#music

The hardest of all the arts to speak of is music, because music has no meaning to speak of. ↗

— Ned Rorem

#because #hardest #meaning #music #speak

I write the vocals last, because I wanted to invent the music first and push the music to the level that I had to compete against it. ↗

— Axl Rose

#because #compete #first #had #i

When recordings replaced concerts as the dominant mode of hearing music, our conception of the nature of performance and of music itself was altered. ↗

— Charles Rosen

#conception #concerts #dominant #hearing #itself

A protracted legislative fight will not move us closer to where the music industry wants to be - delivering music to fans through a variety of different, innovative Web sites. ↗

— Hilary Rosen

#delivering #different #fans #fight #industry

For music, unlike a $500 software program, people are paying a buck or two a song, and it's those dollars and pennies that have to add up to pay for not just the cost of that song, but the investment in the next song. ↗

— Hilary Rosen

#buck #cost #dollars #investment #just

Music has an intrinsic value that touches Americans - they love their music, and want more. ↗

— Hilary Rosen

#love #more #music #their #touches

Unauthorized use of these MP3 files is really creating a problem for artists in the music community. ↗

— Hilary Rosen

#community #creating #files #mp3 #music

Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#cracked #crude #dance #human #kettle

I'm much more of a musician than a poet. I just feel much more confident about my musical abilities. ↗

— Mary Timony

#confident #feel #i #just #more

So I don't really have a clear plan, in terms of music, as to where I want to head in the future. ↗

— Nobuo Uematsu

#future #head #i #music #plan