“Music is important. It says things you heart can't say any other way, and in a language everyone speaks. Music crosses borders, turns smiles into frowns, and vice versa. These observations are shared with a hope: that, when schools cut back on music classes, they really think about what they're doing - and don't take music for granted.” ThinkingWayHeartImportantSchoolTurnsSpeakLanguageClassCuttingMusic IsCrossesVicesObservationGrantedBordersVice Versa Author:Dan Rather
“My music is so mine, it's hard to turn it over to someone else. I have to be really involved in the production. It's like someone else taking care of your kids - if they don't treat them well, you're going to be pissed off. I'm actually co-producing [Backwoods] with my guitar player of 20 years, Kent Wells. We make a good combination... I think we're going to have a real good record.” IfsThinkingYearsWellsRealHardCareKidsTurnsMusicRecordsPlayerMinesInvolvedMusic IsTreatsGuitarProductionsCombinationBeing RealGuitar PlayerPissed OffKentGood RecordsBackwoods Author:Dolly Parton
“Music is therapy for me. It's my outlet for every negative thing I've ever been through. It lets me turn something bad into something beautiful.” BeautifulTurnsMusic IsNegativeLet MeTherapyOutletsSomething Beautiful Author:Amy Lee
“Music is a really powerful way for me to catalyze all kinds of things. It's always been the cure. Through music, I've healed all the wounds I've had and celebrated all the good things in life. Through music, I turn things, good or bad, into energy.” WayKindTurnsEnergyPowerfulMusic IsGood ThingsWoundsAll KindsCuresThings In LifeHealedReally PowerfulGood Things In Life Author:Juanes
“And Paul hits this chord, and I turn to him and say, 'That's it! Do that again!' In those days we really used to absolutely write like that - both playing into each other's noses.” WritingUsedTurnsMusicMusic IsNosesSongwritingChords Author:John Lennon
“I could turn on my radio in the morning when I was getting dressed for school and hear Frank Sinatra and Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman and think this is the music. Now that music is art. Ellington is art. At that time it was just what you heard on the radio. Cole Porter was just a guy who wrote pretty songs and Billie Holliday would sing them.” ThinkingArtSchoolGuySongTurnsMorningHeardMusic IsRadioFrankTurn-onDukesGetting DressedGoodman Author:Woody Allen
“I think the consumption of music is at an all-time high. But I think the ways that record companies are trying to monetize it is just all over the place. At the end of the day, music is in the clouds. Before, you could hold it, look at it, turn it around. Now, it's just in the air.” ThinkingWayTryingLooksEndsTurnsCompanyRecordsAirMusic IsCloudsAll TimeThe End Of The DayConsumptionRecord Companies Author:Jay-Z
“All the good music has already been written by people with wigs and stuff...Basically what people want to hear is: I love you, you love me, the leaves turn brown, they fell off the trees, the wind is blowing, it got cold, you went away, my heart broke, you came back, and my heart was okay...Modern music is people who can't think signing artists who can't write songs to make records for people who can't hear. Most people wouldn't know good music if it came up and bit them on the ass...If lyrics make people do things, how come we don't love each other?” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWantWritingHeartArtistSongTurnsStuffBitsRecordsWrittenTreeModernLove YouWindColdMy HeartMusic IsOkayAssBrokeBrownLove Each OtherSigningWigsHeart BrokeBlowing ItModern Music Author:Frank Zappa
“Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune.” ThinkingKindTurnsMusicMusic IsClassicTunesClassical MusicMusic LovePlaying MusicFunny MusicMusic LoverClassic MusicClassical Musicians Author:Kin Hubbard
“Sometimes my mistakes turn into interesting music because I do things that aren't supposed to be done.” SometimesDoneTurnsInterestingMistakeMusic IsSupposed To BeMy Mistakes Author:Ziggy Marley
“I think there are a lot of people that lead worship don't really understand the weight of what they do. But I think it is all about leadership. It's how you lead people into understanding what this is about. But also the wind of God, the fresh Spirit of God has been amazing, and that is what has caused people to turn their hearts towards it. Worship music is the most popular thing in Christian music.” PeopleThinkingHeartHas BeensChristianSpiritTurnsUnderstandingWindWorshipMusic IsWeightSpirit Of GodChristian MusicWorship Music Author:Chris Tomlin
“Our music is honest. We are who we are... messed up, dysfunctional sinners that have been loved in spite of our hate. We don't deny that we live in a evil world and that we have been evil people and we have evil tendencies... but we also have touched righteousness through our faith in Christ.. and we have received salvation, hope, and love... So our songs always acknowledge this truth and in turn we hope they bring faith, hope and love into the midst of the selfish, fearful hatred that makes up so much of the world we live in.” PeopleWorldHas BeensHateSongTurnsEvilChristHonestMusic IsHatredAnd LoveSalvationDenySelfishTendenciesAcknowledgeWho We AreSpiteTouchedSinnerMidstRighteousnessFearfulMessed UpEvil PeopleHope And LoveFaith HopeEvil WorldFaith Hope And Love Author:Lacey Mosley
“Argentina is a very interesting culture because unlike Europe and the US, they did not abandon rock and roll music, they did not turn their backs on it. It's an important part of their culture. So guitar music is an important part of their culture. So me being into rock music, I get respect working there, which wasn't happening in Europe or in the US.” ImportantTurnsCultureInterestingRocksMusic IsHappeningsEuropeGuitarAbandonRock And RollVery InterestingRock MusicArgentinaGuitar MusicRock And Roll Music Author:Gordon Raphael
“My music is like a spinning ball. It can turn in one direction, and then it comes back to origins.” TurnsMusic IsBallsSpinningOne Direction Author:Youssou N'Dour