Apart from two periods of intense study, of music between the ages of 12 and 14 and of mathematics between the ages of 14 and 16, I coasted, daydreaming, through most of my school years.
I do play the guitar, but I do it for fun. And I am terrible at writing music as well. I have tried and failed, horribly.
I'm working on my music a lot, like folk singing, guitar. It's sort of rocky, folky, alty, angsty. I'm putting a lot of energy into that. I write pretty much all the time.
I write music. I'm in a band.
I found that it wasn't so oddball to like music and poetry and visual arts, they're kindred spirits.
There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking.
I've been interested in music since I was a teenager, always writing songs.
Yeah, I've been interested in music since I was a teenager, always writing songs.
I didn't really start writing music or lyrics or turning them into songs until I went to San Francisco.
Punk was originally about creating new, important, energetic music that would hopefully threaten the status quo and the stupidity of the 1970s.
I think one of the most important things punk brought back was the whole concept of staying independent and doing things yourself. It made music a lot less boring in any category you can name.
No matter what I do, my songs come out in a certain style, and if that sounds like Dead Kennedys, then there's probably a reason for it. Don't forget, I wrote most of those songs, music and lyrics.
There's something missing in the music industry today... and it's music. Songs you hear don't last, it's just product fed to you by the industry.
Frank was the BOSS and was not open to anything that was not from his head. There were no arguments about music because if you did, he would show you where the door was. Period.
I've been writing Indian music for a while. Indian music is about Mother Earth, and mine is no exception.
I think music has the power to transform people, and in doing so, it has the power to transform situations - some large and some small.
I really like worship music. It settles my soul. Gets me back on track. The lyrics are almost like a prayer, so it's my go-to.
My masters are strange folk with very little care for music in them.
Music is 10% exhilaration and 90% utter disappointment.
Just as like the music industry still wishes for the days when it controlled its own production and distribution, the media and marketing world still yearns for the silver bullet of the thirty-second spot on 'Seinfeld,' even as it knows those days ar...
Music looks very formidable to people outside of it and it looks like it's this realm of spooky genius.
