“To play a wrong note is insignificant; to play without passion is inexcusable.”— Beethoven, goodreads.com
“I love a voice that’s really beautiful and clear. I’ve always had a strong curiosity about the voice; I think it’s the most interesting instrument.”— Briana Marela, vogue.com
“People are like drums... If you hit them with a stick, they will make noise.”— carlosd141, reddit.com
“‘When I hear Grizzly Bear in a Volkswagen commercial, it kind of bums me out.”— Trent Reznor, vulture.com
“After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.”— Aldoux Huxley, amazon.com
“The risks associated with being a commercialized artist and embarking on a typical album release, like endless promotion and touring, have nearly killed me.”— Michael Angelakos, pitchfork.com
“It's really tragic TOOL won't release their music on Spotify. A whole generation won't discover them. And I don't want to open iTunes.”— Noah Kalina, twitter.com
“When you actually make a new friend, and you make music and laugh really hard together, that can give you a lot of confidence and nourishment and encouragement.”— Alejandro Ghersi, pitchfork.com
“A lot of people are kind of depressed. I’m happy some of the time, and some of the time I’m not.”— Elliott Smith, blankonblank.org
“I've been playing the piano since I was six, so I never think about feeling tired. I find going to the airport and trying to catch a flight way more tiring.”— Yuja Wang, elle.com
“I would have paid money to listen to Chris Cornell sing the phone book.”— Jason Benefield, twitter.com
“It is, as my therapist says, a study into the metaphysics of absent love.”— John Mayer, rollingstone.com
“I'm wishing he could see that music lives. Forever. That it's stronger than death. Stronger than time. And that its strength holds you together when nothing else can.”— Jennifer Donnelly, amazon.com
“Everything in me feels fluttering and free, like I could take off from the ground at any second. Music, I think, he makes me feel like music.”— Lauren Oliver, amazon.com