Music Quotes - Page 32

• But right now we have an advantage of being the number one in music.

  Daniel Ek

  Numbers, Advantage, Right Now

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• For me to be able to reach out to other people throughout all this has been great, people want to hear from me and hear my music right now so it keeps me happy. I cherish every moment. I have a different perspective on everything now. In the end, I think it will make me a better person.

  Will Allison

  Thinking, Cherish Every Moment, People

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• I don't know where "bro country" came from or what it really means, but a lot of those guys are my buddies and I ­support their music. Within ­country there are lots of styles: stone-cold country, like Brandy Clark, and there's Florida Georgia Line with what they do, which is completely different and bringing a whole new audience. There's room for everyone.

  Miranda Lambert

  Country, Mean, Florida

  "ACM Queen Miranda Lambert Dishes on Her Good-Luck Charm for the Big Night and the Bro-Country Trend: 'There's Room for Everyone'". Interview with Chuck Arnold, www.billboard.com. April 13, 2015.

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• I grew up listening to Tupac, Biggie and other hip hop artists in the 90s. To this day, their music is still some of my favorite.

  Michael Isabella

  Artist, Hip Hop, Biggie

  "Former ‘Top Chef’ star plans controversial Biggie & Tupac rap rivalry dinner". www.foxnews.com. December 22, 2014.

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• I started in '88 to play House music, it was a huge revolution for me. I went to London and I saw a DJ on stage and that was crazy at the time. I was one of the really respected and famous DJs in Paris, but they would never show me. I was hidden. A DJ on stage and people dancing and facing the DJ, looking at him? I was like 'wow!'

  David Guetta

  Crazy, Play, Paris

  "It's a $6.2 billion industry. But how did Electronic Dance Music get so popular?" by Abel Alvarado, www.cnn.com. October 30, 2015.

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• There was a movement called 'disco sucks', it was a shame to like disco, but then there was no music to dance to, so some DJs started to use old disco records, but the B-sides and the acapellas, and we began producing beats with drum machines.

  David Guetta

  Machines, Use, Records

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• I turned a lot of people off over the past few years, but I know I can still turn out good music and turn everything all around, i've lost some of my best qualities. For that, I am sorry.

  Justin Bieber

  Sorry, Past, Years

  "Hannibal Buress Tears into Justin Bieber at Comedy Central Roast" by Emily Zemler, www.esquire.com. March 16, 2015.

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• I'm able to laugh now, because I've gone through a lot of mental and physical therapy to heal over the years, my music's been wonderful for me. But I was a shell of my former self at one point. I was not myself. To be fair, I was about 19, so ... I went to Catholic school and all this crazy stuff happened, and I was going, 'Oh, is this just the way adults are?' I was very naive.

  Lady Gaga

  Crazy, School, Self

  "Lady Gaga's most revealing interview yet" by Breeanna Hare, www.cnn.com. December 3, 2014.

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• If my extensive collection of all 53 Now That’s What I Call Music compilations is any indication, I am both qualified and honored to join Ludacris in hosting this amazing show that spotlights the best music and artists of the year. I had so much fun hosting the Billboard Music Awards last year and I can’t wait to be back!

  Chrissy Teigen

  Fun, Artist, Awards

  "Ludacris and Chrissy Teigen to Host 2015 Billboard Music Awards" by Joe Lynch, www.hollywoodreporter.com. March 30, 2015.

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• In spite of what Draco is like, I really like school, and I miss it a lot when I'm filming. I've a fair idea what I want to do for my GCSEs, I will definitely be doing music.

  Tom Felton

  School, Ideas, Missing

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• People used to think of vocal music as boring choir stuff, once you figured out that you can do crazy beat-boxing, awesome bass lines (and) throw everything together, you just have really cool music.

  Isaac Hecker

  Crazy, Thinking, People

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• Because when you keep on diminishing art and not respecting the craft and smacking people in their face after they deliver monumental feats of music, you're disrespectful to inspiration, and we as musicians have to inspire people who go to work every day, and they listen to that Beyonce album and they feel like it takes them to another place.

  Kanye West

  Art, Inspiration, People

  "Grammys: Kanye West Rails Against Beck, Explains Stage Rush, Bashes Show" by Ashley Lee , Aaron Couch, www.hollywoodreporter.com. February 8, 2015.

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• In sweet music is such art: killing care and grief of heart fall asleep, or hearing, die.

  William Shakespeare

  Sweet, Art, Grief

  'Henry VIII' (1613) act 3, sc. 1, l. 3

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• I took my lyre and said: come now, my heavenly tortoise shell: become a speaking instrument.

  Sappho

  Tortoises, Shells, Instruments

  Sappho, Mary Barnard (1958). “Sappho”, p.10, Univ of California Press

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• All God's Chillun got Rhythm.

  Gus Kahn

  Rhythm

  "Song: "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm"". 1937.

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• It's time to take a look at my failures and stop calling them successes. Now I can start working at something that can use me best.

  Nina Simone

  Calling, Looks, Use

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• Worship is an inward feeling and outward action that reflects the worth of God.

  John Piper

  Inspiring, Christian, Feelings

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• The many great gardens of the world, of literature and poetry, of painting and music, of religion and architecture, all make the point as clear as possible: The soul cannot thrive in the absence of a garden. If you don't want paradise, you are not human; and if you are not human, you don't have a soul.

  Thomas Moore

  Garden, Soul, Literature

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• The time to hesitate is through.

  Jim Morrison

  Commitment

  Song: Ligth My Fire!

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• God is pleased with no music below so much as with the thanksgiving songs of relieved widows and supported orphans; of rejoicing, comforted, and thankful persons.

  Jeremy Taylor

  Inspiring, Thanksgiving, Christian

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• I've outdone anyone you can name - Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Strauss. Irving Berlin, he wrote 1,001 tunes. I wrote 5,500.

  James Brown

  Names, Tunes, Berlin

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• When I'm on stage, I'm trying to do one thing: bring people joy.

  James Brown

  People, Joy, Trying

  James Brown, Bruce Tucker (2014). “James Brown: The Godfather of Soul”, p.232, Head of Zeus

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• The road to life is rocky, and you may stumble too. So while you point your fingers, someone else is judging you.

  Bob Marley

  Judging, May, Life Is

  Song: Could You Be Loved, Album: Uprising, 1980

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• I woke up this morning, smiled at the rising sun.

  Bob Marley

  Morning, Rising, Sun

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• Your life is worth much more than gold.

  Bob Marley

  Life, Gold, Life Is

  Song: Jamming, Album: Exodus, 1977

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