#music

The blues is like a planet. It's an enormous topic. You can't ignore the impact that it has had and continues to have on the whole musical culture. It's a tree that everyone is swinging from. Without it, I don't know where I would be. It's indelible and indispensable. ↗

— Tom Waits

#continues #culture #enormous #everyone #had

I've made three musical movies which is pretty good considering that not many are made but I was lucky in other ways. I came along when independent movies were starting to boom. ↗

— Christopher Walken

#boom #came #considering #good #i

Music blows lyrics up very quickly, and suddenly they become more than art. They become pompous and they become self-conscious ... I firmly believe that lyrics have to breathe and give the audience's ear a chance to understand what's going on. Particularly in the theater, where you not only have the music, but you've got costume, story, acting, orchestra. There's a lot to take in. ↗

— Stephen Sondheim

#music #theatre #art

The music for me is paradise. I think it's where God lives. ↗

— Dionne Warwick

#i #i think #lives #me #music

Music, of all the arts, stands in a special region, unlit by any star but its own, and utterly without meaning ... except its own. ↗

— Leonard Bernstein

#art

I listened to Kelley's record with pleasure. Great to hear real music with respect for the righteous roots. Her singing is outstanding - no frills, down to the bone and intense. ↗

— Jerry Wexler

#down #great #hear #her #i

Great music is in a sense serene; it is certain of the values it asserts. ↗

— Rebecca West

#certain #great #great music #music #sense

So many schools have cut the music classes out of their curriculum. We're trying to fill that gap by teaching the teachers how to educate the kids about their musical heritage. ↗

— Margaret Whiting

#classes #curriculum #cut #educate #fill

I think my playing has been orchestral throughout the years, and this is another way of expressing that. But I primarily see it as the ultimate accomplishment of a musician. Composing makes me feel like I've finally gotten all the way up the ladder as a musician. ↗

— Tony Williams

#another #another way #been #composing #expressing

It is a great, a pleasant thing to have a friend with whom to walk, untroubled, through the woods, by the stream, saying nothing, at peace--the heart all clean and quiet and empty, ready for the spirit that may choose to be its guest. ↗

— Catherine Drinker Bowen

#friends #music #nature #peace #age