There is the cause for pleasure and for pain: But music moves us, and we know not why? We feel the tears,… — Letitia Elizabeth Landon Copy Share Image
My father being in the movie business, I thought being an actor would be great. But when I started singing to people… — David Crosby Copy Share Image
As for my relationship to Beethoven, I admire people who can say what they really think. It's as though he's saying, 'That's… — Andris Nelsons Copy Share Image
there is a great choice that awaits us every day: whether we go around carving holes in others because we have been… — Mark Nepo Copy Share Image
Well a good writer writes, a good musician listens to a lot more than he actually composes, and if you're going to… — David Lee Roth Copy Share Image
All songs have those X factors. I couldn't even explain or describe what will grab me about them but it's all music… — Hoodie Allen Copy Share Image
I want kids of this generation to see that everything is cool, that there's some kind of unity in hip-hop. We all… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I certainly had no feeling for harmony, and Schoenberg thought that that would make it impossible for me to write music. He… — John Cage Copy Share Image
Even though we try not to be nostalgic about drawing from old music, I'm always inspired by things like old Cole Porter… — Ron Mael Copy Share Image
I was going to go to college and graduate and move to New York and do the Broadway thing. That's where a… — Sam Tsui Copy Share Image
Music is my favorite thing in the world. I grew up completely around it and I think it's one of the most… — Riley Keough Copy Share Image
Actually, I would love to make a music video. Maybe it would finally put to rest those persistent rumours that have followed… — Perry Como Copy Share Image
Music is either sacred or secular. The sacred agrees with its dignity, and here has its greatest effect on life, an effect… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
If a guy who normally keeps to himself goes out of his way to chat you up or bring you coffee at… — Glen Rambharack Copy Share Image
I'm always trying to push myself into unfamiliar places with the music, sometimes without success, I have to admit. But I'd rather… — Michael Gira Copy Share Image
I just wanted to release an album of piano music for music's sake. I'm not expecting to sell millions of albums. It's… — David Bryan Copy Share Image
You have to insulate yourself - I'm talking about from everything, people can be talking to you and you won't hear 'em… — Mel Tillis Copy Share Image
Knowing that I am out here, with a full open heart, travelling and living my dream with my guys playing music, that… — Granger Smith Copy Share Image
I don't even listen to the records after they come out. It's outlawed in my house. My wife and my kids can't… — Dr. Dre Copy Share Image
“It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness & of pain: of strength… — Benjamin Britten Copy Share Image
For myself music definitely informs my emotions. And I can literally play a song that will get me where I need to… — Queen Latifah Copy Share Image
When I finally got together with Rostropovich as a student, he was very focused, almost entirely focused on the music itself, on… — David Finckel Copy Share Image
Other music that 'Ride The Lightning' led me to discover was to start really kind of sinking my teeth into some of… — David Draiman Copy Share Image
Everyone wants to be an arena act, and it's making country music evolve. People are cutting things more for that arena environment.… — Tracy Lawrence Copy Share Image
I was growing up in a communist time, especially, and the other music, the western music, was banned, so on radio half… — Krzysztof Penderecki Copy Share Image
I just wanted people to hear the sounds and fall in love and not overthink it. You get a 12-year-old and you'll… — Saint Jhn Copy Share Image
The thing that concerns me most is that, in the digital age, if we fail to make efforts to maintain the value… — Satoru Iwata Copy Share Image
Parenting changes your life, it changes how you hear yourself in relationship to others - which is part of the reason that… — Lars Ulrich Copy Share Image
Pharoahe Monch is a long time supporter of my music and I'm a long time supporter of his music so when we… — Immortal Technique Copy Share Image
I just implore local music fans to get out on a regular basis to support the local bands that you like. If… — Larry Howes Copy Share Image
One thing about skating that I don't think people focus on enough is the music factor. The music is a huge component… — Vera Wang Copy Share Image
“People keep telling me that my music has helped them through periods of their life, and I've never understood how that happens,… — Jimmy McDonough Copy Share Image
The dignity of art probably appears most eminently with music since it does not have any material that needs to be discounted.… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“And did you feel like, 'This is it!?' Did music swell and fireworks explode and did you think to yourself,'This is what… — Michael Barakiva Copy Share Image
For one, the nonverbal aspects of music are the most important to me. Then, whatever sort of emotion the music carries, intrinsically,… — Luke Temple Copy Share Image
There's music that can affect people in their lives, and they will always relate to the point that they heard it and… — Jimmy Page Copy Share Image
“My conception of New York City came from rap music. I envisioned it as a place where people shot each other on… — Ishmael Beah Copy Share Image
“Should I have taken him by the hand and led him over to the Zappa? No. I won't spoon-feed the customers. If… — Yvonne Prinz Copy Share Image
People won't stop painting, just as they won't stop making music or dancing. This is a facility we have. Children don't stop… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
What I want to do with my music is to just encourage vulnerability, and to talk about things even if they're uncomfortable.… — Arlo Parks Copy Share Image
