Ethan Coen Quotes

Great music is in the ear of the beholder.

Some people love some music, and they hear it a year later and they think, 'What was I thinking?'

The music speaks for itself. You either like it or you don't, or you're somewhere in between. That doesn't change whether I'm in the band or not.

Every one of us has a response of some kind to music, so I don't think it's fair to ever judge what is proper and what's not.

Our music, you either get it or you don't. There's no middle ground.

I should in fairness add that my taste in music is reputedly deplorable.

The thing is, I make music I like. So it's just weird if someone says they don't like it.

The most important thing is that you like the music.

It's easy in music to tell what's good. It's hard to tell what's bad.

I like all music. The only music I don't like is bad music.

I never could get into The Chambers Brothers. They make good records, but I never could get behind it.

I know music is subjective.

We're also passionate about music and very critical about the music that we listen to.

The type of band that I have now, the type of music that we're playing you either like it or you dislike it. If you dislike it, you probably don't know why. By the same token, you can't even really say why you like it.

You might have a favorite band and really dislike one of the records. That's fine.

I think a lot of the stuff I'm playing now is crap.

People say I seem very negative about new music - well, if somebody asks me what I think of Keane, I'll tell 'em. I don't like 'em. I'll obviously take it a step too far and grossly insult the keyboard player's mam or summat, but I'm afraid that's just me.

Music is subjective to everyone's unique experience.

I don't know why, it's the same reason why you like some music and you don't like others. There's something about it that you like. Ultimately I don't find it's in my best interests to try and analyze it, since it's fundamentally emotional.

I listen to music for emotion and I get zero emotion from rap.

My actual taste in music is pretty bad, I think.

I'm not a huge fan of Bruce Springsteen, and it's certainly not because of his politics. I just don't like the aesthetic.

My son always says I like very weird music.

Every so often, I feel I should graduate to classical music, properly. But the truth is, I'm more likely to listen to rock music.

I was working with a great actress - a superior artist in every way - and she really liked Celine Dion. I tried very hard, but I couldn't understand it. I just can't listen to Celine Dion! So I guess music is a deal breaker.