I believe it's important to put all of your energy into what you're doing rather than doing an office job and trying… — Passenger Copy Share Image
My health is wonderful. I work out. I'm working. Playing music. I have a beautiful wife, a nice home, a nice car,… — Steven Adler Copy Share Image
My first performance was in second grade with my friend Rodney Fisher, and we worked up versions of 'Long Tall Texan' and… — Lyle Lovett Copy Share Image
I write a lot of music in my time off and I compose most of the songs on guitar. I've actually gone… — Scott Patterson Copy Share Image
It came from my mother. She was a singer, and literally every day of the week she sang at a different club… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
I think as this generation of electronic musicians goes on, popular electronic music will be more and more accepted. It's gonna get… — Dan Deacon Copy Share Image
I'm often surprised by classical music and musicians. I've met a large number of them because my wife works for the Boston… — James Taylor Copy Share Image
Some musicians play with their heart, you know what I mean? I don't know what to tell a person that can't -… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
For one person, Haydn is most exciting. Or Bach is the most exciting. For another, it's Carter or Strauss. For me -… — Andris Nelsons Copy Share Image
They tell us "Rock'n'roll is the devil's music." Well, let's say we know that rock is the devil's music, and we know… — Bill Hicks Copy Share Image
Well, I've been recording myself on a computer since I was about 13 or 14. So it's completely entwined with my creative… — St. Vincent Copy Share Image
In the 70s, GEORGE CLINTON and PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC and EARTH WIND & FIRE, we were very serious about our music and who… — Maurice White Copy Share Image
When I was 23, I felt like I was further back than when I was 21. After two solo albums for this… — Jon Hopkins Copy Share Image
Other than a few years of piano as a kid, I don't have all that much musical training. I played piano for… — John Keltonic Copy Share Image
I would go to school and try to talk to my mates about music and playing instruments and stuff, and they would… — Jack Garratt Copy Share Image
It's very interesting to read why Cornelius Cardew became disenchanted with academic avant-garde music. He wanted to reach as many people as… — Alasdair MacLean Copy Share Image
“Q: Is it still possible nowadays to influence the world by songs? To be political by means of messages? A: No, there… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
Some of the guys I played with .. didn't go around learning more about their instruments from an intellectual point of view.… — Benny Goodman Copy Share Image
I've always dreamed of having an album. The problem is that it's just very difficult to make an album nowadays because through… — Zedd Copy Share Image
Michael Jackson changed the format and history of music. His videos were films. He was the first who floated on the stage… — Nicky Jam Copy Share Image
I never went in on oldies music, but I have heard many of those old records, especially courtesy of my mom, I… — Koffee Copy Share Image
“I know as soon as we hit the sweet spot, an intangible instant when the music gains control of fluttering wings to… — Emma Trevayne Copy Share Image
“What were you doing all those years, after you disappeared?' Doug paused, unsure of his words. 'After she died.' Grace looked at… — Abigail Easton Copy Share Image
I got into music by happenchance and luck and wearing a t-shirt with "I hate Pink Floyd" on it. The irony has… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
Just because I front the band or we play bigger stages now, it doesn't mean we somehow suddenly changed the way we… — Lauren Mayberry Copy Share Image
I think the best mood for writing is a heavy feeling that's a little bit removed from you. Sometimes I feel very… — Perfume Genius Copy Share Image
I would argue that among musicians who work in technology today, the level of technological sophistication probably exceeds that of military programs,… — Jaron Lanier Copy Share Image
For me personally - because I do it myself - the scoring of a picture is fun. I edit the picture and… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Not so much the sound but as a person, I would say Katy Perry inspires me because you can always see that… — Grace VanderWaal Copy Share Image
Music came first and I started to jam with people I couldn't communicate in their language. Then, because I could make friends… — Hiromi Copy Share Image
Words and ideas can change or influence the mind just like music can - yes, like a spell. Regarding the effect of… — Varg Vikernes Copy Share Image
Through music I've discovered other philosophies. Buddhism in particular is one that has always - whenever I've studied it and read about… — Joan Osborne Copy Share Image
It's difficult to explain exactly how I react to music, but if it makes me feel anything at all, then I'll have… — Eliot Sumner Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a vet, a nurse, a chef - I mean, anything but the music industry. But once I hit… — Hillary Scott Copy Share Image
“It was quite a sight, Germans dancing, though I was used to it by then. Every now and then there was someone… — Chloe Aridjis Copy Share Image
It's really hard in this day and age, with radio and MTV being so consolidated, to get new music out there. I… — Josh Schwartz Copy Share Image
I've always been interested in gaming, growing up as a kid. I played games all my life. So once I got into… — Soulja Boy Copy Share Image
“Musical myths speak with authority about our society, its fragility, its strengths, its desires, and its limits. Music becomes a wise version… — Edward Rothstein Copy Share Image
I'm not saying that maybe there isn't a kid out there whose behavior hasn't been influenced by me in some way. I'm… — Pete Doherty Copy Share Image
When I go home, I go to my house in the countryside. I don't hang out in Dublin. I go home to… — Roisin Murphy Copy Share Image
