“To play Swedish folk music is a lifetime achievement, but I'm well on my way.” WayWellsPlayAchievementMusic IsLifetimeFolksMy WayFolk MusicSwedishLifetime Achievement Author:Gustav Ejstes
“Unfortunately, music is a male-dominated industry. It's not that there aren't plenty of women working in the industry, it's just, the higher up you go... it's like how women who play in the WNBA make so little, compared to men in the NBA.” MenLittlesPlayIndustryHigherMusic IsMalesPlentyNbaWnba Author:Cassie Ventura
“I think from age 13, 14, 15, I thought, yes, this rich studio produced music is the future, but it can't be the future to go run away into the recording studio. How can we take that kind of complexity and richness and make it possible for people to touch it and play it live. That's what hyperinstruments are.” PeopleThinkingKindPlayRunningAgeRichMusic IsStudiosComplexityRunning AwayRichnessRecording Studio Author:Tod Machover
“Like my little sister and brother, I always play them my music because I want people like them to be able to relate to my music. They always know what's going on; they're up on what's new. For me, when they hear my music and they like it, I'm on the right track.” PeopleKnowsWantLittlesPlayAbleBrotherMusic IsTrackRelateBrothers And SistersLittle SisterRight Track Author:Keke Palmer
“I make the music as if I was scoring it. I do my best that the sounds will fit the theme of that track, but then there are many other times where it can be random and things happen for no reason, just for fun! A storyline can let me organize changes in the music better, like acts in a play.” IfsReasonPlayHappensFunSoundFitMusic IsLet MeTrackThings HappenThemeNo ReasonOrganizeStorylineJust For Fun Author:DJ QBert
“Music is a communication. It's a two-way street. You need people to play to in order to make that connection complete. That's the way we look at it.” PeopleWayNeedsLooksTwoPlayOrderStreetsCommunicationMusic IsConnectionsTwo WaysTwo Way Street Author:John Petrucci
“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
“I play music as much as I can. I have a band called The Abiders. We've put out a couple of albums you can find on iTunes. We tour and all that stuff, so music is very much a part of my life.” I CanPlayStuffCoupleBandMusic IsAlbumsItunes Author:Jeff Bridges
“I won't necessarily make new music because when you make a record there are these great expectations on the side of the record company who are going to produce your record, promoters that are going to do your shows. They want you to do interviews, they want you to play shows. I mean, they want it to be a campaign.” WantMeanPlayShowsSidesCompanyRecordsProduceMusic IsExpectationsCampaignsInterviewsRecord CompaniesNew MusicGreat ExpectationsPromoters Author:Black Francis
“Music is about listening, the more you play, the more the magic spreads.” PlayMagicListeningMusic IsSpread Author:Maynard James Keenan
“Music is a universal language insofar as you don't need to know anything else about a musician that you are playing with other than that they can play music. It doesn't matter what their music is, you can find something that you can play together, with what their culture is. The dialect part of it comes into play, but nothing like the differentiation that language sets up, for example.” KnowsNeedsMatterPlayTogetherCultureLanguageExampleMusicianMusic IsUniversalDialectUniversal LanguageDifferentiation Author:Jerry Garcia
“Finally, ultimately, you write music for yourself. I mean, I need a public, I need people to play, I need everything else. I'm not working in isolation. But finally the man that writes the music is alone. And I have to respond to those criteria which are almost like inner needs or inner responses.” PeopleMenNeedsWritingMeanPlayHe ManMusic IsResponseIsolationCriteria Author:Philip Glass
“I still think of myself as punk, because the way I became empowered to play music is entirely due to punk bands.” ThinkingWayStillsPlayBandMusic IsDuesPunkEmpowered Author:John K. Samson
“I don't really listen to music before the game. I mean, I play it in my car on the way to the arena, but I don't really listen to music before the game. I'm usually working out or lifting weights.” WayMeanPlayGamesCarMusic IsWeightWork OutArenaListening To MusicLiftingLifting Weights Author:Avery Bradley
“The reason I play music is to touch people - for selfish reasons, as well. It feels good to make someone else feel something, whether it's a kiss, a painting, good idea or it's a song.” PeopleFeelsWellsIdeasReasonPlaySongPaintingKissingMusic IsSelfishFeel GoodGood IdeasSelfish Reasons Author:Dave Matthews