Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music. — Christian Nestell Bovee
Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die. — Paul Simon
Music is intended and designed for sentient beings that have hopes and purposes and emotions. — Jacques Martin Barzun
If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music. — Gustav Mahler
You’re just sort of searching for this “thing” and sometimes you get it and sometimes you don’t. — John Abercrombie
The music is the last thing I’m thinking about right now, in order of what’s important. — Burt Bacharach
Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the soul. — Johannes Sebastian Bach
When a singer truly feels and experiences what the music is all about, the words will — Montserrat Caballe
Playing music is not really susceptible to theory much. Circumstances affect it so much. — Derek Bailey
With dick smith there, and the words of peter shaffer… they’ve got to be the most beautiful — F. Murray Abraham
I love making music, I love composing on my computer, just making crazy ethnic slack orchestral tracks — Casey Abrams
How you act, walk, look and talk is all part of hip hop culture. And the music is colorless. — Afrika Bambaataa
I was involved in music, acting, and some running, but my firm wish was to become a doctor. — Roger Bannister
I could have a degree in music and come on the show, and simon could still say ‘you stink’. — Clay Aiken
I would love to continue in music, with writing… but I am not the kind of person who will — Taylor Swift