There was something about words and music together that allowed people to get nearest to honest truth about what was most difficult to say. Paradoxically, only through the essential instantaneity of music could you approach...

Our moments are music, and sometimes – just sometimes – we can catch them and put them into some lasting form. If we didn’t have music, I don’t think we could ever be truly happy,...

I’ve always thought people would find a lot more pleasure in their routines if they burst into song at significant moments.

Music is, for me, like a beautiful mosaic which God has put together. He takes all the pieces in his hand, throws them into the world, and we have to recreate the picture from the...

I am focused on the work. I am constantly creating. I am a busy girl. I live and breathe my work. I love what I do. I believe in the message. There’s no stopping. I...

Time is going really faster than you think. That second just passed now, get up, pack the bag, get lost…

Some of us go full circle. Some of us blindly go nowhere. The circle doesn’t have to be very large to make a point, kick your ass and/or be entertaining. Remember that and stay light....

The shades of colours are splendid.

I’m not religious, and I’m not a Christian, but I do reserve the right to believe in the possibility of a God. It’s kind of defending the indefensible, though; I’m critical of what religions are...

Have you got any soul?” a woman asks the next afternoon. That depends, I feel like saying; some days yes, some days no. A few days ago I was right out; now I’ve got loads,...

I am human and I need to be loved,just like everybody else does.

Satan rejected my soul; as low as he goes,he never quite goes this low.

The way I choose to show my feelings is through my songs.

Music is not take it or leave it; Music is life or death!

Noise has one advantage. It drowns out words. And suddenly he realized that all his life he had done nothing but talk, write, lecture, concoct sentences, search for formulations and amend them, so in the...

all bags are pack ready to go i am standing here outside your door i hate to wake you up to say goodbyedawn is braking its early mornthe taxi waiting he blowing his hornalready i...

Who are you?Are you in touch with all of your darkest fantasies?Have you created a life for yourself where you can experience them?I have. I am fucking crazy.But I am free.

you dont know what you got till its gone

I would love to be erased from our association with Pearl Jam or the Nymphs and other first time offenders.

The first mistake of art is to assume that it’s serious.

Virtually every writer I know would rather be a musician.

But these clouds won’t leaveWalk awayBarely breathingAs I’m lying on the floorTake my heartAs you’re leavingI don’t need it anymore

In music, in the sea, in a flower, in a leaf, in an act of kindness… I see what people call God in all these things.

At that moment a solitary violin struck up. But the music was not dance music; it was more like a song – a solemn, sweet song. (I know now that it was Beethoven’s Romance in...

Oh! to shoot for the stars if feels right. Aim for my heart if it feels right.

Wind is the sacred music of the leaves; wherever and whenever the wind blows, over there leaves start their holy dancing frantically!

God has abandoned you. Fear does not serve you. Your heart has betrayed you. Only the music can guide you.

We’re just two lost souls Swimming in a fish bowl, Year after year, Running over the same old ground. What have we found? The same old fears. Wish you were here.

Songwriting is a bitch. And then it has puppies

The times you lived through, the people you shared those times with — nothing brings it all to life like an old mix tape. It does a better job of storing up memories than actual...

I’m looking at you through the glassDon’t know how much time has pastOh God it feels like foreverBut no one tells that forever feels like homeSitting all alone in your head

For me, a paint brush is the only tool I use extensively in my works, to push paint on canvas and conduct melodies. And that’s exactly what Garden Avenue is, and all of my projects...

I’m an alien ’cause I’m not of this world. I have a name but I’ve been changed and now I can’t stay the same.And I’m a loser if that means I’ve been lost before…I’m a...

Music is a language that speaks to people emotions.

This machine kills fascists.

It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.

When the symphony of life fills your heart, the chorus of contentment joins in.

You have to turn it up so that your chest shakes and the drums get in between your ribs like a heartbeat and the bass goes up your spine and fizzles your brain and all...

I close my eyes and try and shut him out. My fingers don’t want to stay in time. They want to race ahead in fury, plunging into the dense fog of black notes, pulling the...

If we can feel that it is not our voice, not our fingers, but some reality deep inside our heart which is expressing itself, then we will know that it is the soul’s music.

Even the simple act of tuning the radio to a music program can lift our spirits and show the world “I’m not going to give up.

The atmosphere felt unexpectedly intense and the music was frantic. The beat made it both difficult to think straight and pleasant to move – like swimming almost.

Emblematic of this era was the prolific Viennese surgeon Theodor Billroth. Born in 1821, Billroth studied music and surgery with almost equal verve. (The professions still often go hand in hand. Both push manual skill...

So, you can make me come, that doesn’t make you Jesus.

By the time the last few notes fade, his hope will be restored, but each time he’s force to resort to the Adagio it becomes harder, and he knows its effect is finite. There are...

like puppets we are dancing on this world stage beneath the floating sky and I hear no music but chaos!

Some need diamonds some need loveSome need cards some need luckSome need dollar bills lining their clothesall I need is, all I need is two white horses in a line

I don’t want to feel you die,but if that’s the way that God has planned youWell, I’ll put pennies on your eyes.And it will go away, see?You’ve only lived a minute of your life.I must...

For the fact was drugs were not necessary to most of us, because the music, youth, sweaty bodies were enough. And if it was too hot, too humid to sleep the next day, and we...

La sua voce è poco più di un soffio, leggero, intimo, che irrompe prepotentemente dentro di me, lasciandomi senza fiato e senza pensieri.Potrei ascoltarlo per ore, per giorni, per mesi. Per tutta la vita.