“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
“One of the big mysteries of music is, if you take music without words, it means something to us because we know it's about something. It's about something important humanly, but since there are no words, nobody knows what it's about.” IfsKnowsMeanImportantBigsMysteryMusic IsNobody Knows Author:Tod Machover
“Music is such an important element in creating the drama that a runway show needs in order to be memorable and to make the clothes come to life.” NeedsImportantShowsOrderDramaElementsCreatingClothesMusic IsMemorableRunway Author:Mia Moretti
“I like pop music because it can really affect a large amount of people and if I tell stories and spread messages that I think are really important for people to be aware of, I would want it to be on the biggest platform and I feel like pop is that. I use it as a way to tell stories.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayWantFeelsImportantStoriesUseAmountMessagesMusic IsSpreadPopsPlatformsPop Music Author:Melanie Martinez
“I've always felt that music is more expressive than dialogue. I've always said that my best dialogue and screenwriter is Ennio Morricone. Because, many times, it is more important a note or an orchestration than a line said.” SaidImportantFeltLinesMusic IsNotesDialogueScreenwritersExpressiveOrchestration Author:Sergio Leone
“Part of 'Beyond The Music' is also the notion that no matter what came of us, or the band, the most important thing for us ended up being the friendships.” ImportantMatterBandMusic IsNo Matter WhatImportant ThingsNotion Author:Milo Aukerman
“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
“Argentina is a very interesting culture because unlike Europe and the US, they did not abandon rock and roll music, they did not turn their backs on it. It's an important part of their culture. So guitar music is an important part of their culture. So me being into rock music, I get respect working there, which wasn't happening in Europe or in the US.” ImportantTurnsCultureInterestingRocksMusic IsHappeningsEuropeGuitarAbandonRock And RollVery InterestingRock MusicArgentinaGuitar MusicRock And Roll Music Author:Gordon Raphael
“The biggest chance you can take in life is by not taking any chances at all. It's important, but music is my heart and this is what makes me the most revenue, so be grit, don't quit.” HeartImportantLife IsChanceMy HeartMusic IsQuittingRevenueGrit Author:E-40
“Being in country music is what I love. It's who I am. Being able to be a gay man in country music and continue to break down walls and change hearts and minds has been really important to me.” MenMindHeartImportantCountryBreakWallGayMusic IsBreaking DownHeart And MindGay Men Author:Ty Herndon
“I think that the revolution in music is over, and what's left is a mop-up action. It's a matter of the news getting out to everybody else. I think that the important changes have already happened, changes in consciousness. It's mostly a matter of everything else catching up to that. Everything is traditionally slow - much faster than it ever has been on earth but still far, far too slow.” ThinkingImportantActionEarthConsciousnessRevolutionMusic Is Author:Jerry Garcia
“When people get up on the stage and say, "I've got AIDS," or "I'm in recovery," gosh, it's hard for them. It's like that story touches every person's story. You know, they open their entire humanity up. Storytelling is very important in life. Telling the truth is critical. It's like, again, the melody. The melody of jazz music is the truth, for me.” PeopleImportantHumanityTruth IsMusic IsJazzAidsStorytellingRecoveryTelling The TruthMelodyJazz Music Author:Cecil Williams
“I think my philosophy on music is sort of like the difference between religion and spirituality or religion and faith. There's a lot of bullshit in the music industry. It's really tough to get a leg up and navigate around your gender and stereotypes. You feel hopeless, [but] all of that disappears the minute that I start writing a song. Then I record something and have that magical feeling. You have to have the negative and the positive. Trying to own that and go to that place in yourself creatively is the most important thing.” ThinkingWritingTryingImportantPhilosophyFeelingsSongSpiritualityMusic IsToughNegativeGenderDisappearHopelessBullshitStereotypeMusic Industry Author:Haley Bonar
“Music is generally important to blind people, and most of the blind people that I have come into contact, through my parents, music is very special to them. Obviously, because it is more salient, you know? We might like going to the movies, and of course we like music too, but when the eyes don't work then the ears pick up slack. Music is all the sweeter at that point.” PeopleImportantEyeParentSpecialMusic IsBlindBlind People Author:William Fitzsimmons
“Miles Davis had been in retirement for five or six years and he was coming out of retirement and he was looking for young guys. Somebody gave him my name and he called me and said, "Can you show up at Columbia Studios in two hours?" I'm like, "Whoa, is this the real Miles Davis?" He's like, "Yeah." So I showed up and yeah, it was intimidating, but music is so important to me that the intimidation was all before the notes started.” ImportantRealGuyHoursMusic IsRetirementIntimidatingIntimidation Author:Marcus Miller
“I think the important thing being a wife of a president is to know who you are and find a cause that corresponds to you. The truth is, it's hard to keep a job in that position. I kept playing music because no one could stop me from playing music at night.” ThinkingImportantNightPresidentWifeTruth IsMusic IsWho You Are Author:Carla Bruni
“Money is important in the rap industry because you're always rapping to be bigger than the other person - bigger than who you're rapping to. A lot of my music is really, really, really humbled down. I don't have as much money as the average rapper, but I'm still good.” ImportantMusic IsRapRapper Author:D-Pryde
“The school systems at my childhood had enough money or enough parent involvement that they felt like learning music and songs, and exploring the whole pop or classical canon, were just as important as algebra or biology. Music is such a visceral and tactile experience for a kid, and to just replace that with video games or something that doesn't have the same sort of physical impact would definitely be a poor choice, and have a negative impact.” ImportantEnoughKidsSchoolSongChoicesParentPoorChildhoodMusic IsNegativeBiologyExploringInvolvementAlgebra Author:Carrie Brownstein
“It's hard for people to see how they can change how dismal things look, but there are still wonderful things to sing about. Music is the only way we are capable of talking about the most important things.” PeopleImportantWonderfulMusic IsCapable Author:Jeff Tweedy
“Normally classical music is set up so you have professionals on a stage and a bunch of audience - it's us versus them. You spend your entire time as an audience member looking at the back of the conductor so you're already aware of a certain kind of hierarchy when you are there: there are people who can do it, who are on stage, and you aren't on stage so you can't do it. There's also a conductor who is telling the people who are onstage exactly what to do and when to do it and so you know that person is more important than the people on stage.” PeopleKindImportantAudienceMusic IsClassical MusicConductor Author:David Lang
“I think celebrity culture and sexuality in pop music is really important, but I want there to be an alternative for people.” PeopleThinkingWantImportantCultureMusic IsPopsSexualityAlternativesPop MusicCelebrity Culture Author:Marina and the Diamonds
“I had spent many years pursuing excellence, because that is what classical music is all about... Now it was dedicated to freedom, and that was far more important.” YearsImportantFreedomMusic IsExcellenceDedicatedClassical Music Author:Nina Simone
“Country music is important to me, and I love it, but it's not my whole life.” ImportantCountryWholeMusic IsWhole Life Author:George Strait