Music Quotes - Page 10

Music is the weapon. Music is the weapon of the future.

I know I'm no glamour girl, and it's not easy for me to get up in front of a crowd of people. It used to bother me a lot, but now I've got it figured out that God gave me this talent to use, so I just stand there and sing.

It seems like people get afraid of a certain music if they can't pigeonhole it to their satisfaction... Good music is good music, and that should be enough for anybody.

Music, being identical with heaven, isn't a thing of momentary thrills, or even hourly ones. It's a condition of eternity.

Music is the wine which inspires one to new generative processes, and I am Bacchus who presses out this glorious wine for mankind and makes them spiritually drunken.

Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t do something. Make your own victories. Make your own mistakes.

I think those who say that you can't tango if you are not Argentine are mistaken. Tango was an immigrant music... so it does not have a nationality. It's only passport is feeling.

I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.

The possible has been tried and failed. Now it's time to try the impossible.

If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough.

My idea is that there is music in the air, music all around us; the world is full of it, and you simply take as much as you require.

When a man is in despair, it means that he still believes in something.

I wanted to be a veterinarian until I saw a video of a vet performing surgery on a dog. Then I decided I wanted to be a pianist.

It is only when we become aware that our time is limited that we can channel our energy into truly living

The worst crime is faking it.

There was no one near to confuse me, so I was forced to become original.

To copy the truth can be a good thing, but to invent the truth is better, much better.

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess?

This is Manchester, we do things differently here.

Life is like a piano. What you get out of it depends on how you play it.

What makes bebop legitimate is the fact that when it was done, it was illegitimate.

A gentleman is someone who knows how to play the banjo and doesn't.

Music begins where the possibilities of language end.

If you talk to any director, they'll say music is fifty percent of the movie.