“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
“Music mirrors where we should go, have gone and can go. Music is an abstraction.” ShouldGoneMusic IsMirrorsAbstraction Author:Max Roach
“When Michael (Jackson) died, it felt like part of my family died. I want [my fans] to know that my music is for them and if, god forbid, anything happened [to me], it would be like a piece of them is gone.” IfsKnowsWantWould BeFeltGonePiecesHappenedFansMusic IsMy FamilyDied Author:The Weeknd
“What I like to do with music is make people feel better. Make people realize that all humans have the same problems, more or less. A lot of people deal with the same thing. A lot of times people think problems are specific to them and they if they hear a song about a problem common to them, they feel good because they know that someone else has gone through it.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsFeelsHumansProblemSongRealizingDealsCommonGoneMusic IsFeel GoodFeel BetterMake People Feel Better Author:Jack Johnson
“Most big concerts sound disgusting and awful and insultingly bad. It's like going to the cinema and been shown a scratchy film which is upsidedown and the bulb had gone on the projector. The quality of large-scale live music is so shocking.” BigsFilmSoundQualityGoneMusic IsScalesAwfulCinemaConcertsDisgustingShockingBulbsLarge ScaleLive MusicProjectors Author:Brian Eno
“When I saw music as a means to an end - more fame, more money, dating celebrities - that's when things have gone terribly wrong. Now my life is focused on just trying to keep making music. Because when it's really good, it's just the most remarkable feeling on the planet.” TryingMeanEndsFeelingsLife IsGoneSawsPlanetsFameMusic IsDatingFocusedRemarkableMore MoneyMeans To An End Author:Moby
“The truth is the music is really an incredible personal part of the movie. When I was drawing the storyboards for Watchmen, I had just gone to my iPod and was grabbing music. It took me about two weeks to really put my playlist together. But once I had it, I kinda just put my headsets on and drew for five months. But that music's the music that's in the movie.” TwoTogetherGoneFiveWeekMonthsTruth IsMusic IsIncrediblesDrawingTwo WeeksIpodsGrabbingPlaylistsHeadset Author:Zack Snyder
“David Bowie's music is a moving target. Just when you think you got the bullseye, it shifts. And to his credit, on to death, it's still shifting. David Bowie is a moving target, even after he's gone.” ThinkingStillsMovingGoneMusic IsCreditTargetShiftingBowieBullseye Author:Carlos Alomar
“In late [Bob] Dylan, music is the key to immortality, even though the summer days are long gone.” LongGoneKeysLateSummerMusic IsImmortalityBobDylanSummer Days Author:Jay Michaelson
“I think music is such an extension of who we are, and the fact that I've gone through as much as I have, good, bad, and ugly, has really helped to shape the songs that I picked.” ThinkingFactsSongGoneShapesMusic IsUglyWho We AreExtensions Author:Demetria McKinney