Top 200 Music Quotes (2025 Update)
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101. “How many roads must a man walk down, Before you call him a man? How many seas must a white dove sail, Before she sleeps in the sand? Yes, and how many times must the cannon balls fly, Before they’re forever banned?”

— Bob Dylan

102. “I can see clearly now that the rain is gone, I can see all obstacles in my way. Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind, it’s gonna be a bright, bright sun shining day.”

— Johnny Nash

103. “I believe that through music we can help heal the world.”

— Michael Jackson

104. “Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life.”

— Jean Paul

105. “The Show Must Go On!”

— Queen

106. “Music saved my life and Music saves me still.”

— Alice Herz-Sommer

107. “I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.”

— Tom Waits

108. “Baby you’re a firework, come on, let your colors burst!!”

— Katy Perry

109. “Everybody’s got a hungry heart.”

— Bruce Springsteen

110. “My mind on my money, my money on my mind.”

— Snoop Dogg

111. “I love composing and writing music and dancing and performing and conceptualizing creatively for visual mediums. I love to create.”

— Michael Jackson

112. “I’ll be there forever and a day – Always I’ll be there till the stars don’t shine Till the heavens burst and The words don’t rhyme And I know when I die, you’ll be on my mind And I’ll love you – Always.”

— Jon Bon Jovi

113. “They say music can alter moods and talk to you.”

— Eminem

114. “You practice and you get better. It’s very simple.”

— Philip Glass

115. “Music begins where the possibilities of language end.”

— Jean Sibelius

116. “Time to move on, time to get going. What lies ahead I have no way of knowing. But under my feet, baby, grass is growing.”

— Tom Petty

117. “Some people believe in God. I believe in music. Some people pray. I turn up the radio.”

— Jared Leto

118. “It’s been a long time coming. But I know a change is gonna come.”

— Sam Cooke

119. “In music, silence is more important than sound.”

— Miles Davis

120. “Imagination is the key to my lyrics. The rest is painted with a little science fiction.”

— Jimi Hendrix

121. “It’s a love story, baby, just say, Yes.”

— Taylor Swift

122. “Let there be sunshine, let there be rain, let the broken hearted love again.”

— Bruce Springsteen

123. “Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.”

— Ludwig van Beethoven

124. “And when the night is cloudy There is still a light that shines on me Shine on until tomorrow, let it Be...”

— Paul McCartney

125. “Now young faces grow sad and old, and hearts of fire grow cold, we swore blood brothers against the wind, I’m ready to grow young again.”

— Bruce Springsteen

126. “Live your life with arms wide open. Today is where your book begins. The rest is still unwritten.”

— Natasha Bedingfield

127. “Your sound is in your hands as much as anything. It’s the way you pick, and the way you hold the guitar, more than it is the amp or the guitar you use.”

— Stevie Ray Vaughan

128. “Wu-Tang is for the children.”

— Ol' Dirty Bastard

129. “Step by step, heart to heart, left right left. We all fall down like toy soldiers. Bit by bit, torn apart, we never win.”

— Eminem

130. “Yeah we all shine on, like the moon, and the stars, and the sun.”

— John Lennon

131. “What the world needs now is love, sweet love, It’s the only thing that there’s just too little of.”

— Burt Bacharach

132. “Please don’t spoil my day; I’m miles away and, after all, I’m only sleeping.”

— John Lennon

133. “If you fall, I will catch you. I will be waiting, time after time.”

— Cyndi Lauper

134. “You look like an angel, walk like an angel, talk like an angel. But I got wise, you’re the devil in disguise.”

— Elvis Presley

135. “Relax. Be yourself. Play a lot.”

— Joe Satriani

136. “Nothing can stop us now ’cause we are all made of stars.”

— Moby

137. “And I know these scars will bleed, but both of our hearts believe all of these stars will guide us home.”

— Ed Sheeran

138. “It’s hard – some people get inspired by a feeling, but I’m mostly inspired by melodies.”

— Avicii

139. “Jazz is freedom. You think about that.”

— Thelonious Monk

140. “All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it.”

— Jean Cocteau

141. “I’m a loser baby, so why don’t you kill me?”

— Beck

142. “You have to go on and be crazy. Craziness is like heaven.”

— Jimi Hendrix

143. “Put all your soul into it, play the way you feel!”

— Frédéric Chopin

144. “Music to me is the air I breathe, it’s the blood that pumps through my veins that keeps me alive.”

— Billie Joe Armstrong

145. “Music is nourishment, and a comforting elixir. Music multiplies the beauty of life and all its values.”

— Zoltan Kodaly

146. “Are you experienced? Have you ever been experienced?”

— Jimi Hendrix

147. “I’m not afraid to take a stand. Everybody come take my hand. We’ll walk this road together, through the storm. Whatever weather, cold or warm. Just let you know that, you’re not alone. Holla if you feel that you’ve been down the same road.”

— Eminem

148. “They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.”

— Joni Mitchell

149. “Ooh baby, baby, it’s a wild world, it’s hard just to get by upon a smile.”

— Cat Stevens

150. “Limitless undying love, which shines around me like a million suns, calls me on and on across the universe.”

— John Lennon