Best 44 quotes in «great music quotes» category

Pablo Casals is a great musician in all he does: a cellist without equal, and extraordinary conductor and composer with something to say. I have been profoundly impressed by all I have heard of his work, but he is a musician of this stature because he is also a great man.

Society has low standards for what is considered good or great music.

Pop is a little bit theatrical. That's the whole vibe. That's the point - is that it's great music, great melodies, great hooks. But, on top of it, it's a presentation. There's a showmanship about it. And that's why I wanted to be a pop star.

Paste is a great music lover's resource. I tend to agree with their album reviews and find their interviews a bit more intriguing than those of other music magazines.

There's something about heartbreak that makes for great music, but the same could be said for Jägermeister. Hangovers make for great music, too.

There have been many great musicians that, Clifford Brown is one great example, I mean he died very early, 25.

THE GODS was my first professional band and I learned a lot during that time. It was very cool playing with so many great musicians as it helped me to learn.

All great music is contemporary. If it's still alive and kicking, then it's contemporary. If it fades away, it was a period piece. It had its moment, and that was it.

When I hear a great musician, I can feel his life inside the music.

When you work with great musicians, they are always a part of you . . . their spirits are walking around in me, so they're still here and passing it on to others.

A great musician is just a thief who doesn't get caught

The soul of the great musician can only be expressed in music.

Great music is a great remedy for depression, but you have to drink it in with your heart and mind.

All great music is in one way or another psychedelic.

Great music does not just make me feel good. It means something. It makes us understand. It makes us happy.

Beautiful tunes are all very good and fine, and great musicians are always great, but that alone isn't enough.

A mediocre music teacher tells. A good music teacher explains. A superior music teacher demonstrates. A great music teacher inspires.

Be good to people. Be good to every single person you come into contact with. My best friends are great musicians. But more than that, they're great people.

Culture changes, fashions change, customs change. Great music is immortal.

Great music has layers of things to discover. I try to do so every night.

Great musicians accept everything that they hear and find something good. They take what they like and they throw away what they don't like

I'm definitely nostalgic about the music of my youth; The Clash and Fishbone and that whole music scene. I still have all that music to this day. There was some great music going on in the late 70s and 80s.

I am attracted only to music which I consider to be better than it can be performed.

I am the daughter of the Chairman of the Board and thus, was raised with great music.

I come from a town of great musicians: Washington, D.C. It's no joke, that history.

I did a concert... in September with the Berlin Philharmonic... They're great musicians, and there's always something to learn from them.

I don't care about the charts; I just want to make great music that I enjoy performing on stage and I'm proud of.

If you just take the time to look, then yeah, you will find some really great music in Holland. Just scratch the surface and look underneath the corporate surface.

I do like Marylin Manson, actually. I think, he's very talented and he did make some great music.

I feel very honored to be playing with Bill Pierce. He's such a great musician.

I have teenagers, so I listen to a lot of music. They turn me on to great music.

I'm constantly discovering things. Like Bobby Bland. Right now I suppose I'm into the Eighties, which turned out to be a great musical period.

In my view a jazz musician is a great musician

I'm playing great music with great people and so there's no reason to stop.

In ancient times the greatest of the prophets were great musicians.

I've been collaborating with Ira Schickman on some songs, and there will be many other, great musicians involved.

I want to be remembered for making great music and doing great things for people.

Magical music never leaves the memory.

More than anything, I realize I've been blessed to make great music.

It is always an honor to work with those that share your passion for music and just enjoy making great music.

I've been fortunate in my career to have performed in revivals of great musicals and to have originated roles in musicals that have in turn been revived. And I'm not dead!

Jay Ashby is simply a great musician!

Lauryn Hill, P-Funk, Marvin Gaye, Public Enemy - I have a very diverse palate for music. I can go from Judy Garland to Jimi Hendrix to Stevie Wonder to Rachmaninoff. I just love great music.

My advice is: if you've got to be miserable to write great music, then drive a truck.