My family realized I was going to do birth work and then music; they were like, 'What's a doula? This is not… — Domino Kirke Copy Share Image
“The lesson for this Round, as we shall hear time and again, is that each generation inhabits a different acoustic universe, constituted… — Hillel Schwartz Copy Share Image
I was roundly criticized for being in and around rock & roll music at its inception. It was the devil's music: it… — Dick Clark Copy Share Image
If you're in pop music, you've got to deal with the changing of the guard every few years. By the time the… — Paul Anka Copy Share Image
If you go to a concert, you will notice, is it loud? Is the music fast? Is it predominately strings or brass?… — David Salle Copy Share Image
Our band Stereophonics never wanted to release a couple records and be the biggest band in the world for 10 minutes. We… — Kelly Jones Copy Share Image
I'm not stupid, I realise selling it is not as important as it used to be that way, I think it's more… — Butch Walker Copy Share Image
I wish I could make music about politics. I feel like it's such an art and a talent that I admire tremendously,… — The Weeknd Copy Share Image
I don't really speak for anybody else's music, and I don't think I should, but I think the reason why people enjoy… — Andy Mineo Copy Share Image
“Our songs and our stories do more than persuade others that an order exists: they build the house; they weave a world;… — Sarah Arthur Copy Share Image
Where do people get off saying the Beatles should give $200,000,000 to South America? You know, America has poured billions into places… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
We're dealing with music that is being played by traditional instruments in a specifically built building called a concert hall. But classical… — Esa-Pekka Salonen Copy Share Image
You would never hear any song played twice in the same way. The words were retained, but within a certain frame there… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Even the greatest musicians, they only represent themselves. You represent who you are and what your experiences are and what you have… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
Listen, there's been times in my life like the two years that I only listened to jazz, and probably nothing after 1966.… — Dr. Luke Copy Share Image
The musical emotion springs precisely from the fact that at each moment the composer withholds or adds more or less than the… — Claude Levi-Strauss Copy Share Image
“I felt full of nervous energy so I went back inside the house, put on a music channel, and danced around the… — Lesley Jones Copy Share Image
Our whole mission is about breaking the rules. Cibo Matto doesn't fit into any one genre and when people ask about what… — Miho Hatori Copy Share Image
If there was some sort of mathematical equation for beauty, I don't know if I would be the algorithm. I've always been… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
When you sit in a café, with a lot of music in the background and a lot of projects in your head,… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“Life is about using all the skills in your toolbox. Paint your life with vibrant color, soothing music, and hang around exciting… — Janiece Rendon Copy Share Image
In times of totalitarian or autocratic rule, music (indeed culture in general) is often the only avenue of independent thought. It is… — Daniel Barenboim Copy Share Image
From the moon, the Earth is so small and so fragile, and such a precious little spot in that Universe, that you… — Rusty Schweickart Copy Share Image
I just love music, and I'm not as genre specific as most songwriters. A lot of my buddies just listen to country,… — Kevin Fowler Copy Share Image
I'm not trying to sound mean spirited, but I honestly don't know of many successful musicians who get that excited about other… — Mark Kozelek Copy Share Image
Ringo: 'I do get emotional when I think back about those times. My make-up is emotional. I'm an emotional human being. I'm… — Ringo Starr Copy Share Image
One of the things that I've worked my way out of doing, and I knew that I needed to, was comparing myself… — India.Arie Copy Share Image
My dad's a huge music nerd and he put me onto a lot of music when I was very young, like Stevie… — Ruel Copy Share Image
“I start songs all the time. If I weren't so lazy, I would finish them. It's like when I have a deadline… — Ben Folds Copy Share Image
Now I'm on the rise, doin' business with my guys. Visions realize, music [your craft] affected lives. A gift from the skies,… — Common Copy Share Image
I would be happy to be a footnote in my dad's bio. I don't care about trying to be famous or prove… — Shooter Jennings Copy Share Image
I'm very conscious that I want the dance audience to respond and respect what I'm doing, so I'm always very true to… — Matthew Bourne Copy Share Image
The whole point of what i do - the monster ball, the music, the performance art aspect of it, i wanna create… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
History's most treasured musicians were believed in and cultivated to reach their potential. Today, it would be difficult for those musicians to… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
A lot of the time, artists and musicians can get criticised for being ignorant or silly or not understanding the real world.… — Declan McKenna Copy Share Image
In Western classical music the idea of holiness, purity, perfection, and total beauty is expressed through clarity of sound - a bell-like… — Justin Adams Copy Share Image
Irving Berlin has no place in American music. He is American music. Emotionally, he honestly absorbs the vibrations emanating from the people,… — Jerome Kern Copy Share Image
I was listening to punk rock in the '70s as a young kid, but all by myself; I never met anyone that… — Mark Lanegan Copy Share Image
Even when something's funny, it has to be well-written, too. So we are really aware of the craft part of pop music.… — Ron Mael Copy Share Image
“Science is part of culture. Culture isn't only art and music and literature, it's also understanding what the world is made of… — Max Perutz Copy Share Image