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I've never been too worried about all the music critics and stuff. -- Caleb Shomo
I had another dream the other day about music critics. They were small and rodent-like with padlocked ears, as if they had stepped out of a painting by Goya. -- Igor Stravinsky
Music critics are part of the world, and I am part of the world. -- Chuck Eddy
My critics are pretty tough. I've never been one of the music industry's pets. -- Blake Shelton
If I read or listened to critics of our music, I'd have been discouraged a long time ago. -- Graham Nash
I always think I'm the Tom Cruise of music - a lot of success and fans, but no critics, darling. -- Jon Bon Jovi
I completely love music. I used to be the music critic at 'The Improper Bostonian.' It's just something I've always loved very deeply. -- Matthew Tobin Anderson
The ideology of the Smashing Pumpkins was ultimately more valuable than the music of the Smashing Pumpkins. That's what critics can't put their finger on. -- Billy Corgan
I feel that the critic and music director should have such a good relationship they can pick up the phone and call each other any time. -- Zubin Mehta
Music critics think of lyrics first and don't consider melody but so many songs are lyrically depressing but musically great, and that's why they become classics. -- Aloe Blacc
My experience in the music industry made me very thick-skinned. Your art is something very personal and there's never a shortage of critics when it comes to art. -- Romany Malco
Rock is periodically pronounced dead by clear rock critics - killed by world music, or by hip-hop, or electronica, or the Backstreet Boys. But if you wait a year, it comes back to life. -- Dean Wareham
Climb Every Mountain' is a beautiful statement of philosophy. Critics may think 'The Sound of Music' is saccharine, but I think it's profound. The message, that we can't accommodate evil, is just as important today. -- Jon Voight
Music is emotional, and you may catch a musician in a very unemotional mood or you may not be in the same frame of mind as the musician. So a critic will often say a musician is slipping. -- Nat King Cole
There are many critics who think the megachurches thrive on people who enjoy dramatic Sunday services with fine music but don't wish to become very 'religious' on a day-to-day basis - that the megachurch appeal is a mile wide and an inch deep. -- Rodney Stark
When I first started, especially because I got the Critics' Choice before I'd released an album, there was a lot of scrutiny on what my character was, what my background was, what colour my hair was. I fought quite hard for the music to overtake the personality aspect. -- Florence Welch
No, writing musicals is the hardest thing in the world. And it was really funny, because I remember when the South Park movie came out, there were some critics that said, 'Well it's obvious that in order to get it to be 90 minutes they filled some time with music.' -- Trey Parker
One of the most prevalent and undermentioned genres of music is what is known as noise. You can find it all over the world happening in basements, small venues and even some festivals. Often blown off or belittled by critics, the form for the most part goes unheard and unnoticed. -- Henry Rollins
What surprised me most about fame is how unpleasant it can be. I used to think it was going to be so fun. I got excited about the parties. You don't anticipate friends being jealous of you and critics giving your music bad reviews. Media and rumors - that stuff hurts. -- Eve
Oh, stuff the critics. I don't care. Too many people are snooty about classical. Look, I wasn't brought up in a home where we listened to classical music. It was a singing teacher that thought it would be best for my voice. Then I moved into crossover. And if that makes the music accessible to more people, then great. -- Katherine Jenkins
Columbia was a wonderful label for me. Wonderful. The records I made there garnered me an audience. I won a number of polls during the years that I was at Columbia. The Downbeat Jazz Poll. Leonard Feather, who was a huge critic back in the day, different polls that he had. The Playboy poll, a number of polls. So the music was great. -- Aretha Franklin
Critics can't even make music by rubbing their back legs together. -- Mel Brooks
I don't write music for critics or hipsters. I write for me. -- John Rzeznik
Music critics get their records for free so their opinions usually don't matter. -- Marilyn Manson
If I read or listened to critics of our music. I'd have been discouraged a long time ago. -- Graham Nash
I don't make music to prove all the critics wrong. I do it to prove all my fans right. -- Kid Rock
Not everyone agrees on music. Some people like rap, some like country - it's all an opinion. F the critics. -- Vanilla Ice
The critics and hardcore music fans, those are the people you have to get to first, so we're really happy about it. -- Craig Finn

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