#music

My eyes went blank, and I stared off, and the music started. It was raining, and the sun was shining at the same time, and there were these big bay windows, and there was the blue in the sky, and the sun on the trees, and it was drizzling. ↗

— Al Jarreau

#big #blank #blue #eyes #i

Obviously given good health, and a continuing audience and a record company that allows me to do music. So given those things yes, I'm introducing some new music that people haven't really heard me do in quite this fashion. ↗

— Al Jarreau

#audience #company #continuing #fashion #given

Music is something that I have to do on a regular basis. It really is my life and I absolutely love it. It's a part of my day-to-day. So if I had to choose, it would be music. But I love acting too. ↗

— JoJo

#acting #basis #choose #day-to-day #had

It is piracy, not overt online music stores, which is our main competitor. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#main #music #online #our #overt

It's really hard to make a living as a musician. It's almost impossible. ↗

— Billy Joel

#hard #impossible #living #make #musician

I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity. It's something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we're from, everyone loves music. ↗

— Billy Joel

#culture #everyone #explosive #expression #healing

Artist - musicians, painters, writers, poets, always seem to have had the most accurate perception of what is really going on around them, not the official version or the popular perception of contemporary life. ↗

— Billy Joel

#always #around #artist #contemporary #contemporary life

Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm - walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers. ↗

— Billy Joel

#different #drummers #experience #high #high wire

Why do musicians give so much time to charitable causes? The most humanitarian cause that we can give our time to is the creation and performance of music itself. ↗

— Billy Joel

#causes #charitable #creation #give #humanitarian

Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand. ↗

— Billy Joel

#family #good #like #musicians #other