#music

When I went to school, you had to take art, you had to play an instrument. You had to play an instrument. But it's all degraded since then. I do not know what kind of nation we are that is cutting art, music, and gym out of the public-school curriculum. ↗

— Spike Lee

#curriculum #cutting #degraded #gym #had

I don't feel like that many musicians are competitive with each other. ↗

— John Legend

#each #feel #i #like #many

I make music with no boundaries. ↗

— Pitbull

#i #make #music

In the 1970s, for all the Stevie Wonders, I'm sure there were five artists that were making forgettable music. ↗

— John Legend

#five #i #making #music #stevie

Anybody under the age of forty knows hip-hop, gospel and R&B pretty well, and it's all a part of what we consider to be 'black music.' There is a natural synergy between the three. ↗

— John Legend

#amp #anybody #between #black #black music

At the end of the day, there's only a few major stars in the music business, and then there's all these people that are aspiring to be that. ↗

— John Legend

#business #day #end #end of the day #few

I don't get to listen to music for fun very often; a lot of what I'm hearing is for work and isn't released yet. ↗

— John Legend

#get #hearing #i #listen #lot

I have a structured songwriting process. I start with the music and try to come up with musical ideas, then the melody, then the hook, and the lyrics come last. Some people start with the lyrics first because they know what they want to talk about and they just write a whole bunch of lyrical ideas, but for me the music tells me what to talk about. ↗

— John Legend

#because #bunch #come #first #hook

John was great to work with, and a lot of fun. I wish I'd had the chance to make more music with him, of course, and to get to know him better. ↗

— Tony Levin

#chance #course #fun #get #great

Furnishing a home is no different than going into the studio and making music. You want to make sure you've pared down all the extra details so that in the end, every stitch has a context uniquely yours. ↗

— Adam Levine

#details #different #down #end #every