Bob Dylan is like an alien on this earth, and I love him! I cried when I saw him play live because I was so close to him.
AuroraEnjoy the satisfaction that comes from doing little things well.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.Metal, I love metal sounds. If I have a stick with me, I just drag it across a fence. And all fences make different sounds, just like people when they laugh.
AuroraMusic has the power to inspire the world.
Bad BunnyMusic is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.
Ludwig van BeethovenYou see, idealism detached from action is just a dream. But idealism allied with pragmatism, with rolling up your sleeves and making the world bend a bit, is very exciting. It’s very real. It’s very strong.
BonoI do seem to like to combine the dramatic emotional warmth of strings with the grooves and body business of drums and bass.
David ByrneIn a budget, how important is art versus music versus athletics versus computer programming? At the end of the day, some of those trade-offs will be made politically.
Bill GatesI booked my first studio at like 12 or 13. Somewhere in that season of my life, singing along with the radio became me wanting to be on radio, you know. And writing Langston Hughes replica poems became me wanting to write like Stevie Wonder.
Frank OceanI love to play. And fortunately, I don’t know a lot of musicians that suck. I know a bunch of really good ones, and they’re always up for playing.
Dave GrohlOccasionally, some brother sings very earnestly through his nose, often disturbing those around him, but it does not matter how the voice sounds to the ears of man. What is important is how the heart sounds to the ears of God.
Charles SpurgeonIf it weren’t for the Beatles, I would not be a musician.
Dave Grohl‚Wrecking Ball‘ is a great song.
Dolly PartonWhen I was a teenager, my biggest lessons came from Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw, George Strait, Rascal Flatts and Brad Paisley. I learned so much from opening up for those artists, and it also taught me how to treat your opening acts and make them feel like they’re part of a family, not just a tour.
Taylor SwiftTones sound, and roar and storm about me until I have set them down in notes.
Ludwig van BeethovenHe who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.
Muhammad AliHawaiian music is beautiful and simple.
Bruno MarsI love Wiz Khalifa.
Taylor SwiftMy dad was into the 1950s doo-wop era. If you look at those groups, or at James Brown, Jackie Wilson and the Temptations in the 1960s, you’ll see you had to be sharp onstage.
Bruno MarsI wrote ‚Channel Orange‘ in two weeks. The end product wasn’t always that gritty, real-life depiction of the real struggle that happened.
Frank OceanI try to really capitalize off of what other rappers really can’t do. There are opportunities that rappers I love simply can’t get, because… you know… I don’t have the tattoos; I have a different image.
DrakeMusic fills in for words a lot of the time when people don’t know what to say, and I think music can be more eloquent than words.
BonoPeople should just buy a CD and rip it. You are legal then.
Bill GatesOne of the benefits of playing to small audiences in small clubs for a few years is that you’re allowed to fail.
David ByrneIt’s kind of exhilarating, walking through a crazy, insane mob. The most miraculous process is watching a song go from a tiny idea in the middle of the night to something that 55,000 people are singing back to you.
Taylor SwiftPeople 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 LamarIf you pour your life into songs, you want them to be heard. It’s a desire to communicate. A deep desire to communicate inspires songwriting.
BonoI pay attention to lyrics and I know what rap fans care about. I try to write for the average listener and I’m conscious of the mainstream without selling out.
J. ColePerhaps when music has been shouting for so long, a quieter voice seems attractive.
Brian EnoIf I was just a fan of music, I would think that I was the number one artist in the world.
Kanye WestOh my God – this is scary and sad all at the same time. I literally dream about buying my own groceries. Swear to God. Because it is something that is real and normal.
RihannaHope is a waking dream.
AristotleYou listen to Charlie Parker or John Coltrane before they found their voice, they sounded different. And when you listen to them after they found their voice on their instruments, they sound more confident and in control. Artists have that, too.
Nipsey HussleI hope that what you take away from my album is not just the music – which I did want to be fun, and I did want it to be about individuality, but please also take away from it that there’s no dream that’s too big.
Lady GagaMusic is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend.
Ludwig van BeethovenI hate talking about music, to tell you the truth.
Brian EnoGrowing up, my grandmother did not want worldly music in the house. Then when I went out to California, I started listening to Spanish music, mostly Mexican music. But were I in Egypt, I would listen to the music of the people, or if I was in Italy, I’d listen to Italian music.
Maya AngelouI find that when I get on stage now, I don’t want to perform a lot of my songs because they don’t feel like me. So I want to make songs that are timeless.
RihannaTo supervise people, you must either surpass them in their accomplishments or despise them.
Benjamin DisraeliWe uploaded ‚Ocean Eyes‘ to SoundCloud, and it started getting a lot of plays pretty much immediately.
Billie EilishI’ve always loved Def Leppard, ever since I was little.
Taylor SwiftI don’t profess to have music as my big wheel and there are a number of other things as important to me apart from music. Theatre and mime, for instance.
David BowieMan, that record came out and was real big in Memphis. They started playing it, and it got real big. Don’t know why-the lyrics had no meaning.
Elvis PresleyIt’s not essential for me to have a big debut week; it’s not essential for me to have big radio records.
Frank OceanIf I’m gonna write songs about my exes, they can write songs about me. That’s how it works.
Taylor SwiftI wanted to prove the sustaining power of music.
David BowieMusic was an experience, intimately married to your life. You could pay to hear music, but after you did, it was over, gone – a memory.
David ByrneMusic is always a commentary on society.
Frank ZappaI try to sprinkle a little gems and jewels in the music that people could use in their own life.
Nipsey HussleThe size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way.
Robert KiyosakiUntil it’s on the radio or online, it’s not real. With U2, our album isn’t finished until it’s in the stores.
BonoI could imagine at a certain age, when I have no vocal cords left, that I would find a young man who could sing my parts for me. But I don’t see why I would stop.
David BowieSo there’s no guarantee if you like the music you will empathize with the culture and the people who made it. It doesn’t necessarily happen. I think it can, but it doesn’t necessarily happen. Which is kind of a shame.
David ByrneWhen I was at school, I used to stay on a balcony singing and people would stand around listening.
Bad BunnyPopular art is the dream of society; it does not examine itself.
Margaret AtwoodNothing feels better than going onstage and everybody is singing every word – and actually wanting to see you.
The WeekndI never intended for the Monster Ball to be a religious experience, it just became one.
Lady GagaI don’t know how the rap game is, because I’m a fan of reality, and the rap game’s entertainment.
Kevin GatesI’m not interested in possible complexities. I regard song structure as a graph paper.
Brian EnoI was always singing but didn’t plan on pursuing it seriously. When I got to New York City when I was 18, I started playing in clubs in Brooklyn – I have good friends and devoted fans on the underground scene, but we were playing for each other at that point – and that was it.
Lana Del Rey