“I'm sure we all have dreams of leaving at some time in our lives, but when we reach the bottom, most of… — Deborah Curtis Copy Share Image
You know, I don't think my music is important, I don't think it's changing the world, I don't think it's art. I… — Sufjan Stevens Copy Share Image
Now, everybody knows my music. So that's really cool. A lot of kids know it. Now, when I go to a sports… — Nat Wolff Copy Share Image
I heard Nirvana, and discovered that songs could be like poetry, but a little bit more refined: you didn't have to have… — Justin Townes Earle Copy Share Image
I love doing fiction. I love doing performance films and I love doing documentaries that don't have music. I love to shoot… — Jonathan Demme Copy Share Image
Writing music on your own makes you think a lot about your life. Who are you? Would you change anything about yourself?… — Enya Copy Share Image
Kierkegaard was once asked, 'What is a poet?' He answered that a poet was an unhappy man whose moans and cries of… — Langdon Brown Gilkey Copy Share Image
“Last night I did things my mother told me not to with the people I shouldn't see in the places that I… — Nick Santino Copy Share Image
I think you are always influenced by your surroundings and where you grow up. Your environment is always one of the things… — Johann Johannsson Copy Share Image
We worked the medley on side two of "Abbey Road" out carefully in advance. All of those mini songs were partly completed… — George Harrison Copy Share Image
We're constantly hearing new influences everywhere. I say "new influences," but a lot of the stuff that influenced the record was music… — Gym Class Heroes Copy Share Image
I grew up playing guitar and writing music, and I always wanted to be a songwriter and a singer and play the… — Trixie Mattel Copy Share Image
I can’t tell you what that first song was about. Something about love and a boy and a girl… And this boy… — Jennifer Flackett Copy Share Image
In 1972, I recorded Gumbo, an album that was both a tribute to and my interpretation of the music I had grown… — Dr. John Copy Share Image
There is a terrible conservatism, like a cancer, right in the heartlands of music-making, a tremendous resistance to change, an absolute horror… — Charles Hazlewood Copy Share Image
I'm mainly a dancer, but I've been offered to write songs on albums this year, and that's really cool. I never thought… — Emma Watkins Copy Share Image
You're surrounded by electronic music in New York. I mean New York is one of the few places in North America where… — Bob Mould Copy Share Image
There are two things that I cannot live without: music and books. Caffeine isn't dignified enough to qualify. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
I think jazz is the foundation for a lot of great musicians, and then after that, you know, it's this broad expression… — Dianne Reeves Copy Share Image
Historically, art and music and writing and film have been one of the only tools that is effective against tyranny. — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
I give bird songs to those who dwell in cities and have never heard them, make rhythms for those who know only… — Olivier Messiaen Copy Share Image
The thing that pleases me the most about it is that young people like it. It's given kids from 6 to 16… — George Harrison Copy Share Image
The earliest music I remember hearing is Al Green's 'Let's Stay Together.' That was when my momma and my daddy were together,… — E-40 Copy Share Image
Anyone who has that weird volition to become an actor probably has a weird volition to do lots of other creative things… — Minnie Driver Copy Share Image
The conductor must make it possible to eliminate himself in the music. If the orchestra feels him doing that, then everything will… — Giuseppe Sinopoli Copy Share Image
I think ideas are still the most powerful things on the planet, and music is a great way to transmit them. — David Crosby Copy Share Image
Music does communicate across language and racial and religious and philosophical barriers. It is one of the most distilled forms of human… — Lari White Copy Share Image
I've always had levity in my songs, so I like to turn things over, twist them around, and make fun of myself. — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
I would rather fall flat on my face than try to just make a quick dollar by making music that fits into… — Ariel Rechtshaid Copy Share Image
The artist gazes upon a reality and creates his own impression. The viewer gazes upon the impression and creates his own reality. — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
Great classic music that I've been turned on to has not only inspired and influenced me, but it has had an effect… — Scott Weiland Copy Share Image
To stand out, I just use my talents. I rap, and I sing as well. With that being said, people kind of… — Tink Copy Share Image
We went for the best overall feel on each song. There are no musical overdubs at all. It's a true live record;… — Ben Harper Copy Share Image
I'm Jackson Wang, I'm Magic Man, but I'm an entertainer... we sing, we dance, we do music, that's it. — Jackson Wang Copy Share Image
I was always going out to joints in Jersey that played country music. I was always around it. I liked the lyrics,… — Eddie Rabbitt Copy Share Image
When you listen to my songs, you hear messages and real stories. That's what's setting me apart. — Tink Copy Share Image
I've tried to make music that's more universal, but for me, it's most successful emotionally when it's most specific to what I'm… — Ben Lee Copy Share Image
Growing up with music as a kid - I used to feel like artists were writing songs about me falling in love. — Becky Hill Copy Share Image
My first big show in Denver was 'Ruthless! The Musical.' I played Tina Denmark at the Theatre on Broadway. It was my… — Annaleigh Ashford Copy Share Image
I never went through a period where I didn't want to play music. I've always loved it and it's always been a… — John Legend Copy Share Image
