“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
“It's just natural, it's not a great disaster. People keep talking about it like it's The End of The Earth. It's only a rock group that split up, it's nothing important. You know, you have all the old records there if you want to reminisce.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantImportantEndsEarthNaturalTalkingMusicRecordsGroupsRocksMusic IsDisasterSplitsReminiscingKeep TalkingOld Records Author:John Lennon
“What's holding me up is I'm confused about the nature of the music. Because the modern music doesn't reach me. I mean to say the sound of the modern electric production. A lot of sequencers... synths. That's what people are buying. Because that doesn't reach me, it throws me back to like 1948, but I don't want to be there. Back there, I'm talking about blues records... The roots of rock'n'roll is rhythm and blues and that's like really where I'm at, where I was always at.” PeopleWantMeanSoundTalkingRecordsModernRocksMusic IsRootsProductionsRhythmConfusedBuyingRock N RollElectricRhythm And BluesModern MusicI'm Confused Author:Joe Strummer
“Everybody enjoys arguing about the current state of music because it feels as if you are talking about something incredibly important, yet it requires little understanding of the subject matter at hand. It's like world politics meets the pink questions in Trivial Pursuit. Points are made but nothing gets accomplished.” IfsWorldFeelsLittlesMadeImportantMatterStatesHandsEnjoyUnderstandingTalkingSubjectsMusic IsCurrentsArguingPursuitAccomplishedSubject MatterWorld Politics Author:John Mayer
“People are not even going to have time to listen to radio in their cars because they are going to be talking on their phones or twittering, or BBM'ing. So I feel like the only time people are going to hear music is when your phone rings, so that's the whole market I'm going after.” PeopleFeelsWholeTalkingCarMusic IsPhonesRadioRingsOnly Time Author:Spencer Pratt
“Music is monophonic in the Eastern world, especially if we're talking about Indian music, Persian music. What we have in classical and Western world is harmony. So I think it's a great idea to be able to bring the best of two together and create something new.” IfsThinkingWorldTwoIdeasAbleTogetherTalkingMusic IsHarmonyWesternIndianSomething NewEasternGreat IdeaWestern WorldPersianIndian Music Author:Hafez Nazeri
“I want to be the first guy to help people accept everybody for who they are. I'm talking about colors, religions, sex, everybody. My music is for everybody, it's not just for one kind of group.” PeopleWantFirstsKindHelpingGuySexTalkingAcceptingGroupsColorMusic Is Author:ASAP Rocky
“For me music is central, so when one's talking about poetry, for the most part Plato's talking primarily about words, where I talk about notes, I talk about tone, I talk about timbre, I talk about rhythms.” TalkingMusic IsNotesRhythmTonePlatoPlato STimbre Author:Cornel West
“Well you can see that I'm still in motion. It happens that you share the music with the audience. That is the best happiness an artist can have. I'm not alone on stage but with a group of musicians. So the more the music is successful, the more the audience feel happy about the music. It's the responsiblity of an artist to make his fans happy. That is proposition. I'm always talking about proposition.” FeelsWellsStillsHappensArtistTalkingAudienceSuccessfulGroupsShareFansStageMusicianMusic IsPropositionsNot Alone Author:Manu Dibango
“As the voices beneath the music are talking, you find that the music is just as important as what they're saying. The traditional thing is to lower the music so you can hear the dialogue. We just couldn't do that for that song.” ImportantSongVoiceTalkingMusic IsDialogueTraditional Author:Stanley Nelson Jr.
“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
“Music is very personal. It is not objective. We're not talking about how tight they were. How famous they are. How rich they are. For me it's like food. You taste it, and you either love it, or you think it's boring, or it tastes bad, which is three reactions I have with music, just like food, it's very personal.” ThinkingThreeTalkingRichTasteMusic IsBoringReactionsObjectivesNot Talking Author:Gordon Raphael
“I really enjoy doing music because it's a challenge to try to reach that frequency and connect with people and get them tuned to what you're talking about. I definitely respect and enjoy that challenge.” PeopleTryingEnjoyChallengesTalkingMusic IsFrequency Author:Ab-Soul
“Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.” ArtFunnyTalkingMusicHumourMusicianMusic IsDancingJazzDanceArchitectureComedianArchitectMonkClassical MusicJazz MusicRock MusicJust DanceJazz MusicianWriting MusicDance MusicArt And MusicFunny MusicMusic And DanceModern ArchitectureClassic MusicSound And MusicFunny DancePiano MusicMusic WritingPlaying BassMusic Producer Author:Steve Martin