“I think that there's always great music being made. Always has been, always will be.” ThinkingHas BeensMadeMusic IsGreat Music Author:Robbie Robertson
“Music is to be praised as second only to the Word of God because by her all the emotions are swayed. That is why there are so many songs and psalms. This precious gift has been bestowed on men alone to remind them that they are created to praise and magnify the Lord.” MenHas BeensSongEmotionLordMusic IsPraiseWord Of GodPsalmsPrecious Gifts Author:Martin Luther
“Black people's music is in a class by itself and always has been. There's nothing like it. The reason for that is because it was not tampered with by white people. It was not on the media. It was not anywhere except where black people were. And it is one of the art forms in which black people decided what is good in it. Nobody told them. What surfaced and what floated to the top, were the giants and the best.” PeopleHas BeensArtReasonFormBlackWhiteClassMediaMusic IsDecidedGiantsBlack People Author:Toni Morrison
“When I'm singing, it's like I'm at home. And music is a great healer. I think I'd have been a basket case if I hadn't been a singer.” IfsThinkingHas BeensHomeCasesMusic IsSingingSingersBasketsHealer Author:Lulu
“I've always played music because it just feels right and have been grateful for everything I have and the shows that I play. Even when I was playing coffee shops; it's how its always been.” FeelsHas BeensPlayShowsMusic IsGratefulCoffeeShopsFeels RightCoffee Shop Author:Zella Day
“The idea that music is art has been something we advocated for years. And yet it doesn't receive the same treatment as art in the sense of the value of what it is, especially nowadays when it's been devalued and diminished to almost the point that it has to be given away for free.” YearsHas BeensArtIdeasValuesGivenMusic IsTreatment Author:RZA
“I think music is just a wonderful ingredient that helps us understand a scene better. And certainly you can overuse music, and you can use the wrong music. I probably have been guilty of these things over time. But if you use music correctly as a friend of the theme, a friend of the narrative, ou can lend some terrific connective tissue to a film.” IfsThinkingHas BeensHelpingUseFilmWonderfulSceneMusic IsGuiltyNarrativeThemeIngredientsTerrificTissues Author:Jonathan Demme
“Music is really everything I know. To be honest every experience I've ever had has been brought up from music and everything I do is because of music. I don't know anything else, I think about music before I go to sleep and it just really is everything that I am.” ThinkingKnowsHas BeensSleepHonestMusic IsBeing HonestGoing To Sleep Author:James Vincent McMorrow
“Music is mere tuning a song with words; to some degree you have a beautiful endeavor of cosigning God's blank checks and you're actually co-creating. You're certainly not the creator with the capital C, but you're embarking on an endeavor, you're using the building blocks that have been given to you by the author of time and space.” Has BeensBeautifulSongGivenSpaceBuildingDegreesCreatingMusic IsMereCreatorChecksBlockEndeavorBlankTime And SpaceTuningBuilding BlocksEmbarkingBlank Check Author:Jon Foreman
“Most of what has been written about me is one big blur, but I do remember being described in one simple word that I agree with. It was in a piece that tore me apart for my personal behavior, but the writer said that when the music began and I started to sing, I was "honest."” Has BeensSaidBigsRememberSimplePiecesWrittenHonestBehaviorMusic IsAgreeBlurSimple WordsPersonal Behavior Author:Frank Sinatra
“I was an actor when I was a teenager and it could have been the direction that I headed in. But music and my relationship with music is quite deep, and it really is the nucleus of my creativity. So I gave up acting so I could pursue music fully, and I never thought about really going back. And then [director] Lee Daniels met me and wanted to work with me, and that's how it started.” Has BeensWantedActorsActingCreativityMetsDirectorsMusic IsPursueTeenagerCould Have BeenGave UpNucleus Author:Lenny Kravitz
“There are many fans of hard rock music that have been wrongly pigeonholed as apathetic. This music is not music for the elitist coffeehouse culture in SoHo. It' s rock 'n' roll music for kids across the land, and I think that makes it much more subversive in a way, in that it has the form and the function of a powerful, populist music, but it can carry very incendiary messages.” ThinkingWayHas BeensHardKidsFormCulturePowerfulFansLandRocksMessagesMusic IsFunctionRock N RollRock MusicSubversivePopulistElitistApatheticHard RockSohoRock N Roll Music Author:Tom Morello
“I think this is the beginning of a really cool period in music because what we've been living through has been mostly super-testosterone rock, and there's nothing wrong with testosterone but it is damn boring.” ThinkingHas BeensRocksPeriodsMusic IsBoringDamnReally CoolTestosterone Author:Sam Endicott
“If something can be explored or illuminated that would have been difficult to verbalize, that to me is what a film should be. It's like trying to explain what a piece of music is like. You can't do it.” IfsShouldTryingHas BeensFilmDifficultPiecesLike YouMusic Is Author:Shane Carruth
“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
“I think country music is popular - has been popular and will always be popular because I think a lot of real people singing about a lot of real stuff about real people. And it's simple enough for people to understand it. And we kind of roll with the punches.” PeopleThinkingKindHas BeensRealCountryEnoughStuffSimpleMusic IsSingingReal Stuff Author:Dolly Parton
“Basically my influences have been American influences. It's been blues, gospel, swing era music, bebop music, Broadway show music, classical music.” Has BeensShowsInfluenceMusic IsErasSwingsBroadwayClassical MusicBroadway ShowsBebop Author:Horace Silver
“I think there are a lot of people that lead worship don't really understand the weight of what they do. But I think it is all about leadership. It's how you lead people into understanding what this is about. But also the wind of God, the fresh Spirit of God has been amazing, and that is what has caused people to turn their hearts towards it. Worship music is the most popular thing in Christian music.” PeopleThinkingHeartHas BeensChristianSpiritTurnsUnderstandingWindWorshipMusic IsWeightSpirit Of GodChristian MusicWorship Music Author:Chris Tomlin
“Our music is honest. We are who we are... messed up, dysfunctional sinners that have been loved in spite of our hate. We don't deny that we live in a evil world and that we have been evil people and we have evil tendencies... but we also have touched righteousness through our faith in Christ.. and we have received salvation, hope, and love... So our songs always acknowledge this truth and in turn we hope they bring faith, hope and love into the midst of the selfish, fearful hatred that makes up so much of the world we live in.” PeopleWorldHas BeensHateSongTurnsEvilChristHonestMusic IsHatredAnd LoveSalvationDenySelfishTendenciesAcknowledgeWho We AreSpiteTouchedSinnerMidstRighteousnessFearfulMessed UpEvil PeopleHope And LoveFaith HopeEvil WorldFaith Hope And Love Author:Lacey Mosley
“Our past as well as our future. It could have been completely destroyed when we were brought to the New World as slaves. They even took away our drums. And I don't want to talk about all those negative things going on. But its music is more present in our lives than ever. Blues, samba, calypso, reggae, jazz, salsa, Africa is everywhere.” WorldWantWellsHas BeensPastOur LivesMusic IsNegativeJazzSlaveDestroyedOur FutureNew WorldOur PastCould Have BeenReggaeSalsaSambaCalypso Author:Randy Weston
“I started singing Folksongs with my mother when I was 6 years old. We sang at Folk festivals and concerts and schools. There was always music being played either on record, Jazz and Folk, by musician friends of my mother. I took to singing very early, I believe it has been a Gift I was born with.” YearsBelieveHas BeensSchoolMotherI BelieveBornRecordsMusicianMusic IsSingingJazzFolksConcertsFestivalsBeing Played Author:Vicki Sue Robinson
“Some of my best friends have written Broadway shows. Allee Willis and Brenda Russell wrote The Color Purple which has been recently revived on Broadway. That to me is such a different hat that you have to wear, but music is music. A Broadway show is something I would love to have the opportunity to do.” Has BeensDifferentShowsOpportunityWrittenColorMusic IsHatsBroadwayMy Best FriendPurpleBroadway Shows Author:Dave Koz
“Traditional folk music is about survival of the fittest song just like evolution is about survival of the fittest organism and generally the more times a song has been passed down the generations the more brilliant and concise it becomes as every link in that chain can add something good or remove something unnecessary.” Has BeensSongGenerationsEvolutionSurvivalMusic IsAddFolksBrilliantTraditionalChainsRemoveMore TimeLinksUnnecessaryOrganismsFolk MusicSurvival Of The FittestConcise Author:John Spiers
“Music is politics - it always has been and it always will be.” Has BeensMusic Is Author:Thea Gilmore
“I am so weak over love and heartbreak. My music is rhythm and blues and with that said, the blues element of it is a major portion. I feel like it has been lost in R&B and a lot of people are scared to talk about their vulnerabilities and insecurities. They want to keep it up and in the club.” PeopleWantFeelsHas BeensSaidLostElementsMajorsMusic IsWeakScaredClubsRhythmVulnerabilityInsecurityPortionsRhythm And BluesLove And Heartbreak Author:Adrian Marcel