Posted by: Sylvia Drago
in Quotes & Aphorisms (Music)
Every song is like a painting.
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Every song is like a painting.
Music can change the world because it can change people.
Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.
The songwriting process is something very difficult to explain because it's very spiritual. You really have it in the hands of God, and it's as if it's been written already, that's the real truth. As if it's been written in its entirety before were born and you're just really the source through which the songs come. And I feel guilty having to put my name, sometimes, on the songs that. I do write them. I compose them, I write them, I do the scoring, I do the lyrics, I do the melodies but still. It's a work of God.
I'm totally anti-nostalgia; I never listen to old Rolling Stones records. I'm not really interested in them. They're funny, sometimes, to hear.
I think that it's demeaning and disrespectful but I also want to make it clear it's not just about me but a pattern of disrespect that he has shown to our community. He needs to stop it and he needs to stop it now.
I always thought Halloween and Thriller fit each other like a glove.
The bassoon is one of my favorite instruments. It has a medieval aroma, like the days when everything used to sound like that. Some people crave baseball. I find this unfathomable, but I can easily understand why a person could get excited about playing the bassoon.
I am speechless about the idea of putting music fans in jail for downloading music. It is wrong to illegally download, but the answer cannot be jail. Here in America we create new opportunities out of adversity, not punitive laws, and we should look to new technologies like Apple's new Music Store for solutions. This way, innovation continues to be the hallmark of America. It is the fans that drive the success of the music business.
I don't like pop music.