#music

From a very early period of my life I have derived the highest enjoyment from listening to music, especially to melody, which is to me the most pleasing form of composition. ↗

— James Nasmyth

#derived #early #enjoyment #especially #form

Wrists are for bracelets, not for cutting. ↗

— Kellin Quinn

#kellin-quinn #music #inspirational

It was my 16th birthday - my mom and dad gave me my Goya classical guitar that day. I sat down, wrote this song, and I just knew that that was the only thing I could ever really do - write songs and sing them to people. ↗

— Stevie Nicks

#birthday #classical #classical guitar #could #dad

I've done a lot of growing up since the age of 16 and I really wanted that to be reflected in my music. ↗

— Kelly Osbourne

#done #growing #growing up #i #lot

A real active music set, based and really concentrated on what the music's all about. That's what I'm all about - singing and a really good strong music set. ↗

— Jon Secada

#active #based #concentrated #good #i

I think the music business is probably not happy with what we've done, because the people buying the record have actually got to pick what they want to buy, rather than being told what they should buy. ↗

— John Otway

#because #being #business #buy #buying

When you are a journalist in the music business, as I was, you end up dying or going to the gym - I chose the gym. ↗

— Tony Parsons

#chose #dying #end #going #gym

I could compare my music to white light which contains all colours. Only a prism can divide the colours and make them appear; this prism could be the spirit of the listener. ↗

— Arvo Part

#colours #compare #contains #could #divide

Tintinnabulation is an area I sometimes wander into when I am searching for answers - in my life, my music, my work. In my dark hours, I have the certain feeling that everything outside this one thing has no meaning. ↗

— Arvo Part

#answers #area #certain #certain feeling #dark

A fine work of art - music, dance, painting, story - has the power to silence the chatter in the mind and lift us to another place. ↗

— Robert McKee

#dance #music #painting #story #art