I expect the audience to come up to my level. I am not interested in compromising my music to make it palatable to an assumed sub-standard mass.
Don Ellis
If one takes all the styles in jazz harmonically from the earliest beginnings to the latest experiments, he still has a rather limited scope when... →
The romantic embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.
Havelock Ellis
For me, the Internet's like music. I don't like working without it. I will tune it out for hours at a time, as I get lost in the work, but... →
Warren Ellis
In terms of influence, my style icons have been a mixture of Julie Andrews and Olivia Newton-John. When I was little I used to watch... →
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
'The X Factor' is great entertainment, but it doesn't prepare people for getting chewed up and spat out by the music industry.
I don't think anyone doubts my motives, really. I do what I do and it's not very complicated. Of course, you might hate the music that I... →
Dance music is great, but it's not a time to be reflective or particularly wistful.
I started my music career at 18 and for a long while I let other people handle my affairs.
I think there's quite a lot of cowardice in music. I don't mind if it goes wrong, I just want to go for it.