Saul Williams Quotes

Obviously for some people there is a big connection between music and the way you can create a space.

I'm not interested in stirring anybody up through music. If you're going to stir people up, it has to be a thought process that has nothing to do with music. I see music as having to do with an internal thing. Something that stirs you up is external.

I've always said music should make you laugh, make you cry or make you think.

Each song, you're telling a story and acting.

Storytelling with music is a really powerful device.

What does music mean to you? What would you do without music?

I just want to make art that connects with people and moves them on an emotional level. Any time I can put out music and place a story behind it and have people watch it and go, 'Wow, I was affected by that,' to me, feels like I've done my job.

'Hatful of Hollow' and 'The Smiths' were lent to me, and they made me want to create music that might make another person feel like they made me feel - to have an effect on someone.

When words leave off, music begins.

I think I sound like a fella who's always making a plea through his music. Sort of a plea of sincerity.

Without music, life would be a mistake.

I am a songwriter. I do get to put my personal experiences in song.

I want to touch people's lives with my music and my lyrics.

Music controls moods and accents life's moments. It's necessary for every situation.

I'm not a lyric writer to make statements. What I enjoy doing is making paintings with lyrics, creating colorful images. I think that's more what entertainment and music should be.

Music is part of us, and either ennobles or degrades our behavior.

I think that's the whole point of music - to inspire people.

Music exists for the purpose of growing an admirable heart.

But otherwise, music is about a beat and a message.

To my mind, there is a reason that music is there and it's about being human.

Ragtime has about the same amount of respect as comics. And in a way they're similar art forms. Ragtime is highly compositional, and the emotion in the music is built in, whereas in jazz a lot of that emotion comes from the way it's performed.

Music is always a part of my characters' make-up.

I just love music, and I love what music does for people.

For a long time, I believed that a great piece of music on its own could do more to stir the soul than any other single art form.

Music is the great equalizer.