All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song..

I have sat through an Italian opera, til, for sheer pain, and inexplicable anguish, I have rushed out into the noisiest places of the crowded street,….

Colorblind racism is the new racial music most people dance to, the 'new racism' is subtle, institutionalized and seemingly nonracial..

People sometimes forget that jazz was built not only in the minds of the great ones but on the backs of the ordinary ones — ordinary musicians..

People always sound so proud when they announce they know nothing of music..

You cannot hear music and noise at the same time..

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

My mother played piano so we always had music around the house.

Music is the shorthand of emotion. Emotions, which let themselves be described in words with such difficulty, are directly conveyed to man in music, ….

The music has to come from bluegrass first. We always said back in the 70s that if you want to play newgrass you have to go through the school of blu….

The Beach Boys are not a superstar group. The music is the superstar of the group..

God is its author, and not man; he laid The key-note of all harmonies; he planned All perfect combinations, and he made Us so that we could hear and ….

If you've lost your faith in love and music, Oh the end won't be long....

The rustle of the leaves in summer's hush When wandering breezes touch them, and the sigh That filters through the forest, or the gush That swells an….

Technology, publicity and sexuality have their place in music, but they are all subordinate to the pleasures and power of true vocal talent..

We simply rob ourselves when we make presents to the dead..

If we hold on together I know our dreams will never die Dreams see us through to forever Where clouds roll by For you and I.

It is from the blues that all that may be called American music derives it most distinctive characteristics..

The things which can make life enjoyable remain the same. They are, now as before, reading, music, fine arts, travel, the enjoyment of nature, sports….

When people ask me what 'American Pie' means, I tell them it means I don't ever have to work again if I don't want to..

.. you've got to be original, or there will be nothing distinctive or interesting about your playing.