“Noise has one advantage. It drowns out words. And suddenly he realized that all his life he had done nothing but talk,… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
The way the music industry is now geared, it's fewer accolades towards new and upcoming acts. New bands offer bright creativity. It's… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
All I can say is we love what we do, and the audience is still there for us. I think what's given… — Rickey Medlocke Copy Share Image
I knew what real instruments I wanted and, in some cases, who I wanted to play them. I had started listening to… — Dan Bejar Copy Share Image
O' exquisite aspiration, How I covet thee, Hear your glorious song. Yet see, know, truly understand, Without your beautiful lover, Application, You… — Eric Nickel Copy Share Image
“If you really want to know something about me, you should know this: I like my music loud. I mean loud. I'm… — Robin Benway Copy Share Image
I was in every band class I could get in, like after school jazz band and marching band, and that's where I… — Chad Smith Copy Share Image
So when it come to this gangsta, homie I got it locked and if I put that drop on the block, I'm… — Trae Tha Truth Copy Share Image
We've been able to record the music of cultures that did not have recording, and thus preserve it. But there is also… — Michael Snow Copy Share Image
I don't know if it's a movement, but the only thing new that's happening is that I think music and art and… — Stephen Sprouse Copy Share Image
“Rappers, as a class, are not engaged in anything criminal. They're musicians. Some rappers and friends of rappers commit crimes. Some bus… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
It was the case in the 70s and 80s that people believed music could change the world. But now people aren't making… — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image
I got into music, I was in a band, I was at art school. I was quite trendy, although I'd hate to… — Peter Capaldi Copy Share Image
There's no set way to do anything. Sometimes you have to go outside the box; sometimes you can do things the standard… — Gza Copy Share Image
“Grow up with me,Let’s run in fields and through the dark together,Fall off swings and burn special things,And both play outside in… — Keaton Henson Copy Share Image
I wasn't prepared for the environment I encountered trying to break into television news. In the world of music, where I spent… — Gretchen Carlson Copy Share Image
“My music teacher offered twittering madrigals and something about how, in Italy, in Italy, the oranges hang on the tree. He treated… — Mary Rose O'Reilley Copy Share Image
In this disintegrative, technologically-manic time, when public language is so debased, poetry continues to matter because it's the art that reintegrates words,… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
Listening to music for me is like homework. Music will give me enjoyment, but as soon as it's giving me that enjoyment,… — Steve Winwood Copy Share Image
As a New Yorker you can't help but be proud of the fact that so much music and culture started here. Punk… — Moby Copy Share Image
I have no love for myself as a human being, but I have immense pride in the music I make, and I… — Steven Morrissey Copy Share Image
A lot of what I listened to growing up was blues, but also folk and indie music. So there's this marriage of… — George Ezra Copy Share Image
There are many reasons, of course, why someone might snap their fingers and grin. If you heard some pleasing music, for instance,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
People sort of imagine Chris Morris and me sitting somewhere dark, with dripping taps and chilling background music. In fact, we like… — Peter Baynham Copy Share Image
Maybe in the back of my mind I was kind of wishing that I would become a rock star, kind of wishing… — Jonathan Coulton Copy Share Image
Bob felt everything that happened around him, and he put that reality into his music. And those things are still happening, which… — Rita Marley Copy Share Image
My parents are kind of young, and my dad always listened to rock music and stuff like that, so I sort of… — Meghann Fahy Copy Share Image
Every time I see a musician - it doesn't matter what age - that inspires me, there's always a secret little wish… — Chick Corea Copy Share Image
Music came as the best thing for me at home, where no one can tell you anything. For years I was so… — Lou Doillon Copy Share Image
Technology has made it much easier to make and manipulate music. Studio-driven, machine-driven music does not always transcend into being a good… — Vivian Campbell Copy Share Image
I'm certainly treated differently to the boys in the band. People make assumptions about what I do and don't do within our… — Grace Chatto Copy Share Image
“We play a show, and there's a hundred people, and people will say "You must miss playing to a thousand people." But… — Ian Mackaye Copy Share Image
Just be comfortable. Sometimes, when open up for a bigger artist at a conventional concert, you can feel unwelcome. But when you're… — Vince Staples Copy Share Image
You know as I started as a shy young conductor, I always wanted to cooperate. To build up the musicians. To help… — Kurt Masur Copy Share Image
I think that's the great thing about music: It can communicate emotionally. And you don't have to necessarily get all of the… — Ronny Cox Copy Share Image
Some objects and events may be photographed, others, if one is to render their true quality, should be painted or set to… — Ilka Chase Copy Share Image
I'd like to think the manner in which I do my job, whether it's positive or negative, has very little to do… — Mike Tomlin Copy Share Image
While all the pomp and circumstance of war animated others, it only saddened me; and all of past reflection, all of future… — Fanny Burney Copy Share Image
Music should probably provide answers in terms of lyrical content, and giving people a sense of togetherness and oneness, as opposed to… — Peabo Bryson Copy Share Image
With all of the people in the world and all of the suffering and all of the things that people are forced… — Dan Mangan Copy Share Image
