Musician Quotes

I think it's important for people to be able to think for themselves and not just flock mentality like: "Yes, leader; yes, band; yes, celebrity; yes, entertainer, whatever you say, I'll do."

Having a blog just makes you feel, like, totally huge.

To be young, gifted and black.
Oh what a lovely precious dream.
To be young, gifted and black,
Open your heart to what I mean.
In the whole world you know
There are a billion boys and girls
Who are young, gifted and black,
And that's a fact.

To me, music that breaks your heart is the music that stays with you forever,

I am honestly not sure how capable I am of love. And I'm not sure why.

Gil Scott-Heron

Waiting prayer, or waiting on the Lord, is the silent surrendering of the soul to God. It is wordless worship. It is seeking God not from without but from within. It is to seek God in your heart.

[The country singer] sings more sincere than most entertainers, because the hillbilly was raised tougher than most entertainers. The people who has been raised something like the way the hillbilly has, knows what he is singing about and appreciates it. For what he is singing, is the hopes, and prayers, and dreams and experiences of what some call the "common people." I call them the "best people," because they are the ones that the world is made up most of. They're really the ones who make things tick, wherever they are in this country, or in other country.

I'm staggered by the question of what it's like to be a multimillionaire. I always have to remind myself that I am.

Very superstitious, writing's on the wall.
Very superstitious, ladder's 'bout to fall.

Well there is a lot of great music out there but sometimes you have to dig a little deeper to find it.

You're a shining star
No matter who you are
Shining bright to see
What you can truly be.

There is a basic truth which man can know and which can transform his life if he will become the embodiment of it.

Sweet home Alabama Where skies are so blue Sweet home Alabama Lord, I'm coming home to you.

The artist is like a secretary, whether he is a writer, a musician or a painter: He keeps records of his time.

Music is a Place to take Refuge. It's a Sanctuary from Mediocrity and Boredom. It's Innocent and it's a Place you can loose yourself in Thoughts, Memories and Intricacies..

From a distance, there is harmony
And it echoes through the land
It's the voice of hope, it's the voice of peace
It's the voice of every man.

If God is everything and everywhere, then what purpose does the word serve? If it explains everything, then it explains nothing. But if it describes something important, then it should be observable by everyone, examined, and shared with other people

I THINK OF INTERSCOPE AND ALL THESE LABELS AS THE BIGGEST FUCKING IDIOTS ON THE PLANET. And print that in capitals, because they can't do anything to me.

You women have heard of jalopies,
You've heard the noise they make,
But let me introduce my new Rocket '88.
Yes it's great, just won't wait,
Everybody likes my Rocket '88.

Listening is not the same as hearing and hearing is not the same as listening

Pauline Oliveros

I belong to the blank generation I can take it or leave it each time

Oh the moonlight's fair tonight along the Wabash.
From the fields there comes the breath of new-mown hay;
Thro' the sycamores the candle lights are gleaming,
On the banks of the Wabash far away.

Simply because you can breathe, doesn't mean you're alive, or that you really live.

I think Bitcoin allows artists to be compensated for work in a more fair way.

Can't you tell when you're with someone who's listening? She hears you, really hears you. He hears the sadness in your tone or catches your joy. Be a listener, to music, to life, to others, to God. Life is noisy, but there is music in every heartbeat. God is waiting to bring joy and peace to the confusion of our days.