Ruggiero Ricci Quotes

Either your understanding of the meaning of music is there from the beginning or it is not.

I think the music defends myself. I don't think anyone should put a race on any genre. It's just a way of expressing yourself through instruments and sounds, right? People can just listen to the music.

My perception is that there is no distinction in music as many people perceive. The difference lies in the way you hear the music.

To me the bottom line is: good music is good music.

What is music about? You can't listen to one era, one composer, and know what music is about.

Music is a personal preference. Everyone's free to connect and like whatever they want.

Music is there for us to explore. To intentionally limit yourself to one, two, or three genres is limitation at its worst. Music is huge; it's a gigantic history lesson, and if you are true music fan or a musician, you should explore it. It's all right there in front of us.

I think it's always interesting how music means different things to different people, and people who overthink it are looking to in some ways show off with music, versus people who just respond to a song and decide to sing it.

From a very early period of my life I have derived the highest enjoyment from listening to music, especially to melody, which is to me the most pleasing form of composition.

Good music is good music, and everything else can go to hell.

Music, of almost any kind, always made sense to me.

People have taught me not to look for intelligence in rockmusic.

Music is subjective to everyone's unique experience.

I know music is subjective.

I can't play any instrument for the life of me, but I know what I want to hear.

I abhor the words 'classical music.' Few things satisfy me more than a really good cover version.

People are always defining and re-defining music. My style of playing has been characterized as smooth jazz and acid jazz. I listen as I play; I'm not caught up in defining the type of music I play.

I was put on so many different musical stages growing up that I didn't think about what kind of music we played. I just thought music was music.

Music is only good sometimes.

There were two things I discovered when I toured with Snoop. One was that the band was all jazz musicians. The second was to instil in me a respect for other styles of music. From then on, whenever I played a new kind of music, I came with the same kind of open mind. What are they trying to do? What are they hearing? How do they see music?

I didn't want to be one of the Beach Boys or one of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah band. I mean, we appreciated that music. But I didn't want to grow a beard to look like Roy Wood just because I liked him.

My basic grammar is in Indian classical music, Carnatic music, and Hindustani music, but I don't believe that that is the only form of music I will learn. I don't believe in that, because I am a very open minded person.

I love all genres of music. I think it helps you become a better performer if you know the different types of music.

Music is music and there are only two types: good and bad.

A lot of people with a range of styles and vocal tones make all kinds of music for all sorts of audiences. I'll be forever grateful for that.