“I think J.S. Bach's music stands among humankind's greatest accomplishments. For me, Bach's music is not only as good as music gets, but also as good as it gets, period -- as good as existence, reality, life and the world.” ThinkingWorldRealityExistencePeriodsMusic IsAccomplishmentHumankindGreatest AccomplishmentGood As It GetsBach's Music Author:Andrew W.K.
“It was my Fat Elvis period. I was eating and drinking like a pig. I was depressed and I was crying out for help. It's real. And I meant it.” RealHelpingMusicCryPeriodsEatingMusic IsDrinkingFatsPigsEating And Drinking Author:John Lennon
“Any of the rewards or accolades or any of that are very nice and everything but the music is what saves me. And it did. I would write my way out of any kind of depressing period.” WayWritingKindNicePeriodsMusic IsRewardsMy WayDepressingVery NiceSave MeAccolades Author:Randy Houser
“All great music is contemporary. If it's still alive and kicking, then it's contemporary. If it fades away, it was a period piece. It had its moment, and that was it.” IfsStillsMomentsPiecesAlivePeriodsMusic IsContemporaryFadesKickingGreat MusicFade Away Author:Steve Reich
“I was off the scene for a while during the ska period and when I returned and joined the Treasure Isle studio, I came there with a different mood. The musicians picked up on that and we kept on going in that direction. The music became slower, which gave the bass player the time to play more notes. In 1965 I named it rocksteady. The first rocksteady song was 'Girl I've Got A Date'. That one was still a bit up-tempo, leaning towards ska. It turned the tide and made Treasure Isle the number one studio.” FirstsMadeStillsDifferentPlaySongGirlBitsNumbersPlayerPeriodsSceneMusicianMusic IsNotesStudiosMoodTreasureTidesBassTempoIsleBass PlayersDifferent Moods Author:Alton Ellis
“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
“I think this is the beginning of a really cool period in music because what we've been living through has been mostly super-testosterone rock, and there's nothing wrong with testosterone but it is damn boring.” ThinkingHas BeensRocksPeriodsMusic IsBoringDamnReally CoolTestosterone Author:Sam Endicott
“We're dealing with music that is being played by traditional instruments in a specifically built building called a concert hall. But classical is not - the reference is wrong, because classical on one hand refers to one period in musical history, which is Mozart, Hayden, Beethoven, which is a fine period in musical history, but it was a while ago.On the other hand, it sort of alludes to some kind of "class," which A, is not true; B, is kind of detrimental to the whole idea. Because the point is that this music is available and it's actually relatively reasonably priced.” KindIdeasWholeHandsClassBuildingFinePeriodsMusic IsBuiltInstrumentsMusicalAvailableTraditionalHallsConcertsDetrimentalBeing Played Author:Esa-Pekka Salonen
“Music is neither old nor modern: it is either good or bad music, and the date at which it was written has no significance whatever. Dates and periods are of interest only to the student of musical history. . . . All old music was modern once, and much more of the music of yesterday already sounds more old-fashioned than works which were written three centuries ago. All good music, whatever its date, is ageless - as alive and significant today as it was when it was written” TodayThreeSoundInterestAliveWrittenModernCenturyStudentsPeriodsMusic IsMusicalYesterdaySignificantSignificanceOld FashionedAgelessOld MusicBad Music Author:Peter Warlock
“My period as a young teenager when you really listen to music so you can get understand a little bit more about what the music is was, say, 1965 to 1968. I was just lucky to be in those times.” LittlesYoungBitsPeriodsLuckyLittle BitMusic IsTeenagerListening To Music Author:Stanley Kubrick
“I think music is my favorite thing to do, but I go through periods where I think differently.” ThinkingPeriodsMusic IsMy FavoriteThings To DoFavorites Things Author:Nat Wolff
“I like the idea of getting to dress up, like to do a Barry Lyndon or something about the Napoleonic period, the grand army retreating from Moscow. I understand that there's a craft to acting and a lot of people work hard at it. I just know that music is my first love. I love music, I love film, and I love clothes.” PeopleKnowsFirstsIdeasHardFilmActingHard WorkPeriodsClothesMusic IsArmyDressesCraftsFirst LoveMusic LoveMoscowI Love MusicLove FilmsNapoleonic Author:Ian Astbury
“The '70s were full of creativity. Everybody was so unique. It was a very creative period, and I think to be a designer you have to know a little about art and literature and music because there is inspiration in all of these things. You're looking for beauty but also something that makes sense.” ThinkingKnowsLittlesArtInspirationLiteratureCreativityCreativePeriodsMusic IsUniqueMake SenseDesignerLiterature And Music Author:Carolina Herrera
“And just everyone in the 40s, you got to realize, for his time period, take Justin Bieber and put it on steroids - there was no one like Frank Sinatra before that. And you didn't have the amount of outlets that you have today and the variety that you have today. So, the Great American Songbook united the nation unlike any other music, because there weren't so many different kinds of communications.” KindDifferentTodayNationsRealizingUnitedCommunicationAmountPeriodsMusic IsVarietyDifferent KindsFrankOutletsGreat AmericanJustinSteroidTime Periods Author:Robert Davi
“Different periods, different cultures - it's just the way my mind works. My music is that way as well. There's a foundation but the inspiration comes from everywhere. I've been influenced by so many things.” WayMindWellsDifferentInspirationCulturePeriodsMusic IsFoundationDifferent Cultures Author:Erykah Badu