Quotes of: Contemporary-music Keyword

Real folk music long ago went to Nashville and left no known survivors.

Donal Henahan

Since the dawn of recorded music, every generation has felt shocked by the musical tastes of the next.

Dan Hill

I've loved music always, and my music fire was lit by Elvis Presley, really, and all that was happening back then.

David Lynch

Lyric helps invoke the core person. And, without lyric, it is difficult to touch the core. Lyrical music is the music of India.

Dayananda Saraswati

Folk music was out there. Clubs were springing up and they were hot with the college kids.

Dick Smothers

I'm not really involved with politics... I'm living in my cocoon with my classical music around.

Eva Green

I come from a background of experimental music which mingled real sounds together with musical sounds.

Ennio Morricone

For me it was really important to get the essence out of the music for the story and not, sort of, press the music into the service of the whimsical telling of it.

Graeme Murphy

In its beginnings, music was merely chamber music, meant to be listened to in a small space by a small audience.

Gustav Mahler

This was during a period when I was producing Brazil '66 records and got infected by Brazilian music.

Herb Alpert

Jazz has borrowed from other genres of music and also has lent itself to other genres of music.

Herbie Hancock

Creativity and artistic endeavors have a mission that goes far beyond just making music for the sake of music.

Herbie Hancock

When you're working on film music, you're only working on 20, 30-minute sections at a time.

Howard Shore

That makes classical music work, the ability to improvise.

Itzhak Perlman

I don't think our music has much to do with math rock.

Ian Williams

That's always been a dream for me, to be able to collaborate and make music with the people that inspired you to make music.

Jerry Cantrell

Music makes me high on stage, and that's the truth. It's like being almost addicted to music.

Jimi Hendrix

I came through folk music simply because it was easy to get into it.

Joni Mitchell

I would never do anything that makes the perception of country music worse.

Joe Nichols

Music is the most powerful thing on this earth, and it's hard to be angry when you are listening to music.

Jerry Reed

I think everyone should feel like they can make music, they can create music.

Jake Shimabukuro