While I've had a great distaste for what's usually called song in modern poetry or for what's usually called music, I really don't think of speech as so far from song. Use this quote
I don't really know any other musicians like me. I grew up backstage with my dad who played in a post-war dance band, so I always feel at home at a venue. Use this quote
I had spent many years pursuing excellence, because that is what classical music is all about... Now it was dedicated to freedom, and that was far more important. Use this quote
As the 29th state to join the United States of America, it is our turn to show the nation what represents Iowa. Our commitment to quality education, hard work, and small-town values are all represented in the Iowa quarter. Use this quote
I just hope that our fans are people who are inspired by music, and just use our music as a background or inspiration for whatever it is they do. Use this quote
It's hard enough to work and raise a family when your kids are all healthy and relatively normal, but when you add on some kind of disability or disease, it can just be such a burden. Use this quote
Music is love, love is music, music is life, and I love my life. Thank you and good night. Use this quote
When you are studying jazz, the best thing to do is listen to records or listen to live music. It isn't as though you go to a teacher. You just listen as much as you can and absorb everything. Use this quote
We should confine booing in sports arenas to sport. I love a good boo as much as the next football fan. Use this quote
Although my dad was a doctor, we weren't necessarily a super-artsy family. We were just a classic, traditional family who got to take a lot of piano lessons and became a bunch of musicians. Use this quote
What we have to get clear to kids is that when you offer your stillness and open yourself to the experience of music, it pays you back more than you give. Use this quote
I believe in traditional marriage and I believe in the Defense of Marriage Act. Use this quote
And now, I still really don't care that much but now I have music playing all the time at home, which is a first for me. Whatever. Everything from Ani DiFranco to Dave Matthews to Jack Johnson and Norah Jones. Use this quote
In Holland, they have come to precisely the same conclusion. There they have adopted a system of secular education, because they have found it impracticable to unite the religious bodies in any system of combined religious instruction. Use this quote
If civilization has risen from the Stone Age, it can rise again from the Wastepaper Age. Use this quote
If we ask a vague question, such as, 'What is poetry?' we expect a vague answer, such as, 'Poetry is the music of words,' or 'Poetry is the linguistic correction of disorder.' Use this quote
I guess music, particularly the blues, is the only form of schizophrenia that has organised itself into being both legal and beneficial to society. Use this quote
I'm an actress and mom, and I probably don't have enough of an active spiritual life. And I don't know why people run around calling themselves by the names of religions when they don't actually practise them. Use this quote
In our culture we have such respect for musical instruments, they are like part of God. Use this quote
Teen pop will never die as long as there are teens and popular music. It just takes a different head. Use this quote
