Music
- Andrew Matthews-Owen, Welsh pianist
- Artie Matthews (1888–1958), American ragtime composer
- Ben Matthews, English guitarist and keyboard player with the hard rock band Thunder
- Cerys Matthews (b. 1969), Welsh singer
- Chauncey Matthews, American singer
- Colin Matthews (b. 1946), English composer
- Dave Matthews (b. 1967), South African musician
- David Matthews (b. 1943), English composer
- Denis Matthews (1919–1988), English pianist
- Denise Katrina Matthews, known as Vanity (performer) (b. 1959), Canadian singer, actress, and religious leader
- Edward Matthews, pioneering African American opera singer
- Emma Matthews (b. 1970), Australian operatic soprano
- Iain Matthews, English musician and songwriter
- Jesse Matthews, (b. 1978) American hip-hop and television music producer/composer, who has had several songs on the Billboard top 100
- Jessie Matthews, popular English actress, dancer, and singer of the 1930s
- Neal Matthews, Jr., American singer
- Patrick Matthews, former bassist of Australian garage rock band The Vines
- Ron Matthews, the original drummer for legendary English heavy metal band Iron Maiden
- Scott Matthews, English singer/songwriter from Wolverhampton
- Wall Matthews, III, (b. 1950) American recording artist/songwriter/composer from Baltimore, MD who has recorded several, critically acclaimed solo albums and does music for a wide variety of television shows, movies, and video games
- Wendy Matthews, Canadian adult alternative pop singer who has had won seven ARIA awards and achieved a number of hit records
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Famous quotes containing the word music:
“Orpheus with his lute made trees
And the mountain tops that freeze
Bow themselves when he did sing.
To his music plants and flowers
Ever sprung, as sun and showers
There had made a lasting spring.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Have you ever been up in your plane at night, alone, somewhere, 20,000 feet above the ocean?... Did you ever hear music up there?... It’s the music a man’s spirit sings to his heart, when the earth’s far away and there isn’t any more fear. It’s the high, fine, beautiful sound of an earth-bound creature who grew wings and flew up high and looked straight into the face of the future. And caught, just for an instant, the unbelievable vision of a free man in a free world.”
—Dalton Trumbo (1905–1976)
“Through music the passions enjoy themselves.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)