“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
“A proper record shop reminds us why we got into this in the first place - a place to be reminded of old friends, still in their spots on the shelves, a source of unexpected magic and lucid memories - a place that reminds us that music is more than dumb file sharing and the management of dead data by faceless sociopathic corporations, but a storehouse of dreams, both possible and impossible.” FirstsStillsDreamMemoriesRecordsImpossibleMagicSourceMusic IsManagementSpotsDataDumbCorporationsShopsUnexpectedShelvesFilesOld FriendsPossible And ImpossibleFacelessFile Sharing Author:Max Richter
“The dream is over. I gotta get down to reality. The good old days is garbage.” DreamRealityMusicMusic IsGarbageOld DaysGood Old Days Author:John Lennon
“Writing music is like tasting the sky. It keeps me dreaming in color.” WritingDreamSkyColorMusic IsTastingWriting Music Author:Adam Young
“One of my dreams is to expand and make sure African music and Afro Beats music is really on the map. I would like to be a contribution to that success.” DreamMusic IsBeatsContributionMapsAfrosAfrican Music Author:Ice Prince
“I knew that I wanted to be a singer/songwriter when I was much younger and, um, I've been able to, you know, to realize that dream and I'm very pleased with that...I want to branch out. I want to write. I write poetry...Music is an extraordinary vehicle for expressing emotion-very powerful emotions.” KnowsWantWritingDreamAbleWantedRealizingPowerfulEmotionMusic IsExtraordinarySingersBranchesVehicleSongwritersVery PowerfulSinger SongwritersPowerful EmotionsExpressing Emotions Author:Annie Lennox
“Music is able to make a person dream. When you dream, you dream of something good, something beautiful, and when you dream, you always dream of yourself better than you are.” PersonsDreamAbleBeautifulMusic IsBetter Than YouSomething Beautiful Author:Andrea Bocelli
“I dream of a peaceful world. Music is the best means I have to work on that dream. Each time I have the opportunity to play, it is another chance to tell the truth. Life on the planet has come down to such an acute degree of ADD it is terrifying. We are constantly being bombarded from all directions with information - most of it useless that serves to bifurcate the mind. I am afraid that people are going to go from birth to death and never know they were here or why they were here.” PeopleKnowsWorldMindMeanPlayDreamOpportunityChanceInformationPlanetsBirthDegreesMusic IsAddPeacefulUselessTelling The TruthTruth Of LifePeaceful WorldAnother ChanceWorld MusicBombarded Author:Charles Lloyd
“There were times when I would suddenly realize making music is a crazy pipe dream. I would see bands that did super well in South Africa still struggling to survive, or even people on the international level who are doing well but financially can't really support themselves.” PeopleWellsStillsDreamRealizingLevelsSupportStruggleCrazyBandMusic IsSouthInternationalSouth AfricaPipePipe DreamsStruggling To Survive Author:St. Lucia
“I always tell people that I have never ever gone dancing in my life. But that's the point. It's the point of dreaming of doing it, imagining doing it. My music is like a fantasy version of it, not a practical version of it. With the way a club DJ would make a track - they are in the club, they know how to get people excited. I don't know how to get people excited. I'm just imagining euphoria; I'm not necessarily feeling it.” PeopleFeelingsDreamFantasyMusic IsDancingTrackExcitedEuphoria Author:Memory Tapes
“I like to make people dream and think and imagine and learn and study. Nowadays, music is so literal - it's telling you, "This is how it is," and my music's the opposite. I come from an era where lyrics were full of imagery and metaphor, and that's all I know.” PeopleThinkingDreamStudyImagineMusic IsMetaphorImagery Author:Dawn Angelique
“Music is the highest art form.I still think that. I wish I was really talented in music because then I would be doing it. I felt that I could write a decent song, but it was a big struggle. It took a lot of time and effort for me, whereas a lot of my peers and other people seemed to have a much easier relationship to it. But I profoundly love music, and I still dream that I might one day try to write some new songs and record something - just for myself, to see what would happen.” PeopleThinkingWritingTryingArtDreamSongWishEffortStruggleOne DayMusic IsDecent Author:Johan Renck
“Music is a way to dream together and go to another dimension.” WayDreamTogetherMusic IsDimensions Author:Cecilia Bartoli