Quotes about Music

Sing unto him a new song; play skillfully with a loud noise.

Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord.

O sing unto the Lord a new song.

A tale out of season [is as] music in mourning.

The holly and the ivy,When they are both full grown,Of all the trees that are in the wood,The holly bears the crown:The rising of the sunAnd the running of the deer,The playing of the merry organ,Sweet singing in the choir.

Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.

Life is a song. Love is the music.

Writing songs out of my faith was a real natural progression. I grew up singing in my dad's choir and singing with my family. Christian music became the music that I identified myself with and was a way that I expressed my faith. Even at a public school I would take my Christian music in and play it for my friends.

I was talking to my publisher, Jamie Ceretta, who's one of my closest confidants and allies when I'm working on new music. I feel like I can always count on his judgement because he'll tell me if he doesn't like something. It's sometimes hard to get people to tell you if they don't like something.

A lotta years I was out there on the road pulling one-nighters. Then I got hired to sing in Sam Donahue's band in 1963. I was 19 years old.

The first music I heard that made me put away my comic books and make music was original punk.

I always felt like I had a punk album waiting to be made.