“Faith without works is like a song you can't sing. It's about as useless as a screen door on a submarine.” SongDoorsExpressionScreensUselessSubmarinesScreen Doors Author:Rich Mullins
“Every improv must be song specific. It has to grow organically out of the particular elements involved or it's just glib self-expression. I hate when I feel like I'm the lead guitarist in a rock band. We all gotta be going somewhere strong together, you know?” KnowsFeelsSelfTogetherHateSongStrongGrowsRocksParticularExpressionInvolvedBandElementsI HateSelf ExpressionGuitaristRock BandsStrong Together Author:David First
“Back in the day, I came up with the expression "Same Animal - Different Cages" to describe our songs. I suppose over the years I've just broadened the meaning of that.” YearsDifferentSongAnimalExpressionCagesBack In The Day Author:David First
“Sketching is the breath of art: it is the most refreshing of all the more impulsive forms of creative self-expression and, as such, it should be as free, and happy, as a song in the bath.” ShouldArtSelfFormSongFreedomCreativeExpressionBreathsBathsSelf ExpressionRefreshingImpulsiveSketching Author:Mervyn Levy
“I feel like a lot of the singer-songwriters in my genre and in my generation have gotten more and more snooty about covering other people's songs. They believe that creativity is the intersect of expression.” PeopleFeelsBelieveSongCreativityGenerationsExpressionSingersGenreSongwritersCoveringMy GenerationSinger Songwriters Author:Brandi Carlile
“The best thing about being a DJ is making people happy. There is nothing like seeing people get up from a table to dance or the expression on their face when they hear a song they love. I also love to educate people on music they have never heard.” PeopleFacesSongSeeingHeardExpressionTablesGet UpBest ThingsEducateDjsMaking People Happy Author:Chelsea Leyland
“Although music appeals simply to the emotions, and represents no definite images in itself, we are justified in using any language which may serve to convey to others our musical expressions. Words will often pave the way for the more subtle operations of music, and unlock the treasures which sound alone can rifle, and hence the eternal popularity of song.” WayMaySongLanguageSoundEmotionExpressionEternalMusicalTreasureAppealsOperationsSubtlePopularityDefiniteJustifiedRiflesMusical Expression Book:Music and morals Source: Music and morals
“Some say because music is as much about personal expression as listening pleasure, sharing is integral to why songs have value in the first place.” FirstsValuesSongPleasureExpressionListeningMusic IsPersonal Expression Author:Charles Duhigg
“I'd be very suspicious of anybody that seems to have to move to the next level of expression. I distrust that: now I'm writing a book, now I'm being an actor. It should be a natural thing. I think it's a natural thing for you to act. But I think that people that feel that, because they've written one maybe quite beautiful love song that equips them to play Romeo, is probably misguided.” PeopleThinkingFeelsShouldWritingBookPlaySeemsBeautifulMovingSongNextActorsNaturalLevelsWrittenExpressionDistrustSuspiciousWriting A BookMisguidedNext LevelNatural ThingsBeautiful Love Author:Elvis Costello
“Music and time have such an interesting relationship. Music makes time fall away like almost nothing else. You hear a song from another moment of your life and it really is like you're still there. That's why the music of our youth ends up being particularly powerful. The coming of age music that you grab a hold of as the symbol or the expression of your independence and hopes for the future and anger and rebellion or whatever it is you're feeling is so powerful for the rest of your life when you hear it.” StillsEndsMomentsFeelingsAgeSongFallInterestingPowerfulYouthExpressionLike YouIndependenceSymbolsRebellionComing Of AgeRest Of Your LifeMaking TimeHope For The Future Author:Jennifer Egan