My music can be a little obscure. It does worry me that the music might be too complicated for people to take in - that they have to work too hard at it.
To say that an artist sells out means that an artist is making a conscious choice to compromise his music, to to weaken his music for the sake of commercial gain.
I do dance music, and I can be pretty camp myself from time to time.
What I loved about country music when I was a kid was the Grand Ole Opry, was 'Hee Haw,' was 360 degrees of entertainment.
The bands you like and know that are French are always outsiders in the French music industry - Daft Punk, Air.
The problem with music was always that the sound system often obliterated the words, and words, not music, have always been what I was about.
One of the things I haven't been ready for is how male-dominated the music industry is. I just didn't have a clue.
Julie Andrews is so iconic, and I grew up watching 'The Sound of Music' - it's every girl's dream to play Maria, in a way, I think. That music!
There are some people, by the way, that associate a certain amount of visualization with the performance of music. Those are people that really are not centrally concerned only with music, the traditional things.
I have taken taking my music to labels for years, and everyone just thought it was creepy. They thought the images with the music were weird and verging on psychotic.
You don't see a lot of black rock stars. The music industry tends to be segregated stylistically. It's hard for a black artist to cross over to rock music.
Because in classical music cello is not regarded as a popular choice, it's always playing the long, boring notes.
Even in classical music, the cello doesn't get a lot of respect because the piano and the violin get it all.
I've admired Alicia Keys since before I got into the music industry, just everything she represents as a female artist.
I was always drawn to Broadway musicals, and obviously composers like Gershwin, Rodgers, Berlin and Porter were writing music that I found wildly impressive.
I feel 'Britannia High' is aimed at an older audience than 'High School Musical.' 'Britannia High' is more of a serious drama, with the music and dance on top.
We're five people, five individuals who came together to create something, to make music and to complete each other musically, to form a perfect circle.
People listen to music with cavemen ears: Is it a bird song or the call of a lion? The audience at a musical is dancing in their hearts.
As would-be songwriters, our interest was in black music and black music only. We wanted to write songs for black voices.
The whole path of American music has been so much about the recognition of stylistic diversity, and the recognition of the importance of music which was from one of the vernacular traditions.
I had to learn chord shapes. I bought books with chord charts. I used to listen to all kinds of pop music.
