Quotes About Expression

I think that music, or at least the kind of music that I make, benefits greatly from improvisation.

I was very adamant about not being called a jazz singer, but now I've embraced it. The way I approach music is through jazz, so I'm a jazz singer.

Hip-hop was started as a very egocentric, testosterone, machismo-driven art form. The way that people are trying to take away that masculinity that is a such an intrinsical part of hip-hop music.

Country music has always been the best shrink that 15 bucks can buy.

When I write in Hebrew, I don't look for sophistication in music; it's just pure emotion that comes out.

The only thing I knew how to do was draw and play music.

Drugs don't have to be a part of that to me, so if somebody says - your music takes me to that sort of place - then I'm really psyched.

I'm half Jewish, I'm half black, I look in-between. I dress funny. I play all these different styles of music on one record. It's like, What is he doing?

My thing is when people say Dom Kennedy's music reminds them of L.A., I wanna do that 100 percent because at the end of the day that's all I am.

And woven into the fabric of this harsh existence was music.

Really connecting with someone and maybe opening their mind a little bit, is such a cool thing to be able to do through music.

The music dictates to me which instrument I use. I'm basically waiting for orders as it were.

So how do you do it, with just words and just music, capture the feeling that my Earth is somebody's ceiling?

I live in an atmosphere of music.

Music is also one of the great heart openers. Sometimes, you hear the lyrics of a song and you dance, laugh, smile, or perhaps even cry.

Just because I'm country music don't mean I don't have a little bit a' soul down in there somewhere.

Music is a big machine that would go on with or without me.

Sometimes the best music is when you just put it out there.

..my music isn't just music- its medicine.

How can anybody say they know how I feel? The only one around here who is me, is ME.

Can you squeeze me into an empty page of your diary and psychologically save me?

I just love music - by no stretch of the imagination am I professionally competent.

I try to make an album that reflects what I love about country music. It's not just all about happy parties all the time. There are some sad songs.

I turned to music originally because of my past and needing a release or an outlet to get out anger or frustration or hurt.