Moa Kikuchi Quotes

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

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

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.

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 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.

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

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

I didn't think at all as a young child that music would be my profession. It was just something that one did along with going to Brownies or going to church or going to school or anything else that one did in sort of one's very young life.

I live country songs every single day of my life, so thank goodness I decided that was my passion!

From dancing around to Michael Jackson and Madonna as a kid to having my mind blown by the first sounds of punk and indie rock, to getting to play my own songs and have people listen, music is what got me through.

I've loved music all my life.

I been doing music since I was 15 years old. I found it intriguing, just from liking and listening to music.

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

We love all kinds of music: We love pop music, we love rock music, we love R & B and country, and we just pull from all our influences. So I don't really take offense as long as people are coming out to the shows and buying the records and becoming fans of the music. At the end of the day, the music is what's gonna speak to you.

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

Just to know that someone who's 15 years old is listening to my music and the work that I've done - it's definitely a blessing.

The bottom line is that musicians love to make music and always will.

If it's music, I love it.

When I was in high school, The Dave Matthews Band was a local band, and that was the first time I was starting to connect with a live band that was something that wasn't on the radio or TV.

When you're talking about your own music every day, listening to bands, going to festivals, you can kind of lose sight of your initial connection with music. Instrumental music - especially jazz - helps me refocus.

Great music is its own movie, already. And the challenge, as a music fan, is to keep the song as powerful as it wants to be, to not tamper with it and to somehow give it a home.

I do music for the love of it, and I've been doing it from a very young age: about 11.

I've been loving music all my life.

I don't take anything for granted; awards and all that go with it are very nice, and it's nice to get a positive response, but for me, it's about the music. I don't make music to win awards. I make music for the people.

My dad wanted me to play when I was a kid, so I learned to play the guitar. I pursued a career in music because I love it so much and I enjoy what it does to those who hear it.