Dinah Shore Quotes

But, you know, all good rock is easy.

Music is first, lyrics are secondary.

I privilege the music over the lyrics.

I was drawn to love songs, but I was just drawn to great music - no matter if it's hip-hop, pop, R&B or whether it's rock n' roll or country. It could be a Garth Brooks song, and if it's a smash, then I'll love the different wordplay and different melodies. That's what I'm a fan of - great music.

Music is wonderful. Especially if there's some kind of content to it.

I'm not into solos, I'm into lyrics.

Good music is good music.

You know, when I hear music, I just hear the whole thing.

It doesn't take much for anyone to pick up anything I play - it's quite simple. I go for a good song. And if you hear a good song, you don't dissect it - you just listen, and every bit seems right.

I prefer to hear an artist's work and what they can do, so as far as I'm concerned, I'd get a lot more out of a collection of songs to be able to understand what the musician is doing.

It was important for the first piece of original music that I release to have a timeless feel because that's the type of music I want to make.

In the beginning, we were a real good, straight rock 'n' roll band. We were writing quality tunes.

People tend to put too much focus on the lyrics. It's not the be-all and end-all of our songs.

I feel so lucky that I feel the music is at the forefront of Audioslave, and the songs are the most important thing.

Because you have things like 'American Idol' and you've got radio stations that play music made entirely by computers, it's easy to forget there are bands with actual people playing actual instruments that rock.

AC/DC's 'Highway to Hell' is the greatest meshing of vocal, guitar, and content I've ever heard. That's what I aspire to.

I think that the process of making music is a hard one to describe as well.

Every song has a bouquet, which is the music. If you can put words with something that is really apt, then you've done it.

I think the world is ready for some rock 'n' roll. Some real time guys that play their own instruments, write their own songs, and sing the music and have a good time doing it.

I like a lot of different kinds of music. I like strong projects, big music.

But the thing that will always occupy me the most is music.

I hate most of what constitutes rock music, which is basically middle-aged crap.

Writing music is not so much inspiration as hard work.

It takes a lot of people hours to make music because they focus so much on one thing. I just do it, and I make something you can just vibe to.

It's quite hard to have your mom as a teacher - it's like, she's not necessarily a 'real teacher' for me. But she'd always teach me to really hear the music, and develop my ear, and to try and hear the harmonics of the piano.