Growing up Southern is a privilege, really. It's more than where you're born, it's an idea and state of mind that seems… — Lana Copy Share Image
I've never really been nervous about any concerts. I enjoy it so much. All that matters is getting the songs played well,… — Adam Ant Copy Share Image
I was born with this love for music, and I say 'born with' because I don't really remember a day waking up… — Hunter Hayes Copy Share Image
... that's one of the cool things about going to local bars: seeing what people are doing and jamming with them. I'm… — Slash Copy Share Image
You know that in order to copyright material somebody has to write it down for you. Any piece of recorded material has… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
As a kid, I took piano lessons, and I didn't like it. It wasn't cool. I was into Duran Duran and rock… — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be cheered up. I felt like that feeling of the first day of summer or when a girl… — Andrew W.K Copy Share Image
At the time, there was a great disagreement over 'The Wild and the Innocent,' and I was asked to record the entire… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
[Music] business can drive you to do that if you don't have it here. If you're not strong-minded here, it could steer… — Bow Wow Copy Share Image
I'm not really sure record labels know what they're doing. No one knows what they're doing. It's kind of amazing because it's… — Griff Copy Share Image
After my recent brush with voicelessness, I thought I'd share with you a few thoughts about speech. Don't take it lightly my… — Henry Bromell Copy Share Image
In a way, all recorded music is reduced to the same level, no matter what it is. You find it in the… — Eyvind Kang Copy Share Image
I think 'West Side Story' is one of the greatest, if not the greatest, musicals ever put onscreen - or stage, for… — Kelly Asbury Copy Share Image
There are these rare moments when musicians together touch something sweeter than they've ever found before in rehearsals or performance, beyond the… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
Reading and writing music is a wonderful way of getting ideas in your head down to someone else who reads and writes,… — Ronnie Montrose Copy Share Image
I relate to that - he inspires me across the board. His music inspires me and reminds me to maintain honesty in… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
“I do not well understand that. Will you play upon this pipe? GUILDENSTERN: My lord, I cannot. HAMLET: I pray you. GUILDENSTERN:… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“My teacher, Ben Johnston, was convinced that our tuning is responsible for much of our cultural psychology, the fact that we are… — Kyle Gann Copy Share Image
I've been doing it since I was prepubescent when I loved to scratch records and play good music. As it happens, you… — A-Trak Copy Share Image
The tradition of classical music and the opera is such that it used to be the place where social intercourse could take… — Yo-Yo Ma Copy Share Image
Music is an extraordinary vehicle for expressing emotion - very powerful emotions. That's what draws millions of people towards it. And, um,… — Annie Lennox Copy Share Image
I think that's really the kind of exponential factor in being in a punk-rock band or making music videos and movies -pirates… — Gore Verbinski Copy Share Image
My top tips for deep sleep are to switch off your laptop and mobile at least 30 minutes before bed and leave… — Joe Wicks Copy Share Image
A dissection of music perception and creation that starts slowly and inexorably builds to a grand finish. I loved reading that listening… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
I don't even have the plaques in my house - the gold and platinum-selling plaques. I gave them to my parents and… — Dennis Lloyd Copy Share Image
I still don't know how to express the really delicate personal stuff. People think that Plastic Ono is very personal, but there… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
I love Ray Charles. He can still teach everybody a lot about how to make great music. Not necessarily how to make… — Ahmet Ertegun Copy Share Image
Why do comparisons of words and tone poems (poetry and music) never take into consideration that the word is a mere signifier,… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
If I'm reading about a river or the trees or the wind blowing or the stars at night, if you can hear… — Julie Andrews Copy Share Image
I love when people mirror themselves in my music, and I think that's the whole point of it - not telling people… — Robyn Copy Share Image
Music, it's an emotion; if you're just a puppet, how can you put your soul in what you do? For my part,… — Bill Kaulitz Copy Share Image
“They could fall in love with fresh, new people, or they could have the courage and humility to tear off some essential… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
You always feel better when you sing. Music touches people's hearts. You know, it doesn't go through your mental capacity, it just… — Jewel Copy Share Image
I'd love to do a modern-day musical that's full of original music. To get your contemporaries to sing and dance without looking… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
“Monster a person though monster not human. Monster like music. Like Beatles! Like Schumann! World full of stupid. World full of noise.… — Jennifer Finney Boylan Copy Share Image
The art music of the West has developed through out its history by means of individual geniuses, and out of the soil… — Toru Takemitsu Copy Share Image
The whole music business in the United States is based on numbers, based on unit sales and not on quality. It's not… — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
I would love to do a musical. I would love that. I would have to find the right book, the right story,… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
Don't be afraid to write bad songs and then start over and re-evaluate. Songs are like plants, in that you grow them.… — Corey Harris Copy Share Image
I wasn't one of those kids that was like I'm going to be a country music singer or I'm going to be… — William Clark Green Copy Share Image