I think the thing that has made it possible for me to write personal songs and sing them year after year is… — Shawn Colvin Copy Share Image
“We have to learn to apply wisdom in every situation and not "spiritualize" every temptation. Sometimes we need to overcome temptation by… — Nancy Wilson Copy Share Image
I didn't really think my music was good enough to be heard by anyone. I had some friends who were releasing records… — Bonobo Copy Share Image
I have a lot of milestones that I'm proud of when it comes to music, 'Amerikkka's Most Wanted,' I'm extremely proud of… — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
I felt very proud to be part of a music scene that was changing the face of commercial music and rock music… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
The truth is, the way you write music, it's a code. It has to be very precise. It's scientific, but ultimately it… — Daniel Libeskind Copy Share Image
Out of the choked Devonian waters emerged sight and sound and the music that rolls invisible through the composer's brain. They are… — Loren Eiseley Copy Share Image
For me, making music is about my whole life. The basics, the components, simple things - family, living, just going to the… — Neneh Cherry Copy Share Image
... Jeff Beck is my idol .. sometimes he finds notes that I just do not have on my guitar. Frank Zappa's… — Ritchie Blackmore Copy Share Image
The reading of the song is vital. The written word is first always . . . first. Not belittling the music, but… — Frank Sinatra Copy Share Image
I always knew that I would be some type of public figure, but I never knew that it would be rapping, 'cause… — Freddie Gibbs Copy Share Image
“It was going to be embarrassing regardless of what music they chose, but Honoria didn’t have the heart to say it to… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
I have such an eclectic taste in music. Come to a backyard BBQ at my house, and I will run the gamut… — Mike Vogel Copy Share Image
I've bought clothes based on record covers. Particularly from the formative music that turned me onto it in the first place when… — Paul Weller Copy Share Image
When I was really little I would sit in the back of my dad's car when he'd be playing old-school music. He'd… — Leona Lewis Copy Share Image
As Bartok put it so succinctly: "Competitions are for horses." Nothing could be more barbaric that the practice or ranking artists as… — Russell Sherman Copy Share Image
I met people that I couldn't talk to - they didn't speak Spanish or English - but they knew my songs. That's… — Prince Royce Copy Share Image
The way people receive our music is different and some people may say that our music is not metal. But I feel… — Moa Kikuchi Copy Share Image
I feel like I am beginning to be a part of a musical community, but I wouldn't say I'm a country artist… — Sheryl Crow Copy Share Image
Music, when turned to a good account, is a blessing. When abused, it leads the unconsecrated to pride, vanity, and folly, and… — Ellen G. White Copy Share Image
We love great melodies and great songs that have great hooks and melodies, so we start a little bit more on that… — Dave Haywood Copy Share Image
If someone says to me that 'Horizon' is an anti-feminist anthem, I have to tell them, 'No, that's not right.' But I'm… — Aldous Harding Copy Share Image
The idea of making music from an imaginary culture was to give ourselves a set of restrictions and parameters within which to… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
Well I mean I just sit at the piano and maybe figure out some harmony or melody or both. Sometimes you can… — Roy Hargrove Copy Share Image
Most conservatives know better than to promote the state funding of art. The result of such funding is the mess that modern… — Gary North Copy Share Image
Even though I've been an avid consumer of contemporary music since my early teens, the world of rock music has always been… — William Boyd Copy Share Image
I love scoring. Putting music to picture is a rewarding challenge and one that relies on interpretation of emotion - as in,… — Liz Phair Copy Share Image
As a kid, I was always listening to music. I would just go in to my room and put on an album,… — Andrew Hollander Copy Share Image
The silence of the spheres is the music of a wedding feast. The more we persist in misunderstanding the phenomena of life,… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
I think, now that I've been writing songs in general, whether it's for the group or for me, I definitely feel like… — Kirstin Maldonado Copy Share Image
As for uniqueness, this is virtually nonexistent! And it's a shame that people think they're unique because they have a face ring,… — Gary Yourofsky Copy Share Image
Everything that is of authentic value in life has arisen out of meditation. There is no other way. Meditation is the mother… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
The devil, the originator of sorrowful anxieties and restless troubles, flees before the sound of music almost as much as before the… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
A lot of painters listen to music, I think, while they paint. But I hate to do that. It's a horror. I… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
I want to change and try new ideas - allowing your sonic identity to evolve in your music and not being afraid… — Alex Kapranos Copy Share Image
Music is something so mystical, so unexplainably a thing you cannot put in the rules or boundaries, you know? It speaks about… — Andris Nelsons Copy Share Image
Bourbon Street is like playing, a tourist, you know? It's just a tourist attraction ... those musicians on Bourbon Street, they play… — Troy Andrews Copy Share Image
As an actor you have to keep working, were perishable fruit. Its an instrument and if you sit and wait too long… — Cuba Gooding Jr Copy Share Image
The music before the game, they're playing old-school music and it's right above your locker room and you're like, 'These people are… — Monty Williams Copy Share Image
Most of my work in New York has been on new musicals. And all through the preview process, they throw you new… — Norbert Leo Butz Copy Share Image
