“Jackson Rathbone can really play the guitar. Our taste in music is not exactly the same, but we found common ground with Radiohead's Creep, with which he then serenaded me.” PlayFoundCommonTasteMusic IsGuitarCreepsCommon GroundRadioheadTaste In Music Author:Stephenie Meyer
“We were always going to dump him when we found a decent drummer.” FoundMusicMusic IsDecentDrummerDump Author:John Lennon
“The hardest thing about getting publicity is doing it on a budget... you can hire people to market you but it's hard in this industry when it comes out of pocket. I've found that if the music is awesome, that helps a lot.” PeopleIfsHardHelpingFoundIndustryMusic IsHardestBudgetsPocketsHardest ThingPublicity Author:MC Lars
“Music is an art that goes well beyond science. Proof can be found in the huge amount of studies that have been carried out throughout the world based on music-therapy and the important results achieved.” WorldWellsHas BeensArtImportantFoundResultsStudyHugeAmountMusic IsProofTherapyMusic Therapy Author:Andrea Bocelli
“The music is not part of this planet in a sense that the spirit of it is about happiness. Most musicians play earth things about what they know, but I found out that they are mostly unhappy and frustrated, and that creeps over into their music.” KnowsPlayEarthSpiritFoundPlanetsMusicianMusic IsUnhappyFrustratedCreeps Author:Sun Ra
“Nothing has really changed. We had bootleg albums in the '60s and today we have Internet file sharing. They just found a better way to do it -- get music for free. What's great about today is an artist has an opportunity to go direct to their audience without dealing with a middleman. People can go directly to the web for CDs, DVDs and downloads. I think that's the best thing that's happened, that people's music is being flashed around the world.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayTodayArtistFoundOpportunityAudienceHappenedChangedInternetMusic IsDirectAlbumsAround The WorldBest ThingsFilesBetter WaysCdsDvdsDownloadsMiddlemenFile Sharing Author:Richie Havens
“You might be able to get a certain sound, and in the studio you certainly look at things under a microscope a lot more. You might hear more warmth out of a thicker string gauge. But in the practical world, like with us, we're playing An Evening With... so it's three hours of music, and our music is pretty challenging as far as the technical aspect. And I found after awhile that I was killing myself.” WorldLooksMightAbleCertainThreeFoundSoundHoursChallengesMusic IsAspectKillingStudiosPracticalsEveningStringsWarmthMicroscopesGaugesKilling Myself Author:John Petrucci
“Music is escapism from the grim realities of life. But then as soon as you escape into the music, from my point of view, I found I had to deal with the very things that I thought I was running away from. I wanted to hit those problems on the head and resolve them. So they didn't remain as issues in my psyche.” ProblemRealityRunningWantedFoundViewsDealsIssuesMusic IsPoint Of ViewReality Of LifeResolveRunning AwayGrimEscapism Author:John Lydon
“Music is an extraordinary vehicle for expressing emotion - very powerful emotions. That's what draws millions of people towards it. And, um, I found myself always going for these darker places and - people identify with that.” PeopleFoundPowerfulEmotionMillionsMusic IsDrawsExtraordinaryVehicleVery PowerfulPowerful EmotionsExpressing Emotions Author:Annie Lennox
“Classical music and pop are two different universes, each with its own difficulties, peculiarities, depth and artistic dignity. In Italy, I think there is a fairly clear line of demarcation, but the history of music is full of fusion. Popular and classical music have always found points of contact, of crossing, exchange, both drawing mutual profit.” ThinkingTwoDifferentUniverseFoundLinesClearMusic IsDignityDifficultyDepthProfitPopsDrawingContactArtisticMutualClassical MusicCrossingsFusionHistory Of MusicDifferent Universes Author:Andrea Bocelli