“It's emotional blackmail to say if you're a good businesswoman and a musician, you're betraying your music.” IfsEmotionalMusicianMusic IsBetrayalBetrayGood BusinessBlackmail Author:Tori Amos
“Ultimately, what we do as musicians, I think of us as a type of emotional engineer. We essential take these sound waves, this sound, and we organize it into emotion, and that's how we connect with our audiences.” ThinkingSoundEmotionAudienceEmotionalTypeEssentialsMusicianWaveEngineersOrganizeSound Waves Author:Stefon Harris
“the writer must resist this temptation [to quote] and do his best with his own tools. It would be most convenient for us musicians if, arrived at a given emotional crisis in our work, we could simply stick in a few bars of Brahms or Schubert. Indeed many composers have no hesitation in so doing. But I have never heard the practice defended; possibly because that hideous symbol of petty larceny, the inverted comma, cannot well be worked into a musical score.” IfsWellsWould BeGivenPracticeHeardEmotionalMusicianToolsCrisisSticksMusicalBarsTemptationSymbolsScoreComposerQuotationsPettyConvenientHideousHesitationInvertedBrahmsSchubertLarceny Book:Streaks of life Source: Streaks of life
“The music is the imperative. It has the upper hand. I think all music, even though it's an abstraction, does motivate a particular meaning. Then it's the job of the musician to honor that meaning and to somehow implement lyrical material that can accommodate that emotional environment.” ThinkingDoeHandsJobsEnvironmentEmotionalParticularMaterialsHonorMusicianMusic IsAbstractionImperativesAccommodateLyricalUpper Hand Author:Sufjan Stevens
“The source of inspiration can be any of the things:deep emotional experiences - say, romantic love or spiritual contemplation.I think such rare moments come only when you have total concentration. You are consumed in and by the music. I guess you could say that it is akin to contemplation. In order to reach this desirable state of mind you have to rise above the environment you're in at that particular time - a bad piano, glaring stage lights, or the attitude of the audience. Sometimes the inspiration of the other musicians you're playing with helps you reach this stage.” ThinkingMindSometimesMomentsHelpingInspirationSpiritualAttitudeAudienceEnvironmentEmotionalMusicianContemplationConcentrationState Of MindRomantic LoveRise Above Author:Dave Brubeck
“I was always an emotional, tearful kid. As a child I was really focussed on my fine art - I took it very seriously. I really wanted to be a master painter. I didn't think I'd ever become a musician because I was so shy.” ThinkingChildrenArtKidsEmotionalMusicianPainterShyFine Arts Author:Marissa Nadler
“One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.” FeelsWisdomFunnyPainSongMusicEmotionalMusicianGood ThingsLovelyHittingOne LoveMusic LoveGreat MusicReggaeInspirational MusicPower Of MusicNo PainWriting MusicArt And MusicMusic SoulArt MusicFunny MusicMusic LifeWorld MusicGreat MusicianMusic And LifeFamous MusicianMusic Is LifeLove PainMusic LoverReggae MusicLive MusicLove And PainLove FreedomMusic Is My LifeOld MusicSweet MusicRastaMental SlaveryMusic And LoveMusic SpeaksHearing MusicPowerful MusicJamaican MusicMusic And HealingMusic ArtistBackground MusicMusic HealingGreatness Of ManMusic MakingHarmony In MusicFavorite MusicMusic TherapyLife Without MusicMusician LoveFeeling PainNo More Pain Author:Bob Marley
“I think in terms of emotions. And feelings. So sometimes what I say may not always be clear. But creatively, there's a lot to be said for that way of thinking.” ThinkingWayMaySaidSometimesFeelingsTermEmotionClearEmotionalMusicianProducersWay Of ThinkingSinger Songwriters Author:Brian Wilson