“I think there are a lot of similarities between writing and music. Music is much more direct and much more emotional and that's the level I want to be at when I'm writing. Writing is much more intellectual and indirect and abstract, in a way.” ThinkingWayWantWritingLevelsEmotionalMusic IsIntellectualDirectAbstractSimilarityIndirect Author:Karl Ove Knausgard
“[Concerning the Water Ouzel, now called American Dipper:] In a general way his music is that of the streams refined and spiritualized. The deep booming notes of the falls are in it, the trills of rapids, the gurgling of margin eddies, the low whispering of level reaches, and the sweet tinkle of separate drops oozing from the ends of mosses and falling into tranquil pools.” WayEndsFallWaterLevelsSweetMusic IsLowsNotesStreamsPoolRapidsMarginsRefinedWhisperingTranquilMossTrill Author:John Muir
“What is at the higher levels of meaning consciousness is like a hyperspace in which each point is equidistant from the other and where 'the center is everywhere and the circumference is nowhere'? The mythologies of the occult seem like baroque music: there is an overall similar quality of sound and movement, but, upon examination, each piece of music is unique; Vivaldi and Scarlatti are similar and different.” DifferentSeemsSoundLevelsConsciousnessQualityPiecesMovementHigherMusic IsUniqueUnityMythologyExaminationOccultHigher LevelBaroqueBaroque MusicVivaldi Book:At the Edge of History Source: At the Edge of History
“I ain't makin' music for the media. I make music for the people in the streets - that want a street level of entertainment. I'm makin' music because I have the streets to feed.” PeopleWantLevelsStreetsMediaMusic IsEntertainment Author:Rick Ross
“Music is a fair and glorious gift of God. I am strongly persuaded that after theology, there is no art which can be placed on the level with music.” ArtLevelsMusic IsFairsTheologyGloriousGift From God Author:Martin Luther
“Music is pretty intimate stuff and I can only work with very few people: Gonzalez being one, Mocky being another and, on a completely different level, Broken Social Scene. With Broken Social Scene its not one-on-one, its a one-on-12. Its very healthy, very comfortable, like a big pot luck supper among old friends.” PeopleI CanDifferentBigsSocialStuffLevelsBrokenHealthySceneComfortableMusic IsLuckIntimatePotOld FriendsSupperDifferent LevelsOne On One Author:Feist
“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
“Music is supposed to create an associate level, wherein I and you and you and I can associate without any misunderstanding.” I CanLevelsMusic IsAssociatesMisunderstanding Author:Burning Spear
“Great art is a regional thing. I'm not saying my art is great. I recognize what I think is great about music is often on a regional level.” ThinkingArtLevelsMusic IsArt IsGreat Art Author:Joel Plaskett
“What bothers me is when music becomes entertainment. Of course, music is supposed to be entertaining, but go back to any period of time - music had a cultural significance on different levels, whether it was folk music, it was the news of the village, or it had to do with the rites of passage.” DifferentCoursesLevelsPeriodsNewsMusic IsFolksEntertainmentSupposed To BeBotherSignificanceVillagePassagesEntertainingRiteDifferent LevelsFolk MusicRite Of Passage Author:Billy Corgan
“Rock & roll seemed to just come to us, on the radio and in the record stores. It became our music. . . But then we uncovered another, deeper level, the history behind rock and R&B, the music behind our music. All roads led to the source, which was the blues.” LevelsBehindsRecordsRocksSourceMusic IsRadioDeeperStoresRecord Stores Author:Martin Scorsese
“My dad, he's definitely one of greatest writers of his generation. There is no question about it. When you are that good, when work is that good, you have to appreciate every aspect of it. It's the architecture of it, it's like looking at a Frank Lloyd Wright building or a Lautner building, it's master craftsmanship. Every aspect of it intertwines in a perfectly harmonious way. That's what architecture is at its best and the architecture of my father's music is on that level.” WayFatherLevelsGenerationsBuildingMastersDadMusic IsAspectAppreciateMy DadArchitectureFrankHarmoniousCraftsmanship Author:Sean Lennon
“There were times when I would suddenly realize making music is a crazy pipe dream. I would see bands that did super well in South Africa still struggling to survive, or even people on the international level who are doing well but financially can't really support themselves.” PeopleWellsStillsDreamRealizingLevelsSupportStruggleCrazyBandMusic IsSouthInternationalSouth AfricaPipePipe DreamsStruggling To Survive Author:St. Lucia
“There's still people that do it poorly... and people that do it very, very well. I think there's still an incredible spectrum. I guess there's something that's appealing in it, in that everyone on some level is a DJ. But people still go to clubs, and there's still... it is interesting - with everyone having an iPod now - when music is so personalised and things like Pandora and making your own playlists, there's something really powerful about a room full of people all dancing to the same song.” PeopleThinkingWellsStillsSongInterestingLevelsRoomsPowerfulMusic IsDancingIncrediblesClubsSpectrumDjsIpodsPandoraReally PowerfulPlaylists Author:Chris Baio
“The relationship that people have with music is entirely different now. People spend much less time experiencing music on a one on one level than they could have if they were a part of a different generation. I find this ironic since we have so many tools at our finger tips to be engaged by media in all forms.” PeopleIfsDifferentFormLevelsGenerationsMediaMusic IsToolsFingersEngagedIronicOne On OneDifferent Generations Author:Jacob Bannon
“In a way, all recorded music is reduced to the same level, no matter what it is. You find it in the store, you put it on and, "Oh, that's not cool. That's gangsta rap. That's white supremacist punk." But in a way, the content is removed from the intention of the people that made it. That's the commercial level of music.” PeopleWayMadeMatterWhiteLevelsMusic IsNo Matter WhatIntentionRapStoresMade ItPunkGangstaGangsta RapRecorded Music Author:Eyvind Kang
“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
“There are a good number of people creating black metal and black metal inspired music in the northwest. Much of this music is radically noncommercial and exists only on a very local, private level.” PeopleBlackLevelsNumbersCreatingMusic IsInspiredLocalsMetalsBlack Metal Author:Kristoffer Rygg
“I think that music is a very difficult art form in which to be avant-garde. When we sit down to listen to a piece of music, I think our implicit hope is that we're going to find it beautiful, or at least emotional, on some level.” ThinkingArtBeautifulFormDifficultLevelsPiecesEmotionalMusic IsImplicitAvant Garde Author:Steven Soderbergh
“I'm a cinephile. I love movies, I love film at every level. I'm a student of it. It informs me as does all art in my music, because there's stories, there's acts, there's moods, there's dynamics, there's moodiness, emotion. All of those things that play into a film. I think that could equally be said about music. It definitely informs me. Beats is stories.” ThinkingDoeArtSaidPlayStoriesFilmLevelsEmotionStudentsMusic IsBeatsMoodDynamicsMovie LoveLove FilmsMoodiness Author:Q-Tip
“[The music is about ] for the purpose of getting people to an excitement level. They feel something, they feel emotions. They're going to go home after that concert and remember it.Maybe they got something out of the experience rather than intellectualizing about what songs mean which is the whole head trip.” PeopleFeelsMeanWholeHomeRememberPurposeSongLevelsEmotionMusic IsExcitementConcerts Author:Van Morrison
“Music is a conversation between people and their community, you know, people and - and deejaying, it is a way of amplifying that conversation and kind of putting that conversation on blast in a way. But at a very basic level, it's records talking to records.” PeopleKnowsWayKindCommunityLevelsTalkingRecordsConversationMusic IsBlast Author:DJ /rupture
“[Big K.R.I.T] is a person who wants to make sure that the music is here for the kids when our time passes. He's a respectful and respected man. He has a level of respect for me, and I definitely have a level of respect for him.” MenWantPersonsBigsKidsLevelsMusic IsOur TimeRespectfulTime Passes Author:David Banner
“Soul music is about longevity and reaching and touching people on a human level - and that's never going to get lost.” PeopleHumansSoulLostLevelsMusic IsReachingTouchingLongevityMusic Soul Author:Jill Scott