Phil [Wood] said to me in the car going back, he said, "Look man, you better know why you're playing this music.… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
You hear a lot of songs that are about people cheating or about infidelity. I haven't really heard one before about connecting… — Andy Grammer Copy Share Image
I grew up loving film and television. Film, in particular. I would never feel as inspired - it's sort of the same… — Daniel Lissing Copy Share Image
What makes a sentence, a phrase, a moment, or a scene delightful? Something about recognizing the truth in it, hearing the music… — Alice McDermott Copy Share Image
With 'Light,' I collaborated with a lot of different producers and musicians I respected, and we all wrote and worked on material… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
Everybody has got their vibes - it could be mountain biking, it could be hiking, but for me, it's surfing and music.… — Aaron Bruno Copy Share Image
“We hate Simple Minds. They were no.1 in our Top Five Bands or Musicians who will have to be shot come the… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
I'm saddened to see that everyone's pitched out the baby with the bath, in that we say that it can't be one… — Don Bluth Copy Share Image
Sometimes it's nice to be able to reflect on the music itself and then write lyrics that I feel anyone can relate… — Dave Matthews Copy Share Image
I have a very difficult time describing my music. Because I run into people in the hardware store and they go, 'Oh,… — Les Claypool Copy Share Image
You know, we just buy music now. We don't make it any more. And that goes for just about everything. I think… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
"Music, for me, has always been a place where anything is possible--a refuge, a magical world where anyone can go, where all… — Bill Frisell Copy Share Image
There's a continuity between what I care about in any form: I care about it in my music, in article-writing, in how… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
We're thinking about printing the lyrics with the next record so that people can find their own meaning in them. But then… — Beth Gibbons Copy Share Image
“Last Friday in the music room, every word I said felt like I was taking a knife to my own skin, cutting… — Michelle Madow Copy Share Image
When you're a touring musician, you're always turning over new rocks, and there's always a certain level of tension in your life.… — Mark Kozelek Copy Share Image
When I write songs, it's very random. I get influenced by the most random things! Sometimes it just comes to me in… — Roshon Fegan Copy Share Image
'Something/Anything?' was kind of a different record, since I'm playing everything myself. A lot of the songs on there have a particular… — Todd Rundgren Copy Share Image
I was in a Broadway musical called Big Time Buck Wright.The play didn't make it but I was a success. It lasted… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
Being a musician since I was a teen, Guitar Center is the staple. You need anything to create, it's there. You need… — Steve Aoki Copy Share Image
“The music passed in an instant, as the first bars of sudden music always did, over the fantastic fabrics of his mind,… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
I always listen to music while I'm working and I always read aloud to my wife. I love to read aloud to… — T.C. Boyle Copy Share Image
The type of band that I have now, the type of music that we're playing you either like it or you dislike… — Chico Hamilton Copy Share Image
Every time I perform or sing, I have an 'ah ha' moment. When I look at my blog and people reach out… — Luke James Copy Share Image
I never even thought about whether or not they understand what I'm doing . . . the emotional reaction is all that… — John Coltrane Copy Share Image
People like Nick Cave - that ridiculous, over-the-top doom, taking it to extremes - I find it uplifting because it's like someone… — Matt Bellamy Copy Share Image
You know what's ironic? The whole purpose of making music is to connect with people, and yet the more your popularity grows,… — Shania Twain Copy Share Image
I think we as a band, as individuals, understand that all popular music stems from blues and jazz and even pop, but… — David Johansen Copy Share Image
“From the middle of a tomb whose lights burn only for survival…our tired bodies finally understand and obey our beating hearts. Meet… — Jimi Hendrix Copy Share Image
When you use a sample in a big way, when you loop something in the way I did with 'Runaround Sue,' it's… — G-Eazy Copy Share Image
It's really surreal when I play shows, I'll have three or four people who are in the front row who are singing… — Zella Day Copy Share Image
The '90s period I just miss because it was such a great time and the music was just so electric. Everybody just… — Brandy Norwood Copy Share Image
... I would urge a young player to listen to Charlie Christians' sense of time ... I'll never forget listening to my… — John Pizzarelli Copy Share Image
Once we went into the basement and learned a song, we felt successful. Then we learned two songs, and then we got… — Gord Downie Copy Share Image
Although music appeals simply to the emotions, and represents no definite images in itself, we are justified in using any language which… — Hugh Reginald Haweis Copy Share Image
I do think music and the arts are imperative for our kids for their creative learning and their emotional education, which breeds… — Sarah McLachlan Copy Share Image
When you're doing your own music, it's just you and your team. But when you go to sing someone else's song -… — Neha Bhasin Copy Share Image
“Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself. But if to love and must needs have desires, let these be your… — Kahlil Gibran Copy Share Image
I do try to incorporate particular rhythmic and generally sonic motifs I discover in music as such, and if one thinks of… — Shane McCrae Copy Share Image
Part of my mission is simply that: to bring the world of the arts, particularly classical music, closer to people so they… — Michael Tilson Thomas Copy Share Image
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