Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end.
Igor Stravinsky
Film music should have the same relationship to the film drama that somebody's piano playing in my living room has on the book I am reading.
Conductors' careers are made for the most part with 'Romantic' music. 'Classic' music eliminates the conductor; we do not... →
I am an inventor of music.
Why is it that whenever I hear a piece of music I don't like, it's always by Villa-Lobos?
The principle of the endless melody is the perpetual becoming of a music that never had any reason for starting, any more than it has any reason for... →
All music is beautiful.
Billy Strayhorn
Music is emotional. Your job is to make people feel something. The best way to do that is to sing and speak from something they've personally... →
Sevyn Streeter
If I hear a record once, I usually never listen to it again. I rarely listen to music - unless it's Billie Holiday.
Barbra Streisand
In the music business, we all do different things, but we sit there and admire other people who can write a song differently or sing differently.... →