Once a song's out there, it's no longer mine. And that's the whole purpose of music: to belong to people. (Sade Adu)

Once a song's out there, it's no longer mine. And that's the whole purpose of music: to belong to people.

Sade Adu

Related topics

longer mine music once people purpose

Related quotes

I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down'. View quote
Bob Newhart
What annoys the hell out of me is the arrogance of some people. They don't even listen to our music, they decided in advance that they don't like it. View quote
Billie Joe Armstrong
People today are still living off the table scraps of the sixties. They are still being passed around - the music and the ideas. View quote
Bob Dylan
Our current obsession with creativity is the result of our continued striving for immortality in an era when most people no longer believe in an afterlife. View quote
Arianna Huffington
The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us. View quote
Quentin Crisp