In an opera the poetry must necessarily be the obedient daughter of the music.
In a dialogue these things are natural enough, for a few words can be hurriedly said aside, but in an aria, where the words must be repeated, it has a bad effect; and even were this not the case, I should prefer an uninterrupted aria.
If you really don’t enjoy the type of music I make and that’s not you, OK. But don’t say I’m not talented. If you haven’t noticed, I wasn’t made — I was found.
If it’s illegal to rock and roll, throw my ass in jail!
If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music. … I cannot tell if I would have done any creative work of importance in music, but I do know that I get most joy in life out of my violin.
If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph: THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDED FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD WAS MUSIC
If I had to live my life again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once every week.
I think that fashion and music go hand-in-hand, and they always should. It’s the artist’s job to create imagery that matches the music—something powerful that will really grab the audience and create a memorable impression.
I happened to come along in the music business when there was no trend.
He plays difficult music, but it does not appear to be so; indeed, it seems as if one could easily do the same, and this is real talent.
Behind the cotton wool is hidden a pattern; that we – I mean all human beings – are connected with this; that the whole world is a work of art; that we are parts of the work of art. Hamlet or a Beethoven quartet is the truth about this vast mass that we call the world. But there is no Shakespeare, there is no Beethoven; certainly and emphatically there is no God; we are the words; we are the music; we are the thing itself.
And as I play the game of life I try to make it better each and every day And when I struggle in the night The magic of the music seems to light the way
