Pop music has greater power to change people and to affect people because it's a universal language. You don't have to understand music to... →
Paul Epworth
Music is the only language in which you cannot say a mean or sarcastic thing.
John Erskine
Soul lyrics, soul music came at about the same time as the civil rights movement, and it's very possible that one influenced the other.
Ahmet Ertegun
I'd be happy if people said that I did a little bit to raise the dignity and recognition of the greatness of African-American music.
I love Ray Charles. He can still teach everybody a lot about how to make great music. Not necessarily how to make hits, but how to make great music.... →
Everyone felt like they knew Ray Charles and in a way they did, because he was embodied by his music.
My job as an entertainer is to take you some place else. I love exploring different genres of music to please my fans.
Gloria Estefan
Music has been so healing in my life, so the fact that my music could be that for someone else is the best gift of my whole career. People have told... →
The reason I'm not more political is because I have music. And from a young age, I needed it. After prison, my father came to America, joined the... →
My mom was an amazing singer and music was a big part of my life, so I grew up listening to Nat King Cole, Johnny Mathis, Henry Mancini; I used to... →