“Music is relegated to an underground, relatively obscure group of listeners. It's partly because of the nature of the medium. With a piece of visual art, you can look at something ugly, brutal and in your face, but it's kind of - there it is. It doesn't take you over in the same way that putting on the music at a certain volume does.” WayLooksKindDoeArtFacesCertainPiecesGroupsMusic IsUglyMediumsVisualsYour FaceBrutalVolumeListenersObscureVisual Art Author:David Byrne
“I don't mind people putting us down, because if everybody really liked us, it would be a bore. You've got to have people putting you down. It doesn't give any edge to it if everybody just falls flat on their face saying, "You're great." We enjoy some of the criticisms as well, they're quite funny; some of the clever criticisms, not the ones that don't know anything, but some of the clever ones are quite fun.” PeopleIfsKnowsGivingMindWellsWould BeFacesFallFunEnjoyMusicMusic IsCriticismEdgesCleverFlatsBoresBores You Author:John Lennon
“I did Noise Music because I genuinely liked noise... But a lot of people didn't. At my concerts, people smashed beer glasses in my face.” PeopleFacesMusic IsGlassesNoiseBeerConcerts Author:Boyd Rice
“I didn't know if it would be a successful one, or what the stages would be, but I always saw myself as a lifetime musician and songwriter...I was always concerned with writing to my age at a particular moment. That was the way I would keep faith with the audience that supported me as I went along...I'm a synthesist. I'm always making music. And I make a lot of different kinds of music all the time. Some of it gets finished and some of it doesn't...The best music is essentially there to provide you something to face the world with.” IfsKnowsWorldWayWritingKindDifferentMomentsWould BeAgeFacesAudienceSuccessfulSawsStageParticularMusicianMusic IsConcernedLifetimeFinishedDifferent KindsSongwritersKeep The FaithDifferent Kinds Of Music Author:Bruce Springsteen
“My music is very personal. I've created it in solitude. I face a white wall and beller. I like that sound - the expression of loneliness. That's what it's all about.” FacesSoundWhiteLonelinessExpressionWallSolitudeMusic IsWhite Walls Author:Dwight Yoakam
“I was more into music, before I got into college. In high school, I used to play guitar and sing. I did a lot of that. But, when I graduated and went to college, I remember my freshman year and this girl from across the hall, who is one of my good friends to this day, had a brother who was in the school improv team. We went to go watch a show and it blew my face off.” YearsPlayShowsSchoolRememberFacesUsedGirlWatchesTeamCollegeBrotherMusic IsHigh SchoolGuitarHallsThis DayGood FriendThis GirlFreshmanFreshman Year Author:Steven Yeun
“You run the risk of falling on your face, but, again, music is an individual pursuit - it is made to please yourself first.” FirstsMadeRunningFacesFallIndividualRiskPleaseMusic IsPursuitYour FacePlease Yourself Author:Mark Lanegan
“Of course, music is still a passion for me, and my new sort of career doing radio is also a passion, but definitely to be able to put a smile on someone's face. Or just waking up every day, trying to figure out how I can change a person's life for the better.” TryingPersonsStillsI CanAbleFacesPassionCoursesCareersFiguresMusic IsWake UpRadioWaking Author:Raheem Devaughn
“Avant-garde, jazz, pop, classical, country and western, rock, free, straight-ahead, etc. are ultimately meaningless terms in the face of the music being discussed at best - at worst, those terms often serve as code words for what is in fact a cultural / political discussion more than a musical one.” CountryFactsFacesPoliticalTermWorstRocksMusic IsJazzWesternMusicalPopsCodeDiscussionEtcMeaninglessAvant Garde Author:Pat Metheny
“I've had big record label presidents look me in the face and say, 'Your music sucks, you don't know who you are, your music is all over the place, and we don't know how to market this stuff. Pick a lane and come back to us.'” KnowsLooksBigsFacesStuffPresidentKnow HowRecordsMusic IsPicksWho You AreLabelsLanesRecord Labels Author:Bruno Mars
“The best music is essentially there to provide you something to face the world with.” WorldArtFacesMusicMusic Is Author:Bruce Springsteen