Quotes About Expression

I just want to live my life a little freely and not adhere to any schedule - just make music and have fun.

When I first started to get into writing, it was via music. I'd generate ideas for songs that would turn into stories, then they'd turn into novels. I was biased toward music.

Good music shouldn't have a shelf life.

Music is that which takes silence and brings it to life.

Music should be some kind of nourishment.

Entertainment isn't just based on the very structured syndrome of European popular music, and it's great that there are so many thousands of people who are of the same opinion.

I love doing the music. I love programming beats and kind of working on the music as much, if not more, than the actual rapping.

I'm saddest when I sing.

The music that I made in my band wasn't the expression of everything I was into. Bands are based on compromise.

Music expresses first of all sadness rather than joy.

Music is just one of the tools a director has with which to paint and I think it's one of the most effective.

We need music to restore the human spirit

Movie music is noise. It's even more painful than my sciatica.

The vocals are the very last thing I do. So, it's kinda the opposite: with country. it's singing and guitar first, but with rock, I worry about the riff and music, vocals last.

I just want to create amazing music that speaks and defines who I am. I want it to be based on my life and/or what I am going through at that specific time.

It's interesting to do other people's music - that's how I learned to play, by learning other people's songs. It's nice to delve into how other people got to where they are.

I think it's important, if you are an artist, to use your music to stand up for what you believe in.

Jazz is such a powerful cultural statement that it's almost as if it's intertwined with society.

Cubans are frantic when it comes to appreciating music.

I feel like I've reached a point where music has become just as much a priority to me as my acting, and I'm glad to feel that way.

Keeping your artistic self as creative as possible is a balancing act.

I also like Western classical music and jazz.

No matter what I do, my songs come out in a certain style, and if that sounds like Dead Kennedys, then there's probably a reason for it. Don't forget, I wrote most of those songs, music and lyrics.

Sometimes words need music too. Sometimes the descriptions are not enough. Books should be written with soundtracks, like films.