Rob Halford Quotes

I love happy-sounding music.

I like Michael Buble.

I love all music. Right now I am loving Josh Grobin and Kelly Clarkson.

I like Rufus Wainwright a whole lot. He makes me wanna be even more musical.

Beethoven and Beatles, Mozart and Michael Jackson, Paganini and Prince - I like them all.

Pop music I have always loved best.

My favorite music isn't necessarily the songs that One Direction come out with. That doesn't mean to say I don't secretly really love some of our songs, which I do.

I listen to Emmylou Harris. She's my favorite. I don't know why, but I just feel more creative with her playing.

Michael Jackson will always be my favorite pop musician; he was for years and years until his death, which was horrible to me. So I like pop culture. But to me, even if it's popular, there is a quality in the music you have to be able to appreciate.

Music is music, ultimately. If it makes you feel good, cool.

I'm probably the only one in the world you can name that's worked with Billie Holiday, Louie Armstrong, Ella, Duke, Miles, Dizzy, Ray Charles, Aretha, Michael Jackson, rappers. 'Fly Me to the Moon' was played on the moon by Buzz Aldrin. Sinatra. Paul Simon. Tony Bennett. I'm the only one.

Some of my other heroes around that time were, oddly enough, Frank Sinatra, Nat Cole and people like that - I was always more inclined to listen to ballads.

I like any music I can feel.

I like music when it makes you feel.

I loved hard-rock bands, and I loved songwriters who told stories.

I had no desire to become a singer until I heard Billie Holiday. The first time I heard her on a record, it was a revelation. She sounded like a woman singing about herself.

I like music that just gives you goose bumps.

I like all kinds of music, though I tend to prefer jazz and classics.

I have such a love of good music that I find even melancholic music uplifting. Maybe I'm a rare breed.

I just love music in general. I've been a fan of all different kinds of music since I can remember.

The kind of music I like depends very much on my mood.

Y'know, I don't like jazz much. I'll put it on once in a while and listen, and I'll appreciate it.

Swing is my favorite kind of music.

I still tune in to the radio and listen to pop music and enjoy it as much as I ever have.

As a kid, looking at Michael Jackson, Marvin Gaye, New Edition, the Temptations, Motown, people who I felt were huge artists, they made me wanna do something.