It's taken a long time but eventually when I had the songs in place and demos right and I found myself a… — James Blunt Copy Share Image
I strenuously object to the very word "grotesque" which has become hackneyed to the point of nausea...I would prefer my music to… — Sergei Prokofiev Copy Share Image
Really, whatever I was seeking and looking into in those days like creative arts, chant, the muse being in touch with the… — Surya Das Copy Share Image
When I was 17 or 18 and it was time to figure out what to do with my life, I realized that… — David Sanborn Copy Share Image
THAT crazed girl improvising her music. Her poetry, dancing upon the shore, Her soul in division from itself Climbing, falling She knew… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
It's rooted in things that maybe older people or people my age remember as being rock music. But at the same time,… — Jeff Tweedy Copy Share Image
I got all these books about, like, what you need to know to enter the entertainment industry. And I remember I sent… — Lindsey Stirling Copy Share Image
I saw Double Leopards play at my school and realized there were other ways to approach noisy music that weren't necessarily aggressive.… — Oneohtrix Point Never Copy Share Image
“When a friend introduced me to a Bach chaconne, he started by describing it by saying that it has 256 measures (256=2^8)… — James Stein Copy Share Image
“A neurosurgeon once told me about operating on the brain of a young man with epilepsy. As is customary in this kind… — Wilder Penfield Copy Share Image
“Evolution has no foresight. Complex machinery develops its own agendas. Brains — cheat. Feedback loops evolve to promote stable heartbeats and then… — Peter Watts Copy Share Image
I do craft songs, that this is designed. It's almost like the song was written to produce this desired effect. And it… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
Aristotle ... imputed this symphony of the heavens ... this music of the spheres to Pythagorus. ... But Pythagoras alone of mortals… — John Milton Copy Share Image
My dad's family were political and he was always a theatrical creature, whereas my mum is really musical and her father was… — Grace Jones Copy Share Image
Right now I'm sick of acting, so it's like, Maybe I'll do writing for a bit. Then, when I'm tired of writing,… — Charlyne Yi Copy Share Image
The music is an important and crucial part to an animated film. You don't think about it, but you can watch Tom… — Rihanna Copy Share Image
There are many fans of hard rock music that have been wrongly pigeonholed as apathetic. This music is not music for the… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
I was never pop-music taken seriously when I was taught. But some people who agree with you will like your music, and… — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
“Intent on not worrying for the rest of the day, I jumped out of bed and plugged my iPack into the radio.… — D.M. Shiro Copy Share Image
I used to practice piano for hours, and now, with a synthesizer, you can input the music and the machine perfects the… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
When I found music I thought, that's what I want to do, but the idea of it being a job never crossed… — Caleb Followill Copy Share Image
For time not only moves inexorable forward, as the underlying grid to our personal chronicle, but is manipulated by our psychic needs… — Russell Sherman Copy Share Image
I write each song individually and each one calls for individual musicians, You sit around and wonder who can we get to… — Warren Zevon Copy Share Image
“Strike, with hand of fire, O weird musician, thy harp strung with Apollo's golden hair; fill the vast cathedral aisles with symphonies… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Maybe you play a melody twice. You play it once like you like it, and some parts that you don't like you… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
No matter what, I will always prefer a live performance. Whether it be a play or a musical, or playing music live.… — Darren Criss Copy Share Image
I don't feel bound by the ebbs and flows of musical trends, or what's happening with new music in general. I always… — Kevin Shields Copy Share Image
It wasn't professional, but it was a few levels below the top level. I loved playing football, but my passion was always… — Vance Joy Copy Share Image
Music doesn't have to go through the process of 'I'm signed, I'm famous, I'm better then you, I'm special.' Sometimes it can… — Naughty Boy Copy Share Image
For a little kid like me, growing up in Carle Place, you put on John Lee Hooker late at night, and it's… — Joe Satriani Copy Share Image
The reason I liked music because it wasn't competitive. I definitely have a show-off side to me, but that's not why I… — Jack Savoretti Copy Share Image
I'm really clear about what my life mission is now. There's no more depression or lethargy, and I feel like I've returned… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
Nothing is better than music; when it takes us out of time, it has done more for us than we have the… — Nadia Boulanger Copy Share Image
From early on, when synthesizers were first introduced into music, I liked the idea that you could get a big sound with… — John Carpenter Copy Share Image
It's hard enough to make a good song and a good recording of that song. But to try to tailor it to… — James Iha Copy Share Image
We all shared an admiration of Debussy both as a musician and as sort of an icon for the 20th century. It… — Anne Dudley Copy Share Image
“She was the kind To tell it like it is To kiss and tell To kiss and kill To kill with kindness… — Heid E. Erdrich Copy Share Image
It's just a blessing. Artists search and search for songs that will connect for a new artist because the familiarity is so… — Rodney Atkins Copy Share Image
“The true significance, then, of absolute music is that it expresses human personality at its finest moments, adequately, beautifully and spiritually, by… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Music as a whole industry is growing exponentially, but in terms of the actual music file, when you look at the actual… — Troy Carter Copy Share Image
