Growing up, I was so compelled by artists whose looks were inseparable from their music. Bjork was my hero. — Caroline Polachek Copy Share Image
Miles Davis is my go-to for music. There's something so relaxing and ambient about it, and it can be a little manic… — Antoni Porowski Copy Share Image
'Pagan Day' was Alex Fergusson's idea. It was him that encouraged me to start making music again and start Psychic TV. — Genesis P-Orridge Copy Share Image
“So, millennials, perhaps your problem with the Beatles' music is that you're just too old to appreciate it.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I got into hip-hop, but I still had appreciation for all types of music, so I was trained to have an open… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
Me as an artist, I've ventured off into doing all types of music. I'll do a jazz album, you know what I… — Common Copy Share Image
When someone picks up one of my songs and records it, I'm a flattered man, it's a blessing to me — Smokey Robinson Copy Share Image
Poetry is poetry, and one's objective as a poet is to achieve poetry precisely as one's objective in music is to achieve… — Wallace Stevens Copy Share Image
In some ways, it is difficult for contemporary composers to find an audience. Both men and women would love a culture that… — Barbara Harbach Copy Share Image
My first CD of my own was 'American Idiot' by Green Day and I read the inside flap, I read every lyric.… — Noah Kahan Copy Share Image
You put music in categories because you need to define a sound, but when you don't play it on your so-called radio… — Afrika Bambaataa Copy Share Image
I thought that you had to work, work, work and try to be the best musician you could, and that's the only… — Steve Lukather Copy Share Image
I used to turn to nature and animals a lot. And fishing. I spend time still with my Bible and the gospel… — Brandi Carlile Copy Share Image
I've been able to tour because of my music and I've learned a lot about myself while on the road. I think… — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
The 60's started spinning into a whirlwind, and outside of some recognition for my music, I felt like I was living inside… — Laura Nyro Copy Share Image
Music is where I have the most creative freedom, but I love producing. To me, that's kind of where all the action… — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
Music is so universal, and so I love that we can all be different, and we can all just show that. — Kirstin Maldonado Copy Share Image
Women do not like CDs of live music. We only like the original recordings. If a song sounds different from the version… — Leslie Mann Copy Share Image
A young musician plays scales in his room and only bores his family. A beginning writer, on the other hand, sometimes has… — Marguerite Yourcenar Copy Share Image
I want to do music, and I want that to be the highlight of everything that I do. I want that at… — Brynn Cartelli Copy Share Image
I'm trying to make records where people don't feel cheated. Nashville has been guilty of insulting the Country Music audience for years… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
There's almost no content in terms of language at all. I don't like using language to convey meaning. I'd rather use images… — Philip Glass Copy Share Image
Making music is mostly spontaneously following sounds you find compelling that you chase and see where they're leading you. — Sam Roberts Copy Share Image
What we've had to do is learn to control success, put it in perspective, and not lose the essence of what we're… — Janis Joplin Copy Share Image
I'm always asking friends what new music they're into, and I love showing people new talented artists. — Mark Hoppus Copy Share Image
I am not concerned about the 80 BMP consistency law of popular music. I'm concerned with other things, and they're very valid. — Doseone Copy Share Image
“Music is service to people. Music and art - we need it like blood and oxygen. It heals us, and it reveals… — Rosanne Cash Copy Share Image
A large portion of my audience is younger - audiences that would primarily listen to pop music otherwise - so the fact… — Laufey Copy Share Image
I decided to start professionally making music at about 11. I was like, 'Okay, this is something I really want to do.' — Roshon Fegan Copy Share Image
It takes an astronaut so long to get to space - that's how long it takes to catch up on my music. — Future Copy Share Image
If being a gangster were a prerequisite to being a musician, there'd be a lot less cello music, for example. — Greg Giraldo Copy Share Image
“I like the idea of songs sung by those without big voices. You know, small birdsongs that rise above the noise of… — Kyo Maclear Copy Share Image
My mom was a singer, and my dad had been playing in bands with my mom's brother. My dad married my mom,… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
I love that Euro-pop dance music, but with girl power. I also listen to Janis Joplin and Bob Dylan. I have a… — Hilary Duff Copy Share Image
You are the promised kiss of springtime that makes the lonely winter seem long. You are the breathless hush of evening that… — Frank Sinatra Copy Share Image
Had a 90's music party with my Glee family tonight. Helped remind me why I got into music in the first place. — Mark Salling Copy Share Image
People take on the shapes of the songs and the stories that surround them, especially if they don't have their own song. — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I think the artists are really the face of the music they make. It's no longer the genre that dictates it. — Dua Lipa Copy Share Image
If you want meaning, you read poetry or a novel or something, you don't read song lyrics. You're supposed to listen to… — Roddy Woomble Copy Share Image
You have to open the music, so to speak, and see what's behind the notes because the notes are the same whether… — Vladimir Horowitz Copy Share Image
