I don't sing country music because I'm not capable of singing other kinds of music; I sing it because I think it's the most beautiful kind of music there is.
Every so often, I feel I should graduate to classical music, properly. But the truth is, I'm more likely to listen to rock music.
I certainly have a fascination with pop music as a musical form, not necessarily as a lifelong commitment. I guess you could say I'm like a Casanova of music. I can't seem to settle down with one musical form.
I have always loved the process of making the music, reading the letters from the fans who get married to my music, have children to my music and play my music at their funerals.
The blues. It runs through all American music. Somebody bending the note. The other is the two-beat groove. It's in New Orleans music, it's in jazz, it's in country music, it's in gospel.
Music in Africa often contains messages. Music in Senegal, and Africa, is never music for music's sake or solely for entertainment. It's always a vehicle for social connections, discussions and ideas.
With production alone as the goal, industry in North America was dominated by the assembly line, standardization for mass consumption.
The industry is a menace to artists.
The restaurant industry is brutal.
This industry is 90 percent business, 10 percent talent.
We can fight Big Industry.
I'd been making music that was intended to be like painting, in the sense that it's environmental, without the customary narrative and episodic quality that music normally has. I called this 'ambient music.' But at the same time I was trying to make ...
When I was a young student, I only listened to foreign music, mainly rock music and hard rock. Then I surprised myself by discovering ethnic music. Now I like to listen to music from different places, and in many situations. Even when you work, some ...
I may quit the music business someday, but never the music.
What I do isn't black music; it's just my music.
Rationality is not one of this industry's attributes.
Musicals are my favorite. I'm a musical theater buff.
Digital music boils down the actual musical experience.
Music and the music business are two different things.
The music business is motivated by money. Music is motivated by energy and feelings.
I loved 'White Christmas' for the music aspect. I was into musical theater.
