I met my wife Anne who was a sociology student, and her influence together with activities associated with the student movement of… — Paul Nurse Copy Share Image
As far as I was concerned the important thing was that the music was getting the attention as well as me so… — Lesley Garrett Copy Share Image
You know that one don't play music just for the hours to pass. But you play music because you are in love… — Manu Dibango Copy Share Image
When you're young and idealistic, you don't care: you'll play to no one, in your bedroom - like kids with football -… — Pete Doherty Copy Share Image
Music is life. Music defines peoples' experience on this planet. Name one time in your life that wasn't punctuated by the music… — Mark Hoppus Copy Share Image
Music is an amazing thing. I don't know if we really think about it the same way we consider a painting an… — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
'Britain's Got Talent' just gave me that platform that I needed to share that with the world and be recognized, and now… — Calum Scott Copy Share Image
Within the context of Western music, jazz has always contained certain radical or revolutionary aspects. These are: improvisation, collective composition and individuality… — Michael Snow Copy Share Image
I just started as a part of the public school music program. I took lessons at the school every Friday and was… — Kenny G Copy Share Image
I sought my father in the world of the black musician, because it contained wisdom, experience, sadness and loneliness. I was not… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
I tried to mix country music into my sets in L.A., and I noticed that was when people checked out. And I… — Brett Young Copy Share Image
There is this tremendous amount of arrogance and hubris, where somebody can look at something for five minutes and dismiss it. Whether… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
I came late to Sandy Denny and Fairport Convention. I don't know why, but that's the beauty of music - songs and… — Lee Ranaldo Copy Share Image
In the music world, when we're making work, we are obligated to no longer be completely free from what we are to… — Scott Avett Copy Share Image
I like Sam Smith and Taylor Swift. I love pop music, but I also like Sam Smith's slow songs. That would be… — Maddie Ziegler Copy Share Image
What most interests me is human connection, whether it's on the street, in community, through music, storytelling, and shared experience. People tell… — Ben Sollee Copy Share Image
For me, the best things in life - meaningful work, meaningful relationships, interesting experiences, good food, sleep, music, ideas, sex, and other… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
It's nice just to be able to go out and, basically, be able to play other types of music and not have… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
There's something to be said for any boy growing up among lots of other boys who like to play basketball and football,… — Ben Platt Copy Share Image
The thing about being a songwriter, once you realize you are one, is that to provide ammo, you start to become an… — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
I do experiment with lots of different genres. In making music, I don't think of genre like, "I want to do this,… — India.Arie Copy Share Image
I was a weird kid. I shouldve been gay because I listened to a lot of Broadway musicals. I dont know why… — Frank Oz Copy Share Image
“There are ominous signs about the future of classical music. The record companies are facing threats from piracy and unauthorized downloading. It’s… — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
“Guy: 'Can't you take a cue off the music?' Me: 'Can't I'm afraid. I'm tone-deaf.' Bill: 'Well, when the singing stops. Even… — Antony Sher Copy Share Image
The songs sort of come out spontaneously and it'll take me awhile to figure out what exactly is happening lyrically, what kind… — Jeff Mangum Copy Share Image
“It was all of this: The beat and the heat and the neat repeat of the notes which poured from the congohelium—metal… — Cordwainer Smith Copy Share Image
“This proves the significance of individualism; being able to face the music, to embrace it, and then create something beautiful from it.… — Nadège Richards Copy Share Image
You can be born into a musical family and have an ear for music but being technically gifted, be it playing an… — Barry Zito Copy Share Image
There's an ancient connection between movement and music. Most languages don't make a distinction between the words 'music' and 'dance.' And we… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
“The “music of decline” had sounded, as in that wonderful Chinese fable; like a thrumming bass on the organ its reverberations faded… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
When I was in London I found house music and techno, and I love that s - t. It's my go-to music.… — Erik Hassle Copy Share Image
English has always been my musical language. When I started writing songs when I was 13 or 14, I started writing in… — Olivia Merilahti Copy Share Image
I'm enjoying the hell out of playing straight. It seems to be the case with everybody. We're having a lot more fun.… — Butch Trucks Copy Share Image
James Brown was my favorite, my absolute idol. Every time I played with him was like a music lesson, and I never… — Paul Shaffer Copy Share Image
Most people know Serge Gainsbourg's 'Histoire de Melody Nelson' album, but what's interesting is that in the early '90s, he actually went… — Christine and the Queens Copy Share Image
Mum left school at 15, and after a few years of modelling and dating jazz musicians, was married by 21 to my… — Natascha McElhone Copy Share Image
My favorite bands are Hank Williams Jr. and Led Zeppelin. When it's rock, it's '70s rock, and when it's country, it's '70s… — Shooter Jennings Copy Share Image
When I was a kid in the mid-'60s, I was what's known as a moddie boy, a prototype skinhead. You all had… — Graham Parker Copy Share Image
The more one studies the harmony of music, and then studies human nature, how people agree and how they disagree, how there… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
In their censures of luxury the fathers are extremely minute and circumstantial; and among the various articles which excite their pious indignation,… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image