Two or three notes of music can instantly make you feel sad or tense or afraid or angry. To do that in words is much more difficult. Anthony Daniels afraidangrydifficult Change image and share on social
Do I think all contemporary Christian music is good? No. Amy Grant christiancontemporarygood Change image and share on social
To me, the real thrill is in making the music, and then I just trust it to find its own audience, and at times it's big and at times it's small, but that's beyond my control. Amy Grant audiencebigcontrol Change image and share on social
I'd be happy if people said that I did a little bit to raise the dignity and recognition of the greatness of African-American music. Ahmet Ertegun africanamericanbite Change image and share on social
If you try to do that in pop music - to play only rare show tunes, for example - people don't come. Bobby Short musicpeopleplay Change image and share on social
I remember once, we got an interview, and he said, 'Dad, these people are writing about me like I'm an adult. Don't they know I'm a kid?' I have never tried to encourage him to get a music image like other musicians have. Ornette Coleman adultdadencourage share on social
Where I'm from is like 'Hustle & Flow' versus '8 Mile.' It's that really grimy, box-Chevy, dope-boy, working-class music. Yelawolf boxboychevy Change image and share on social
A composition is always more than the sum of its parts. In other words, a really good piece of music is more than itself. It's sort of like a prism, which you can see from each facet a single totality. Yo-Yo Ma compositionfacetgood share on social
Hebrew is my first language, so it's really the most personal and the most simple. When I write in Hebrew, I don't look for sophistication in music; it's just pure emotion that comes out. Yael Naim emotionhebrewlanguage Change image and share on social
Corinne Bailey Rae I listen to a lot, and I'll hear Desert Island Discs and quickly write down the name of a song, and it will open up a new area of music for me. I discovered an Argentinian guitarist, Jose Luis Bieito, on Classic FM. Lesley Manville areaargentinianbailey share on social
