I didn't think at all as a young child that music would be my profession. It was just something that one did along with going to Brownies or... →
Jessye Norman
I enjoy reading about the lives of musicians, and find many similarities in their ideas of preparation and their utter devotion to this great... →
I love singing jazz. I don't like the idea that classical music should be over here and jazz should be someplace else. It's all wonderful... →
I would like to see more African-American singers as part of our opera companies. If you take music and the arts out of the public schools, then... →
I feel that Christian music is a subculture directed towards the Christians. It's not really being exposed to non-Christians and it's not... →
Larry Norman
Music expresses longing and love and joy better than any piece of dialogue you can ever write.
Marsha Norman
People listen to music with cavemen ears: Is it a bird song or the call of a lion? The audience at a musical is dancing in their hearts.
If I had not had music in my life, I would be the neurasthenic vision of the playwright.
Composers today get a TV script on Friday and have to record on Tuesday. It's just dreadful to impose on gifted talent and expect decent music... →
Alex North
Fear is a problem with film music and films; people want to be conventional, and there's more commercialism today. If you are not daring in your... →