I worked on scores. I went to the musical library in Berlin which is very famous. I discovered that we had scores of Beethoven, printed scores of Beethoven, that are full of mistakes. Not the wrong or false notes, but the wrong dynamic, understandabl...
If somebody for some reason, for music or for movie, becomes famous, it's because they have something, something special.
Nothing is more gratifying as a Christian believer than being able to thread my faith and love for Jesus into my music.
Why not invest in the future of music, instead of building fortresses to preserve its past?
Music is more difficult - try naming a political band. The Dead Kennedys. The Dead Kennedys are political, but they are more funny than they are political.
God tells me how the music should sound, but you stand in the way.
If God came down here with the box that had the reason for living in it, I'd like to find just 2 words: The Music. That would be neat.
All my music is inspirational. You just gotta listen to the words and get what you can get out of it.
Listen to any musical phrase or rhythm, and grasp it as a whole, and you thereupon have present in you the image, so to speak, of the divine knowledge of the temporal order.
I think my knowledge of music theory is rooted in jazz theory, and a lot of the writers of standards - Rodgers and Hart, and Gershwin.
Inspiration for my music just comes from, you know, my life experiences.
We should make decisions in life with our hearts, not our brains, not only in music but in daily life.
I really just followed my musical instincts every step of my life.
I thought my life would seem more interesting with a musical score and a laugh track.
Music bypasses the brain and goes straight to the heart. I wish my life had more of it.
In my mind, my music is kind of inseparable from my hometown and my life growing up.
If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that's a wonderful thing.
I have literally been working in music just about my entire life.
If there's ever been a dark moment in my life... well, I wanted to check out. Music was a big escape.
If I hadn't had music in my life, it's quite possible I'd be dead and I'd much rather be alive.
I always write my music based on what is going on in my life at the time.
