Music Empowerment Quotes

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

He was a very quiet and shy person but that drum kit gave him that voice. 'Bonzo' was the guy in Zeppelin. John was my dad.

When it comes to music, something I'm passionate about, and knowing the reach and the power and how it transforms, it saves lives. Music does.

I think the idea is now for blacks to write about the history of our music. It's time for that, because whites have been doing it all the time. It's time for us to do it ourselves and tell it like it is.

Outwardly seeing how your music effects culture and everyday life, is amazing.

I'm in this wave with Maddie & Tae and RaeLynn and Mickey Guyton and Cam. We're all kind of finding our niches and becoming successful. I think that it's just been really fun to be with them and do this all together.

We need more pop songs and more empowering songs.

Song, songs kept them going and going; They didn't realize the millions of seeds they were sowing. They were singing in marches, even singing in jail. Songs gave them the courage to believe they would not fail.

If we can inspire a kid to pick up a guitar - and less and less kids are doing so these days - it'd be really cool because I know how it felt growing up and how special that was for me.

Sounding like I have agency in a song is important to me. I want to feel empowered by the music.

Somewhere along the line, music became 'content'... It's my full intention to bring it back to music again! I believe in the power of song.

I would love to see more women making their mark in the music that I love so much ... There are so many more out there just waiting for their shot. I hope they get it!

I think Charley Pride has been one of the best things to happen to country music, to prove it belongs to everybody.

I think it's important for fans to know that but if I'm doing something that inspires me musically then I think it will inspire someone else too.

Lift Every Voice and Sing

In my whole life, I've had maybe 10 people who have told me how much my music means to them.

Music can feel empowering, or it can give a natural emotional voice to something people can't express. This is why it's beautiful.

I think it's important that everybody has access to music, and not just people who live in cities or who can afford to drive to the nearest city.

I'm all about inspiring young musicians to get out there and express themselves through music.

'Teen Spirit' is a celebration of the power that music can deliver to the cinematic experience.

Once a song's out there, it's no longer mine. And that's the whole purpose of music: to belong to people.

If my music can be part of the soundtrack to your day, that's such an honour.

No, I like being a role model because I know how much comfort my musical idols brought me.

I like to make music, I like rap music. Even if I'm white, I support that music. If I want to support it or any other white kid wants to support it more power to them.

It's always so rewarding, gratifying to me, as an artist and a writer, to see how this music gets more important for a lot of people as time goes by. And it's not just nostalgia. It's a feeling of it's really relevant to their lives, even though it's 20 or 25 years old or more.