Jim, as just a spoken poet, was not that good. He needed the music behind him. He felt a security and a sense of abandon when the music existed around him.
Music doesn't have to have lyrics; it doesn't have to be a particular type of music - it has the ability to bring out really strong and hopefully good emotional reactions in people.
I think the future looks great for music, musicians, bass players, and all we love about music.
I was excited to get the opportunity to sing something in a movie 'cause I love musicals and I would love to be able to do more movie musicals, in the future.
The Church knew what the psalmist knew: Music praises God. Music is well or better able to praise him than the building of the church and all its decoration; it is the Church's greatest ornament.
I've been composing music all my life and if I'd been clever enough at school I would like to have gone to music college.
Music will always be a part of my life. I love music and I don't care how many units I sell.
If you take the creation of music and the creation of your own life values as your overall goal, then living becomes a musical process.
I first got interested in DJing when I was a little kid. I just love music... Music's my passion; it's always been my whole life.
When I grew up, what was interesting for me was that music was color and life was gray. So music for me has always been more than entertainment.
My definition of country music is really pretty simple. It's when someone sings about their life and what they know, from an authentic place.
Hip-hop is the only music in the world where you can take any instrument and make it hip hop. It's anybody's music. It's what you make of it. That's for anything you do in life.
Sometimes with pop music, you have to see it to love it. With soul music, it's sparse. There's nothing that's pretentious or planned. It's just so gutsy.
Hall & Oates is one of the few musical groups as satisfying now as it was back then. There's something incredibly musically satisfying about their songs. Nothing has diminished my love for them.
Actually, I've had very little classical training, although I love listening to classical music very much.
I love conducting. What I'm tired of is music administration. I don't want that. I just want to make music.
I love music, and a lot of it. Jazz is probably on the top with guys like Miles Davis. But I even enjoy music from the '60s and '70s.
There's music to dance to and make love to, music to cry to. I'm starting from scratch, coming fresh. But my sound still embodies the same soulful, intricate harmonies.
Some of my favorite films are musicals, like 'Walk the Line,' 'The Rose' and 'Lady Sings the Blues.' I just love the way the music and the story fuel each other.
As a rule, my focus is on classical music, but I love jazz. I love everything, actually.
People who love R&B will love my music, people who love rock will love my music. It's soulful, it's pop. It's a sound that relates to everyone.
