Boy bands should be exploded from a great height. They're just pretty people singing music written by others.
Because of the wealth of fine music spread through the film, working on it held all the fun and excitement of attending a great concert.
Being on the road is a great habitat for creating new music because there's so many different experiences.
People like Prince don't have to care about anything, but they care because they want music for the future to be great.
I'd be happy if people said that I did a little bit to raise the dignity and recognition of the greatness of African-American music.
I dabbled a little bit in the whole music thing but I've always thought about Bernie Taupin, who is Elton John's lyricist; Elton John is the great melody and song writer but Bernie Taupin is the one who writes all the lyrics. I don't write lyrics, an...
I'm not really into alternative country - I'm into Patsy Cline, who lived down the street from where I lived, and old Dolly Parton records, Kitty Wells and that old stuff. I like country music. I also like Eric Church, who has a great new sound but a...
The '60s was a magical time in the music business. So much creativity and talent. I think a lot of it came from the fact that we had grown up before rock n' roll. We listened to all the great songwriters and big bands, songs with great lyrics and mel...
I was in choir in school. I kind of just did it. I already knew I wanted to sing. My music program in my school wasn't really great - people didn't really want to be part of the choir, they didn't want to do the plays and stuff like that. It definite...
Boston was a great city to grow up in, and it probably still is. We were surrounded by two very important elements: academia and the arts. I was surrounded by theater, music, dance, museums. And I learned how to sail on the Charles River. So I had a ...
Musicians play music because you love... I loved to play drums since I was five. It's all I ever wanted to do. Rock stars, or as we call them, posers, guys who want to just look great, dress great. They're not musicians; they're looking for the fame.
Mention Hubert Sumlin, as well, because Hubert's a great man, and again, you know, I don't play the guitar very good, but when I'm playing this kind of music, I always have him in my mind. I wish I could play like Hubert.
You can't sustain a fan base on a great catalog alone. You must take your music directly to the people.
Yeah, we have our differences, but we put those aside, and now we're making music. It's great.
I think Lady Gaga is great and is changing pop music and bringing back a certain rock 'n' roll spirit, swagger to the game.
If your music is great, you will have fans, not because you have spent time chatting on social media.
The great moments of rock 'n' roll were never off in some corner of the music world, in a self-constructed ghetto.
I don't care about the charts; I just want to make great music that I enjoy performing on stage and I'm proud of.
What's great about musicals is their energy and go-for-brokeness - stopping the story to sing and dance. How can you not love that?
Being a recording artist, selling music, selling concerts out, having a reality show, starting film; it's great, it's beautiful.
If you like my music, great, and if you don't, whatever. I'm going to keep making it either way.
