“In some ways I believe music is the more convincing communicator of ideas than words. For instance, we can hear of Kordaly and Bartok and recognise them as Hungarian, but very few of us speak Hungarian, but the music itself speaks to more people.” PeopleWayBelieveIdeasSpeakI BelieveMusic IsInstanceConvincingRecogniseCommunicatorsHungariansBartok Author:Leonard Slatkin
“I believe that there are still people who believe that game music is something equal to just an effect incorporated into the game, something like a BGM. And therefore this is something that I would like to show that is not true.” PeopleBelieveStillsShowsGamesI BelieveEffectsEqualMusic Is Author:Nobuo Uematsu
“Some people say that music isn't something you are; it's something you do. It's having a constant desire to share and express. But I believe it's something you are. To me it's more inward.” PeopleBelieveDesireI BelieveShareMusic IsConstantInward Author:Negash Ali
“Do anything you wanna do—but from [the heart]. Music is a thing from the heart, from the soul, just like anything else you do, man. And you can be the best, you can be what you wanna be. That’s right! You can do what you wanna do. I believe—I’m a blues player. I never been a millionaire, but let me tell you something—I think I am. Cause I got this. I’ve got what it take. And I don’t care if you don’t believe me, man, but I know you do. Because this is what it’s all about. Anything you do, if you wanna do it and you love it, you rich. You a millionaire, man.” IfsThinkingKnowsMenBelieveHeartSoulCareI BelieveCausesCan DoRichPlayerMusic IsLet MeDon't BelieveDon't CareI Don't CareBeing The BestBelieve In MeMillionaire Author:Hubert Sumlin
“I believe music is like medicine. Like a good tonic, it can open your mind, strengthen and possibly even cure you. Music can work on many levels, and nothing I know of possesses the healing force that exists within music.” KnowsMindBelieveForceI BelieveLevelsHealingMusic IsMedicineCures Author:Burning Spear
“I believe the history of American music is just as important as anything political because it's changed generations of people.” PeopleBelieveImportantPoliticalI BelieveGenerationsChangedMusic IsAmerican Music Author:Dave Grohl
“I write most of my stuff. When I'm rejected in music, it hurts worse than when I don't get a role, because that's someone else's vision. If they don't see me as that part, even if I believe I'm the perfect person for it, that's their vision. The music is my vision.” IfsWritingBelievePersonsI BelieveStuffHurtPerfectVisionRolesMusic IsRejectedIt HurtsPerfect Person Author:Taryn Manning
“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
“I believe that Bruce Springsteen is terrific, but I don't think he's God. That's the only real disagreement between me and my wife. Music is really fun, and it is something that my wife and I like to share.” ThinkingBelieveRealFunI BelieveWifeShareMusic IsMy WifeTerrificDisagreementSpringsteen Author:Russ Feingold
“I think the question of actually relating emotion to music is totally interesting. I believe that it is really important on some level, but it's also important not to impose your own emotions on some music that has its own emotions.” ThinkingBelieveImportantI BelieveInterestingLevelsEmotionMusic Is Author:Eyvind Kang
“I believe that music is a force in itself. It is there and it needs an outlet, a medium. In a way, we are just the medium.” WayNeedsBelieveForceI BelieveMusic IsMediumsOutlets Author:Maynard James Keenan
“If politically infused music is denied airplay, music reviews or festival stage time because it is considered "politics" rather than "art", then there will be no music left to ban. It will never reach the surface anyway, not to the larger audience. I believe that there is a high degree of censorship in the west, most importantly in the form of self-censorship among musicians themselves. This is why what you hear on the radio is - increasingly often - pure and toothless entertainment. Almost by definition, there's nothing left in pop music worth banning.” BelieveArtI BelieveAudienceMusicianMusic IsCensorshipPop Music Author:Moddi
“The average age of the Jazz audience is increasing rapidly. Rapidly enough to suggest that there is no replacement among young people. Young people aren't starting to listen to Jazz and carrying it along in their lives with them. Jazz is becoming more like Classical music in terms of its relationship to the audience. And just a Classical music is grappling with the problem of audience development, so is Jazz grappling with this problem. I believe, deeply that Jazz is still a very vital music that has much to say to ordinary people. But it has to be systematic about getting out the message.” PeopleBelieveEnoughProblemAgeI BelieveTermAudienceMusic IsJazzOrdinary PeopleClassical Music Author:Terry Teachout
“I believe that the greatest music is storytelling anyway, in a heightened medium. So I write a lot of music, and I play a lot with my guitar, I still sing a lot, but now I'm more personal about it than public, in a way. I think there will be a time where I'd like to bring the singing back into some of my performances. It all depends if the material's right, if the story's right, if it's my kind of taste in music, as well. It means so much to me. We all know how affective music can be, I just want to make sure when I do it, I'm doing it because I actually feel it and I care about it.” ThinkingWritingBelieveKindMeanCareI BelieveMusic IsSingingStorytellingI Care Author:Aneurin Barnard
“I'm always looking for older equipment and ways of recording, but you can't escape the fact that it's all going to be digitized and reduced. I do think music sounds better when it's on tape and more simply recorded. I've been arguing with people for 10 years about tape versus digital, and I believe tape is absolutely essential in getting the sound that's conducive to the enjoyment of music. I wonder if it's going to go back to that. Sometimes I think it has to. As music becomes more computer-based, it's lost some emotional impact.” PeopleThinkingBelieveSometimesI BelieveWonderEmotionalMusic IsArguingEnjoyment Author:Beck