I don't listen to much rap, really. I can rarely listen to a whole record of it, because musically, it's very formulaic, and oftentimes it doesn't have the best hooks on every track.
Look at music: I've always loved hiphop and rap, and now there's this whole progressive movement, with De La Soul and Mos Def, Common. It's some of the best stuff around.
Thank you for the music, Sleater-Kinney. This gang of three was the best American punk rock band ever. Ever.
I just feel if you are an artist, you always have something to prove, if you are in music or in films, you have to prove that you can still do your best.
I can't express how wonderful it is to get feedback when you've been sort of in a bubble working on something and then you release it to the world and hope for the best. It's like the birth of a musical baby.
Music is emotional. Your job is to make people feel something. The best way to do that is to sing and speak from something they've personally been through. That's where I write from.
Being in a band with my wife, I'm very aware of the multitude of ways that can go wrong. We're best friends and are interested in the same things, so it's natural to make music together.
Who hears music, feels his solitude Peopled at once.
What is your advice to young writers?” “Drink, fuck and smoke plenty of cigarettes.
If conversation was the lyrics, laughter was the music, making time spent together a melody that could be replayed over and over without getting stale.
I found I loved musicals as much or more than the pure dance world. I also think I became tired of dancing for other dancers.
Dancing is to music what a beloved wife is to her husband. Both of them are so in love, you can't separate them.
Hollywood producers aren't going to say, 'Get me that swearing, grey-haired, headless chicken. We need him for our new 'High School Musical' movie!'
Life is like music on a scale, moving up and down. When your life is over, you have written your song.
The music of rebellion makes you want to rage But it's made by millionaires who are nearly twice your age
I don't think about what I can't do or what I shouldn't be doing. I just think there are endless possibilities musically, really.
I'm American. I'm eclectic. I'm going to follow my musical passions. And if people don't like it, and it hurts my legacy, I'm not going to worry about that.
We write for those who get the musical jokes. But for those who don't, there is always something else going on. That's why we have such a widespread audience.
When I think of musical geniuses, I think of Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson and Prince. That's who comes to mind.
I am sad, like the hot dust on the streets And the music of fresh fallen leaves Caught in a sliding summer breeze.
Well then, music take me on that wonderful journey of my lost memories, and never take me back to reality.
