Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
Music is a good way to channel your fragile, vulnerable, needy side, but it's also something to rejoice in.
I want my music to sound good on whatever people are listening - laptop speakers, those crappy little white ones you get with your PC.
When we say 'Blackpink in your area,' we're literally saying we're in your area with good music, with good energy - we're here for you.
It was not a secret, then or now, that there is something vaguely un-American about forcing your child to be really good at classical music performance.
It doesn't matter how good you are as a band or how good your music may be; if the fans aren't supporting it and buying your music, it's hard to make it.
When you're playing such brilliant music every day, then the last thing you ever want to do is try to write something of your own that's crude and not as good.
To sustain and become a musician of a certain calibre, you need to know and understand music completely. You need to have a good taste in music and should know your good music from mediocre ones.
There is better than a good chance that while relaxing on a beach somewhere or sipping a martini in your favorite lounge, you have heard music that makes raise your eyebrow and ask, 'What kind of music is that?'
One of the things I wonder is whether it's good that the whole free model makes a lot of people listen to more of your music. I'm wondering if it devalues it, it becomes disposable, because you can get it so easily.
It's easy to get next to music theory, especially between your peers and music classes and so forth. You just pay attention. I had a good ear, so I realized that printed music was just about reminding you what to play.
I try to be a good representative for country music. But as a country artist, it's important to move the needle and make a difference beyond your core audience. But you can't ever strategically try to accomplish that; then things get weird.