Quote # 47 by Fiona Apple
“The way I feel about music is that there is no right and wrong. Only true and false.” – Fiona Apple Fiona Apple McAfee Maggart (born September 13, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. Her debut album, Tidal, was released in 1996 and received a Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal […]
Quote # 46 by Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam)
“Music is a lady that I still love because she gives me the air that I breathe. We need all sorts of nourishment, and music satisfies and nourishes the hunger within ourselves for connection and harmony.” – Cat Stevens Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou; 21 July 1948), commonly known by his former […]
Quote # 45 by Christina Aguilera
“Blues and soul and jazz music has so much pain, so much beauty of raw emotion and passion.” – Christina Aguilera Christina María Aguilera (born December 18, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter and television personality. Just listen to her performance with Herbie Hancock and you understand how great she is. Herbie Hancock […]
Quote # 44 by Soren Kierkegaard
“What is a poet? An unhappy person who conceals profound anguish in his heart but whose lips are so formed that as sighs and cries pass over them they sound like beautiful music.” – Søren Kierkegaard Søren Aabye Kierkegaard (5 May 1813 – 11 November 1855) was a Danish philosopher, theologian, poet, social critic, […]
Quote # 43 by Gustav Mahler
“The real art of conducting consists in transitions.” – Gustav Mahler Gustav Mahler [7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911) was a late-Romantic Austrian composer and one of the leading conductors of his generation. Mahler Symphony No 6 A minor “Tragic”, conducted by Leonard Bernstein at Wiener Philharmoniker http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAQBR2SMLrs
Quote # 42 by Harry Connick, JR.
“It is jazz music that called me to be a musician and I have always sang the songs that moved me the most.” – Harry Connick, Jr. Joseph Harry Fowler Connick, Jr. (born September 11, 1967) is an American singer, conductor, pianist, actor, and composer. He has seven top-20 US albums, and […]
Quote # 41 by Roy Ayers
“The true beauty of music is that it connects people. It carries a message, and we, the musicians, are the messengers.” – Roy Ayers Roy Ayers is probably one of the best messengers to his own quote! He has spread the message of joy, friendship and love since the early 60´s, and he […]
Quote # 40 by Charlie Parker
“They teach you there’s a boundary line to music. But, man, there’s no boundary line to art.” – Charlie Parker Charlie Parker – “Just friends” (1949) This music is so good! Charlie Parker Quartet with Jimmy Carrol Orchestra-Reeves Sound Studios,New York,30/11/1949. Mitch Miller (oboe,possibly English horn), Charlie Parker(alto sax), Bronislaw Gimpel, Max […]
Quote # 39 by Steve Turre
“I think that a musician is like a doctor, he’s supposed to heal people and make them feel better.” – Steve Turre Steve Turre (born 12 September 1948 Omaha, Nebraska) is an American jazz trombonist, a pioneering musical seashell virtuoso, a composer, arranger, and educator. As a studio musician, Turre is among the […]
Quote # 38 by Wes Montgomery
“Regardless of what you play, the biggest thing is keeping the feel going.” – Wes Montgomery John Leslie “Wes” Montgomery (March 6, 1923 – June 15, 1968) was an American jazz guitarist. He is widely considered one of the major jazz guitarists, emerging after such seminal figures as Django Reinhardt and Charlie […]