Music Quotes

Diazapam (that's valium), temazepam, lithium, ECT, HRT - how long must I stay on this stuff? Don't give me anymore!

Morrissey

There are, of course, inherent tendencies to repetition in music itself. Our poetry, our ballads, our songs are full of repetition; nursery rhymes and the little chants and songs we use to teach young children have choruses and refrains. We are attracted to repetition, even as adults; we want the stimulus and the reward again and again, and in music we get it. Perhaps, therefore, we should not be surprised, should not complain if the balance sometimes shifts too far and our musical sensitivity becomes a vulnerability.

Oliver Sacks

There is no incidental music to the dramas of real life.

Sax Rohmer

Anger, pain, passion, injustice and truth - all taught me to scream.

Lacey Sturm

If he can't sleep, how will he ever dream?

Eddie Vedder

I think there is a song out there to describe just about any situation.

Criss Jami

To me, John Lennon and Elvis Presley were punks, because they made music that evoked those emotions in people.

Joey Ramone

The Show Must Go On!

Queen

Music is the poor man's Parnassus.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The music I like to play is Rock 'N Roll. I like to rock like a wild animal. I like to rock it well enough to whip a yak's ass. I love to rock it good on a horse's ass. I like to rock it real hard. I love to rock it all the way to Russia. I like to kick out the Jazz and kick it out all the way.

Wesley Willis

If not for music, I would probably be a very frustrated scientist. It's one way to answer the question, 'What is the meaning of life?' I feel music answers it better.

Paula Cole

Music is love in search of a word.

Sidney Lanier

Entertainment came out of this thing called a television, and it was gray. Most of the films that we saw at the cinema were black and white. It was a gray world. And music somehow was in color.

Pete Townshend

You can fill this table up with people who are racist, homophobic, Satanist worshippers, sexist and we can be arguing but if you put on a song, I guarantee that people will stop and listen and that's what I love about music, it can bring people together.

Charles King

Music had been my first love among the arts, and I was fascinated by it, as I still am.

Harry Mathews

Even so, there were times I saw freshness and beauty. I could smell the air, and I really loved rock 'n' roll. Tears were warm, and girls were beautiful, like dreams. I liked movie theaters, the darkness and intimacy, and I liked the deep, sad summer nights.

Haruki Murakami

Well, God knows you're barely standing but you've got to carry this heavy load.

Joe Brooks

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

Brian Eno

I've had to keep exploring different ways of presenting the music so I don't repeat myself.

Tori Amos

Pop changes week to week, month to month. But great music is like literature.

Ravi Shankar