“It's gotta be fun, if it's not fun it's not worth doing. Music is about having a good time feeling your soul, whether it makes you laugh or it makes you cry, just so long as you feel as much as you can. That's the mission of Pono.” IfsFeelsLongSoulFeelingsFunMusicLaughingCryMusic IsMissionsYour SoulGood TimesHaving A Good TimeMake You LaughMake You Cry Author:Neil Young
“When I'm dating someone, I have a list called my 'Oh No Nos.' If a woman commits a Oh No No, it can end the relationship. Not loving '90s R&B music is #3 on the Oh No Nos list. Girl don't even know who Ginuwine is.” IfsKnowsEndsGirlMusic IsDatingListsCommitDating Someone Author:Aziz Ansari
“I don't know if I could write ten easy ways to connect with an audience. I know you have to believe in what you're doing, you have to believe in your music, believe in your ability, believe that what you're doing is honest and true and real.” IfsKnowsWayWritingBelieveRealEasyAbilityAudienceHonestTenMusic IsIf I CouldBelieve In YouDoing YouEasy Way Author:Ramsey Lewis
“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
“If I don't already know a song's chord progression, I'll stop writing and try to figure it out. I can occasionally listen to unstructured, amelodic ambient music, but I prefer no music. I don't need silence - I can write just about anywhere - but music is a major distraction.” IfsKnowsNeedsWritingTryingI CanSongSilenceFiguresMajorsMusic IsDistractionChordsProgressionAmbientAmbient Music Author:F. Paul Wilson
“You're creating music to pull people into a world, whether it be a visual medium where music is just one element, or a purely musical medium. Either way, you're trying to transport people and to create a connection. I've always felt that the best films and the best albums can be the best company. If people feel a little bit less alone because of something I had a hand in creating than I feel like I'm contributing to the world in a positive way.” PeopleIfsWorldWayFeelsTryingLittlesHandsFilmFeltBitsCompanyElementsCreatingLittle BitMusic IsConnectionsMusicalAlbumsMediumsVisualsJust OneBeing The BestTransportContributingBest FilmCreating MusicBest Company Author:Andrew Hollander
“If I hear dance music, my body starts to move. Whatever the dance music is, I can't help it. With all that, I still felt, well, rock is a little higher art, but it wasn't. Right now, because I have so much experience with dance charts, I started to realize that it's incredible art. This is going to be known one day as high art.” IfsWellsLittlesArtStillsI CanHelpingBodyMovingFeltRealizingKnownRocksHigherRight NowOne DayMusic IsIncrediblesDance MusicHigh Art Author:Yoko Ono
“At the end of the day music is a grind. You're constantly working at it and even with playing shows as well. If your schedule isn't planned right it could really throw things off, but honestly at the end of the day its incredible being able to go to so many places.” IfsWellsEndsShowsAbleMusic IsIncrediblesHonestlyThe End Of The DaySchedulesGrind Author:James Vincent McMorrow
“The music business is really, really small. The real music is becoming almost extinct, if you don't stay true to who you are.” IfsRealBecomingMusic IsWho You AreMusic BusinessStay TrueReal Music Author:Mary J. Blige
“Brad Bird is fond of saying that music is the easiest thing that can derail a film because if it slightly goes a degree off track it will take the viewer in the wrong emotional direction. To work with people who actually care about that is a good thing.” PeopleIfsCareFilmEmotionalDegreesMusic IsBirdGood ThingsTrackViewersBrad Author:Michael Giacchino
“Music is a very personal thing, so if you hear one type of song that you don't like, you pass judgment on whole band's repertoire.” IfsWholeSongLike YouTypeBandJudgmentMusic IsPersonal Things Author:Chris Metzler
“The only good thing about religion is the music. Because nature is filled with balances and opposites, there are always exceptions to the overall rules, whether the overall rules are bleak or otherwise. If you propound a joyous theory of existence, I will find an exception to that. If I propound a bleak theory, someone will find a joyous exception. That's just nature being nature, I think, and I don't think it offers a lot of hope. It's sort of a respite along the way.” IfsThinkingWayExistenceTheoryBalanceOffersMusic IsOppositesFilledGood ThingsExceptionJoyousBleakRespite Author:George Carlin
“I studied piano from the age of three. My grandmother taught piano. I stayed at her house during the day while my parents worked. I obviously wanted to learn to play. And so she asked if she could teach me, and my mother said don't you think she's too young. My grandmother apparently said no. So I could read music before I could read, and I really don't remember learning to read music. So for me it's like a native language. When I look at a sheet of music, it just makes sense.” IfsThinkingLooksSaidPlayAgeWantedRememberYoungMotherThreeHouseLanguageParentTeachTaughtMusic IsMake SensePianoNativeGrandmotherSheetsMy GrandmotherLearning To ReadNative Language Author:Condoleezza Rice
“To me, music is emotion and if when you're listening to it and it doesn't make you feel that, then it's not music.” IfsFeelsEmotionListeningMusic Is Author:Austin Carlile
“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
“I don't listen to a lot of music at all. I think that's very bizarre too, because it was such a comfort zone for me. But I don't know if I had my fill, but I don't listen to a lot of music, because I'm creating it.” IfsThinkingKnowsComfortCreatingMusic IsZoneComfort ZoneBizarre Author:Lauryn Hill
“The honor to me has less to do with the award. To me that translates in the relationship that I have with the audience, and if my music is helpful to them, that's the award.” IfsAudienceHonorMusic IsHelpfulAwardsTranslate Author:Lauryn Hill
“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
“Music is an amazing thing. I don't know if we really think about it the same way we consider a painting an amazing thing. I mean, a painting is, in quotes, imaginary. There is nothing on the canvas when you start; and writing a song, there is nothing there when you start.” IfsThinkingKnowsWayWritingMeanSongPaintingMusic IsImaginaryCanvasAmazing Things Author:Lou Reed
“Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.” IfsWorldHappensLyingPeaceMusicThis WorldChangedMusicianMusic IsGuitarFake PeopleGreat MusicGuitaristInspirational MusicPower Of MusicMusic SoulMusic LifeWorld MusicBlues MusicFamous MusicianMusic Is LifeOld MusicGuitar MusicMusic ArtistPassion For MusicMusic Is My Passion Author:Jimi Hendrix
“I think the [music] industry really suffered from music being available online because it made young people feel, "why should you pay for music, if it's so readily available for free?"” PeopleIfsThinkingFeelsShouldMadeYoungPayIndustryMusic IsAvailableOnlineMusic Industry Author:Corinne Bailey Rae
“I don't know if it's true that most people don't know this, but the reason that I play music is because of my favourite band of all time - AC/DC.” PeopleIfsKnowsReasonPlayBandMusic IsAll TimeFavourite Author:Jeremy Fisher
“All music is important if it comes from the heart.” IfsHeartImportantMusicMusic Is Author:Carlos Santana
“If you're good, and you know you're good, and you know you're better than those people getting paid to do it, you still have to have an open ear….Nobody's music is the enemy of your music…The idea that someone else has made it when they shouldn't have made it is toxic thinking.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsMadeStillsIdeasEnemyMusic IsEarsPaidMade ItToxic Author:John Mayer
“Music is a spiritual expression of what's in your heart. Music as a way of getting rich is a pretty new thing, and I often wonder if the mega-bucks glitzy atmosphere is making the quality of music suffer. You have to work really hard to get around that and remember why you're in it in the first place: because you have to be. It's like an addiction. You can't go a day without picking up your guitar. To me, the only commercial goals that are really valid are, 'Boy, I wish I didn't have to go to work. I wish I could do this all the time.'” IfsWayFirstsHeartHardRememberSpiritualSufferingWishGoalQualityWonderBoysRichExpressionMusic IsGuitarAddictionAtmosphereNew ThingsBucksGet RichMega Author:Trey Anastasio
“Spirituality is worthless if it's not practical. Music is my work. I am a musician.” IfsSpiritualityMusicianMusic IsPracticalsWorthless Author:John McLaughlin
“If you play music with passion and love and honesty, then it will nourish your soul, heal your wounds and make your life worth living. Music is its own reward.” IfsSoulPlayPassionHonestyMusic IsAnd LoveRewardsWoundsHealYour SoulWorth LivingLife Worth LivingLove And PassionLove And Honesty Author:Sting
“There is music in all things, if men had ears.” IfsMenMusicMusic IsAll ThingsEarsMusicalListening To MusicPlaying MusicNew MusicInspirational MusicMusic And LifeSound And MusicHearing Music Book:DON JUAN Source: DON JUAN
“I'm one of the guys who wants to watch the film completely done, with special effects, sound and music, because I tend to get disappointed if I watch it not fully done.” IfsWantDoneFilmGuySoundWatchesSpecialEffectsMusic IsDisappointedSpecial EffectsSound And Music Author:Luke Ford
“Everybody enjoys arguing about the current state of music because it feels as if you are talking about something incredibly important, yet it requires little understanding of the subject matter at hand. It's like world politics meets the pink questions in Trivial Pursuit. Points are made but nothing gets accomplished.” IfsWorldFeelsLittlesMadeImportantMatterStatesHandsEnjoyUnderstandingTalkingSubjectsMusic IsCurrentsArguingPursuitAccomplishedSubject MatterWorld Politics Author:John Mayer
“I have learned that collaboration are everything to me. Music is a social thing. If there are no ears to hear it, it has no value. I have really loved getting input from other great musicians- like recording strings with my family or making weird synth sounds with tore nissen.” IfsValuesSocialSoundMusicianMusic IsMy FamilyEarsStringsCollaborationI Have LearnedGreat MusicInputGreat Musician Author:Oh Land
“Depending on the story, I don't feel that the music is disappearing. I feel if the story demands songs, they'll have songs. If it doesn't demand songs, you'll have underscore.” IfsFeelsStoriesSongDemandMusic IsDisappear Author:Richard Sherman
“I think the music is relevant and if people are into the music, they're going to be into it regardless of when it comes from.” PeopleIfsThinkingMusic IsRelevant Author:Jenny Hoyston
“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
“The abstract music is just more interesting because it doesn't really have anything to say, but if it is good, it creates thoughts and feelings, and I enjoy that. For me, once the music creates those thoughts and feelings, I begin to write a song about it.” IfsWritingFeelingsSongEnjoyInterestingMusic IsAbstractThoughts And Feelings Author:Paul Simon
“Reggae music is simple music - but it's from the heart. Just as people need water to drink, people also need music. If it is true music, the people will be drawn to it.” PeopleIfsNeedsHeartWaterSimpleDrinkMusic IsReggaeReggae Music Author:Ziggy Marley
“My father thought that if I was to go into the army, at the least I would have a reliable paycheck at the end of each month with which to feed my family. Music is less assured. One could say more dangerous!” IfsEndsFatherDangerousMonthsMusic IsMy FamilyArmyAssuredPaychecksEach Month Author:Vieux Farka Toure
“Music is monophonic in the Eastern world, especially if we're talking about Indian music, Persian music. What we have in classical and Western world is harmony. So I think it's a great idea to be able to bring the best of two together and create something new.” IfsThinkingWorldTwoIdeasAbleTogetherTalkingMusic IsHarmonyWesternIndianSomething NewEasternGreat IdeaWestern WorldPersianIndian Music Author:Hafez Nazeri
“If my music is political in a way, and it might be, it's in the way of generating a sensitivity in people, a deeper awareness of the world around them. That's my goal, at least.” PeopleIfsWorldWayMightPoliticalGoalAwarenessMusic IsDeeperSensitivity Author:Phil Elvrum
“If you took any of my radio shows and you took the music out of them, they wouldn't be remotely the same thing. Music is really important.” IfsImportantShowsMusic IsRadio Author:Joe Frank
“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
“My favorite way of working is if somebody gives me a piece of music, because I'm quite limited as a player, so it's my favorite thing if somebody gives me a piece of music, and then I can write lyrics and melodies.” IfsWayGivingWritingI CanPiecesPlayerMusic IsGive MeMy FavoriteMelodyFavorites Things Author:Sinead O'Connor
“I think one of the reasons [Nikolai] Medtner hasn't had a chance is that his music needs very, very committed performances. If you play his works passively, the juice of his music is really not going to be extracted - it's simply not going to come out.” IfsThinkingNeedsReasonPlayChanceMusic IsPerformancesCommittedJuiceChances Are Author:Marc-Andre Hamelin
“Reading and writing music is a wonderful way of getting ideas in your head down to someone else who reads and writes, but if you don't read and write, and the other musician you're playing with are trying to express something who doesn't read and write, than it's a question of "I wrote" so that you must learn from listening and from understanding where that's coming from.” IfsWayWritingTryingIdeasReadingUnderstandingWonderfulListeningMusicianMusic IsReading And WritingWriting Music Author:Ronnie Montrose
“Music is the language of God. God's language, music, is not like mathematics or geometry. It is a language of love. If we love music, that is enough.” IfsEnoughLanguageMusic IsMathematicsGeometryMusic LoveLanguage Of Love Author:Sri Chinmoy
“All the good music has already been written by people with wigs and stuff...Basically what people want to hear is: I love you, you love me, the leaves turn brown, they fell off the trees, the wind is blowing, it got cold, you went away, my heart broke, you came back, and my heart was okay...Modern music is people who can't think signing artists who can't write songs to make records for people who can't hear. Most people wouldn't know good music if it came up and bit them on the ass...If lyrics make people do things, how come we don't love each other?” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWantWritingHeartArtistSongTurnsStuffBitsRecordsWrittenTreeModernLove YouWindColdMy HeartMusic IsOkayAssBrokeBrownLove Each OtherSigningWigsHeart BrokeBlowing ItModern Music Author:Frank Zappa
“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
“I do love voices so much that I will use them and manipulate them. The presence of a human voice in a piece of music is really exciting, even if it's just someone's breathing.” IfsHumansUseVoicePiecesMusic IsExcitingBreathingManipulateHuman Voice Author:Arca
“It grabs me, but not as much as it grabs some of the other people that rave about them. With the Black Keys, I'm missing crescendos with the sax, keyboard or guitar solo. It never comes to me. All my favorite music is rife with crescendo and I'm not hearing enough with them. If you can get the Black Keys to hear this, tell them I offer my crescendo guitar anytime they desire it.” PeopleIfsEnoughDesireBlackMissingKeysOffersMusic IsGuitarMy FavoriteHearingSoloKeyboardsRaveCrescendoGuitar SolosFavorite MusicBlack Keys Author:Ted Nugent
“I hope people just enjoy the music. I'm not worried about any sort of legacy. Whether people view me more as the drummer in Wilco or as a composer who composes primarily for rhythmic reasons - it doesn't matter to me as long as they dig the music. None of that matters to me if the music is crap.” PeopleIfsLongMatterReasonEnjoyViewsMusic IsLegacyWorriedComposerCrapDrummer Author:Glenn Kotche