Music conveys moods and images. Even in opera, where plots deal with the structure of destiny, it's music, not words, that provides power.
Marcel Marceau

I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down'.
Bob Newhart

I've always considered music stores to be the graveyards of musicians.
Gary Larson

I don't want to limit myself musically. It would be really limiting if we'd neglect something we really want to do, like explore other styles of music.
Billie Joe Armstrong

I always knew I'd be in music in some sort of capacity. I didn't know if I'd be successful at it, but I knew I'd be doing something in it. Maybe get a job in a record store. Maybe even play in a band. I never got into this to be a star.
Bryan Adams

What annoys the hell out of me is the arrogance of some people. They don't even listen to our music, they decided in advance that they don't like it.
Billie Joe Armstrong

Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle.
Billie Joe Armstrong

I only write music for myself, I don't try and appeal to anyone else.
Bryan Adams

There are a lot of bands who claim to be punk and they only play the music, they have no clue what it's all about. It's a lifestyle. It's not about popularity and all that crap.
Billie Joe Armstrong

Music - that's been my education. There's not a day that goes by that I take it for granted.
Billie Joe Armstrong

Alas! all music jars when the soul's out of tune.
Miguel De Cervantes

That's why people listen to music or look at paintings. To get in touch with that wholeness.
Corita Kent

Music is a great energizer. It's a language everybody knows.
Bill Hicks

I always preferred to hang out with the outcasts, 'cause they were cooler; they had better taste in music, for one thing, I guess because they had more time to develop one with the lack of social interaction they had!
John Hughes

Every single one of us can do things that no one else can do - can love things that no one else can love. We are like violins. We can be used for doorstops, or we can make music. You know what to do.
Barbara Sher

We are like violins. We can be used as doorstops, or we can make music.
Barbara Sher

Music is like girlfriends to me; I'm continually astonished by the choices other people make.
David Lee Roth

Rap is poetry to music, like beatniks without beards and bongos.
David Lee Roth

What's really good is African drum music.
Fiona Apple

My job in this life is to give people spiritual ecstasy through music. In my concerts people cry, laugh, dance. If they climaxed spiritually, I did my job. I did it decently and honestly.
Carlos Santana