, your body is doing math. The kids in their parents garage practicing to be a band may not realize it, but theyre also practicing math. – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Its true, theres a lot of melancholy in my music. I dont know why, Im not a melancholy person. Ive always been drawn to it. Ever since I was a kid, if I had an album I would play the ballads on repeat. – Norah Jones
In these confused times, the role of classical music is at the very core of the struggle to reassert cultural and ethical values that have always characterized our country and for which we have traditionally been honored and respected outside our shores. – Lorin Maazel
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
To write a story about New York that only deals with people in your age and socioeconomic bracket, that feels dishonest to me. So much of New York comes from everyone bumping into each other. – Josh Radnor
