Quotes About Expression

Music sets up certain vibration which unquestionably results in a physical reaction. Eventually the proper vibration for every person will be found and utilized.

When you hear the music ringin' in your soul And you feel it in your heart and it grows and grows And it comes from the backstreet rock & roll and the healing has begun...

To me,music is oxygen & I know that someday even if I can't sing,I can always continue listening to it.

Music has given a voice to many generations, and I think we, as artists, can be a part of creating a better world.

I took my lyre and said: come now, my heavenly tortoise shell: become a speaking instrument.

Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood," a song that was written for Simone, she confronted the band's lead singer, Eric Burdon. "So you're the honky," she said, "who stole my song and got a hit out of it?

Sometimes I find that music is so much more attractive than love. I don't know… It's like some kind of euphoria, that love can't bring to you.

I believe that music is another form of news. Music is another form of journalism to me. So I have to cover all the areas.

For me, music begins where words end.

Artists reach areas far beyond the reach of politicians. Art, especially entertainment and music, is understood by everybody, and it lifts the spirits and the morale of those who hear it.

Learning music by reading about it is like making love by mail.

There is no such thing as happy music.

You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.

Sounds like the blues are composed of feeling, finesse, and fear.

There's only two kinds of music: the blues and zippety doo-dah.

Sometimes music, movies and books are the only things that let us feel like someone else feels like we do.

Don't play what's there, play what's not there.

Music is what we need when language fails us, but we cannot remain silent.

Music has a lot in com­mon with math­e­mat­ics. But in music, two and two need not make four: they add up to what­ever you wish.

It's like soul music, isn't it all soul music? Otherwise what is it, non-soul music? I-have-no-soul music? Soulless music? People need to put a name on something to identify it, and I understand it.

The loving touch, like music, often utters the things that cannot be spoken.

I never thought Jazz was meant to be a museum piece like other dead things once considered artistic.

Music happens to be an art form that transcends language.

You've got certain guys that just want to be famous and then you've got the real musicians that just love playing music.