I always knew I'd be in music in some sort of capacity. I didn't know if I'd be successful at it, but I knew I'd be doing something in it. Maybe get a job in a record store. Maybe even play in a band. I never got into this to be a star.

I'm excited about it, thrilled with the success thus far... view

By: Vince McMahon

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When I decided to go to a country that subsidized music, I went to the Soviet Union for two years... view

By: Alex North

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So, it becomes an exercise in futility if you write something that does not express the film as the director wishes. It's still their ball game. It's their show. I think any successful composer learns how to dance around the director's impulses... view

By: Danny Elfman

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I remain loyal to Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert in music and to Shakespeare and Jane Austen in literature... view

By: Anne Stevenson

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I believe that music is a force in itself. It is there and it needs an outlet, a medium. In a way, we are just the medium... view

By: Maynard James Keenan

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I probably won't be able to hear it until five years from now anyway. That's when I always hear my own music. It takes five years to sit down with it after not hearing it for a couple of years... view

By: Alan Vega

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Jazz is people's music, a collectivity... view

By: Steve Lacy

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It's about giving the people what they want. So many people have told me that they've made love to my records so what I've delivered this time is an album about sex. Pretty much every song has that theme. Straight no chasers, it's booty music!.. view

By: Tyrese Gibson

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The greatest thing about doing this movie was that Chris and I both were involved in folk music in the '60s. I had a group, but I don't think it was at the same level as Chris, because he's an amazing musician... view

By: Eugene Levy

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Music is the greatest communication in the world. Even if people don't understand the language that you're singing in, they still know good music when they hear it... view

By: Lou Rawls

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There is two kinds of music, the good, and the bad. I play the good kind... view

By: Louis Armstrong

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I had a big background in listening to classical music and I started trying to compose, like I was playing the guitar but I heard an orchestra in my head... view

By: John Fahey

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