Musician Quotes

I didn't know folk music growing up, no. It's something I've come to study, really, because I think there's so much to learn from traditional music in the sense of the way music began as a way of communication, the traveling storyteller, the bard, the minstrels.

I did photography, painting, and drawing, but I prefer sculpture. I like it because it's very physical.

I decide immediately if I like a person and if I do, then I'm myself, and if I don't, then I give nothing.

I come from an art-school background, and I still feel that in my music, it's about exploration and challenging myself, about putting myself in a place that's frightening because I haven't been there before.

As I grew older, I actually was prepared to go into fine arts school and do a degree. That was what I was actually settled upon when I was offered a record deal.

We were the rebels of the music industry so we wanted to write a rebellious song.

We could give 'Take That' a run for their money.

The last reunion was a bit of a rushed job, we had to do a gig and documentary.

Life is very precious.

It's weird, man. I've had a weird life, and I don't want to end up on the dole. I'm fed up with the plumbing. And I think it would be good to be a little pop star again.

I love artists like Jon B, but I don't wanna be compared to anybody. I'm just doing my interpretation of rnb and how someone like me should be doing it.

I asked the question, 'Will I ever perform again?'

Back then, as a kid, you made a choice of who you liked, and it was either us or 'Take That.' And if you liked 'East 17', it showed you knew what was going on, you were clued up, had better taste in music.

I don't think I even knew how big we were at the time. It was mad. I gained a lot through East 17 and I'm grateful for being able to have that experience.

You read about somebody, and it doesn't really matter whether or not they really exist - the point is that you get into them like real characters.

Time is the most important thing there is. That is the only element that you can't withdraw from the situation and still have the situation exist. Everything depends on time.

The whole universe is based on rhythms. Everything happens in circles, in spirals.

The best way to express rhythm is music.

I'm like a child trying to do everything, say everything and be everything all at once.

After you start learning all about the mechanics of piloting a riverboat, you stop seeing all the pretty sunsets and you start thinking about the weather.

What is the best music is impossible to define. Just because it's played by a virtuoso player, doesn't mean it's great music. It might not reflect the soul of a people, which is really my criteria for great music.

Life is about rhythm. We vibrate, our hearts are pumping blood, we are a rhythm machine, that's what we are.

I thought the '60s was the most exciting time and the most vital music, and we were really together as one mind then. Then afterwards, the songs and the bad drugs, that took its toll.

There's nothing like music to relieve the soul and uplift it.

Wearing sunglasses at night hurts your eyes after a while.

Truthfully, I'm still Corey Hart, Dad, first.

This may sound strange but I had dreams as a kid of doing exactly what I ended up doing in my life.

There is nothing more important in my life than being a father. I will never allow any of my career choices or aspirations to threaten this bond.

There is no schooling for fame and success. You learn as you walk.

My idea of a romantic night is to watch action films.