I moved out of my parents’ house and directly into a tour bus, not having any rules. I was like: ‘I can drink beer now and eat pizza every day’ and I just got to hang out with my band and travel the world. It was crazy, but it was pretty special.
Music Quotes
I wanted to be angsty and to sound more like a band; I didn’t want to be all bubblegum pop. I wanted to turn my emotions into lyrics. I was honestly just very, very pure.
Today if something is not worth saying, people sing it.
Singing has always seemed to me the most perfect means of expression. It is so spontaneous. And after singing, I think the violin. Since I cannot sing, I paint.
Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.
How wonderful opera would be if there were no singers.
Piano playing – a dance of human fingers.
A tale out of season (is as) music in mourning. (Ecclesiasticus 22:6)
Jack Benny played Mendelssohn last night. Mendelssohn lost.
I listened, motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more.
