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I'd wear any of my private attire for the world to see. But I would rather have an open flesh wound than ever wear a band aid in public. — Lady Gaga

I've always got songs ready to go. It's not a challenge to conjure anything, it's just whether the music I supply is desirable. — Nicholas Thorburn

We are mosaics - pieces of light, love, history, stars
glued together with magic and music and words. — Anita Krishan

If all meanings could be adequately expressed by words, the arts of painting and music would not exist. — John Dewey

My whole thing is just to put out positive messages in the music, give people something that can change their lives. — Kid Cudi

It is desirable that people make music on the breath, with the breath. — Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

...And you're the only one who knows. — Billy Joel

After Rossini dies, who will be there to promote his music? — Ludwig Van Beethoven

I don't feel like I'm on a mission. I'm trying to play music that I like to play and like to listen to. — Lyle Lovett

He slid his saxophone under the bed before we got naked on it, and I think it made the whole thing better. I really do. — Charlie Close

Listening to music, I realised, was simply the pleasure of counting without realising you were counting. — Matt Haig

And this is the origin of pop music: it's a professional music which draws upon both folk music and fine arts music as well. — Pete Seeger

Forgive me, Majesty. I am a vulgar man! But I assure you, my music is not. — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

I am telling you what I know - words have music and if you are a musician you will write to hear them. — E.L. Doctorow

You made me feel like, I've been locked outta heaven. — Bruno Mars

Ever since Two Daughters I've been composing my own music. — Satyajit Ray

A good read is like dancing a tango with the author. You feel the music, give yourself over, move in unison to the music of words. ~ Mark Rubinstein — Mark Rubinstein

You ought to enjoy the rhythm of the sacred ride. — Lailah Gifty Akita

My music wouldn't sound the way it does if I hadn't had the experience of conducting. — Esa-Pekka Salonen

I'm stuck in between a nightmare and lost dreams — 5 Seconds Of Summer

Even if you don't understand the language, you can still love the music. — CL

I don't write music for sissy ears. — Charles Ives

This world is not conclusion.
A species stands beyond -
Invisible, as Music -
But positive as Sound — Emily Dickinson

The music is a vibration in the brain rather than the ear. — Amy Clampitt

Books, ingeniously coupled with music and alcohol, enabled the Irish to transcend reality. — Joe Queenan

Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances. — Maya Angelou

Rock 'n Roll is monotony tinged with hysteria. — Vance Packard

She was as lovely sleeping as she was dripping in sensuality at the fundraiser — Kailin Gow

Love #music. It will #love you back. — Joss Stone

Musically, I didn't relate to Berlin. There seemed to be a lot of machine music made there - I don't think I saw a stringed instrument in two years. — Feist

Country music historically has been sort of middle-aged people's music. — John Shelton Reed

The reason I like doing these acting projects is because no matter how much acting I do, I'll always have music in my life. I love having both. — Tyler Hilton

We're all weird. — John O'Callaghan

Recording music is not really the healthiest thing for the body. — Alex Ebert

It's really about making the best music you can make. It's really about working hard. — John Legend

I was able to do a lot of music on 'SCTV,' and I was really lucky to do a musical; I got to sing the part of Seymour in 'Little Shop of Horrors.' — Rick Moranis

Taxi drivers used to ask me what kind of music I did, and I'd say, 'Well, it's kind of jazz, soul, classical' - but that makes no sense to anyone. — Laura Mvula

When we stopped in front of it and turned off the engine, we heard music coming from inside - jazz. It sounded sophisticated and lonely. We — Denis Johnson

know Brooklynites who have never been to Radio City Music Hall. — Pete Hamill

Is Wagner a human being at all? Is he not rather a disease? He contaminates everything he touches - he has made music sick. — Friedrich Nietzsche

I make writing as much a part of my life as I do eating or listening to music. — Maya Angelou

In the silence, the bear died. It was a cute death, with funny music. — Orson Scott Card

Music is my life. It is sacred. — Jimmy Chamberlin

Alasdair Fraser's Culburnie Records has quietly become one of the best Celtic music labels today. — Jim Lee

I'm very much a traditionalist, but I think it's important to know about tradition so that you can evolve the music you are deciding to make. — Chely Wright

I sang in English my whole life; I just happened to decide that I had a passion for Latin music, and I wanted to jump into Latin music first. — Prince Royce

My music is L-O-V-E because it's a gift, and you only give something when you feel it deeply. — Klaus Nomi

My drawings are another kind of music for me ... they relax me and I think they all connect somehow. — Shelby Lynne

Music is nothing else but wild sounds civilized into time and tune. — Thomas Fuller

There is simply no limit to the tyrannical snobbery that otherwise decent people can descend into when it comes to music. — Stephen Fry

Before recording technology existed, you could not separate music from its social context. — David Byrne

Pop music I have always loved best. — John Lydon

You gotta 'be' country music - you can't just sing it. — Scotty McCreery

When I read a daring book or listen to rebellious music, I feel like I've found what freedom really means. — Carla H. Krueger

I can't just have one painting - I need to cover the wall in paintings. It's the same with my music. I want to mix everything together to create more. — Florence Welch

Sport is an international phenomenon, like science or music. — Avery Brundage

It's not that people don't like classical music. It's that they don't have the chance to understand and to experience it. — Gustavo Dudamel

You can enjoy many different types of music. I think that's something more Americans should think about. — Abigail Washburn

I wonder about the trees.
Why do we wish to bear
Forever the noise of these
More than another noise
So close to our dwelling place? — Robert Frost

One must go through life, be it red or blue, stark naked and accompanied by the music of a subtle fisherman, prepared at all times for a celebration. — Francis Picabia

You know, speaking from experience, I can tell you that there's no aphrodisiac more potent than Watergate-themed cabaret music. — Martin Short

Beneath the layers of hurt, beneath the ragged laughter, I heard a willingness to endure. Endure - and make music that wasn't there before. — Barack Obama

There was no use pretending, no magic left to hear, all the music gave me was a craving for lite beer. — Tom Petty

I hate to say this, but I always listen to the music and the instrumentation first, and then grab on to the lyrics later. — Elton John

I definitely use my music to kind of alleviate my stress and get me through specific moments in time where I'm just being really tough on myself. — Idina Menzel

I want to do my best in everything. Music, love, everything I like. — Minzy

No one, not even Shakespeare, surpasses Milton in his command of the sound, the music, the weight and taste and texture of English words. — Philip Pullman

The way I make music is unique to myself and the way I have lived my life - no one else would tell that story in the same way that I do. — PJ Harvey

Then she took up the bow and began to play. The tone was warm and deep, storied with layers of age. — A.S. Peterson

It was one of the marvellous feelings of the film, having the music going in your head while doing scenes. — Dinah Sheridan

Poetry is a storm asking peace to dance with her. — Jenim Dibie

I took your name when I took those vows
I meant 'em back then and I mean 'em right now. — The Band Perry

Just because I grew up a white guy in America doesn't mean that's the music of my life. — Ezra Koenig

He passed a stall in which five huge men were dancing to the music of a lugubrious hurdy-gurdy being played by a mournful-looking black bear; — Neil Gaiman

100% Reason to remember the name. — Fort Minor

Pop music I have always loved best. But the more extreme, fascist-led examples of the music business I tend to detest the most. — John Lydon

You never know how much you need music until you don't have it. I missed it so much my heart hurt. — Damien Echols

The passion and spontaneity in music is all gone. — Jan Hammer

My mother had to explain that one couldnt compose a Liszt rhapsody because it was a piece of music that Liszt himself had composed. — Sergei Prokofiev

Dancing and music were my first love. I was happiest at being a chorus boy. — Adam Shankman

I associate creativity with independent music. — Miguel

I failed music when I was a teenager. — Buzz Aldrin

My music comes from many, many, many places. My emotions, my feelings, my thoughts, and conversations I have with people I know who influence me. — Alicia Keys

The only thing I knew how to do was draw and play music. — DJ Ashba

The music at a wedding procession always reminds me of the music of soldiers going into battle. — Heinrich Heine

If I turn up the music of busyness, I will miss the whispers of God's call. — Diane Moody

If the King loves music, it is well with the land. — Mencius

Music is an important part of our culture and record stores play a vital part in keeping the power of music alive — Chuck Berry

Think about the number of people who do film music, make records and have a Native American heritage - and I may be the only one on the list. — Robbie Robertson

I'm confident that people will be able to relate to my music. — Alex Gonzaga

My music is basically all about witty punchlines and lyric progression that is aimed to make you laugh or say "Woah." — Mike Stud

Music gave me something to do in my life. — Izzy Stradlin

Soup simmering, music of idle gossip, yammering kids, domestic chaos - long adjusted to this rolling scene, you show them your lofty calm. — Gottfried Keller

The good times are killing me — Modest Mouse

The music is in minors. — Gwendolyn Brooks

Really, music is what I'm interested in, and the lyric part of it came from just having to have something to sing. — Adam Schlesinger

There was no match for Barry White. His music is just going to live forever. It's not limited to disco or soul or hip-hop or anything. — Don Cornelius

I only write music for myself, I don't try and appeal to anyone else. — Bryan Adams

Jazz is the music of unemployment. — Frank Zappa

I was rescued from being a greaser by music. — Steve Kimock