I think you have to keep a childlike quality to play music or make a record.
So, maybe you don't see blues so much in Styx's music but it is definitely part of Tommy's early music.
We always knew Victoria was going into fashion, Mel C was going into music, Emma went into radio, and I wanted to do a bit of everything.
Music is a universal thing with no boundaries, whether you play inside or outside.
What we have to get clear to kids is that when you offer your stillness and open yourself to the experience of music, it pays you back more than you give.
It's a bummer sometimes but I always believe that great bands and great music always prevail.
I don't like to be labeled, to be anything. I've made the mistake before myself of labeling my music, but it's counter-productive.
I always thought I was singing American folk music.
Actually, I've had very little classical training, although I love listening to classical music very much.
Pop music is aspirin and the blues are vitamins.
I am inspired just by the way a scene can be interpreted by the actors. It can make a huge difference on the type of music that you write. It's best for me if I don't work at all on a project until the movie is shot and I have some sort of edit in front of me.
I can now video chat with my grandkids from any corner of the world, listen to music, or order food and have it delivered to my front door.
I was spoiled by Monk's music because it was so good, so complete.
I'm a bit of an insomniac. I go to bed at 5am because I get caught up in watching TV or listening to music at night.
My granddad was an evangelist, and my grandma, she was as tough as nails. She watched 'American Bandstand' every day when she was in her 80s, 90s. She loved rock music. I never had anyone in my family that was anti-rock n' roll.
I don't listen to music made by white people. I especially hate anything where a guitar is used. I don't listen to white people and guitars.
The value of music is not dazzling yourself and others with technique.
My favorite type of music to sing and to listen to, you know, rock. It's not always metal, but you know, half the time it is. Metal's cool, you know? Not everybody on 'American Idol' listens to metal.
I want to just change how people look at music and artists.
I grew up on soul music. I was a dancing little creep.
Since the early Nineties it's been very fashionable to say, 'It's all about the music.'
My youngest daughter sings. She's going to be very good. She's graduated from Music School and she's been working down around and getting her feet wet, you know. I had her out with me for a year just showing her the ropes a little bit, but she's going to be all right.
No, I mean we'd all definitely involved in the music business someway or another, because we're all living with it, and in it, and also we've got all sorts of things we would like to do.
I started rocking and rolling when Guns N' Roses came out. It wasn't until Garth Brooks came around that I really got back to country. He made it fun again. To me, in country music, the rigor mortis was setting in and it just wasn't fun anymore. Garth brought everyone back over to country and made it cool again.
The industry does have some influence on who gets other awards. With the Mercury Prize, they don't. Jon comes from the business, but his heart is still very much in the music. Currently, we have about 12 major names that have said they want to be a part of MUDDA.
I'd call what I do pop music, but it's folky and electronic and it doesn't really sound like much else.
Well, what I love about '80s rock music is the amazing, fantastic melodies.
I'm busier than a busy person. People aren't scared to play this raucous, harsh music over radio speakers, so I think it's the perfect time to get in with some real serious, heavy bands.
When I first came to Nashville, people hardly gave country music any respect. We lived in old cars and dirty hotels, and we ate when we could.
I not only wanted to showcase lyrical skills but also continue to drop knowledge on the hiphop community. I'm looking to elevate through my music, and through my music I educate.
Retailers don't think about why they have music. There are a number of issues. It can be very powerful in the right place, where it is played appropriately.
I wanted to definitely be a musician or a good preacher or a heck of a baseball player. I couldn't play ball too good - I hurt my finger, and I stopped that. I couldn't preach, and well, all I had left was getting into the music thing.
I'm not a music lover in the sense that I look for something to have on. I've never had that attitude to music.
The music business is really a spiritual business whether we know it or not.
My entire life is dedicated to music, and at my age, that makes a lot of years! But all the work and dedication is only that I'm able to forget myself and let the music do the 'talking.'
Country music has always been about as close to R&B as you can possibly get. We're storytellers.
