Josh Homme (1973) American musician
" JOSHUA HOMME: “IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT’S BEEN SAID, IT’S NEVER BEEN SAID BY ME” http://www.antiquiet.com/news/2010/09/josh-homme-interview-zane-lowe/", Antiquet (August 27th, 2009)
Josh Homme (1973) American musician
" JOSHUA HOMME: “IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT’S BEEN SAID, IT’S NEVER BEEN SAID BY ME” http://www.antiquiet.com/news/2010/09/josh-homme-interview-zane-lowe/", Antiquet (August 27th, 2009)
“Music is my love. And because it is my love, music has become my religion.”
Hariprasad Chaurasia (1938) Indian bansuri player
Music is a Prayer:An interview with Hariprasad Chaurasia by Ian Gottstein
“Music is the only religion that delivers the goods.”
Frank Zappa (1940–1993) American musician, songwriter, composer, and record and film producer
Josh Homme (1973) American musician
Reported in Jay Babcock, " JOSHUA HOMME: People say [record] labels are evil. No, they’re just lame. http://www.arthurmag.com/2007/12/04/josh-homme-people-say-labels-are-evil-no-theyre-just-lame/", Arthur Magazine (December 4, 2007).
Bismillah Khan (1916–2006) Indian musician
His reply to the hardliner Shia mullas who wanted to ban music.
Quote, Power Profiles
“The only good thing ever to come out of religion was the music.”
George Carlin (1937–2008) American stand-up comedian
“For many human beings, religion has been the music which they believe in.”
George Steiner (1929–2020) American writer
Source: Real Presences (1989), III: Presences, Ch. 6 (p. 218).
Frank Zappa (1940–1993) American musician, songwriter, composer, and record and film producer
New York Daily News interview (1979)
“Let us then blend everything: love, religion, genius, with sunshine, perfume, music, and poetry.”
Anne Louise Germaine de Staël book Corinne
Bk. 10, ch. 5
Corinne (1807)