From 1958 to 1964, that's real rock n' roll. Then the Beatles hit and everyone sounded like them.
Yeah, I don't like, um, I'm not interested in rock 'n' roll piano. I find it a little grating.
When you're onstage with Chris Rock, anything can happen. He is one of the greatest comic geniuses we've ever seen.
If you look at a dancer in silence, his or her body will be the music. If you turn the music on, that body will become an extension of what you're hearing.
Making love with you is even more wonderful than making music." He drew her closer. "Och, Sarah, you _are_ my music.
Music plays a huge role in my life. It is music that helps me to endure ... well ... everything there is to endure.
A brick could be used as a musical instrument. But it would take someone as deaf as Beethoven to enjoy it.
Most of my arguments with musicians through the years have had more to do with their attitude about music, or their attitude about their own lives, or their personal responsibility. Music has never really been the big centerpiece of the fight.
In regard to music, I just think that it's always best to have an attitude of being a perpetual student and always look to learn something new about music, because there's always something new to learn.
Going back and forth between Western Arabic and African countries clearly created the various musical backgrounds I could have and obviously influenced my professional attitude, my way of approaching both music composition and singing, particularly p...
The music industry is an interesting lens through which to look at change, because it has had such a difficult time adjusting to the digital age.
My entire life is dedicated to music, and at my age, that makes a lot of years! But all the work and dedication is only that I'm able to forget myself and let the music do the 'talking.'
When I'm alone at home, I really prefer to listen to Wagner's orchestral music rather than any vocal music. I find it illuminating not to have to pay attention to voices in the recordings.
I don't think music is the first thing I turn to. For me, I think visual art is more the thing. Sometimes when I've been doing music for a while, I can't really take any more in.
My father was very interested in music, and when he and his brothers were young, they had a singing group that used to open for Sam Cooke. There was always music in our house, but there wasn't much art around.
Unfortunately, music devolved instead of evolved. The music business got into the hands of lawyers and accountants rather than the entrepreneurial creative people, and that's when the beginning of the end started. It's all based on money instead of a...
My parents didn't have records, they didn't have radios, and they didn't listen to music. My grandmother was my main connection to art and music. She could play piano very well, and she had perfect pitch.
With few exceptions, music has been for some centuries the art which has devoted itself not to the reproduction of natural phenomena, but rather to the expression of the artist's soul, in musical sound.
Musical innovation is full of danger to the State, for when modes of music change, the fundamental laws of the State always change with them.
Live and love with your soul's goodness and inner beauty as your heart leaps upward in any season of your life.
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