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When I was in school, I really thought about soul a lot. I was listening a lot to Bjork and to the Commodores. I really wanted to know how they felt. And especially with Bjork, the music there told me...

Quotes by Alice Smith

I like to focus on making the music sound simple and true, and very lush and full. I think music should take you to somewhere else where you have the space to contemplate or exercise your imagination. All the while...

Quotes by Alice Smith

Because I express myself through the music, I want to be responsible in that expression and how it carries on well after I'm here. But that's just me.

Quotes by Ali Shaheed Muhammad

My mom used to be concerned 'cause I would never go outside. And when I'd go outside, I'd have friends, but I just was always in the house listening to music, practicing DJing all the time. Then my uncle got...

Quotes by Ali Shaheed Muhammad

When it comes to music, something I'm passionate about, and knowing the reach and the power and how it transforms, it saves lives. Music does.

Quotes by Ali Shaheed Muhammad

But I could not imagine having a child and the child not having a relationship with music that opens up their mind and their imagination and teaches them things.

Quotes by Ali Shaheed Muhammad

Raphael Saadiq said to me, quite often, that Chuck D was his history teacher. And so he got a lot from the music, things that he wasn't getting maybe in school. And I feel the same way with regards to...

Quotes by Ali Shaheed Muhammad

Music is an important thing of energy. And there are a lot of wonderful aspects that come with it and vibrations, the physical vibrations, the movement of notes through an instrument and creating a wave that resonates into our spirit.

Quotes by Ali Shaheed Muhammad

We'd never expect to understand a piece of music on one listen, but we tend to believe we've read a book after reading it just once.

Quotes by Ali Smith

When I'm working, I'm pretty busy with that, but when I'm not, yeah, I like to make music. I sing in jazz bars and stuff, and then I mainly paint every day. It's kind of like a different side of...

Quotes by Alia Shawkat

The music is within your heart, your soul, your spirit, and this is all I did when I sat at piano. I just go within.

Quotes by Alice Coltrane

You have got to stress the freedom of music to really branch out and be universal.

Quotes by Alice Coltrane

City people live the city. We live in L.A., New York, we live in places where it's chaotic and you never know what's gonna happen. And that's the music - you never know what's gonna happen.

Quotes by Alice Cooper

I appreciate an audience that reacts to the music, even if they jump on stage and try to beat us up, I think that's a fantastic reaction. I think that they're really hearing something then.

Quotes by Alice Cooper

It's Frank's painting on the cover. We were originally going to use a Salvador Dali painting that we got permission from Salvador Dali to use, and Frank found this one, and it really did fit the music much more.

Quotes by Alice Cooper

My style is part of the music I like, the bands I see, the people I surround myself with, the places I go to.

Quotes by Alice Dellal

It's a bit like school camp, shooting a film. Everyone's on heat. It's a strange energy. It's full of adrenalin. I funnel my excess energy in funny little ways. I do a lot of dancing in my trailer. I love...

Quotes by Alice Englert

You have to make a choice when you start to sing and decide whether you want to service the music, and be at the top of your art, or if you want to be a very popular tenor.

Quotes by Alfredo Kraus

Real music is not for wealth, not for honours or even the joys of the mind... but as a path for realisation and salvation.

Quotes by Ali Akbar Khan

Singing instrumental music is most important because, while you play an instrument, you are singing through the instrument... actually, you are singing inside.

Quotes by Ali Akbar Khan

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of quotes are on the "Music" page?
Personal reflections on the role music plays in everyday life — having music in your ears all the time for company or pleasure, feeling like you were "born to make music," and a musician's philosophy of not staying too confined to any specific sonic space.
Are these quotes from musicians?
They read like insights from people close to music, including someone referencing Adam Curtis' 'Century of Self' as an influence on their thinking about art and exclusivity.
Is there a quote about musical variety?
Yes — one speaks to liking "so much" different music that they refuse to be confined to one sonic space, and a related quote mentions loving folk music specifically without being limited to it.
Can I pair a music quote with something more lighthearted?
Sure — if you want to balance a reflective music quote, Funny quotes or Jokes can add some levity.
What if I'm looking for quotes about other everyday joys, like food or family?
Food quotes and Dad quotes cover other simple pleasures in a similar personal, reflective way.

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