Music for me is not just being on a stage and singing. It's my coping mechanism.
‐‐ Tessanne Chin
Music, for me, is vital. Punjabi, Bollywood, Sufi, RnB... I listen to it all. When I'm not listening to music, you will find me chatting with friends. Off the field, I just let my instincts take over. I certainly don't think about batting, or which bowlers I'm going to face.
‐‐ Virat Kohli
Music for me, it demands full concentration.
‐‐ Paulo Coelho
'Music for Relief' has played a vital role in helping get aid to people who most need it. We are deeply honored to participate in what will likely be our biggest event to date.
‐‐ Brad Delson
'Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta' is a kind of expansion of chamber music.
‐‐ Pierre Boulez
Music from my fourth year began to be the first of my youthful occupations. Thus early acquainted with the gracious muse who tuned my soul to pure harmonies, I became fond of her, and, as it often seemed to me, she of me.
‐‐ Ludwig van Beethoven
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 didn't.
‐‐ Sarah McLachlan
Music gave me something that was not only good for me - it gave me something to work on, something to be proud of and something that I really loved and have a love for - but also music was good for other people because you put joy into the world.
‐‐ Flea
Music gives me a lot of peace, either classic music with its structure or the spontaneity of Miles Davis. It brings the best in you.
‐‐ Mohamed ElBaradei
Music gives us new energy and a stronger sense of purpose.
‐‐ Michael Franti
Music had always been the handmaid of the Roman liturgy.
‐‐ Richard Morris
Music had been my first love among the arts, and I was fascinated by it, as I still am.
‐‐ Harry Mathews
Music happens to be an art form that transcends language.
‐‐ Herbie Hancock
Music has a poetry of its own, and that poetry is called melody.
‐‐ Joshua Logan
Music has a tremendous effect on me. When it's playing, I can't think or do anything other than listen. But I can write to it.
‐‐ Nancy Farmer
Music has a way of getting under your skin.
‐‐ Roscoe Mitchell
Music has always been a big part of Cheech & Chong's career, so it's just natural. You know, I was a musician before I met Cheech and had a record with Motown, and so I've got the cred.
‐‐ Tommy Chong
Music has always been a dominant force in my life. As a young kid, it was a way for me to escape everyday life.
‐‐ John Varvatos
Music has always been a great solace for me. It's still something that gives me far more joy than movies, I must say. I love movies, too. But somehow, music can transport you. There are so many different kinds of experiences you can have with music.
‐‐ Allison Anders
Music has always been a huge part of my life.
‐‐ Jessica Sanchez
Music has always been a huge part of my life from a very young age, and today it remains a very powerful and natural way for me to connect with people, as well as my children.
‐‐ Thalia
Music has always been a huge passion in my life. I've just had such success with my acting that it's really been right alongside of it, and I've always been writing and playing and singing.
‐‐ Olivia d'Abo
Music has always been a part of me and art in general. I love visual art as well.
‐‐ Marketa Irglova
Music has always been a part of my life.
‐‐ Kris Allen
Music has always been an important thing to me in my life and understand I've worked in the music business.
‐‐ Taylor Hackford
Music has always been around with me.
‐‐ Eddie Murphy
Music has always been in me.
‐‐ Michelle Branch
Music has always been in my family, but it was mainly keyboards. I learned to play classical piano, but when I first heard the amazing bass guitar of James Jamerson, who played on all the big Motown hits of the '60s and '70s, I knew bass guitar was my instrument.
‐‐ Suzi Quatro
Music has always been in my family down to my dad through my uncle. I'm just the next generation, since it's always been around me when I was younger when I looked up to my mom and dad, to Michael Jackson, and B2K was my favorite band growing up.
‐‐ Jacob Latimore
Music has always been my back door to life. It is important for people to find something that excites them. I like the concept that if you do what excites you, you will be rewarded generously, whatever form reward takes, which is not necessarily money.
‐‐ Brandon Boyd
Music has always been my constant, my salvation. It's cliche to write that, but it's true.
‐‐ Carrie Brownstein
Music has always been my first love, so making music happen is a big priority of mine.
‐‐ Hayley Orrantia
Music has always been my passion for as long as I can remember.
‐‐ Manika
Music has always been my protection against the world, from a very young age. I feel safe inside of a jam.
‐‐ Trey Anastasio
Music has always been profoundly important to me.
‐‐ Richard McCabe
Music has always been really important to me.
‐‐ Gabrielle Giffords
Music has always been such an amazing tool for me to access self and emotion.
‐‐ Matisyahu
Music has always been transnational; people pick up whatever interests them, and certainly a lot of classical music has absorbed influences from all over the world.
‐‐ Yo-Yo Ma
Music has always gotten me through life, particularly honest, real music.
‐‐ Lisa Marie Presley
Music has always played a big part in my life and, believe it or not, in my soap opera career.
‐‐ Kassie DePaiva
Music has an intrinsic value that touches Americans - they love their music, and want more.
‐‐ Hilary Rosen
Music has as many roles as people make it.
‐‐ Ani DiFranco
Music has become a bigger business, and with that there is more pressure to succeed; I think that it creates a negative pressure for being creative.
‐‐ Jerry Harrison
Music has become so ever-present in our lives. You can't walk through a shopping mall or go into a restaurant without what we used to call Muzak.
‐‐ J. K. Simmons
Music has been a huge passion of mine ever since I started playing the piano at age 3. Going to concerts, performing on my own, and listening to my favorite artists growing up confirmed that love for music and made me want to pursue it as a career.
‐‐ Daya
Music has been my everything since day one. It's been my shoulder to cry on, my rock and my best friend.
‐‐ Christina Perri
Music has been so healing in my life, so the fact that my music could be that for someone else is the best gift of my whole career. People have told me that they got married to my music, divorced to my music, and played my music while they were having their baby.
‐‐ Gloria Estefan
Music has brought me some of the highest moments of my life. I don't even hear the music. I don't even hear the notes. I'm not aware that someone has turned on a tape machine - I'm in another world.
‐‐ Jane Seymour
Music has done a lot to enhance the emotions of sports. It's played in arenas. Whenever there is footage cut together they're always using music. And it goes together, you know.
‐‐ Ice Cube