Quotes of: Modern-music Keyword

I usually listen to surf music, not much instrumental music, and when I was younger I listened to jazz.

John Hughes

I want to play music when I want, write a song if I want or watch a baseball game if I want.

John Lee Hooker

It is from the blues that all that may be called American music derives its most distinctive character.

James Weldon Johnson

That's what rock music is, I think - constantly searching for authenticity, and being as honest as possible.

Jonathan Jackson

The fact that the theatregoing public likes my music is no credit to me. There are many other composers who write better music that the public doesn't like.

Jerome Kern

Music is all about training in harmony, training to understand and use musical energy for our greater pleasure by attuning to the natural laws of the universe.

Jane Siberry

To the average mind popular music would mean compositions vulgarly conceived and commonplace in their treatment. That is absolutely false.

John Philip Sousa

To this day, I'm not as interested in music as people think. I'm more interested in how close we can get through the music.

Jennifer Warnes

I do feel like there's a level of ridiculousness going on in electronic music... It's getting borderline absurd out there.

Kaskade

I've seen country music go uptown, like we say, and I'm proud I was there when it happened.

Loretta Lynn

I'm really interested in writing a piece of music that will move you, that will really move you. That is really the only reason that I'm writing music.

Leo Ornstein

Country music has always been about as close to R&B as you can possibly get. We're storytellers.

Lionel Richie

There was one man who was interested in the color of music, the connection between light and music, and that was Einstein.

Leon Theremin

One time I introduced my orchestra as the Shampoo Music Makers instead of the Champagne Music Makers.

Lawrence Welk

I decided that I wanted to explore all kinds of music with my cello, not just the Western classical tradition. I just wanted to try and expand my vocabulary and bring that different kind of music to my audience.

Maya Beiser

I dedicated almost 12 years to the music industry before having children.

Monica Denise Brown

I studied directing prior to acting and I've done music videos and documentaries and things that were sort of well-received.

Matthew Gray Gubler

Historically, black music has influenced other cultures and other genres and created other genres.

Miguel

I'm not necessarily that big of a clubbing junkie, but I really like dance music as a genre.

Mika

Music conveys moods and images. Even in opera, where plots deal with the structure of destiny, it's music, not words, that provides power.

Marcel Marceau

I've been really excited about some new cutting edge electronic music and technology.

Mike Shinoda