music Quotes
Daily selection of quotes about music.
“The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I created Punk for this day and age. Do you see Britney walking around wearing ties and singing punk? Hell no. That's what I do. I'm like a Sid Vicious for a new generation.”
- Avril Lavigne
“At the age when Bengali youth almost inevitably writes poetry, I was listening to European classical music.”
- Satyajit Ray
“I'm well past the age where I'm acceptable. You get to a certain age and you are forbidden access. You're not going to get the kind of coverage that you would like in music magazines, you're not going to get played on radio and you're not going to get played on television. I have to survive on word of mouth.”
- David Bowie
“I would like to see more airplay for all artists, no matter what age. I think there's a lot of money being spent toward the young guys, but a lot of the older guys are the ones who blazed the trail for those young guys.”
- Willie Nelson
“In an age of incompetence, I've been able to last in this crazy business. I actually know how to play my ax and write a song. That's my job.”
- Billy Joel
“I figured out it was a social thing, what women were allowed to do. At a very young age, I decided I was not going to follow women's rules.”
- Joan Jett
“We were really grown up for our age and it was an incredible special band.”
- Joan Jett
“A lot of music you might listen to is pretty vapid, it doesn't always deal with our deeper issues. These are the things I'm interested in now, particularly at my age.”
- Annie Lennox
“My sister and I shared a bedroom our entire lives and I believe she discovered the Beatles when she was about 11 and I'm four years younger. So from the age of 7 until 17 we had nothing but Beatles paraphernalia in our room, even those little stuffed Beatles that went on stands that are dressed as the Sgt. Pepper band.”
- Christina Ricci