Justin Tranter Quotes

Truly fertile Music, the only kind that will move us, that we shall truly appreciate, will be a Music conducive to Dream, which banishes all reason and analysis. One must not wish first to understand and then to feel. Art does not tolerate Reason.

I like how pure the expression is in music. You can go straight to the heart of an audience rather than through their brain.

I want to reach the people. This music is the people's music. It's music for your brain, for your heart, for your soul. That is what we always go to achieve. Soul united.

People listen to music with cavemen ears: Is it a bird song or the call of a lion? The audience at a musical is dancing in their hearts.

The fact is that great musical pieces take and hold the stage because they provide great emotional experiences.

A lot of music doesn't do one thing or another. It just doesn't do anything. Then there are those pieces of music that thrill your soul. It's such a wide range, and it's really interesting that we all love different things.

What I've learned how to do as I've gotten older is to take all of the information that I have, and push it aside, and try to distill each song into an emotional theme. The hardest thing that I've ever had to learn how to do in playing music is use the sound of my instrument to create an emotional effect.

As a musician, you never understand why people connect with certain songs.

Only the tone-deaf doubt the power of music, though some feel it more strongly than others.

The great musicians are those who can reach people, who can make people feel something.

Jazz tickles your muscles, symphonies stretch your soul.

There's no reason music should be difficult for an audience to understand.

Whether lyrically or musically, it reaches in there and grabs your soul. That's the stuff I gravitate toward.

To be honest, I'm always really interested when people say they can relate to our songs. On the first album, that wasn't something I'd ever anticipated or thought about.

Once I heard how deep music could touch people and what it can make you feel and all of these emotions it could bring out, I was really fascinated with it all.

In my whole life, I've had maybe 10 people who have told me how much my music means to them.

Music should resonate with people on an emotional level. That's one of the criterions I use for an idea. Does it speak simply and directly without obfuscation and without being unnecessarily complex or obscure?

The music should speak for itself, and hopefully it will.

I used to be into Bjork and PJ Harvey, and they used to blow my mind. But there hasn't been a pop star blowing anybody's mind.

It makes me feel great, knowing my songs are being heard and of service to people.

I think there's thousands of good songs in the world - the songs that we can all sing along to, songs that are just so catchy they end up being in your head. But I think a great song is something that emotionally engages with you and connects with you.

For people to link my music to their lives, it's incredible, there's no other feeling like it.

Some of the best records are the ones that really affect you the most - they're pure emotion and energy, and it's like you're in that person's brain. It's pretty cool.

When someone comes to me and says the music I've made has affected them emotionally, that's the most gratifying part of my job.

Music is an experience, not a science.