Muzak Quotes

Music can be used against us as much as it can be used for us. Muzak can put a whole nation to sleep, whereas a lullaby is intended to put a child to sleep in a sweet way. (Holly Near)
I once took a ride to the beach in L. A., and all along the shore there were all these so-called jazz places. And I saw these college guys and session players playing this fusion Muzak stuff. It was just a lot of notes, and the more notes they played, the more it kept them from expressing anything. So I came back home and got out my Zeppelin albums. View quote
Jeff Buckley
I worry that the person who thought up Muzak may be thinking up something else. View quote
Lily Tomlin
Phones and soundtracks and Muzak and fountains replace genuine and unpredictable human contact with a seamless soundtrack from a bad movie and a cliche that makes us believe we must all be happy. View quote
Margaret Heffernan
Like all right-listening folk, I am an implacable enemy of all muzak. View quote
Will Self