Jose Feliciano Quotes

My love was Bob Dylan, but as I got older I realized a good ballad was a good ballad.

You can never judge any music by their audience. That's the main reason people in England have a prejudice against someone like Skrillex. You judge people by their music. That's always been first and foremost.

My scratching I don't really think communicates to intelligent life forms. Anyone with more than one brain cell would think Kid Koala music is completely retarded.

To me the bottom line is: good music is good music.

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.

I've listened to Eminem rap. That's not daily fare for me, but I can't help but admire how vivid what he does is. My own taste goes a little more toward Norah Jones.

A good song is a good song whatever your age.

I never even held a guitar until I was 23 and living in California, but then loved it. I'm really not an accomplished instrumentalist. Maybe that has something to do with why I write and sing.

I love Mozart, and I love Bach, and Brahms, and - but at 13, I didn't understand any of that that I was playing.

I was pretty strict in high school about who I would listen to. Musicians like Neil Young, Cat Stevens, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell... who were, in my opinion, great writers. The music mattered, but it held hands with the lyrics, and the personality was, overall, unsullied.

My perception is that there is no distinction in music as many people perceive. The difference lies in the way you hear the music.

In high school, I would secretly play Joni Mitchell songs all the time. That's when I started singing and playing at the same time, and I got really into doing that.

If you're a musician, there's no instrument that can be withheld from you. If you're drawn to it, develop the talent for it.

When I was a kid, I had a xylophone, and I thought that was the instrument I wanted to play. I didn't realize it was a toy.

Everyone played a bit of guitar in our family.

Music is only good sometimes.

I don't think words always lead to meaning, but the things you can create with them are still pretty amazing. I've been really into Joni Mitchell, for example, but I've also been into some studio stuff, like Bjork.

Music was my first love, and at Marlborough we put bands together and sang the pop songs of the day. Although I couldn't read or write music - I still can't - I taught myself to play the guitar and piano by listening to songs and working out the chords.

While I was playing football in the U.S., I learnt to play the guitar, and I'm picking it up again now.

A lot of people can be cheerleaders for songs and go, 'Oh, that's great,' and they don't think it.

I'd love to do something with Bruno Mars because I love his voice and the playful and intelligent way he delivers a song.

Music's designed to be timeless.

I've always loved music since I was a little kid.

No matter what kind of artist you are, you like good music.

Music is music and there are only two types: good and bad.