Musician Quotes

For a long time I was interested in being a social worker. In a lot of ways I feel that that's all my music is, trying to help people.

Maybe I spent more time dwelling on emotions than some people, and maybe that's why I ended up writing.

I don't describe myself as a Christian or religious, but I like to think that how I live my life is honest.

And I've been walking 'round with memories way too long.

Yeah, I always listen to both classic and newer folk-influenced music. Singer-songwriter, alternative music. I also listen to more experimental dance music.

With so many amazing artists on one bill, we expect this concert to be incredibly powerful in its ability to raise both money and awareness for the long-term rebuilding effort we must all support.

We're resolving our differences and we're looking forward to putting out a record next year.

The biggest misconception about us is that we're just a rock band. We think our music is a cross-section of many genres; a hybrid of what the six of us have grown up on.

People think when you get a record deal all your problems will go away. We know that the bigger we get, the more problems we'll have. I guess Puff Daddy was somewhat - what's the word? - prophetic in that respect.

'Music for Relief' has played a vital role in helping get aid to people who most need it. We are deeply honored to participate in what will likely be our biggest event to date.

In fact, I want to be a Transformer as an adult. I would transform into a Gulf Stream 500.

I'm inspired by the sheer ingenuity and intelligence possessed by my fellow band mates.

I was a big Transformers fan.

I just did an interview where I was asked whether I drink beer or whisky, and I was sad to reveal that I'm pounding spring water.

Each album has its own cycle. We wanted to capture all those feelings and moments for this touring cycle.

Mr. Brad Delp. J'ai une ame solitaire. I am a lonely soul.

I think Stevie Wonder could sing the phone book and manage to make me cry.

I take complete and sole responsibility for my present situation.

Then my mother was taken ill and died and my father took me to St. Mary's.

The Four Aces asked me if I'd like to sing with them as they didn't really have a lead singer.

Sometimes I'd hear things on other people's records and I say I wanted it on my records, but Leslie Kong said, no, it wasn't right and that it wasn't my style.

So, after school, I needed to learn a trade and started to work as a tailor.

Recently, I've been working on anew album of material, which should be out in the new Millennium. I'm not sure which song will be put out as a single, but I'm still hoping to get another record in the charts.

I was born in St. Andrew's and raised in Kingston then I attended the Alpha Boy's school.

I like to write songs about what's happening, what I see around me and what I hear. Everyday life. Someone may be talking to me and I may take it from that.

I don't write about the same thing every time, everyday, different things are happening out there and if you take the time to look around, you can see that, then you can put it all together and tell the story.

Things will get better if you just hold out long enough.

I believe the projects were a social experiment; we were laboratory rats stacked on top of each other, and people just knew, inherently, that there was something wrong. There's not a lot of regard for the property by the residents.

I began to fear that Mos Def was being treated as a product, not a person, so I've been going by Yasiin since '99. At first it was just for friends and family, but now I'm declaring it openly.

Hip-hop is the last true folk art.