I don't make records for pleasure. I did when I was a younger artist, but I don't today. I record so that I can feed people what they need, what they feel. Hopefully, I record so that I can help someone overcome a bad time
Interpretation
Marvin Gaye expresses that his music is created to serve others and provide comfort rather than personal enjoyment.
In this quote, Marvin Gaye reflects on his evolution as an artist, from creating music purely for personal pleasure to a more profound mission of serving his audience. He emphasizes the importance of understanding and addressing the emotional needs of listeners, aiming to provide solace and support through his work, especially during difficult times.
In practice
This quote can be used in discussions about the purpose of art in society.
I hope to refine music, study it, try to find some area that I can unlock. I don't quite know how to explain it but it's there. These can't be the only notes in the world, there's got to be other notes some place, in some dimension, between the cracks on the piano keys.
If I do my job well, then God will smile on my offspring and on their offspring. I'm sure my father is seeing a blessing in me.
LIVE for LIFE, but let live everybody
Are thing really gettin' better like the newspaper said/What else is new my friend, besides what I read/Can't find no work, can't find no job my friend/Money is tighter than it's ever been/Say man, I just don't understand/What's going on across this land
War is not the answer, because only love can conquer hate.
Music fills the infinite between two souls. This has been muffled by the mist of our daily habits.
It's now taken for granted that women are in bands and you can say feminist things in your songs. But back in the early '90s, there was a lot of violence at Bikini Kill shows that people don't realize happened.
I'm one of a dying breed who goes out and tours all the time. Labels don't spend the money to send people out to play before they become famous, but we did do that so the fans we have are word of mouth fans who have been travelling around with us for years, and they buy the albums, but they are also the ones who go out and get the bootlegs. I don't discourage bootlegging, I like playing live, I don't think it hurts my album sales at all if there are bootlegs out there. Who cares?
I've never thought about songwriting as a weapon. I've only thought about it as a way to help me get through love and loss and sadness and loneliness and growing up.
I don't think people go to musicians for their political points of view. I think your political point of view is circumstances and then how you were nurtured and brought up.
Until it's on the radio or online, it's not real. With U2, our album isn't finished until it's in the stores.
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