Top 1200 Quotes & Sayings by Famous Musicians - Page 11

It can feel like your whole world is caving in on you, and if you don't speak about it, it gets worse. You have to talk about your problems.

Having the opportunity to express myself through music has been extremely cathartic for me my entire life.

We need the media to know that some of us are really passionate about music.

I'm a Pisces, so I'm a very closed-book kind of person.

Writing isn't necessarily about what one knows but what one wants to know.

I have used Twitter for so many things, from places to stay, places to go, things to do, things I need, medical advice, you name it. Especially when I'm on tour, it really feels like I'm being taken care of by half a million people. It is like having a mom.

Of course voting is useful. But then again, I don't put a big glow to it. Voting is about as essential as washing yourself. It's something you're supposed to do. Now, you can't go around bragging, expecting to get props because you voted. That's stupid.

I remember when I was in school, they would ask, 'What are you going to be when you grow up?' and then you'd have to draw a picture of it. I drew a picture of myself as a bride.

You can hear 'Human Nature' all over our song 'Elevate.' It's an amazing song. That hooky arpeggio in the beginning is great. Unlike most Michael Jackson ballads, even though I'm a huge Michael Jackson fan, this song is kind of restrained. It's not a huge, crazy song you can dance to - it's just this beautiful piece of music.

Spotify will dramatically change my industry.

Subconsciously, Islam took over me, so it was like eighty or ninety percent of the fabric of the person I was.

You've got the sun, you've got the moon, and you've got the Rolling Stones.

I'm not here for your amusement. You're here for mine.

Stamina is the force that drives the drumming; it's not really a sprint.

I have no control over what people think of me but I have 100% control of what I think of myself, and that is so important. And not just about your body, but so many ways of confidence. You're constantly learning how to be confident, aren't you?

Music is sunshine. Like sunshine, music is a powerful force that can instantly and almost chemically change your entire mood. Music gives us new energy and a stronger sense of purpose.

I grew up in a house of no love or emotion - it kind of sticks with you.

Gossip is the Devil's radio.

In music, you can use metaphors with ease - if a person doesn't understand the parable, they can still enjoy the melody of the music. If, however, a person reads a book and misses the meaning of its metaphors, this will be extremely disheartening for both the reader as well as the author.

I recall my mum tried to teach me how to fry chicken once, and I almost burned down half the kitchen... I don't think I have the patience for cooking.

The definition of being a feminist is equality, and if you're not a feminist at this point, then what are you really promoting?

The best music is essentially there to provide you something to face the world with.

In the 1970s, for all the Stevie Wonders, I'm sure there were five artists that were making forgettable music.

I've built my wardrobe color palette around red, so I'm happy with it, but I do get pangs when I see beautiful brunettes. I've already been blue, green, black, and blonde.

My favorite time of day is to get up and eat leftovers from dinner, especially spicy food.

There is a light at the end of the tunnel... hopefully its not a freight train!

These are really terribly rough times, and we really should try to be as nice to each other as possible.

Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming.

You have to read scripts and audition and develop relationships. It takes a long time to develop a body of work but over the last 25 years I guess I've done that many movies. In hindsight it may seem effortless, but there's a lot of work that goes into it.

I'm a naughty sweetheart.

Don't play what's there, play what's not there.

To be a true artist, I have to be true to who I am now and write that way.

Successful people have a social responsibility to make the world a better place and not just take from it.

You gotta wear the right trousers if you're gonna be a rock star.

No, I've never thought that I was gay. And that's not something you think. It's something you know.

The beautiful thing about hip-hop is it's like an audio collage. You can take any form of music and do it in a hip-hop way and it'll be a hip-hop song. That's the only music you can do that with.

If you don't deal with your demons, they will deal with you, and it's gonna hurt.

I love getting dressed up and glamorous for the red carpet. It makes me feel powerful and sexy!

I was born fat and have always been, which was just fine and even healthy and cute until I turned ten or so. Puberty hit like a hurricane and brought a new set of rules. All of a sudden it was my fault I was chubby.

This generation is so dead. You ask a kid, 'What are you doing this Saturday?' and they'll be playing video games or watching cable, instead of building model cars or airplanes or doing something creative. Kids today never say, 'Man, I'm really into remote-controlled steamboats.'

The two most joyous times of the year are Christmas morning and the end of school.

If I were white, I'd get less criticism.

If you really want to get along with somebody, let them be themselves.

I think the worst thing you can do is blend in. Why would you ever want to blend in?

The world needs actual excitement and emotion more than it needs cool people.

If you're presenting yourself with confidence, you can pull off pretty much anything.

I made the Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee can.

What is a master but a master student? And if that's true, then there's a responsibility on you to keep getting better and to explore avenues of your profession.

I have always loved fashion since I was a kid and customized my school uniforms.

All that counts in life is intention.

American business at this point is really about developing an idea, making it profitable, selling it while it's profitable and then getting out or diversifying. It's just about sucking everything up.

Change and growth is so painful. But it's so necessary for us to evolve.

My cell phone is my best friend. It's my lifeline to the outside world.

When a person is found not guilty, they're found not guilty.

I've been called a recluse. There's definitely truth in that. I like to spend time alone.

When you are making a record and if you spend too much time over it, you have to record it a tone lower or cut the tones lower because you can't reach some of the notes, I find this. But when you go on stage, you have to put the key up and it really changes the whole thing.

I grew up in a world that told girls they couldn't play rock 'n' roll.

Drinking beer is easy. Trashing your hotel room is easy. But being a Christian, that's a tough call. That's rebellion.

I have a funny relationship with religion. I'm a big believer in ritualistic behavior as long as it doesn't hurt anybody. But I'm not a big fan of rules. And yet, we cannot live in a world without order.

Truth is the ultimate power. When the truth comes around, all the lies have to run and hide.