“When you've been raised in care, rap music isn't just about guns and sexism. They're talking about real things you can hang on to, problems of identity that you have sympathy with. It's not just about the music, with rap: when I was in care, it meant a whole lot more than that.” RealWholeProblemCareTalkingIdentityMusic IsGunRaisedRapSexismSympathyReal ThingsRap Music Author:Samantha Morton
“If anyone takes me seriously then they actually must have a problem .. Music is fun its not algebra.” IfsProblemFunMusic IsTake MeAlgebra Author:Diplo
“Most of the problems that we have are brought on by the government and not by music. Music is a mirror of what we're going through, not the cause of what we're going through.” ProblemGovernmentCausesMusic IsMirrors Author:Ice Cube
“Music is a lot more like solving an intricate puzzle with moments of pure, random creative bliss... whereas painting is much more purely random creative bliss with moments of problem solving.” MomentsProblemCreativePaintingPureMusic IsBlissProblem SolvingPuzzlesIntricate Author:Brandon Boyd
“It's just all love. That's what music is. That's why music is created. To make people feel good, to uplift people. That's what musicians are for: to give everyone an escape, to let everyone feel good and take people out of everyday problems, so that they can hear music and sing words that are hopefully relatable.” PeopleGivingFeelsProblemMusicianMusic IsEverydayFeel GoodHopefullyUpliftingRelatableEveryday Problems Author:Bruno Mars
“What I like to do with music is make people feel better. Make people realize that all humans have the same problems, more or less. A lot of people deal with the same thing. A lot of times people think problems are specific to them and they if they hear a song about a problem common to them, they feel good because they know that someone else has gone through it.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsFeelsHumansProblemSongRealizingDealsCommonGoneMusic IsFeel GoodFeel BetterMake People Feel Better Author:Jack Johnson
“Some artists are told what to like and told definitions of what the music business is. That's a problem. Music is artistry, and you want your music heard, your act known. But artists don't know. They are ignorant the minute they sign a contract.” KnowsWantProblemArtistKnownHeardMinutesMusic IsDefinitionsIgnorantContractsMusic BusinessArtistry Author:Chuck D
“The problem of expressing the contributions that Benny Carter has made to popular music is so tremendous it completely fazes me, so extraordinary a musician is he.” MadeProblemMusicianMusic IsExtraordinaryContributionCarterPopular Music Author:Duke Ellington
“I have tried to write soundtracks, and the main problem with those was that the directors often had in their minds a much stronger sense of what they wanted to hear, than what I was willing to give them, and I guess there was no way to say, "Well why don't you write your scene around my music?" Because that's just cocky and awful.” WayGivingWritingMindWellsProblemWantedWillingSceneDirectorsMusic IsStrongerAwfulCockySoundtracks Author:Zach Condon
“I'm happy to say that I have not been fired off a film. The score is usually the last thing to be done. So a lot lands on the scores shoulders. A lot of problems that seem to have nothing to do with the music gets blamed on the music , because it's relatively cheap to change, where as a reshoot etc is not. Music is often expected to help or fix bad cuts, bad acting, bad filming, bad timing, you name it.” DoneHelpingProblemSeemsLastsFilmNamesActingCuttingLandMusic IsExpectedShouldersScoreEtcTimingBad ActingBad Timing Author:Trevor Rabin
“Music is a secret and unconscious mathematical problem of the soul.” SoulProblemSecretMusic IsMathematicalUnconsciousMathematical Problems Author:Gottfried Leibniz
“I have a real problem with rock music because it seems that lineage doesn't really exist.” RealProblemSeemsRocksMusic IsRock MusicReal ProblemsLineage Author:Matt Tong
“Music is escapism from the grim realities of life. But then as soon as you escape into the music, from my point of view, I found I had to deal with the very things that I thought I was running away from. I wanted to hit those problems on the head and resolve them. So they didn't remain as issues in my psyche.” ProblemRealityRunningWantedFoundViewsDealsIssuesMusic IsPoint Of ViewReality Of LifeResolveRunning AwayGrimEscapism Author:John Lydon
“The average age of the Jazz audience is increasing rapidly. Rapidly enough to suggest that there is no replacement among young people. Young people aren't starting to listen to Jazz and carrying it along in their lives with them. Jazz is becoming more like Classical music in terms of its relationship to the audience. And just a Classical music is grappling with the problem of audience development, so is Jazz grappling with this problem. I believe, deeply that Jazz is still a very vital music that has much to say to ordinary people. But it has to be systematic about getting out the message.” PeopleBelieveEnoughProblemAgeI BelieveTermAudienceMusic IsJazzOrdinary PeopleClassical Music Author:Terry Teachout
“I have a real problem with rock music because it seems that lineage doesn't really exist. When you grow up, you're told that rock 'n' roll is the only authentic way to express yourself. Live instrumentation, singer, live drums. You're told that's the best medium to communicate. So much of modern rock is referencing music from 20 years ago.” RealProblemGrowing UpModernMusic IsCommunicateExpress YourselfRock Music Author:Kele Okereke