Music quotes

“- Don Birnam: What are they playing?
- Helen St. James: Brahms second symphony, something by Beethoven, something by Handel and not one note of Grieg.”
Ray Milland - Don Birnam
Jane Wyman - Helen St. James

“There should be a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Musical Instruments.”

Trevor Howard - Dr. Alec Harvey

“- Sensei: What's your favorite style of music?
- Casey: Adult contemporary.
- Sensei: No. It should be metal. You ever listen to metal?
- Casey: You mean like hard rock?
- Sensei: Metal is much more aggressive than hard rock. From now on, you listen to metal. ”
Alessandro Nivola - Sensei
Jesse Eisenberg - Casey

“Secretly, or maybe not so secretly, I've always wanted to be a rock star.”
Cobie Smulders

“- Young Jean Grey: Can you change the station?
- Elaine Grey: When the song's over, honey?
- Young Jean Grey: You said that two songs ago.
- John Grey: You know this is a classic, right?
- Elaine Grey: Okay, how about I make you a promise? When you're old enough to drive, you can listen to whatever music you want. Hmm? That a deal?”
Summer Fontana - Young Jean Grey (8yrs Old)
Hannah Emily Anderson - Elaine Grey

“- Cacopoulos: Wait a minute, wait a minute! Fifteen years, I've dreamed of this moment. Fifteen years! Every night. Every night!
- Cat Stevens: And so?
- Cacopoulos: There's always music. The music of violins. A slow, sweet... waltz. I want music!”

Eli Wallach - Cacopoulos
Terence Hill - Cat Stevens

“I need to listen to chill music when I'm driving. It prevents road rage.”
Aaron Paul

“That's what I love about pop music. I don't want people to have to think too hard. I just want them to feel good.”
Raffey Cassidy - Young Celeste

“Whether it's music or acting, that creativity all comes from the same source.”
Idris Elba

- One-Round: Are we supposed to make noises with these things? What kind o' noises?
- Louis: Who is she?
- Professor Marcus: Not "noises", One-Round, music!

Danny Green - One-Round (a.k.a. 'Mr. Lawson')
Herbert Lom - Louis (a.k.a. 'Mr. Harvey')
Alec Guinness - Professor Marcus

“The music is all that matters. Nothing but the music.”
Anton Walbrook - Boris Lermontov

“Oh, just write the fucking songs, Bernie. Let me handle the rest!”
Taron Egerton - Elton John

“Oooh, I love legends! Loch Ness, Bigfoot, Bon Jovi... all of 'em!”
Angela Trimbur - Tina

“You know, rock and roll has been pretty good to me. I think I'll dedicate this one to it.”
Chuck Berry - Himself

Paul McCartney called "God Only Knows" the greatest song ever written.
Brett Davern - Carl Wilson

“- Debora: So when was the last time you hit the road just for fun?
- Baby: Yesterday.
- Debora: I'm jealous. Sometimes all I want to do is head west on 20 in a car I can't afford with a plan I don't have, just me, my music, and the road.”
Lily James - Debora
Ansel Elgort - Baby

“- Fast Freddie: Who are all these people trying to kill you?
- Chili Palmer: I don't know. I'm in the music business now. It could be anybody.”
Anthony J. Ribustello - Fast Freddie
John Travolta - Chili Palmer

- Jerry Heller: What's NWA stand for, anyway? "No Whites Allowed", something like that? [chuckles]
- Eazy-E: No... Niggaz Wit' Attitudes.
Paul Giamatti - Jerry Heller
Jason Mitchell - Eazy-E

“The vibrations on the air are the breath of God speaking to man's soul. Music is the language of God. We musicians are as close to God as man can be. We hear his voice, we read his lips, we give birth to the children of God, who sing his praise. That's what musicians are.”
Ed Harris - Ludwig van Beethoven

“I think the more people see of me, the more they'll realize that all I'm good for is making tunes. So leave me alone and I'll do it.”
Amy Winehouse - Amy Winehouse

“I'm a big jazz fan and I really liked what she was doing. I thought it was unique, I thought it was edgy. And sincere.”

Yasiin Bey - Yasiin Bey

“Music is all I really understand.”
Sir Michael Caine - Fred Ballinger

“Opera is: when a guy's stabbed in the back, instead of bleeding, he sings. It seems to me, after much research, that rap is when a guy is stabbed in the back, and instead of bleeding, he talks. Er, rhythmically, even with feeling. But because rap's spoken, the feeling is sort of held in check: all on one note.”
Tom Courtenay - Reggie Paget

“I take music pretty seriously. You see that scar on my wrist? You see that? You know where that's from? I heard the Bee Gees were getting back together again. I couldn't take it.”
Denis Colin Leary - Himself

“Boyband Island? Hope that's just a phase.”
Bill Hader - Fear