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“Gospel music is not enjoying much hype as most Nigerians prefer to listen to secular music. This could be really painful for selected singers who chose this niche but I am always motivated to change the phase of every situation I find myself and I will be doing everything possible by the grace of God to elevate the gospel music niche in Nigeria”
Princess Peters (born 1986) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is true that sometimes people think I have given up on music and singing but that is not the case. Even when I went to study music, I was still doing music.”
Miss Shanel (born 1985) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Miss Shanel talks career, upcoming projects, and moving at her own pace. The New Times. September 21, 2022.
“When I started out in 1991, the Kenyan music industry was young. There were artistes such as Mary Atieno, Faustin Munishi and the Kassangas, people who had established themselves in the gospel music industry. When I came in with a more Western kind of gospel music, it was an instant hit. People like change”
Achieng Abura (1953–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Achieng Abura – Afro-jazz songbird with a causeKenyayearbook(May 6, 2022)
“Music is my life. And through these last few years, I've experienced various challenges. But through it all I have recognized that music and life are quite similar. Music and life alike is a balance of order, rhythm and harmony.”
Mercy Myra wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If I weren’t doing music today, I’d probably be a label owner or own a media house because I’ve always loved entertainment. Even if I were working in my dad’s office, I could see myself having a side business of a music label just because I love music.”
“The beat that pulses through House music compels an individual to move their body. Yet, House music is more than an irresistible groove. In the eyes and ears of Zimbabwean-born artist Jackie Queens, House music has the power of building communities.”
Jackie Queens wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Reggae is a genre of music that always has messages for the people. Reggae music is loved in the ghetto and highbrow areas. It can be used to fight against injustice and for equal rights. It is also for peace and love. Right now, Nigerian youths are fighting for justice, so reggae music is the answer.”
Evi Edna Ogholi (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I think it’s on the ascendancy. Ghana has got interesting traditions in church music. With the charismatic wave, it looked as if choral music was waning. The story is different now. Currently, some Charismatic churches even have a separate choir for hymns and choral music.”
Joyce Aryee (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I built a multi-million music studio in OAU because I was given an honorary degree as a fellow in the music school. That was a huge honour for me, and I promised them I would build a standard music studio for the school, which I did.”
“There is a sense of pride that comes with being recognised, acknowledged and rewarded for music that tell stories of your roots and culture. Music that captivates rhythms of the islands. Music that is not only sang in English, but also in Creole and French. I would not have created what I am creating now without that sense of culture, community and purpose.”
Grace Barbé first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Seychellois Grace Barbé and band win music award in Australia; By Sharon Uranie retrieved on 24 November 2016
“I have truly been called for this music. Over and above healing those that consume my music, I myself find healing in the messages in my music, I find healing even when I perform”
Amanda Black (born 1993) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Bartók's vision of a modern music "rejuvenated under the influence of a kind of peasant music that has remained untouched by the musical creations of the last centuries" appears now as an idea whose time came and went while the recording machines were running. ... In this country, at any rate, real folk music long ago went to Nashville to die and left no known survivors.”
Donal Henahan (1921–2012) first seen 1977 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Sound of Folk Music", in The New York Times (May 8, 1977), p. 219
“Since I began releasing music I have been meeting people who tell me that my music helped them go through situations they were facing in life, that is enough reason for me to keep making music.”
Janet Manyowa (born 1985) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I don’t love music. But music and I are friends. I like you (music) and one thing I know about is that you are a stand-up guy. When you say you are going to do this you are going to do it because You meet me at the point of my contact.”
Odumodublvck (born 1993) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Cover star interview: Nigerian rapper and singer ODUMODUBLVCK. 10 Apr 2025, Music Africa Magazine.
“The art of music does not simply produce a talented person by chance. Especially composing music is a great duty and responsibility. Through that music, one sings of their own era and leaves a mark. This is a significant responsibility that not everyone is given.”
Byambasuren Sharav (1952–2019) said by 2019 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Not only Mongolian music, but the art of music itself is truly magical. It has the power to ignite the fire within a person's heart, soul, and mind. That is why the art of music has developed to such a high level over thousands of years.”
Byambasuren Sharav (1952–2019) said by 2019 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is no change in music. Music is timeless and ageless. What has changed is not the music but what you listen to and appreciate.”
Daddy Showkey (born 1970) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: INTERVIEW: Why I’m challenging Facebook with new app – Daddy Showkey 12 March 2022, Premium Times (Nigeria).
“You can cure madness by just playing music. If you were to play music to an unborn baby, there’s a way it reacts in the tummy. So no genre is called good music. As long as it speaks to you, that’s it.”
Darey first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: INTERVIEW: Nigeria’s music needs diversity… not everyone wants Zanku, says Darey Alade 18 August 2020, The CABLE (Nigeria).
“I used to write a lot of music for Serge Bennathan‘s Dancemakers. An older CD of mine, music for Les Arbres d’Or, is available online. I’ve also got a piece on this CD and this one. But who really buys CDs anymore? Almost all of my music is available here.”
Arne Eigenfeldt (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You probably suppose that what you heard last night was music. Allow me to correct you: it was acoustic alchemy, hypnosis by means of sound waves. Music is the least resistible of all the arts, so I simply had to make use of it. Try getting an audience to dance by reciting a poem! Try getting them to march! Impossible! Only music can do that.”
Walter Moers (born 1957) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I would say that music is like an injection, straight to the blood. The moment you hear the music, the music can heal you.”
King Sunny Adé (born 1946) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I think I’m under pressure to create music not because I’ve created good music for other people but because I generally I love to create and be the best. I don’t put myself under any kind of pressure or to create an album to meet a certain standard. I am happy with my music because it’s sincere more than anything else and I am at peace. I say to myself, did I do right and that’s all that matters.”
Cobhams Asuquo (born 1981) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It’s kind of like the way you can’t just call Western music White music or American beats or European beats, you know? There’s rock, there’s jazz, there’s dancehall, there’s all kinds of stuff, all kinds of sounds. So that’s the same way I feel about African music.”
“It’s passion. I love music. The reason I did music was never to be famous, make money, or have fans scream my name. Far from that, it’s the fact that I love music.”
Sarkodie (rapper) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sarkodie Feels No Pressure;By Sarah Osei, retrieved on August 02, 2021
“Raï music has always been a music of rebellion, a music that looks ahead.”
Cheikha Rimitti (1923–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sometimes people like to listen to music; sometimes they like to dance to music. Sometimes they just want to get inspiration from music.”
“I have no regrets at all, music has really changed my life and I am so grateful. I am sure if it hadn’t been for music, no one would have known there is someone called Joyce Blessing. Music has really been a blessing to me.”
Joyce Blessing first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Humility will take you far -Joyce Blessing to aspiring gospel female artistes, December 5 2022
“Growing up I was all over the place with music. I thought my music taste was so weird, I used to have every type of music. I used to burn CDs and my playlist would be all over the place. I feel like my favorite artists, I could say were Eminem, Nicki, Wayne, Tupac, those were my top 4 favorite people.”
“I feel like with those type of beats, I can just rap better to them because I like [West Coast] music a lot too. So I listen to more West Coast music rather than Dallas music. I feel like just by listening to them, it’s like these beats are hard and I just like that sound. Like, I try all kinds of shit. Like, I’m always open to try out other beats, but those beats always go for me automatically.”
Cuban Doll (born 1998) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“One could say my life itself has been one long soundtrack. Music was my life, music brought me to life, and music is how I will be remembered long after I leave this life. When I die there will be a final waltz playing in my head that only I can hear.”
Maurice Jarre (misattributed) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: This quote was actually crafted by University College Dublin student Shane Fitzgerald. Shortly after Jarre's death, Fitzgerald uploaded the false quote to Wikipedia to test "how our globalised, increasingly internet-dep…
“What was evident was that Mozart was simply written down music already finished in his head. And music, finished as no music is ever finished. Displace one note and there would be diminishment. Displace one phrase and the structure would fall. I was staring through the cage of those meticulous ink strokes at an absolute beauty.”
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) said by 1791 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is music in the beauty, and the silent note which Cupid strikes, far sweeter than the sound of an instrument; for there is music wherever there is harmony, order, or proportion; and thus far we may maintain the music of the spheres.”
Sir Thomas Browne (1605–1682) said by 1682 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Listen wide. Do not limit your listening to only the music you enjoy. Listen to music that you may not necessarily enjoy. There is always something to learn, especially if you are not sure why other people like that music. That is what grows you.”
Shingisai Suluma (born 1971) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Conversation with Mai Suluma. Nehanda Radio, 19 September 2019.
“I think my great book is Born to Sing: An Interpretation and World Survey of Bird Song.”
Charles Hartshorne (1897–2000) first seen 1997 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In Herbert F. Vetter, "Not The Average Philosopher", Harvard Magazine, May/June 1997, Volume 99, Number 5. Vetter was surprised by this, given Hartshorne's dozens of substantial books on theology.
“If this be all, for which I've listened long, Oh, spirit of the dew! You did not sing to Shelley such a song As Shelley sung to you.”
Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt (1836–1919) said by 1919 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It came upon the midnight clear, That glorious song of old, From Angels bending near the earth To touch their harps of gold; "Peace on the earth, good will to man From Heaven’s all gracious King." The world in solemn stillness lay To hear the angels sing.”
Edmund Sears (1810–1876) first seen 1849 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Angels' Song ("It Came Upon A Midnight Clear", 1849).
“For lo! the days are hastening on, By prophet-bards foretold, When with the ever-circling years, Comes round the age of gold; When Peace shall over all the earth Its ancient splendors fling And the whole world send back the song Which now the angels sing.”
Edmund Sears (1810–1876) first seen 1849 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Angels' Song ("It Came Upon A Midnight Clear", 1849).
“James — it's about your sister I wonder if you missed her I'm on my way to see you but I don't know what to bring Almost gave up the ghost, now you have what she wants most a little piece of heaven and a lovely song to sing.”
Ysabella Brave (born 1979) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: James (new original song!)" (5 July 2007)
“Yo trippin' There ain't nothing wrong with the way I sing my song Yo trippin' Why you feel that to be cruel is to be real.”
“Sing of the nature of women, and then the song shall be surely full of variety; old crotchets and most sweet closes. It shall be humorous, grave, fantastic, amorous, melancholy, sprightly, one in all, and all in one.”
John Marston (1576–1634) first seen 1603 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Malcontent, Act III, sc. iv. (1603-04)
“I've got spurs that jingle, jangle, jingle, As I go riding merrily along. And they sing, "Oh, ain't you glad you're single?" And that song ain't so very far from wrong.”
Frank Loesser (1910–1969) said by 1969 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I'd like to sing a song (please swear you won't be long)”
Tomas Kalnoky (born 1980) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When this old world gets me down and there's no love to be found I close my eyes and soon I find I'm in a playground in my mind Where the children laugh and the children play And we sing a song all day.”
Paul Vance (1929–2022) first seen 1973 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Song "Playground In My Mind" (1973)
“I'll never stop a bullet but a bullet might stop me. I'll never drink the ocean but the ocean might drink me. And I'll never raise a portrait to a gentle man in blue And I'll never sing a love song for a love that isn't true.I love how the garden grows And I love the garden rose.”
Becky Stark (born 1976) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“She’s a nice girl – I just feel very honoured that she wanted to sing my song. I used to scream for her in Times Square and now I work for her. When I was 13 she was the most provocative performer of my time. I love her so much! Britney certainly doesn’t need any freakin’ tips from me! Britney Spears is the queen of pop. I was learning from her.”
“I don't sing my mother tongue No, this is not a love song”
Till Lindemann (born 1963) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Let's all sing the barmaid's song, Time gentlemen, please. Every night we hear this refrain, Every night at 11 o'clock We hear it once again!”
Jimmy Kennedy (1902–1984) said by 1984 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Poetry will never win the war on terror But neither will error abetted by error We girly men are not afraid Of uncertainty or reason or interdependence We think before we fight, then think some more Proclaim our faith in listening, in art, in compromise So be a girly man & sing this gurly song Sissies & proud That we would never lie our way to war”
Charles Bernstein (born 1950) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Ballad of the Girlie Man", Milk Magazine, no. 6, 2005. Anthologized in Girlie Man (2006), .
“The trees that whisper in the evening Carried away by a moonlight shadow Sing a song of sorrow and grieving Carried away by a moonlight shadow All she saw was a silhouette of a gun Far away on the other side He was shot six times by a man on the run And she couldn't find how to push trough I stay, I pray, see you in heaven far away I stay, I pray, see you in heaven one day...”
Mike Oldfield (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Hitchin' on a twilight train Ain't nothing here that I care to take along. Maybe a song To sing when I want. No need to say please to no man For a happy tune.”
Neil Diamond (born 1941) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source