I learned that music should be fun and should be a way to express yourself - that there aren't really any rules.
I started in a research lab for TV cameras, then I worked at a tape duplication facility. That was the first introduction for me to recorded music and hi-fi.
Women in music have always been associated with pop - with prettiness, theatricality, melodic hooks and dance beats.
I think music on television is just uniformly dreadful. It is mundane, it says nothing.
I remain loyal to Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert in music and to Shakespeare and Jane Austen in literature.
Creating music is a wonderful way to celebrate our devotion for Lord Shiva.
I feel like every project I've ever done has had music involved in it somehow.
You can enjoy many different types of music. I think that's something more Americans should think about.
I'm glad I had kids young because we have a strong bond and listen to the same music.
Situation comedies are old-fashioned - they stick to formulas. I resent their music which is old fashioned. I resent the use of a laugh track.
I don't think you can mix classical music and reggae. It's not possible. But some producer in, like, Norway is going to put it together.
Especially in music, you wonder, Okay, should I still be doing this? Like, are you overstaying your welcome at the party? But I don't know.
The ideology of the Smashing Pumpkins was ultimately more valuable than the music of the Smashing Pumpkins. That's what critics can't put their finger on.
People think I take some sort of masochistic pleasure out of putting out music that's gonna be unpopular.
I think you can feel the pain I've experienced in my music. It's something that a lot of people can relate to.
If you want to be a doctor, a lawyer you must go to college. But if you want to be a musician or such, study your craft. Study music.
Lyrics are always misleading because they make people think that that's what the music is about.
Perhaps when music has been shouting for so long, a quieter voice seems attractive.
The lyrics are constructed as empirically as the music. I don't set out to say anything very important.
I'm not really a strange person or anything, so if there's music I like, usually there's other people who like it too.
I always loved music, and I always wanted to make a film about it, but I could never do it because of the censorship that was around.
