Quotes About Expression

Sometimes I think I was making music through the wrong end of a magnifying glass.

What a pity flowers can utter no sound!-A singing rose, a whispering violet, a murmuring honeysuckle ... oh, what a rare and exquisite miracle would these be!

Silence is the potential from which music can arise.

A poem compresses much in a small space and adds music, thus heightening its meaning.

Music is a language, a universal language.

One thing that really appeals to me is this idea of music being a living thing that has an evolution that, in a way, enables the artist to sell a process rather than a piece of product.

We are no longer the same after hearing certain sounds, and this is more the case when we hear organized sounds, sounds organized by another human being: music.

Choreography is mentally draining, but there's a pleasure in getting into the studio with the dancers and the music.

I don't know if there is any specific way to handle emotional pain. Loved ones, music, and self-medicating seem to help me.

One ends up relying on pure musical inspiration, and failing that, the music won't lead to anything good, or it will alienate all but the most die-hard fans.

Had I children, my utmost endeavors would be to make them musicians.

We've got to protect the music and make sure it never gets exploited.

I want story, wit, music, wryness, color, and a sense of reality in what I read, and I try to get it in what I write.

Me and music. Music was always my first love. It was my first love for sure. And still is a huge part of my life.

Without enthusiasm nothing great can be effected in art.

Brahms' Variations are better than mine, but mine were written before his.

Obviously for some people there is a big connection between music and the way you can create a space.

I like to dance and sing when there's no one around, but, if I'm out, I'm really shy about it. So it takes a lot to get me going, but I enjoy being around music.

Mainly I make music, and you can do that until you drop dead.

Music gave me a sense that I was worthwhile and that I had something of value to offer the world even though everybody was telling me that I didnt.

Writing is the same as music. It's in how you phrase it, how you hold back the note, bend it, shape it, then release it. And what you don't play is as important as what you do say.

Music is at its best when it is pleasingly melancholic.

Writing music is like tasting the sky. It keeps me dreaming in color.

When I started to play with my fingernails, it was not just for volume. The most important thing was giving the guitar different colors in its voices.