“I tell my students one of the most important things they need to know is when they are at their best, creatively. They need to ask themselves, What does the ideal room look like? Is there music? Is there silence? Is there chaos outside or is there serenity outside? What do I need in order to release my imagination?” KnowsNeedsLooksDoeImportantOrderAsksImaginationRoomsSilenceStudentsMusic IsIdealsImportant ThingsChaosReleaseSerenitySilence IsMy Imagination Author:Toni Morrison
“Music is very transporting. I'll hear a song for the first time and I rarely listen to the lyrics. I picture that song playing as a soundtrack to a movie, or even just in the background of someone's life. This all sounds weird, but I have an active imagination, and music opens the floodgates of that area of my brain.” FirstsSongSoundImaginationBrainMusic IsFirst TimeAreasActiveBackgroundsSoundtracks Author:Josh McDermitt
“Music is about imagination. It's about thought. It's about creating something from nothing.” ImaginationCreatingMusic IsCreating Something Author:Glenn Branca
“I think myself that, rather like books, music is meant to enter into the brain, well via your ears rather than your eyes but, it's - I think a lot more should be left to the imagination.” ThinkingShouldWellsBookEyeLeftImaginationBrainMusic IsEars Author:David Gilmour
“If I'm reading about a river or the trees or the wind blowing or the stars at night, if you can hear that in the music in some way, you've wedded the two and your imagination takes off. To be able to hear that in music is really important.” IfsWayTwoImportantAbleNightReadingStarsImaginationTreeWindMusic IsRiversWind Blowing Author:Julie Andrews
“What we call music is what reminds us of ourselves. And sometimes electronic music helps lead the imagination to a space that seems outside of ourselves. But it never really is.” SometimesHelpingImaginationMusic IsElectronic Music Author:Vijay Iyer
“Music is made of what we do when we move, and we can only move in certain ways, in certain ranges of tempo because of the inherent constraints that our bodies offer, or you can call them 'affordances' - that's another word for me. It's a little more positive; doesn't make it seem like a limitation, but rather, a set of opportunities. You can say that that's part of music making, but there's also the imagination. The power of the imagination is kind of trumping - sorry to have to use that word.” KindMovingOpportunityImaginationMusic IsSorryLimitation Author:Vijay Iyer
“I can't satisfy myself with just trying to tie all of my imagination into music, especially when music is not appreciated as an art form as much as it used to be.” TryingArtI CanFormUsedImaginationMusic IsUsed To BeTiesAppreciatedMy ImaginationNot Appreciated Author:Marilyn Manson