Top 1200 Quotes & Sayings by Famous Musicians - Page 3

When you live in hysteria, people start thinking emotionally.

Women are the real architects of society.

Really, every day is the perfect day to boss up. Every day that you wake up is a perfect day to boss up. It's all about continuing to put one foot in front of the next. That's what it's about. Whatever you think you're going through, just put one foot in front of the next.

Everything I do is for the pleasure of Allah.

We can bomb the world to pieces, but we can't bomb it into peace.

My mind is constantly going. For me to completely relax, I gotta get rid of my cell phone.

You've got to express yourself in life, and it's better out than in. What you reveal, you heal.

The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.

The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time.

Globalization means we have to re-examine some of our ideas, and look at ideas from other countries, from other cultures, and open ourselves to them. And that's not comfortable for the average person.

I like the old, vintage Hollywood look.

I guess I'm just quite observant and I pay attention to a lot of things. Human behavior really fascinates me.

A beautiful plant is like having a friend around the house.

It's not having what you want, it's wanting what you've got.

Every day, my daddy told me the same thing. 'Once a task is just begun, never leave it till it's done. Be the labour great or small, do it well or not at all.'

There's so much negativity on social media, I don't want to add to that.

Do what you do and mean it every second of the day. If you don't, you're living someone else's life.

Social media is an advertisement for the superficial extroverted self.

There's beauty everywhere. There are amazing things happening everywhere, you just have to be able to open your eyes and witness it. Some days, that's harder than others.

We all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It's our basic human right.

A career is like a house: it's made of many bricks, and each brick has the same value, because without any one of them, the house would collapse.

Beauty comes in all forms. It's not just external; it's internal as well.

I believe in karma, and I believe if you put out positive vibes to everybody, that's all you're going to get back.

You gotta catch the sauce. Move with me... I'm dripping sauce.

If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

I believe everyone should be equal, and we should all love and support each other and express ourselves the way we want to express ourselves and be whoever we want. That's my motto.

When you're heartbroken, you're at your most creative - you have to channel all your energies into something else to not think about it. Contentment is a creativity killer, but don't worry - I'm very capable of making myself discontented.

I hate eating vegetables. The only vegetables I eat are lettuce on a burger.

If you have stage fright, it never goes away. But then I wonder: is the key to that magical performance because of the fear?

Yes, you can lose somebody overnight, yes, your whole life can be turned upside down. Life is short. It can come and go like a feather in the wind.

My mom has always been my support system. She taught me to never give up and to keep pursuing my passions no matter what.

I don't mean to be a diva, but some days you wake up and you're Barbara Streisand.

Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.

Most people tell you there are certain moments you should celebrate in life: for example, the weekend coming, so you should party on a Friday. Or your birthday or New Year's Eve. But what if you're excited about being alive every day? Can't you be in that celebratory state every moment you're not dead?

I draw the line at letting people into my songwriting cave. To me, that's where the alchemy happens and where the mystery is.

My goal is to give girls and boys a different idea of expression. It's not always about looking pretty or cute. It's about expressing yourself however that may be, even if that's being silly or goofy or weird.

Money and corruption are ruining the land, crooked politicians betray the working man, pocketing the profits and treating us like sheep, and we're tired of hearing promises that we know they'll never keep.

Stay focused, go after your dreams and keep moving toward your goals.

One thing that you can't fake is chemistry.

Every bad situation is a blues song waiting to happen.

I am not a vegetarian. For some time, I tried to be a semi-vegetarian, eating only fish, birds, and no red meat, but... I don't know if I have an opinion on vegetarianism.

I'm not a singer who plays a bit of drums. I'm a drummer that sings a bit.

When you play a violin piece, you are a storyteller, and you're telling a story.

Grace is what matters in anything - especially life, especially growth, tragedy, pain, love, death. That's a quality that I admire very greatly. It keeps you from reaching out for the gun too quickly. It keeps you from destroying things too foolishly. It sort of keeps you alive.

There's no point that an album should sound like a watered down version of another album.

What would rock and roll be without ambition, craziness, danger, and fun?

I know how it feels to be a woman because I am a woman. And I won't be classified as just a man.

I am incredibly thankful for the strong support I have from my peers in the industry and of course my amazing fans.

Everyone loves a comeback story, and everyone loves the underdog as well. I kind of feel like I've been the underdog. Hopefully that inspires people to not give up on themselves and their lives and not give up on their dreams.

Life is too short to be arguing over some little things.

Everything government touches turns to crap.

If I'm a bad mood, I can't go on stage and smile.

I've always thought it'd be nice to be seaweed, kind of just floating about.

I feel like everything is inspired by something else. There is no 100 percent original thought.

Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.

Solar power is the last energy resource that isn't owned yet - nobody taxes the sun yet.

When it comes to age, I just feel like puberty is, like, the most horrible time of anyone's life.

I'm your basic atheist that believes in maybe - I'm a spiritual atheist.

Townes Van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole world, and I'll stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table in my cowboy boots and say that.

Once you figure out what respect tastes like, it tastes better than attention. But you have to get there.