I think Shakespeare is really the one. Words as music and music as words. Everything he wrote was good, which is really… — Don Van Vliet Copy Share Image
When I sing songs, I love to put emotion into it. I want people to feel what I feel and just disappear… — Danny Gokey Copy Share Image
People hate to describe their music. What we have come to call it is "beat up your mom" music. As far as… — Marilyn Manson Copy Share Image
I listen to my songs so many times that I tend to lose objectivity. After I hear a tune around 30 times,… — Santhosh Narayanan Copy Share Image
No one starts playing my kind of music to make a fortune. But I do want to keep doing what I do… — Laura Marling Copy Share Image
The way we do music in Brazil is very different because we are so moved by music; we grow up with that. — Camila Alves Copy Share Image
When I'm singing my songs on stage, I feel like I'm doing a rock show, even though I don't think all my… — LP Copy Share Image
My dad's a photographer, and my sister is a writer and a poet. My little brother is a mandolin player - he's… — Timothy Simons Copy Share Image
I listened to the rock music of that time, but as you know and can easily hear: my music of that era… — Klaus Schulze Copy Share Image
You can never judge any music by their audience. That's the main reason people in England have a prejudice against someone like… — Diplo Copy Share Image
I don't really know if I am thought of as a style icon. I don't feel like that at all. Music comes… — Roisin Murphy Copy Share Image
The first time I started listening to Irish music, I had a very strong connection. Strangely enough, there's a great many Japanese… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
He [Benny Carter] is all that every jazz musician the world over wants to be. He's performed 20,000 nights. How many shoes… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
Howie Epstein was a kind, patient, and extremely talented musician. He took two years out of his life and dedicated his undivided… — John Prine Copy Share Image
I'm kind of lucky in the fact that I can take something that's in my head and write it down, or I… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
You can put the Beatles and the Rolling Stones in the same category, but the types of music, the colors each band… — Ludovico Einaudi Copy Share Image
For me, great jazz records really feel like everyone in the room is playing together in a zone - and all the… — Benny Cassette Copy Share Image
People sometimes say it takes a long time to become a Jazz fan, but for me it took about five seconds. — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
I have to be able to have music at all times - to shower to, to listen to, to warm up, to… — Gavin Creel Copy Share Image
I see myself as an utterly unchanged Perth dude who likes sport as much as I like music and who just likes… — Tim Minchin Copy Share Image
I love music, so if I wasn't singing, I would probably still be working in the music industry. I love songwriting, so… — Trey Songz Copy Share Image
The music changed. We had Irving Berlin and Gershwin and Lerner and Loewe and Cole Porter. Great music. Now we have 'Rent.' — Cyd Charisse Copy Share Image
Just as a blues player can play 20 blues songs in a row but find a way to make each one different,… — Joe Satriani Copy Share Image
Our goal is always to do something fresh within the confines of what pop music is and to keep challenging ourselves and… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
New Orleans, Louisiana is nothing but culture, music and fashion. That's what it is. It's in my blood forever. — Kelly Oubre, Jr Copy Share Image
This was in the sense that if Dada was reacting to the morality and aesthetics of pre-WWI, then we were very much… — Stephen Mallinder Copy Share Image
I'm not into just one thing; I always felt like I had to have my hand in everything revolving around what I… — Travis Scott Copy Share Image
The main thing I've learned from touring with Skillet is just how impactful music is because I have traveled the world from… — Jen Ledger Copy Share Image
I was on a soul music journey and I thought it was so great that the Teskey Brothers were bringing that classic… — G Flip Copy Share Image
I think it's almost a law of nature that there are only certain things that hit an emotive space, and that's what… — Kate Bush Copy Share Image
For me, being transparent about every aspect of my life is what makes my music relatable and how I'm able to be… — Macklemore Copy Share Image
I really like conducting my music in concerts because I'm convinced it's not just for films; it has its own life. It… — Ennio Morricone Copy Share Image
That's one of the things about being married to a couple of musicians, I have got great iPods. That's what I was… — Pamela Anderson Copy Share Image
For me, I don't feel all the pressure. I make music, and I release it because I like it myself and I… — Martin Garrix Copy Share Image
I don't want children cursing. I'm very strict on my nieces and my little brother. They have to listen to clean versions… — Nicki Minaj Copy Share Image
With the bass it's another thing. I don't need to use alternate thumb-picking as much. Even though Jack says he loves it.… — Jorma Kaukonen Copy Share Image
Music is my work, writing songs is my work, touring is my work, going into the studio is my work. — Burning Spear Copy Share Image
I started out in theatre and I definitely have wanted to add extra musical elements to my music with both imagery and… — Glenn Branca Copy Share Image
Music, not being made up of objects nor referring to objects, is intangible and ineffable; it can only be as it were… — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
When I was 12, I was going through an awkward time. Writing music helped me find my voice and express the things… — Kelsea Ballerini Copy Share Image
![“He [Benny Carter] is all that every jazz musician the world over wants to be. He's performed 20,000 nights. How many shoes have been shined? How much mascara put on? Rouge? How many of those impossible bowties have been tied? How many love songs have been sung? How many dances have been danced?…” quote by Wynton Marsalis](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/6ff/wynton-marsalis-1721_art_he-benny-carter-is-all-that-every-jazz-m_2002120.jpg)
