We didn't want it to be about Mickey and Minnie being married. It was about Wayne and Russi being married. We had… — Russi Taylor Copy Share Image
What I'm trying to do is make music that people relate to, that talks about ideas that are personal but also make… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
I'm not one for sitting around listening to my own music, because I tend to cringe and think that I could have… — Ritchie Blackmore Copy Share Image
I'm not a great guitarist, but I do bits and bobs. I'm mainly a songwriter and a composer. I've done a lot… — Matthew James Thomas Copy Share Image
Even the utmost good-will and harmony and practical kindness are not sufficient for Friendship, for Friends do not live in harmony merely,… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Punk changed everything. It blew away all the dull, pompous stuff that happened before, like glam rock. Kids were getting involved in… — Keith Allen Copy Share Image
Ever since I've ever heard music, I thought it should be very clean, very precise - as clean as possible, anyway, and… — Charlie Parker Copy Share Image
When I realized I was having trouble reading, I was too embarrassed to ask for help. Some teachers believed in me, but… — Fantasia Barrino Copy Share Image
Rock ’n roll is really swing with a modern name. It began on the levees and plantations, took in folk songs, and… — Alan Freed Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a teacher because that is all I knew. It was a great course on primary school education, in… — Jack Garratt Copy Share Image
I have my set rigged with the biggest sound system possible and have a mini jack for my iPod attached to my… — Alfonso Cuaron Copy Share Image
A great song awakens something in your body / mind / spirit or history that you had forgotten about. It ignites some… — Greta Salpeter Copy Share Image
If we were to see Western landay poems, we'd see them out of disenfranchised populations, maybe out of the legacy of slavery.… — Eliza Griswold Copy Share Image
I grew up with a sense of music being a very spiritual experience while playing in church and with parents who were… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
“The enemy, self-consciousness, is creeping up on them and Gibbsy or Biggsy is the first to crack, declaring that the music is… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
“Great music is in a sense serene; it is certain of the values it asserts. But it is also in terror, because… — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
The Chili Peppers do a lot of improvising, but it's within the framework of song structures. The Meatbats is from a purely… — Chad Smith Copy Share Image
I don't mind being classified as a jazz artist, but I do mind being restricted to being a jazz artist. My foundation… — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
Harlem for me is Atlanta, Las Vegas, and Washington, D.C., in one place. You have very significant churches that have had national… — Mike Colter Copy Share Image
I've had the privilege of meeting and/or interviewing most of the top metal and hard rock artists at various points in my… — Eddie Trunk Copy Share Image
Fueled by Ramen was maybe the first company to see YouTube as a place where music videos would go. The music video,… — Hank Green Copy Share Image
Fans decide what pop culture is. We can define ourselves. Music and the presentation of art nowadays is totally in our control,… — Laura Jane Grace Copy Share Image
“Honouring the youth of their town they provided a décor that a £20-a-Martini fleecing parlour could not have amortized. They had bought… — Tony Wilson Copy Share Image
I don't really listen to music before the game. I mean, I play it in my car on the way to the… — Avery Bradley Copy Share Image
Initially, when I was first starting as a musician, I was a very nationalistic figure and I used to believe in doing… — Junaid Jamshed Copy Share Image
“I breathe deeply, and certainty enters into me like light, like a piece of science, and curious music seems to hum inside… — Leif Enger Copy Share Image
I recognize that as a musician there is a certain chauvinism attached to it, which is the thing of, "I spent my… — Jerry Garcia Copy Share Image
I couldn't listen to music with lyrics for the first few months after the brain surgery, because they were too complex and… — Rosanne Cash Copy Share Image
My music is just about story telling. I don't have much to say, and I'm not trying to change anyone's mind. I'm… — Sufjan Stevens Copy Share Image
I feel like music is, you know, made to inspire, to heal, and to cope with. So, I hope that when my… — Saweetie Copy Share Image
Yes, there was music after all. The sound of the swamp rose up to him. The sound of frogs and crickets, of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You always want to write the perfect song. But no one will ever write the perfect song, I guess. I would just… — Mose Allison Copy Share Image
I am part of a light, and it is the music. The Light fills my six senses: I see it, hear, feel,… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
Well, I never made a record to be in the Christian market. So when I made my record it was to exist… — Mat Kearney Copy Share Image
Sweet harmonious sounds give exquisite joy to human beings capable of appreciating music. I delight in hearing harmonious tones made by the… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
“A foolish German had said that man thought in words. It was totally false; a pernicious doctrine; the thoughts flashed into being… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
When you've got an extra gear in your head where that's all you do, you've constantly got a little radar up. ...… — Toby Keith Copy Share Image
Imagine if every airport would blast Brian Eno. I bet going through security wouldn't be as difficult. I can't imagine someone being… — Parker Posey Copy Share Image
Rock music was the death of jazz in a way. I know there's a bunch of people who say jazz isn't dead,… — Jamie Hince Copy Share Image
“When I really like something, I tend to never listen to it again. I want to remember the feeling even more than… — Questlove Copy Share Image
