Stan Kenton Quotes

I just wanted to say one more thing: I also think that when you go to play music, you're there to play music.

Freedom of Speech is Freedom of Music.

I just know that I'm a fan of all different kinds of genres. You're supposed to be free doing music, and that's how I feel.

At a festival, a lot of people came to see other artists, so you have to put on a signature set and performance: 'This is what I do, this is why I'm here.' At solo gigs, I'm a DJ - I'll play two-and-a-half hours, and not just my own music, also my favorite songs by other artists.

We simply write the kind of music we enjoy most and hope that our audience will enjoy it too.

If I'm DJing a show, I will normally wear the designer I'm DJing for; if I'm DJing a party, I will most likely be wearing very high heels.

Every music - except dance music, which is for dancing, I suppose - is for the spirit of the human being, and not for the body.

When I had my first gig, I was 18 in January in 2007. My first gig that I got paid, I was playing for 10 people in a 250 people capacity venue. The promoter wanted to book me because he liked my music. I played a couple of songs that made people dance. To me, that rush has always stayed the same.

When somebody's never heard you, that's the way to do it: Just give them music for free and let them decide for themselves if they like it or not.

Obviously there is stuff that I wouldn't play in a club that I play at festivals, and vice-versa, but my sets are still dominated largely by my own music. I think that's what makes me stand out a bit. My music is also festival- and club-friendly, so it generally works out well.

I am not a composer of music; I sing pieces which have been written for me which gives me bigger freedom to search for pieces I want to record.

Any club is important. All Latin music movements are born in clubs. There is no better research than going to a club. If your music works, it will bounce up.

For us, it is all about breaking the boundaries between different genres of music and combining different styles of music and performing what we are passionate about. We are so lucky that we can experience both worlds: the more intimate classical world and the wild and crazy world of rock n' roll.

Sometimes I wish I was just a girl in an indie band. I could dance around on stage and it wouldn't be so much about me.

Music I do just for me.

Playing music for as long as I had been playing music and then getting a shot at making a record and at having an audience and stuff, it's just like an untamed force... a different kind of energy.

Playing someone drum 'n' bass for the first time in 'Pass Out' - they're like, 'Oh my God, what is this?' I'm having a lot of fun and a good time showcasing the music.

If you really believe music is dangerous, you should let it go in one ear and out the other.

I do music for the fans. I want to lift fans up.

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

I love music, and I loved dance music immediately. So I bought some equipment and started making my own. When I started this, I didn't say, 'okay I'm going to do this step and then this step' to become popular. I just created music that I loved.

If you do performance and music, it's not performance as music.

People can't just listen to the music and have their own imagination and take them where they wanna go.

I'm just singing a song, and if people want to laugh, that's their business.

For my shows, I don't play too many slow songs.