Music Quotes

I was looking for some way to put my music to some service on a nightly basis. You go into a town, you play a little music, you leave something behind. That idea connected us to the local community. It was a very simple idea, but it really resonated ...

Bruce Springsteen

You ask for your audience's investment in your music; you're in a relationship with them. And their relationship with the E Street Band is separate from whatever else I might do. I like the idea of us being something that people rely on.

Bruce Springsteen

Political people don't solve stuff - not really. Political people are like guys in pop music.

Bruce Sterling

Music is more than just listening to it. People use the music for them protection at times.

Burning Spear

Music is creation. In reggae the lyric, the music itself, arrangement, that vibe, such melody - everything within the music moves the people, understand?

Burning Spear

Dig into the roots of culture, and it will grow. It's like a grass that is growing, and it cannot stop, and music is like the fertilizer for that.

Burning Spear

Music is my work, writing songs is my work, touring is my work, going into the studio is my work.

Burning Spear

There's more to being a musician than just making music.

Burning Spear

Whatever I do, I do for the universal. It's not like an individual thing; it's not like something from me. What I present to the people is for all of us, you know. I present music for the people.

Burning Spear

Reggae music don't really focus on one thing, you know. If reggae music is speaking about the struggle of people, and the suffering, it don't mean black people. It mean people in general.

Burning Spear

Every musician tries to blend in some reggae. It's the only music that brings all people together, different races, different religions.

Burning Spear

The kind of music I'm dealing with is more a long-term music. Sometimes a little discourage runs along on your thought, but I am here to push it back. Discourage is a sign of weakness, and I don't like to be weak.

Burning Spear

Music is supposed to create an associate level, wherein I and you and you and I can associate without any misunderstanding.

Burning Spear

I like any music I can feel.

Burning Spear

If I walk away from music, I walk away from myself.

Burning Spear

If you try to do that in pop music - to play only rare show tunes, for example - people don't come.

Bobby Short

Dancing inspires my music. Having your girlfriends all together and just being free and happy.

Bella Thorne

I don't want to be that girl who has that same style all the time where the music always sounds exactly the same, and you always know it's her.

Bella Thorne

My dream artist to play at prom would be Frank Ocean. 'Thinking Of You' is one of my favorite songs. He makes really sweet music for slow dancing at prom.

Bella Thorne

The people that call me to play on records call me because they think that I will suit their music. And the people whose music I suit are by and large people that I'm a fan of.

Benmont Tench

Music is part of us, and either ennobles or degrades our behavior.

Boethius