Jon Landau Quotes

I don't think anyone can measure up to what my father had achieved. I'm just happy to at least play some of his music, but he is really the one who was the pioneer, the one who started all this. He's really The King.

Fifty years from now, people will still be listening to Led Zeppelin. They won't even remember me.

In my eyes, there's no one better than Stevie Wonder. He's a top dude.

Prince is gone. But the music will go on.

I don't know if anybody will ever be as good as Hendrix again.

It was a staggering moment when I first heard the news. Lennon was a most talented man and above all, a gentle soul. John and his colleagues set a high standard by which contemporary music continues to be measured.

My introduction of Whitney was that if there's going to be one performer for the next generation who combined the beauty and lyric phrasing of a Lena Horne with those Gospel fiery roots of an Aretha Franklin, it would be Whitney Houston.

The purity of finding the right artist, that artist that's gonna be the next hall of famer, that artist that's gonna be the next headliner, lifting people out of their seats at Madison Square Garden, that song that's gonna be sung for hundreds and hundreds of years, that essence remains the same.

I am grateful I got the chance to meet Stevie Wonder! He's like royalty to me and is one of my biggest inspirations.

I'd like to be remembered as a premier singer of songs, not just a popular act of a given period.

I'm a fan boy when it comes to Michael Buble. He's just so good at 'it'. He's got a voice of this generation, but he's like a time capsule; he's got a voice that could have fit in anywhere over the last hundred years. It's stellar.

You look back at people like Elvis and The Beatles and still get their music because it's timeless. That's what I want.

I think that every songwriter would give their right arm to come up with a standard that is going to be played long after they're dead.

There are so many reasons to mark the passing of the great Joe Cocker - as many songs as he wrote, recorded and performed in his remarkable concerts. For me, Cocker was also the only performer who successfully covered and even improved on The Beatles.

He is irreplaceable. Even in death I have no doubt that Johnny Cash will continue to live on as an inspiration to musicians and songwriters and all of America.

She is always going to be Diana Ross; she doesn't have to put out another album to keep at it. I'm not Diana, but people know me from the stuff that I've done. And that stuff, those videos, live forever and will continue to be discovered by a new users.

Selena is a classic and timeless singer, and she really doesn't need an introduction. Her music is always good for the soul.

George's contribution to the great archive of contemporary music rests alongside the immortals. His is a legacy of unquestionable brilliance and one which will continue to shine and resonate for generations to come.

Erykah Badu - she's timeless, that's my second mom.

John Mayer will be around forever, like the Eagles and Eric Clapton.

Stevie Wonder was a big influence in my life.

And, it seems like a whole new generation of kids have discovered his genius and are bringing him to life again. I hope that wherever Michael is right now he is smiling about this. Yes, Michael Jackson was a human being but he was a king. Long live the king.

Stevie Wonder is a musical genius !

Tina Turner gave me the highway blues.

If Hank Williams had lived any longer, his name would have been one of the most hated in the land. Nashville would have dug him deep.