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“Actually, I intentionally did not want to say, it’s either music or dance. I prefer to say it’s for the arts. Although it’s more about dance, I’m hoping that people would see that the characters change the direction of their lives through the artistic choices they made. So, it’s really not about music, it’s about healing through dance.”
Ivie Okujaye (born 1987) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I joined Nollywood in 2005. I did about seven movies and stopped because the experience was terrible. I then joined the music industry as a dancer. I danced and danced until people started calling me 'Ote Egwu' because I appeared in most gospel music videos in town then. I went back to Nollywood and continued acting until I had my breakthrough in the movie, Nkoli Nwa Nsukka.”
Rachael okonkwo (born 1987) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have learnt a lot of important lessons but still have so much to learn about music and how to go about doing this thing as a career. One of the best things that music gave me was a larger perspective on life, it allowed me to get out of my little home suburb and learn more about the world.”
Matthew Mole (born 1991) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For other people it might work, but for me it doesn’t. The album has to create itself. Subconsciously the music just keeps coming, and before you know it I realize oh that’s a project. It’s not really something I planned, it just happened. And mostly my music comes in the certain state that I’m in. That’s what dictates the type of sounds that I go for. So that’s how the project was formed.”
Sarkodie (rapper) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sarkodie Tells Us Everything About His Latest Album ‘JAMZ;By Nnamdi Okirike, retrieved on November 21, 2022
“My dream features locally would be Zolani Mahola and Thandiswa Mazwai. Both of them inspire me so much, not only musically, but spiritually. Their voices carry truth, history, power and emotion in a way that moves people on a deeper level. I admire how their music is so timeless. I think collaborating with them would create something unforgettable for African music.”
“My biggest influence was always Kid Cudi. In terms of like trying to find melodies, not really like 100% sonically but Kid Cudi was at the stage where I was learning to make music. I was listening to him a lot, trying to find melodies and sort of taught me that you can be a songwriter but you can also be a very good melody maker, like find the melodies in the music.”
Riky Rick (1987–2022) said by 2022 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I wouldn’t be able to tell you the exact moment that I discovered hip-hop, because when you’re a kid, especially if you don’t know that you have dreams of doing it one day, you really get to experience music for what it is, it’s music.”
“I go the extra mile to bring a great live element to my performance to be different and to keep the audience thrilled. I don’t play my own music so I need to produce an amazing set otherwise organisers could get cheaper DJs that will play the same music I do. I also think of different ways to build myself and grow my skills so that I can be chosen, despite my gender.”
Ms Cosmo (born 1988) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ms Cosmo on music, Jo’burg city and owning the decks;By Rhode Marshall, Retrieved on 12 SEP 2013
“My dad was a DJ and loved playing music from when I was a baby. The story he tells is if there was no music, I wouldn't go to sleep. Even when I was in school, I would wear my casual clothes under my school uniform so that as soon as I finished I would go straight to where my dad was. I was always right by his side at the shows he was playing at, taking in everything.”
“Music is a convenient way to connect people from different cultures. With music, you don’t have to understand the language most of the time, as long as it fulfills your spirit and spirit doesn’t lie.”
“It was the same thing I'm doing now. It was like, I make music about my life, from where I come from, what I'm doing right now. And it was the same thing, it was what I was going through at that time. I think I've never changed the way I think of music, it's a diary. So that's what it's been for me”
Focalistic (born 1996) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I love music. When I was growing up, my father was a collector and my mother was surrounded by music.”
Wanlov the Kubolor (born 1980) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Yes, but you can see in his music, very good energy in his music.”
Wanlov the Kubolor (born 1980) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I always figured that if a 1000 people in South Africa could dig my Afrikaans music then maybe 10 000 people around the world could dig my English music.”
Willim Welsyn (born 1984) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“From a tender age I just always choose love, choose good over evil and that guides my music, as an individual, everybody know me as a humble and peaceful… and that’s what my music displays. I’m basically being myself, mi nuh have to try be positive, that’s just me.”
“Mi listen a lot of those music and that kind of influence me also. I think my reason for gravitating towards that kind of music is how I am as a person, the frequency match my frequency, so this represents me.”
“We’re creating a mood. Last year we came and plugged in, just played the music, now we’re trying to create an experience on the night with a futuristic, Afro-techy sound. It has all these elements where you can get lost in the music. On Saturdays, the vibe is different.”
Black Coffee (DJ) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But I felt we needed to up our game in production. Instead of sending money overseas, create our own music, license our music. It was a strategy for myself to get into that bigger house world.”
Black Coffee (DJ) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“One of my first inspirations to do music was a guy called Remmy Ongala – a legend in the Tanzanian music scene. Then I love Bob Marley and Michael Jackson. I’m a huge fan of Chris Brown. He’s like a big inspiration to me. I got the moves like Chris Brown – yes, I can really dance.”
Harmonize (musician) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am music, and music is me.”
Eno Barony (born 1991) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I like improvisational music, from Miles Davis to Jimi Hendrix, and somehow I have been able to merge this into my music.”
Toby Foyeh (born 1952) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But my music was kind of in-between too. Same as feeling like you don’t belong in this country or that country – wherever you go, you’re a stranger. I just wanted to make African music, but coming from me. So I messaged Killbeatz on Twitter, we started talking on BBM, and I said I’m coming over to Tema. He was shocked, I called him like ‘I’m here.”
“I believe that music is my purpose and I live by the statement that everything happens for a reason, and that for me represents a purpose. That my purpose in life is to make music. That is why I decided on Reason.”
Reason (South African rapper) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I 'm just doing my thing, doing what feels good, Party music, dance music, know what I'm saying?... It's sexy.”
Cash Cobain (born 1998) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Cash Cobain Gives Details on His Upcoming New Album, Working With Drake on New Music and His Big Beyoncé Goal,October 15 2025
“No, I like seeing everybody win — and it’s hard making it out of Michigan, so it’s dope to see. I also feel like I don’t sound like I’m from Michigan. The music I make, I don’t feel like I make it to sound like I’m from a particular place. The music scene in Michigan is beautiful, and we found a different sound.”
DDG (rapper) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The one that surprised me was the Jean Paul Gaultier music video. It's funny because you're modeling and working with this person, and he's such a true gentleman with so much talent. And then you see the music video, and it's like, "wow!" He had a career as a singer back in the day, and he has tried it all. It was really fun to watch.”
Joan Smalls (born 1988) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“An important part of my focus on the interdisciplinary link between art and psychology has been the translation, localization, and compilation of the foundations of music therapy and music psychology.”
Mohammad Basereh (born 1996) first seen 2026 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview with ISNA (3 September 2026) — original (archived)
“Everything gets omitted… And I’m not against it because music changed my life in terms of poverty. I didn’t even release music on streaming platforms until I moved to New York. Someone had to tell me to monetize.”
Babyxsosa (born 2000) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Babyxsosa: Everything Is In Real Time;By PHILLIP PYLE on February 27, 2024
“I don’t remember the exact moment because I was young... I just remember always wanting to do it. I was introduced to music at a really young age. My dad was really into music and making it. He had his own home studio and would make beats and record. That’s how I got introduced, and I kind of just fell in love with it.”
Honey Bxby wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There are times when people feel like you should stick to one genre of music. My palette is so diverse when it comes down to music”
LaTocha Scott (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I did not want to do an R&B record! It’s like coming from where I do, I’m more into Pop music. Like The Eagles, to Bob Marley type reggae influenced music, but not just R&B. I also love the Carpenters, I love the tone of her voice.”
Maxee (1969–2015) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Rest In Paradise 'Maxee' of Brownstone – [UB Archived Interview"], March 1, 2015
“Well, during my era growing up in Chicago it was more house music, that was what I remember growing up in Chicago at the time. House music is pretty much old soul to a house beat, so it intertwines. The root of where I come from is probably more the blues since I grew up in a house with a blues guitarist. That’s what I remember. That’s what I know.”
Syleena Johnson (born 1976) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Music is a big part of my process. I make playlists for every character I play—Kimmie has her own playlist that helps me get into the world. Then I have personal playlists too: a dopamine boost playlist, a positivity playlist, even a bedtime playlist. When I’m coming out of costume, I’ll play my personal music to help transition back to myself.”
Taylor Polidore (born 1993) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I never learned music theory; I’m kind of self-taught. So, I would come to him for advice when it comes to music theory and stuff like that,”
Clara Benin (born 1994) first seen 2026 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Passion, Persistence, and a Promising Era: Clara Benin Reflects on a Decade-Long Career in Music, Lance Joseph Martinez 7 March 2026.
“At that time, I was just starting to build my music career so it was very inspiring for me to see Southeast Asian artists like Gentle Bones thrive in their music and artistry.”
Clara Benin (born 1994) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: WATCH: Clara Benin, Singapore’s Gentle Bones release ‘A Day At A Time’, ABS-CBN News 9 March 2021.
“I didn’t even know he knew my music because I’ve also been listening to his music for quite a while now.”
Clara Benin (born 1994) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Clara Benin on Finding Peace in Nostalgia, By George Evan Dungca 21 July 2022.
“You grow with music, or the music outgrows you." - attributed to Lennon, but no verifiable source found”
John Lennon (disputed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I know nothing of music; I would not give a farthing for all the music in the universe.”
Jonathan Swift (disputed) first seen 1754 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Observations on Lord Orrery's Remarks on Life of Swift, Delany, (1754), p. 192.
“Flexibility is an essential part of Jazz. It's what gives Jazz music the ability to combine with all other types of music and not lose its identity.”
Wynton Marsalis (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I'm not quite sure that I know how they complement each other, because I use them for the opposite reason. I find music to be an intensely personal kind of thing, perhaps it's because I write a lot of the stuff. I use acting to escape from being me, and I use music to explore being me. I think that's the best way to put it.”
Colleen Fitzpatrick (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We can set our deeds to the music of a grateful heart, and seek to round our lives into a hymn — the melody of which will be recognized by all who come in contact with us, and the power of which shall not be evanescent, like the voice of the singer, but perenninal, like the music of the spheres.”
William Mackergo Taylor (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For my generation, Stockhausen's published lectures had unbelievable impact. He was the most hopeful of figures: the 21st century was going to be great. The classical teachers in my school, meanwhile, kept moaning about the good old days of music and changing the masses of music pupils into slave performers, putting to sleep any creative thought or the will to make new things.”
Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928–2007) said by 2007 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Björk; As quoted in a web-article "Why I Love Stockhausen", published by the Guardian, 29 Oct. 2008.
“Enya knew nothing about recording, about production or arrangements. Originally, we were stock-piling music and just letting her get on with it. There was no name on the music she was writing. All I knew was that hard work succeeded.”
“Sometimes the company is there to make money, sometimes it's there to make music. Enya was the latter. I would have been a genius if I knew this was going to sell millions of records. I just wanted to be involved with this music.”
“My music cannot possibly have given you one hundredth part of the joy your music has given me.”
Edward German (1862–1936) first seen 1924 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Edward Elgar, in a letter to German (1924)
“Bollywood film music composers are under a lot of pressure to add elements of disco or bhangra or any other flavour currently popular with the youth. But when it comes to regional films, composers are given a free hand and they compose music they believe in. I think it's a matter of great pride to be singing such soulful tunes.”
Shreya Ghoshal (born 1984) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am fortunate to have worked with him and to have known him for so many years, and with no hesitation, I can say that there is absolutely no one with that passion for music and of course, films. He is an encyclopaedia of Indian music. So when we are in the studio, I just follow him like a student. He is as brilliant a composer as he is a director-producer.”
Shreya Ghoshal (born 1984) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sanjay Leela Bhansali as a composer (2015)
“His helmet now shall make a hive for bees, And lovers’ songs be turned to holy psalms; A man-at-arms must now serve on his knees, And feed on prayers, which are old age’s alms.”
George Peele (1556–1596) first seen 1590 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Polyhymnia (1590); also attributed to Henry Lee of Ditchley
“Upward my face I turn to you, I long for you, I yearn to you, The spectral vision trances me to utt'rance wild and weak; It is not that I mourn you, To mourn you were to scorn you, For you are one step nearer to the beauty singers seek. But I want, and cannot see you, I seek and cannot find you, And, see! I touch the book of songs you tenderly left behind you!”
Robert Williams Buchanan (1841–1901) said by 1901 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A believer’s theology is being shaped by the worship songs they’re singing in church or listening to through the week, as much as the sermons they’re hearing on Sundays. And what we believe about God completely dictates the way we see Him, ourselves, others, and indeed our very lives.”
Brooke Fraser (born 1983) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 21 Questions with Brooke Ligertwood K-Love (October 18, 2022).