Quotes of: West-coast Keyword

My music appeals in America. There is less of the purist criticism I get here. And to be a hit in the U.S... what singer doesn't have that dream?

Katherine Jenkins

I never had the influence of any other singer in my music, so I sounded like myself all the time.

Kiri Te Kanawa

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 saw The Sound of Music when I was 10 and thought that it was the most beautiful singing I had ever heard.

Lesley Garrett

It's a particular skill, I think , doing backing vocals. You're blending the vocals between the gaps, between the music.

Lisa Hannigan

I've seen country music go uptown, like we say, and I'm proud I was there when it happened.

Loretta Lynn

But to me the actual sound of the words is all important; I feel always that the words complete the music and must never be swallowed up in it.

Lotte Lehmann

I'd like to make music for as long as I can; it feels like something I need to do.

Laura Marling

I'm serious about the music, but I'm not serious about the fantasy. It's no big deal being on TV!

Marc Bolan

My music is part of the quest I have to find new ways of telling stories, and also, I want to inspire people.

Michael Franti

The music industry has been hijacked by corporate interests, but the way music affects people and resonates with them hasn't changed.

Michael Franti

I don't want kids listening to my music thinking it's for their parents. I want them to feel it's theirs.

Mayer Hawthorne

I just want to make music as long as I can and reach as many people as I can.

Mayer Hawthorne

My 10 year old son likes it. He's trying to play guitar and everything. He likes that kind of music.

Merle Haggard

I believe that music is a force in itself. It is there and it needs an outlet, a medium. In a way, we are just the medium.

Maynard James Keenan

Being a woman in music and having kids, it's very hard to do both without neglecting one a bit.

Martha Wainwright

That I can't relate to today's music or morals doesn't make either necessarily bad. Just different. I leave the judgements to others.

Perry Como

I wish I finished music school, because then I feel like I could talk more about the dissonant notes.

Petra Haden

Certainly, jazz has become more of a niche, which is surprising, because it's our music. It's the national music of America.

Renee Fleming

When I think of folk music, I think of topical songs. And I don't write topical songs.

Ray LaMontagne