#music

"So many people will tell you ”no”, and you need to find something you believe in so hard that you just smile and tell them ”watch me”. Learn to take rejection as motivation to prove people wrong. Be unstoppable. Refuse to give up, no matter what. It’s the best skill you can ever learn."

"I was flipping channels, watching this cheerleading program on MTV. They took a field hockey girl and “transformed” her into a cheerleader by the end of the show. I was just wondering: what if she liked field hockey better?"

"Music is ... A higher revelation than all Wisdom & Philosophy"

"All I can hope to do is instill great morality in my son and trust him along the way. The music he listens to or how he chooses to wear his hair doesn't define his moral compass, and if he wants to listen to country music and wear a cowboy hat too, that's fine."

"I need drama in my life to keep making music."

"We are fans of Mozart and Beethoven, as well 'South Park' and Borat. We believe that we can attract many people who eschew the serious ambiance of concert halls and don't go to classical music concerts because of such reasons. However, there is a 'serious humor' on the stage: funny and ridiculous. That is important!"

"Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends."

"I've been trying to start a garage band for over a decade now, but father won't move his car."

"The tune was sad, as the best of Ireland was, melancholy and lovely as a lover's tears."

"Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music."

"Life is all about the friendship and the love and the music. It sounds silly, but it is. I want to have that experience as much as I can as an adult, not as a kid doing something that people are telling her she has to do. If anyone gets in my way, I'm going to get them out of my way."

"Poetry, plays, novels, music, they are the cry of the human spirit trying to understand itself and make sense of our world."

"I would love to make my music and be completely anonymous, but that doesn't work. You can't have success and be faceless."

"Music is my higher power"

"Music is everywhere. It’s in the air between us, waiting to be sung."

"There are only a few notes. Just variations on a theme."

"Why do beautiful songs make you sad?' 'Because they aren't true.' 'Never?' 'Nothing is beautiful and true."

"....Charles laughingly observed,'Gospel and the blues are really, if you break it down, almost the same thing. It's just a question of whether you're talkin' about a woman or God."

"Listen to your inner-voice: Surround yourself with loving, nurturing people. Fall in love with your art and find yourself. Music is the great communicator."

"I'm not saying I'm gonna change the world, but I guarantee that I will spark the brain that will change the world."