I'm doing a play, a musical. The musical follows the Mamma Mia concept. It's my first LA theater project.

People are going deaf because music is played louder and louder, but because they're going deaf, it has to be played louder still... view

By: Milan Kundera

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Since the big band started I'm just always swamped with movies and things. It certainly pays the bills and it's very satisfying, because I get to write all these big charts and all this crazy music... view

By: Brian Setzer

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But you can't extend, or go beyond any point musically, without the basic fundamentals... view

By: Chico Hamilton

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I was fifteen years old, and I hardly knew how to play a simple Bach prelude on the piano when I began to compose music, and at the most advanced level. I had never studied such things as harmony... view

By: Gyorgy Legeti

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Composers are the only people who can hear good music above bad sounds... view

By: John Philip Sousa

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The Japanese actually approach the music on a high level. It's always been on a high level... view

By: Billy Higgins

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My son always says I like very weird music... view

By: Cornelia Funke

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The ballet embodies the notes of music. And sometimes you almost feel like you can see the notes dance up there on the stage... view

By: Robert Caro

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I believe honesty comes across in music because for people that music isn't just something to dance to. For people for whom music is something that they feel, they understand what I'm talking about... view

By: Willa Ford

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Not that there weren't great shows, and not that there wasn't plenty of fine music played. It's just that the consistency and the height of where we could take it, with the help of the audience, was less, I felt, in the '90s... view

By: Phil Lesh

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The 1960s were big for folk music, and the Kingston Trio led the way. They were the ones who started it all. The music was fresh and alive. College kids loved it and their parents did, too... view

By: George Grove

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Being in a different band always brings great musical experiences to be able to draw on... view

By: Graham Nash

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