There was a time when hip-hop was its own musical principle, aside from sampling. Like the entire Wild Style break is instrumental.… — Mos Def Copy Share Image
I linked up with Swishahouse when I was 17 or 18, and was a child through most of my first few records.… — Paul Wall Copy Share Image
I give a lot of credit to 'Cherry Pie.' It has stood the test of time. It's a little catchy. It's a… — Jani Lane Copy Share Image
So many of my friends are still trying to get record deals, and I've had one for 10 years now, where my… — Jane Siberry Copy Share Image
Each song had a different way of coming about. In some, the music was written first while others it was the lyrics.… — Elena Tonra Copy Share Image
In discourse more sweet; For eloquence the soul, song charms the sense. Others apart sat on a hill retir'd, In thoughts more… — John Milton Copy Share Image
Growing up with a bold feminist in my mother, I witnessed her march magnificently from mini to maxi, fashions so obviously linked… — Esther McVey Copy Share Image
I'm not good at happy, lightweight kind of music. I'm not really good at pop music. 'Cars' is probably the only true… — Gary Numan Copy Share Image
In film, you can create the illusion of time and space. People speak; characters reveal their feelings. You can use music, which… — Edward Burtynsky Copy Share Image
“Instrumental music was only tolerated, on account of the times and of the people. But in gospel times, we must not have… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Wagner always opens you a second breath, and then you go on, and you are absolutely into his musical world, and you… — Andris Nelsons Copy Share Image
I write songs all the time. Sometimes they're just weird songs I sing while changing a baby, or songs about annoying things… — James Murphy Copy Share Image
My approach to making music has always been making ideas and developing them. Sometimes I develop them all the way by myself.… — Frank Dukes Copy Share Image
I'm not a jukebox; I don't play exactly what the crowd wants to hear - that doesn't make sense. But, I do… — Armin van Buuren Copy Share Image
I have always been obsessed with America, the geography, the history, and, of course, the music. I've been lucky enough to have… — Tim Rice Copy Share Image
“I put on slight music I could ignore and started to write. The type of this music I most favored they no… — Sergio De La Pava Copy Share Image
In 2010, aside from that niche of music that I have no interest in - Black Eyed Peas territory, disposable pop stuff… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
Behind the violence of the birthing of galaxies and stars and planets came a quiet and tender melody, a gentle love song.… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
In all honesty, based on the direction my life was heading in before I got a real break in the music sh*t,… — Nipsey Hussle Copy Share Image
I feel like the first record was really finding my feet, figuring out what music I wanted to make... Now that I've… — Flume Copy Share Image
I've never aspired to make 'jazz music,' I simply aspired to make music that was in a word, self-soothing and relevant to… — Melody Gardot Copy Share Image
Best strategy for a first date is to ask her questions. Just keeping asking her questions about herself. Her life, her job,… — Michael Ian Black Copy Share Image
I'm really inspired by the interplay of visual art and music, a total artistic environment where there's sound and visuals. When I… — Black Francis Copy Share Image
I've never been one to learn scales and do exercises. Maybe I'm lazy, but I just don't take to that kind of… — Mat Kearney Copy Share Image
“This was the first time I thought of S— that day. Her music was beautiful, her voice was beautiful, her body was… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
There's a vulnerability in music but you've also got to protect your sacred place and have a place you can still retire… — Kimbra Copy Share Image
I became this dorky 15-year-old, in my bedroom all the time with crossed eyes, staring at my computer. It was all drum… — Katie Melua Copy Share Image
I'm a firm believer that embracing the imperfections of making music is so much of what makes something groove. Getting rid of… — Jacob Collier Copy Share Image
Honestly, I don't listen to nobody else's music but my own. It's kind of like sports to me. You don't see Kobe… — Lil Wayne Copy Share Image
To do an extreme metal record is something that is well within my capacity as a musician to write stuff out of… — Phil Anselmo Copy Share Image
I am involved in every step of the process [musicmaking]. Whether it is the production or the mixing or the visuals and… — G-Eazy Copy Share Image
“Behold her, single in the field, Yon solitary Highland Lass! Reaping and singing by herself; Stop here, or gently pass! Alone she… — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
Usually we're all comfortable playing the songs, but during the song there might be one part where you're like „oh, this part's… — John Petrucci Copy Share Image
I've become more introverted as I've got older. I used to be an outgoing person who joked around a lot, but as… — Aloe Blacc Copy Share Image
My father has been a voice of encouragement in times of desperation for so many people. But he died when I was… — Damian Marley Copy Share Image
I'm starting to wonder if pop culture is in its dying days, because everyone is able to customize their own lives with… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
I don't know why I keep saying this, and I don't know why I keep using their names... And I'm not dogging… — Sharon Jones Copy Share Image
I have to be honest: I think production is mad - exciting - because, of course, you're creating the record. When you're… — Labrinth Copy Share Image
I've written a number of songs over the years and it's a big part of my life, this sort of tension between… — James Taylor Copy Share Image
My ambition, a long time ago, was to be a film music writer. A compromise then was to be the guy who… — Chris Rea Copy Share Image
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