Quotes of: Thats Keyword

The ideology of the Smashing Pumpkins was ultimately more valuable than the music of the Smashing Pumpkins. That's what critics can't put their finger on.

Billy Corgan

People think I take some sort of masochistic pleasure out of putting out music that's gonna be unpopular.

Billy Corgan

Lyrics are always misleading because they make people think that that's what the music is about.

Brian Eno

I just know that I'm a fan of all different kinds of genres. You're supposed to be free doing music, and that's how I feel.

Bruno Mars

Listening is more important than anything else because that's what music is. Somebody is playing something and you're receiving it. It is sending and receiving.

Carla Bley

We play happy music, and we make people happy. That's why they like us.

Chris Barber

I think you can move to everything, but with some music, you just want to sit still. That's me, anyway.

Chet Faker

I have music inside me and I'm very lucky to be able to play music and that's the way that I try to do it.

Charlie Haden

What's completely insane to me is that people would consider music that's simple to be dumbed-down. Couldn't simplicity be a deliberate, smart choice?

Dan Deacon

Our music doesn't make many compromises, but we take it into a venue that's larger than people expect.

Ian Williams

That's what rock music is, I think - constantly searching for authenticity, and being as honest as possible.

Jonathan Jackson

But that's the problem with playing new music sometimes before the record comes out: You have a bunch of yayhoots with opinions.

Jake Owen

Do people have an idea of who they think I am? Yes, and that's fine with me. My music will speak for itself.

Jamie Lynn Spears

I guess I'm a real fan of older music, and that's what shaped my taste and the way I sing.

Jessie Ware

People are used to music that justifies street culture but something that's not touched on is why these kids act the way they act, live the way they live.

Kendrick Lamar

I still don't believe that all pieces of music are the same price. I just don't think that's America.

Kid Rock

I know that I can sing. That's the reason I started playing music when I was twelve years old.

Kesha

I liberate minds with my music. That's more important than liberating a few people from apartheid or whatever.

Kanye West

World events can shape culture. Music is either a soundtrack for or a narration of changing times. And who knows how that's going to go?

L.A. Reid

Some music is supposed to be disposable; that's OK. A lot of music is fun for today, but it isn't supposed to be timeless; it's supposed to be trendy.

Robbie Robertson

That's one wonderful thing about country music - it shifts, ebbs, and flows stylistically, unlike pop music.

Steven Curtis Chapman