“Popular music is like a big party, and it’s a thrill sneaking in rather than being invited. Every once in a while, a guy with his shirt on inside out, wearing lipstick and a pillbox hat gets a chance to speak.” BigsGuySpeakChancePartyMusic IsShirtsHatsThrillInvitedLipstickPopular Music Author:Tom Waits
“What Whitney Houston has accomplished will never be accomplished. She's the most famous person on the planet as far as vocaling and her songs. So I'm very happy that I can sit here and say I had a chance to know her. And I'm still dazed that she's gone. But she lives because her music is so powerful.” KnowsPersonsStillsI CanSongChancePowerfulGonePlanetsMusic IsAccomplishedVery HappyHoustonWhitneyDazed Author:Narada Michael Walden
“I'm a very optimistic person. I have the chance to listen to so much phenomenal music. Connecting with social networking to create music is a progression of what electronic music does anyway - it connects people.” PeoplePersonsDoeSocialChanceMusic IsOptimisticConnectingNetworkingProgressionPhenomenalSocial NetworkingSocial NetworkElectronic MusicOptimistic Person Author:Paul van Dyk
“The idea that a musician can submit music online for the chance to have it promoted to a nationwide audience is the American dream come true, and a major step toward democratizing how music is discovered.” IdeasDreamChanceStepsAudienceMajorsMusicianMusic IsOnlineAmerican DreamSubmitDreams Come True Author:Ali Partovi
“I understand that music is a business, but for people who have control of their stuff, like little Taylor and other artists, I think you'll find them standing up for their music every chance they get.” PeopleThinkingLittlesArtistStuffChanceMusic IsStanding Author:Garth Brooks
“A more interesting question is not 'Why did they break up?' but 'Would they have gotten back together?' ... There's always a chance we'd work together again, but I can't see us touring. I just see us making records.” I CanTogetherChanceInterestingMusicBreakRecordsMusic IsWorking TogetherTouringBack TogetherTogether Again Author:John Lennon
“I think one of the reasons [Nikolai] Medtner hasn't had a chance is that his music needs very, very committed performances. If you play his works passively, the juice of his music is really not going to be extracted - it's simply not going to come out.” IfsThinkingNeedsReasonPlayChanceMusic IsPerformancesCommittedJuiceChances Are Author:Marc-Andre Hamelin