Enduring Music Quotes

I think it's important for every artist to have that ballad that stands the test of time.

As society changes, as politics change, as people change, certain songs still seem to resonate.

The Men at Work thing is always there, it's always going to be there. It's not something I consciously think that much about anymore. The thing that stays with you is the songs, which is a good thing for me, because the songs are the things that stand the test of time.

It's rather nice to think that a song such as 'What Kind of Fool Am I?' is a standard that will be around for many, many years.

Hank Williams' music - it just doesn't go away, for some reason.

I think that party music will live forever.

For Westlife, the music will never stop as long as our fans are around inspiring us to keep on making beautiful music together.

It really is, to see that this kind of music is still so popular.

In my eyes, and in my opinion, the guitar is strong and powerful and will never die.

What kind of music keeps its relevance? That's why I purposely try and avoid any particularly current trends in electronic music. I do actively stay away from the most popular rhythms of the moment. In six weeks' time, those will sound out-of-date.

To me, 'Blackberry Way' stands up as a song that could be sung in any era, really. We do it with the new doing all sort of fanfare things in it and it works really well. It goes down great with audiences.

Great music, timeless music is hard to come by, but there are some that are like that.

Enjoy music. Not the kind that rocks and rolls, but the music of the masters, the music that has lived through the centuries, the music that has lifted people. If you do not have a taste for it, listen to it thoughtfully. If you do not like it the first time, listen to it again and keep listening.

A great song will be great forever - it's timeless and classic in that way.

I'm one of those firm believers that good music will prevail.

Certain songs like 'Enjoy the Silence' - to me, it always fits anywhere. There's something about that song that's really timeless, and I never get bored or feel like I have to muster something up.

Every musician wants to do something which will hold up for a long time, and I guess we did it with 'Stairway to Heaven.'

Our music will continue to have an impact in people's lives long after we finally call it quits.

The Beatles are a classical group because they're classic.

I never met Johnny Cash personally, but I feel like I did because I listened to so much of his music, and even though he's gone, it's still there: you can go pull a vinyl record out and hear his personal thoughts and his voice and feel connected to him.

That's why 60,000 people go ape when the Stones play 'Satisfaction.' The songs are part of their legacy, and you fall back in love with them over the years.

I want to make the music that people remember, and it doesn't need a trend; it doesn't need to be constantly hyped. There's no time period for it. That's the type of music I want to make.

To me, there's two kinds of music these days. There's ephemeral music, and there's music that has lasting power and depth.

Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Merle Haggard, Hank Williams. All of them are different styles, but those are the songs that make the times. They're the songs that last through time.

The Beatles created something that never trailed off. What a gift that was to their fans. If you're into the Beatles, you loved them from beginning to end.