Jessye Norman Quotes

Kanye took me from a kid who listened to music to a kid who lived music.

I'm just so grateful to be a part of BABYMETAL because without this opportunity, I wouldn't have had a deeper connection to music!

I always loved music and was drawn to it and affected by it. But it wasn't until I got to San Diego that I started exploring music more.

You can go to see a singer and love the show, but you don't need to know all the songs. What you want to do when you leave is go and find out more about the music.

I feel it's my responsibility to turn people on to great music.

Sometimes you get so jaded, you don't have those initial connections and emotions with music, because you are promoting your own.

You can never stop discovering music.

If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that's a wonderful thing.

If it's music, I love it.

I love, love, love music - have since I was a kid, and I'm still really into music - and I became a singer because I was too stupid to learn how to play an instrument, I guess.

I do listen to some music, but I don't technically have one band I'm absolutely hooked on.

At 18, I moved to L.A. with my heavy metal band Avant Garde, which was very much influenced by Metallica. At 19, I got a job at Tower Records, and everything started to change very quickly. I started listening to the Velvet Underground, Pixies, early Nirvana, Sonic Youth, and also earlier music like the Beatles.

I've become kind of a haven for people who like pop music, but that's not the only thing they like. They also like music in general and want to be able to expand their own horizons. They haven't completely given up on music and are willing to have somebody mediate new things that are happening in music to them.

So okay, I accepted, and I realized while working for that concert that I'd been missing something very important and vital to me, and that something was music.

I'm quite into listening to music and not doing anything else.

I used to play flute and clarinet at school, and although I wasn't thinking about making a living or getting a pay cheque, I already knew I was going to play music all my life.

I have a sort of tactility about music. I go into record stores and just run my fingers over it, the spines.

To me, if you're a musician, then you're interested in music, and if you're interested in music, then you should listen to a lot of different types.

Music will always be a part of my life. I love music and I don't care how many units I sell.

I love playing music. And that's what it's all about.

For me, to turn people on to new music, on to things that are going on in the world, is important.

And obviously, when I started out, I had a little bit more curiosity than some, and went seeking out the original artists, or in some cases searching up country music.

I'm just kind of a music junkie. Whatever I'm doing at the moment is my favorite.

What I like to do when I get to a new place is buy local music early on and listen to it while we're driving around. I think it helps explain and illuminate the culture of where you are if local music is playing.

I'm not really into the rock n' roll lifestyle; I'm a music geek!