“I am very aware now that music is a business, but there is also a way to go about making music that is true to yourself as opposed to doing, you know, just going through the motions and making things that would just be commercially successful.” KnowsWaySuccessfulMusic IsTrue To YourselfDoing You Author:Ronnie Montrose
“The stage is the best experience in the world. It's a great compliment to be able to share the music, because people can hear my album but they don't get to make the connection in the same way as when it's one-to-one.” PeopleWorldWayAbleShareStageMusic IsConnectionsAlbumsComplimentBest Experiences Author:Vanessa Mae
“Old music is the same as new music - it's just a different way of delivering it.” WayDifferentMusic IsDifferent WaysDeliveringNew MusicOld Music Author:Jeff Lynne
“In some ways I believe music is the more convincing communicator of ideas than words. For instance, we can hear of Kordaly and Bartok and recognise them as Hungarian, but very few of us speak Hungarian, but the music itself speaks to more people.” PeopleWayBelieveIdeasSpeakI BelieveMusic IsInstanceConvincingRecogniseCommunicatorsHungariansBartok Author:Leonard Slatkin
“It's more important for me to have a good record with good music and be part of a movie that's good and where the music is used in a really great way. That's the important thing. The other stuff you want to say about it, I don't care.” WayWantImportantCareUsedStuffRecordsMusic IsImportant ThingsDon't CareI Don't CareReally GreatGood Records Author:Aimee Mann
“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
“For a long time I was interested in being a social worker. In a lot of ways I feel that that's all my music is, trying to help people.” PeopleWayFeelsTryingLongHelpingSocialMusic IsLong TimeWorkersSocial Worker Author:Iris DeMent
“Every work is completely different. Sometimes the music is first, sometimes it's parallel, and sometimes the music is after. There's no rule. Music goes differently to your emotions. With music you can create different spaces and feelings easier than you can with the visual - maybe not easier, but in a way, it's more seductive.” WayFirstsDifferentSometimesFeelingsSpaceEmotionEasierMusic IsVisualsParallelsSeductive Author:Pipilotti Rist
“You can imagine several scenes from Star Wars? The way they looked? For me, that's how music is. Sometimes I'll be developing riffs for songs, just while I'm sitting around and not playing.” WayWarSometimesSongStarsImagineSceneMusic IsSittingDevelopingSitting Around Author:Ryan Adams