A man with a music-hall imagination [on Johnston]
John ArlottBut I struck one chord of music,
Like the sounds of a great Amen. (A Lost Chord)
Adelaide Ann ProcterI am an inventor of music.
Igor StravinskyOur music has depth, and attempts philosophical thought and meaning with discussions of infinity, eternity and mortality. [Not taking it all a bit too seriously, I hope?]
David GilmourFor me, music and life are all about style.
Miles DavisThere is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep Sea, and music in its roarI love not Man the less, but Nature more.
Lord ByronI have always enjoyed being a classical musician and was never tempted into something more mainstream.
Vanessa Mae'Until I realised that rock music was my connection to the rest of the human race, I felt like I was dying, for some reason, and I didn't know why.'
Bruce SpringsteenMusic is very important. It's important as a tool for learning, it can be a tool for healing, it can be no telling what, as long as we remain free to be able to create the music, to be able to experiment and to really research, and to really get time to develop the music.
Lester BowieI love opera, I love writing for the voice, I love telling stories with music.
Anthony DavisHe that lives in hope dances without music.
George HerbertWe're inspired by such an eclectic mix of musicians that it's hard to categorise us.
Soren CorneliussenMy music is best understood by children and animals.
Igor StravinskyMusic is essentially useless, as life is: but both have an ideal extension which lends utility to its conditions.
George Santayana'I feel close to the rebelliousness and vigour of the youth here. Perhaps time will separate us, but nobody can deny that here, behind the windows of Manchester, there is an insane love of football, of celebration and of music.'
Eric CantonaWe're lucky to have the family connection. We're close and close musically as well
Caroline CorrMy music is what expresses me best, listen to that and not the words that I say during interviews!
Dizzy GillespieMTV is the lava lamp of the 1980's... the musical channel phenomenon has been exported successfully all over the world.
Doug FerrariI didn't take music seriously until I heard my first good piece of music. [which is fair enough... if it's not good music then why take it seriously Alan!]
Alan HovhanessOne difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background. They fade on the page and live on the stage when set to music.
Stephen SondheimEinstein because he was so intelligent so he'd be fascinating, and Bob Dylan and Jim Morrison because they're music legends [ideal dinner party guests]
Sandi ThomModern music is as dangerous as cocaine.
Pietro MascagniBallroom is two people dancing together to music, touching in perfect harmony
Anton Du BekeThe sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.
Marcus AureliusThe biggest misconception about us is that we're just a rock band. But our music is actually a cross section of several different genres.
Brad DelsonJohn [Peel] was simply one of my favourite men in the whole world - as a music fan and presenter he was simply an inspiration.
Jo WhileyThe Church knew what the psalmist knew: Music praises God. Music is well or better able to praise him than the building of the church and all its decoration; it is the Church's greatest ornament.
Igor StravinskyThe BBC were not playing the music that was happening on the street so we did an independent production because we knew we had an audience.
Georgie FameGay nightclubs offer better dance music than straight clubs, in my experience!
Jack DavenportIf Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at the age of 22, it would have changed the history of music... and of aviation.
Tom StoppardMusic is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.
Walter LandorMusic makes me high on stage and that's the truth, it's like almost being addicted to music.
Jimi HendrixI consider myself a poet first and a musician second. I live like a poet and I'll die like a poet.
Bob DylanMusic makes me high on stage, and that's the truth. It's like being almost addicted to music.'
Jimi HendrixI like music, too, I like playing music.
Beau BridgesThere's nothing like music. It's seductive, it's all-consuming, it's emotional, it's infinitely creative... I was a singer-songwriter, not particularly talented musically [that's never stopped anyone before] but drawn to the craft of songwriting.
Jeffrey DeaverArchitecture in general is frozen music.
Friedrich Von SchellingMusic is the strongest form of magic.
Marilyn MansonJazz is for everybody. The bottom line is that we believe jazz is really good music and deserves to be presented in the right way
James MorrisonOn fellow judge Simon Cowell: "Simon is very demonstrative, very old-school music biz. He calls me darling but he is definitely not gay."
Neil FoxMusic is a beautiful opiate, if you don't take it too seriously.
Henry MillerIt goes without saying that we will all miss Mutya, but we also knew there was still a place for bringing in somebody new who could help us carry on taking the Sugababes brand of music forward [Keisha Buchanan on losing Mutya]
Keisha SugababesMusic is all that I can do, I can't say that there is anything else that I really know how to do, as it were.
Neil FinnWhen you're young, music gets intrinsically linked to emotions and circumstance, so that record brings back many a memory of intoxication and naughtiness.
Adam FicekIf income was directly proportional to technical proficiency and education, classical and jazz musicians would be some of the most affluent people in the world.
Robert ColemanIf I'm playing my own music I'll pick out the chords and become distracted, as hard as that is to believe!
Justin TimberlakeWhere there is devotional music, God is always at hand with His gracious presence.
Johannes Sebastian BachHis immense power is lightened by a rhythm which has in it as little obvious propulsion as a movement of music by Mozart.
Neville CardusPeople don't want lots and lots of single purpose devices. They do not want to have to learn how to set up something for photos, another thing for music, another thing for video.
Bill GatesIf you have a recital to do, you have to memorise the songs. I never use music when I do recitals. It produces an instant barrier, both for yourself and the audience.
Bryn Terfel
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