Timeless Music Quotes

It's a wonderful thing to be able to see your music going from generation to generation.

The Meatbats are a throwback band.

'Free Bird' is timeless, 'Sweet Home' is timeless. They're just timeless songs.

When you listen to most of the records that really had an impact on you, they always seem to be from a different era.

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

Rap records don't make you feel good no more. Six months after release, it can't come back as a classic.

All the buzz can be very much here today and gone tomorrow, but my focus is creating music that will last forever.

I want to be somebody, a person, first that people remember, but also, I want music that I release to still be around. I don't want it to just be cool for a second and be gone.

All my albums always go with the times.

I like songs that sound like classics. There are songs that might be cooler or have better production, but I like songs that sound like they're timeless.

I don't use old music.

Until I die there will be sounds. And they will continue following my death. One need not fear about the future of music.

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

It was only later on that I became more interested in older music.

[joking about the length of the Rolling Stones' career] You have the sun, you have the moon, you have the air that you breathe - and you have the Rolling Stones!

Music is a total constant. That's why we have such a strong visceral connection to it, you know? Because a song can take you back instantly to a moment, or a place, or even a person. No matter what else has changed in your or the world, that one song says the same, just like that moment.

'Far Beyond Driven' was a record that was probably ahead of its time, and to this day, it still sounds as fresh as just about any other band that's out there. It was a record that was pushed to another level.

I'm a little bit out of it, I suppose; I'm more of the golden oldie type.

The most important thing is to make quality music that will last.

If you ask any couple who have been married 50 years or longer, they will tell you they've experienced it all. The same is true of the Beach Boys.

John Legend is, in my opinion, classic. He is one of the best finds that has come along in a long time.

Pink Floyd, the most successful progressive rock band of all time, have stood the test of time because the emphasis was always on melody and atmosphere.

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.

That's one of my favorite songs of all time. It's so beautiful. It's an old song, sung by Nina Simone. This is the Cat Power cover. We pushed hard to get it and were lucky. It's so stunning.

The bottom line is, I tend to be going back to older and older music.