John Prine Quotes

My goal is to be one with the music. I just dedicate my whole life to this art.

Music is my soul and I can easily say, it is the secret of my youth.

I grew up seeing my parents perform and sing, and I just always wanted to be singing, too. Music has always been my deepest passion and what I felt most connected to.

My heart and soul is still music.

Music is a 24-hour-a-day thing for me.

Music is such a part of my soul.

Playing with Iggy pulled me back in for a while and reminded me of what I love about music.

Music is so important to me that that's got to be the only way I can do it. In the purest possible way.

My outlet is my music, and it's been this way since I was 4 years old.

When I perform, I like to immerse myself in the music, and I just try to get off on the diversity of music.

Music is still above all else the thing that does it for me.

I wanted to play music. I didn't think about where it would go or what it would do.

I don't think I can ever escape from music.

I love to play my music. That's what my heart wants me to do is to play music, and I love doing that when I got my band and my crew and all those folks with me, and that whole thing cranks up; it's really something to enjoy.

I can only think of music as something inherent in every human being - a birthright. Music coordinates mind, body and spirit.

I don't play pyrotechnic scales. I play about frustration, patience, anger. Music is an extension of my soul.

Music shouldn't be a chore or feel like any kind of burden.

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.

Music has always been my constant, my salvation. It's cliche to write that, but it's true.

What you want is for music to love you back. That's why you pay your dues. You want to feel like you belong and are part of this symbiosis, metamorphosis, whatever you want to call it.

I play guitar and write music, and that's definitely a huge part of my life, but it's my personal thing that I have for me.

I think something I've been drawn to about the people I work with is that they seem to be - like me - people who are a little insane, and have to make music. It's not a choice they're making for the sake of vanity - like it's cool to be in a band.

I've always loved music, very simply, as a vehicle to express myself and that hasn't changed.

I play only classical music. My pianos are my only big indulgence, but they're a necessity. When I'm playing the piano is literally the only time I can be completely abstract and disconnected from the regular world and yet be connected - to my music.

The only love affair I have ever had was with music.