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There's some familiarity in Celtic music, even if you've never heard that piece of music before.

The thing about my music is, there really is no point.

The tragedy of music is that it begins with perfection.

The way I work on music is that I go into my studio, and I start playing music, and I see what happens, and... I never think about it.

The translator has to be a good writer. The translator has to hear music too. And it might not be exactly your music because the translator needs to translate the music. And so, that is what you are hoping for: a translator who gets what you are doing but who also gets all the ways in which it won't work in the new language.

The way that music is approached in the temple is very call and response; it breaks down that barrier between performer and audience.

The way I make music is unique to myself and the way I have lived my life - no one else would tell that story in the same way that I do.

The word music is a convenient way to talk about what I'm interested in, but actually, in some ways, it's a limitation.

The whole point of music is being able to share your story.

This music heals people because music is vibration, and the proper vibration heals.

This music is about struggle. Reggae is a vehicle to carry a message of freedom and peace.

To all those who won't listen to my music because I don't smoke ganga, I say the hell with those people

Tim Price is truly blessed - he plays music because he loves it.

Today we are in a war against war - music is our power.

To me the bottom line is: good music is good music.

To me,music is oxygen & I know that someday even if I can’t sing,I can always continue listening to it.

To know music is to transfer it to life.

To me, Gospel music is really any music that's a testimony and tells a story of what God has done in your life.

To me, that's what music is: creating a mood, and taking the listener to the place that you're going.

To my mind, there is a reason that music is there and it's about being human.

We all have different relationships with music. But the music is always there.

Ultimately, music is a possessive mistress.

Unpremeditated music is the true gauge which measures the current of our thoughts; the very undertow of our life's stream.

Treating your audience like thieves is absurd. Anyone who chooses to listen to our music becomes a collaborator.

We are living in a time when American popular music is finally being recognized as one of our most successful exports. The demand is huge.

We missed a lot of church, so the music is our confessional.

Well, what I love about '80s rock music is the amazing, fantastic melodies.

Western music is arguably America's greatest contribution to the 20th century, cultural or otherwise.

We've got a lot of love from Chicago, you know we've been selling out big venues in Chicago that other people don't sell out. Our music is something that's a bit different you know from what's being publicized and that's going against everything else coming out in Chicago.

What is music? Music is language. A human being wants to express ideas in this language, but not ideas that can be translated into concepts.

We were cowards when we sacked him.

Whatever I'm doing, whatever comes along, this music is something that I've always wanted to do.

What else is the power of melody but the power of feeling? Music is the language of feeling; melody is audible feeling - feeling communicating itself.

What I like best about music is when time goes away.

What I like most about directing is creating a world more so than anything. To me, the music is the wrapping paper on that world.

What I think is the universal, wonderful thing about music, is that it's very inclusive.

When you leave the planet, you leave music behind.

What you see with your eyes when you're making music is going to have a profound effect on what you hear.

When you play music, you don't need a language. Music is a language.

When I am not too sad to listen, music is my consolation.

When I heard Elvis Presley, then I knew I had to do music. Music is my god, and is the only love that has never left me. It has always been there and is my best friend.

Without sounding cliché, music is like air. It provides for me. I don't necessarily look for what I can get out of it. It's a compulsion. I've always gotten out of it everything.

Without Jimmy Dean, the Beatles never would have existed.

Writing music is just something that I was born to do.

Writing music is my therapy. It’s very purifying!

Working on music is the funnest thing for me, and I love it, and I could do it all day, all night.

You have to stop listening in categories. The music is either good or it's bad.

You gotta be, like, a professional hippie. You need to make music because you love it.

You can't have Bach, Mozart and Beethoven as your favorite composers. They simply define what music is!

A great piece of music is beautiful regardless of how it is performed.