#music

My father, a mining engineer and colliery manager, gave his brood many advantages not least of which, for me, was his love of singing which gave music a central place in our lives. ↗

— James W. Black

#brood #central #engineer #father #gave

It does just boil down to music. ↗

— Joey Santiago

#does #down #just #music

The Ultimate Rule ought to be: 'If it sounds GOOD to you, it's bitchin'; if it sounds BAD to YOU, it's shitty. The more your musical experience, the easier it is to define for yourself what you like and what you don't like. American radio listeners, raised on a diet of _____ (fill in the blank), have experienced a musical universe so small they cannot begin to know what they like. ↗

— Frank Zappa

#media #music #diet

To me, this degree was an acknowledgment of my work in music. ↗

— Chaka Khan

#degree #me #music #work

Music is part of God's universe. ↗

— Cat Stevens

#music #part #universe

I did musicals from about age 10 to 18. ↗

— Alison Lohman

#age #did #i #musicals

Painting and music were the only things I worked at industriously and faithfully. ↗

— Pierre Loti

#i #music #only #painting #things

There's no religion but sex and music. ↗

— Sting

#religion #sex

As would-be songwriters, our interest was in black music and black music only. We wanted to write songs for black voices. ↗

— Mike Stoller

#black music #interest #music #only #our

I don't like listening to music that isn't real. ↗

— Joss Stone

#like #listening #music #real