When you're writing songs for yourself, as all artists do, it's about 'me.' It's about what you feel and your emotions. You're… — Curt Smith Copy Share Image
A lot of executives simply told me that my sound was dated and wouldn't work, kind of telling me essentially to go… — Carly Pearce Copy Share Image
Everybody's family plays them music, and my grandma used to play a lot of old-school stuff, like Ron Isley and Gladys Knight.… — Bryson Tiller Copy Share Image
What was nice about the nineties is that it was an example of music that responded to a desire of the times.… — Dar Williams Copy Share Image
“He laughs and turns up the music so that I can hear it in the back. The speakers blast out: ‘Streets like… — Harry Shaw Copy Share Image
It's like, 'Oh, great, drag queens can excel!' - but then the ceiling is so low. You're only allowed on the first… — Sharon Needles Copy Share Image
“I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to infuse strength… — Sarah Ban Breathnach Copy Share Image
“I own a crevice stuffed with moss and a couch of lemming fur; I sit and listen to the music of water… — John A. Haines Copy Share Image
There are some superficial things that connect me to the stream. There's instrumentation, there's timbre, use of electronics, the way that samples… — Missy Mazzoli Copy Share Image
“She sat at the window of the train…The window frame trembled with the speed of the motion, the pane hung over empty… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
George's contribution to the great archive of contemporary music rests alongside the immortals. His is a legacy of unquestionable brilliance and one… — Andrew Ridgeley Copy Share Image
When I think of music, I think of music in its totality, complete. From the lowest blues to the highest symphony, you… — Donny Hathaway Copy Share Image
I'm not the kind of guy who walks around with a notebook writing lyrics. For me, melody and song structure come first… — Cary Brothers Copy Share Image
I mean, the shoe - there is a music to it, there is attitude, there is sound, it's a movement. Clothes -… — Christian Louboutin Copy Share Image
It is important for the musician to learn as much about the composer as possible and to study the music he has… — Vladimir Horowitz Copy Share Image
“I knew it was coming. I knew they didn't have the nerve. Three days in and they've got faces like vexed tomatoes,… — Mark E. Smith Copy Share Image
“Five seconds, and my body's humming. I go half-man, half-machine, and my thoughts go straight to touching her more, to how far… — Susan Vaught Copy Share Image
All you can usually say about a poem or a picture is, 'Look at it, listen to it.' Whether you listen to… — Basil Bunting Copy Share Image
I cannot write music. I cannot play the piano. Jayne Meadows I just loved and love life. I love it today. Jayne… — Jayne Meadows Copy Share Image
My father used to tape 'Top of the Pops' for me every Sunday, and I would sit in my bedroom, write down… — Bonnie Tyler Copy Share Image
Most songs have meager beginnings. You wake up in the morning, you throw on your suspenders, and you subvocalize and just think.… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
I always loved soul music. My dad was a very religious guy, and we would listen to a lot of gospel and… — Norbert Leo Butz Copy Share Image
Music that boldly and aggressively laid out what the singer wanted, loved, hated — as good rock ’n’ roll did — challenged… — Ellen Willis Copy Share Image
Songs really are like a form of time travel because they really have moved forward in a bubble. Everyone who's connected with… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
Other [artists'] music is really what you get most inspiration from, whether consciously or subconsciously. I like a lot of old music… — Ben Rector Copy Share Image
I think the '60s was a great time for music, especially for rock and roll. It was the era of The Beatles,… — Angus Young Copy Share Image
As a songwriter and a singer in a successful rock band, I have had the good fortune of being surrounded by incredible… — Ed Kowalczyk Copy Share Image
I think Allah (swt) has given me the ni'ma of this voice, for which I use for Allah (swt) and his Prophet… — Junaid Jamshed Copy Share Image
Twerking - and it's a lot more than twerking - comes from a long history of music and dance in New Orleans.… — Big Freedia Copy Share Image
The TV schedule is fantastic. It allows you to have a life. Theater actors are so disciplined - especially if you're doing… — Neil Patrick Harris Copy Share Image
My mother wanted me to learn how to read music. She'd given fiddles to my two older brothers, but they'd rebelled. I… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
I'm less interested in uniqueness than in goodness. I see so many concerts where the program notes are more interesting than the… — Anna Meredith Copy Share Image
I did have my beginnings in doo-wop music; I had a group called the Tokens in Brooklyn. They went on, of course,… — Neil Sedaka Copy Share Image
Somebody came and directed a show at my high school. I approached it with sort of the sensibility - "Oh, I know… — Anika Noni Rose Copy Share Image
“Remapping occurs regularly throughout the brain in the absence of injury. My favorite examples concern musicians, who have larger auditory cortical representation… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
In high school, some of the guys were really into music. When I first joined the team as a sophomore, I was… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
I adored being at the RSC and working on the verse and getting the iambic pentameter right. You just skim across the… — Richard McCabe Copy Share Image
It's much easier for me to say that, the kind of music I didn't listen to was pretty much that. I mean… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
Sometimes to get in the "musical mood," I'll just turn on music really loud, or go drive around and listen to music,… — John Britt Daniel Copy Share Image
I'd spent five hours that morning trying to write a song that was meaningful and good, and I finally gave up and… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
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