Music Quotes

With few exceptions, music has been for some centuries the art which has devoted itself not to the reproduction of natural phenomena, but rather to the expression of the artist's soul, in musical sound.

The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, 'Is there a meaning to music?' My answer would be, 'Yes.' And 'Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?' My answer to that would be, 'No.'

Obviously this song is an achievement for me in my career, but what makes me really feel good is to make Latinos feel proud. To provoke that pride that a pop figure and someone so big in music globally like Drake would sing with me completely in Spanish and create this hit 'MIA.' That's the best part of it.

And it's always good to get back home and see the people you love, and get to spend time with your family on top of playing your music.

I think that's why I put my energy into making music. That's how I get my thoughts out, instead of being crazy all the time.

Music makes me high on stage, and that's the truth. It's like being almost addicted to music.

There were so many groups that I had in college, but I was always the solo singer. But what made it so unusual back in the day was that I was a black girl playing with all these white musicians, and I was also singing rock music on top of it.

Music's designed to be timeless.

Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth.

I'm always searching for new music, and I change what I listen to on a regular basis.