That was the special thing about the Carolina Chocolate Drops. We didn't want to do music full-time. We weren't looking to get… — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share Image
Growing up, I listened to a lot of everything - I fell in love with music, when I discovered people like Lauryn… — Banks Copy Share Image
For a while, I thought I would maybe be a writer. But with music, I was such a nerd; I was really… — Perfume Genius Copy Share Image
I was always screwing around with music, but I really wanted to go to film school when I was in high school.… — Oneohtrix Point Never Copy Share Image
“I had grown up on Folkway's Nonesuch field recordings and the stuff Lomax had done for the Library of Congress, but the… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
“Some people look like they sound better than they actually sound, because they look confident and have good posture," once musician, a… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
I am definitely pro-European, even pro-global, and house music and electronic music has developed a network all over the world, between record… — Thomas Bangalter Copy Share Image
“He flipped through the music stations as he drove, searching for some nonexistent perfect song that would be, as Stevie Nicks might… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
Everything is starting to make a little more sense to me now. I love the idea that, first of all when I… — Courtney Jaye Copy Share Image
To us, it's vey natural. Initially, it sounded kind of strange to people, because it is different to put traditional Irish music… — Andrea Corr Copy Share Image
A lot of times you can write a scene with a specific song in mind, and then you lay it over the… — Harmony Korine Copy Share Image
Don't be lazy. Learn your instrument and the kids should be learning that stuff. We have to get back to the musicianship… — Warryn Campbell Copy Share Image
The people wanted to believe that the Negroes couldn't learn to read music but had a natural talent for it. So we… — Eubie Blake Copy Share Image
“Keith Jarrett’s achievements and contribution are immense and unique and it is primarily the fact that he cannot be pigeonholed which has… — Ian Carr Copy Share Image
Oh my God, if you're talking terrible theme songs, you have to mention Matt Hardy. I can't understand what they're even saying.… — Mark Henry Copy Share Image
When I grew up in Ireland in the seventies there was no such thing as therapy...I mean we didn't even have cappuccinos… — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image
I do have a big problem with the idea of music as a form of communication unless it's political - and that's… — Julia Holter Copy Share Image
The Rolling Stones were an inkling towards an appreciation of the unity of music, dance and words. Any of the black R&B… — Allen Ginsberg Copy Share Image
I've always been a huge fan of theatre and performance. The idea of just the human voice and just this night. Live… — T.C. Boyle Copy Share Image
Folk music isn't owned by anybody. It is owned by everybody, like the national parks, the postal system, and the school system.… — Utah Phillips Copy Share Image
I often find myself listening to a record because a lot of people or magazines have told me it's good and I'm… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
It's that feeling when you hear your favourite song. That feeling, whether you're in a car, at a party or alone at… — Julian Casablancas Copy Share Image
I'm not a haiku artist, but I wanted to use the phrase 5, 7, 5 in the melody that flows over time.… — Terry Bozzio Copy Share Image
What I ended up learning was that I had to do what I do well, and do it really well and say,… — Ricky Reed Copy Share Image
There is something about music that keeps its distance even at the moment that it engulfs us. It is at the same… — Aaron Copland Copy Share Image
All punk music is is rebellion, going against the grain. It takes different forms. Sometimes it's a band throwing their instruments around… — Mura Masa Copy Share Image
“It's like God knew that one day I'd need a little extra something to keep showing up when it felt awkward, to… — Lecrae Moore Copy Share Image
“You don’t get to pick your family, but you can pick your teachers and you can pick your friends and you can… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
What you are lies with you. If you are lazy, and accept your lot, you may live in it. If you are… — Gene Stratton-Porter Copy Share Image
My advice to young people wanting to make music and to be in this industry is to really spend your time making… — Lorde Copy Share Image
I learned at a very young age that music teaches you about life. When you're in the midst of improvisation, there is… — Charlie Haden Copy Share Image
The extent of his influence across jazz, across American music, and around the world has such continuing stature that he is one… — Stanley Crouch Copy Share Image
Collaborations work when both or however many parties are the right people to be working together for whatever reason - whether it's… — John Parish Copy Share Image
Do you know how many great writers, musicians, artists, scientists, inventors, theologians, and statesmen have died poor? All of them! You can't… — Rock Cowles Copy Share Image
Perhaps our task in this shaky, fast-changing, bewildering world in which we live is to make music, at first with all that… — Itzhak Perlman Copy Share Image
Genius is its own reward; for the best that one is, one must necessarily be for oneself. . . . Further, genius… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
Music is a physical expression that has a physical impact upon the listener. Sound travels in waves through the air. This is… — Kurt Elling Copy Share Image
As you work on something, whether it's a painting or a piece of music, it's going to evolve. A relationship is like… — Harry Connick, Jr Copy Share Image
We all love to sing along with our favorite songs. We sing in the car, in the shower, and at the karaoke… — Shawn Amos Copy Share Image
Truth is everyone is going to hurt you… you just have to find the ones suffering for. love the life you live…… — Jessica Copy Share Image
