My buddies worked with me for weeks, and I went up to take my test, and started crying because I couldn't remember… — Barry McGuire Copy Share Image
I used to be really into traditional meditation, but I found that creating new music is the best meditation. When I'm able… — Flying Lotus Copy Share Image
“Maybe it is because music is about as physical as it gets: your essential rhythm is your heartbeat; your essential sound, the… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I think whatever we've done as a band at The Clientele, we've done because it's so natural. Our "old" sound isn't really… — Alasdair MacLean Copy Share Image
“when somebody plays music, you listen. you just follow those sounds, and eventually you understand the music. the point can't be explained… — Alan Wilson Watts Copy Share Image
People say all kinds of things about the ingredients of songs. But you know they are a kind of magic, in the… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
Music was never an obligation for me; from a very young age, I understood it as a moment of freedom where you… — Lara Fabian Copy Share Image
I write plays, and I have a musical that's starting to get produced now. That's what I would love to do, but… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to all kinds of music. When I came up, you would hear people like Marvin Gaye talking about… — Dianne Reeves Copy Share Image
I know where my heart is and I know that I can make people feel something with my music. I'm quite confident… — Ane Brun Copy Share Image
Now bands have to sing live, now people watch who sings on the record, now people want to hear the real music… — Rob Pilatus Copy Share Image
Sitting up all night would be pointless if somebody you loved wasn't sitting up with you, picking out music to play and… — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
Other memories stick, no matter how much you wish they wouldn’t. They’re like a song you hate but can’t ever get completely… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
I think on the first album, my aim was to write a good song and have a good melody, and I wanted… — Emeli Sande Copy Share Image
I am always thinking about writing music; my wife is constantly asking me: 'Is there any way you can turn off the… — Kellin Quinn Copy Share Image
As you get older, your songwriting starts to become less and less about you, and especially when you have kids and a… — Sam Roberts Copy Share Image
I think once 'Empire' hit, there was a lot of bad black TV that followed, because we work in the business of… — Lena Waithe Copy Share Image
“God is boundless, and so is never a boundary: God's music possesses the richness of every transition, interval, measure, variation - all… — David Hart Copy Share Image
Make no mistake, this music is for everyone. Jazz is not an exclusive, elite club. Go ahead, listen to your Snoop Doggy… — Christian McBride Copy Share Image
When I was a young student, I only listened to foreign music, mainly rock music and hard rock. Then I surprised myself… — Dmitry Medvedev Copy Share Image
No generation has escaped it - one morning, your skill with the eight-track or the record player or the cotton gin suddenly… — Alexandra Petri Copy Share Image
I never thought about making music because it has to be a hit. There are so many better singers out there who… — Atif Aslam Copy Share Image
“What's the big-deal about "Rock" music, anyway? What does it have over, say, Polka music? Polka music has integrity - it's music… — Peter Bagge Copy Share Image
Your smile is unique among all others. Your laugh makes your own music. Your walk suits you. Your voice makes patterns of… — Josephine Copy Share Image
It's a really cool time for artists who want to strive for a little more depth in what they want to say… — Kimbra Copy Share Image
When I was young, I was being pushed, against my will, towards becoming a classical musician. I had music scholarships; I had… — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
You must in your music be wavering like the wind; sometimes wanton, sometimes drooping, sometimes grave and staid, otherwhile effeminate; and the… — Thomas Morley Copy Share Image
We announce the birth of a conceptual country, NEWTOPIA. Citizenship of the country can be obtained by declaration of your awareness of… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
[My son] he loves music, but right now, cars are his thing. He told me when he gets older he wants to… — Tyga Copy Share Image
I'd love to have a lifetime career. If you look at people like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, people who have been… — Jim James Copy Share Image
I'll always be an actor first. I grew up doing musical theater, so music and acting, to me, have always gone hand… — Jon Huertas Copy Share Image
I don't really write journals and stuff and then adapt them to music, it's completely within the form of the song. My… — Emily Haines Copy Share Image
I think one of the reasons [Nikolai] Medtner hasn't had a chance is that his music needs very, very committed performances. If… — Marc-Andre Hamelin Copy Share Image
Always in movies... drummers are portrayed as the dumb character... I don't know why. Most of the drummers I know are the… — G Flip Copy Share Image
There is a difference between a great producer and somebody who is a big advocate of your music. Just because you're a… — Ben Harper Copy Share Image
With this new album, I prepared for it a long time, and I was happy with the songs and the production. I… — Jon Secada Copy Share Image
The older I get, the more I see how much motivations matter. The Zune was crappy because the people at Microsoft don’t… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
I started playing piano and guitar when I was in elementary school, and then I was finally like, 'I want to sing.'… — Ravyn Lenae Copy Share Image
“The music, as predicted, blew big time. A live band was going to town up on stage, but really, how many times… — Nicole Williams Copy Share Image
I think playback singing has a lot to do with voice acting. I would suggest to all the youngsters to understand the… — Lata Mangeshkar Copy Share Image