Roger Daltrey Quotes

We don't make music - it makes us.

You know, I don't think my music is important, I don't think it's changing the world, I don't think it's art. I just think it's music. It is what it is.

Music is a living art.

Music is something I can control.

I just make the music and then the music speaks for itself.

And I like to interpret music. So I think it's all interpretive.

It's entertaining to watch somebody break my music down or explain what he thinks I was thinking during the process of making these records. Because... he has no idea.

Great music was written by the great geniuses, and you want to do it justice.

I can't satisfy myself with just trying to tie all of my imagination into music, especially when music is not appreciated as an art form as much as it used to be.

With few exceptions, music has been for some centuries the art which has devoted itself not to the reproduction of natural phenomena, but rather to the expression of the artist's soul, in musical sound.

Music can describe emotions far more accurately than words ever can. As soon as I realised that, I knew music was where I wanted to be.

Listening is the key to everything good in music.

For me it was really important to get the essence out of the music for the story and not, sort of, press the music into the service of the whimsical telling of it.

I was attracted to a lot of different art forms - dancing, painting. But there's something about music that people hold so close. It's such a powerful art form, and that's why I live for it.

I just happened to start playing music for the conceptual ideas.

I associate creativity with independent music.

The moment you start to talk about playing music, you destroy music. It cannot be talked about. It can only be played, enjoyed and listened to.

I've always said that music is like literature.

Music expresses what cannot be put into words I like to think, and I think the band makes a good go at it.

I am so happy that I didn't go to school and I didn't have anyone to tell me how to position my fingers on the piano correctly. And what you do with music and what is the correct way to write it and what is not the correct way to write it.

Music is a reservoir... of sounds.

Music is intended and designed for sentient beings that have hopes and purposes and emotions.

Music is an art form that I love dearly, and it's allowed me to bring so many people together and meet so many people.

I've always considered rock 'n' roll, the music and the dancing, an art form.

The primary plan is to let the music speak for itself.