Music Quotes

The only things Mick and I disagree about is the band, the music and what we do.

Keith Richards

I travel the garden of music, thru inspiration. It's a large, very large garden, seen?

Peter Tosh

No matter how many times people say it - 'Oh, I'm just writing this for myself' 'Oh, I'm just doing this for myself' - nobody's doing it for themselves! You're doing it for an audience. So whether I'm performing or writing a book or playing music, it's definitely to be put out there and to be received in some way, definitely.

Steve Martin

We're musicians. We make music for a living. It's that simple. Nothing else matters.

Eddie Van Halen

I think the world is ready for some rock 'n' roll. Some real time guys that play their own instruments, write their own songs, and sing the music and have a good time doing it.

Vince Neil

Hopefully people can see my music is tethered to my brain.

John Mayer

Mike Patton is a genius... It is definitely the hardest music I've ever played.

Dave Lombardo

It didn't even occur to me that I'm the last person in the world who should play salsa or Brazilian music.

David Byrne

There's no religion but sex and music.

Sting

I don't actually have a lot of discipline. I've worked hard at music. But I feel like you know, I felt like kind of natural at it. I always had a knack for it.

Norah Jones

All music is beautiful.

Billy Strayhorn

Music is a part of my life all the time - on the plane, before matches, driving out to the court.

Maria Sharapova

No change in musical style will survive unless it is accompanied by a change in clothing style. Rock is to dress up to.

Frank Zappa

The manner in which Americans consume music has a lot to do with leaving it on their coffee tables, or using it as wallpaper for their lifestyles, like the score of a movie --it's consumed that way without any regard for how and why it's made.

Frank Zappa

There's a great enthusiasm for good country music all over the world.

Willie Nelson

I always believed in the music we did and that's why it was uncompromising.

Jimmy Page

When all the original blues guys are gone, you start to realize that someone has to tend to the tradition. I recognize that I have some responsibility to keep the music alive, and it's a pretty honorable position to be in.

Eric Clapton

Rock 'n' roll music is what gets me off.

Joan Jett

Oh, I will always be honest with my music. The records are black boxes for me. Like if you want to know who I am, my views, my perspective, things I love, things I hate, my convictions, my anthems. I've never let people's opinions affect the way I write.

Katy Perry

I was growing up listening to Queen. Freddie Mercury threw those incredible melodies into his songs.

Gary Cherone