Music conveys moods and images. Even in opera, where plots deal with the structure of destiny, it's music, not words, that provides power.
Poetry and music are very good friends. Like mommies and daddies and strawberries and cream - they go together.
I'm gonna be honest: I was never really a fan of techno music, dance music.
The joy of doing well as a batsman for your country is much more than that little joy of going for a party and enjoying music. It is a completely different high, and I get high by performances. That's what I enjoy now.
I don't have a therapist, so I use me as my own therapist when I'm making the music.
I'm against people downloading music.
Not only did I get an A in music but I got an A in ladies.
I am the pianist of the duo, although Aleksey does pretty good... you know we've written more and more stuff where he has to play the piano. But you know, to be very honest, I actually went into music because I wanted to be a composer and a conductor. And piano was just one of the ways to get into that.
I think it's like music for the sake of music, and a lot of the words stem from liking music a lot, wanting to be a good band and having a good sense of humour, and living in a situation where we're free to pretty much do what we want.
I love country music, always have and always will.
Grammys, American Music Awards, successful albums, I'd pick my kids any day over any of it.
I get to play with all these different players who don't necessarily approach music always the same way that I might. So I learn a lot.
Music is spiritual. The music business is not.
I love oldies just kind of sweet, slinky, Fifties music. The slow stuff. And Billie Holiday.
Going from someone playing 15-people venues to performing at the Grammys, it was this giant leap and sort of showed me it was possible with what I wanted to do and the kind of music I wanted to write and artist I want to be to impact a lot of people.
Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself.
My style is part of the music I like, the bands I see, the people I surround myself with, the places I go to.
I was into playing American music, especially the blues.
I don't know - music in film, for me, is not another part of a soundtrack; it is something that also helps to approach a character, to foresee the type of image - you see what I mean - it's like a part of the process.
I never watch TV. I'm a Radio Four addict. I love listening to music too.
I want people to know that I won't just assume that people will like my music.
Mozart's music is like an X-ray of your soul - it shows what is there, and what isn't.
Sometimes you get so jaded, you don't have those initial connections and emotions with music, because you are promoting your own.
Don't believe bands who say it's all about the fans and they want to give their music away for free. The result is they will continue to live in their mother's basement.
Right now, more people enjoy movies, music, television and movies than they do video games.
Anything that keeps you happy and writing is part of my writing ritual: I like music, so I tend to have it playing in the background. But if I'm interested, I can write in an airport waiting areas.
Half the time I feel like I'm appealing to the downer freaks out there. We start to play one downer record after another until I begin to get down myself. Give me something from 1960 or something; let me get up again. The music of today is for downer freaks, and I'm an upper.
What you see with your eyes when you're making music is going to have a profound effect on what you hear.
Style has always been very important to us. We grew up in the '70s. Music was glam rock, punk rock and a very stylish movement.
I'm just thrilled to see people enjoying the music.
So, in the course of events, I had an opportunity to come in contact with Colin Matthews, through the Rex Foundation sponsoring recordings of various music that was being recorded over there.
Times were changing. Clothes were changing. Morals were changing. We went from romantic loves songs like I used to do to rock 'n roll. Now that has changed to rap. So, there's always a new generation with new music.
I compose my own stuff. I've been writing songs with words. I've been playing more on the keyboard because I can transpose it to sheet music on the computer.
Everything we release with Tool is inspired by our music.
The biggest deal for me was that all 24 winners are placed on the Billboard CD of the Year, which went out to 500 of the biggest Music Reps in the business, from radio and press to management and booking.
I get offers to do huge-budget music videos with big production companies all the time, but I have no interest.
