Music Quotes

Remember the first time you went to a show and saw your favorite band. You wore their shirt, and sang every word. You didn't know anything about scene politics, haircuts, or what was cool. All you knew was that this music made you feel different from anyone you shared a locker with. Someone finally understood you. This is what music is about.

The people who know nothing about music are the ones always talking about it.

There's a lot of music that sounds like it's literally computer-generated, totally divorced from a guy sitting down at an instrument.

Music is always changing and the changes are unpredictable.

I've never missed a gig yet. Music makes people happy, and that's why I go on doing it - I like to see everybody smile.

Although I am basically self taught, I consider Debussy my teacher - the most important elements are colour, light and shadow.

Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman.

My music, my songs are 100 percent inspired by girl power.

Sometimes I'll have sections that I'm not quite sure how they fit in the puzzle of a tune, they'll get moved around; what I think was originally a verse ends up becoming the chorus, or what's an intro gets dropped as a hook, things get shifted around a lot.

My father used to sing to me in my mother's womb. I think I can name about any tune in two beats.