I definitely try to be myself and not try to imitate other performers. That's why I got my music degree. I wanted… — Luis Fonsi Copy Share Image
“In a society of increasingly mass-produced, assembly-line entertainment, where every individual is treated like an empty pitcher to be filled from above,… — Marshall Stearns Copy Share Image
What was evident was that Mozart was simply transcribing music completely finished in his head. And finished as most music is never… — Peter Shaffer Copy Share Image
My own songs awakened from that hour, And with them the key, the word up from the waves, The word of the… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
In this world, everything has a pulse or a vibration. This sound is unique to each living or non-living thing and in… — Mike Oldfield Copy Share Image
“Any pub will do?” “McPherson’s, I think. One with music that will alter my life forever, give me eternal happiness, and make… — Jenny B. Jones Copy Share Image
I pass for a hypersensitive, reclusive neurotic, which I may well be, but I hope the year won't come when my anxieties… — Yves Saint Laurent Copy Share Image
“Rock and roll is music," said Vanya. "Prokofiev is music, Stravinski is music, Tchaikovski and Borodin and Rimski-Korsakov and even Rachmaninov, THEY… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
The advantage of the gypsy language, even though I don't understand it that much, the language is perfect melody. So if you… — Emir Kusturica Copy Share Image
A priest once said to me, 'Think of a priest going to the altar as you walk out on the stage.' I… — Stephen Hough Copy Share Image
I see that you believe in love such as the poets and romancers have represented... The poets represent love as the sculptors… — Alfred de Musset Copy Share Image
“It’s funny that when you decide you want to do creative work—journalism or music or films or whatever—nobody tells you how much… — John Biewen Copy Share Image
I've never been able to relate to many people. I've always been the outcast child. I don't follow the rules. That's kind… — Neon Hitch Copy Share Image
I try to sing many different kinds of songs. If I sing a batch of humorous songs, I'll throw in a deadly… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
The desire to share is not a vague, windy sentiment, not when you see the massive rise in live concerts in response… — Richard Eyre Copy Share Image
My dad hates reggae. He's from St. Kitts, which is a really British island, with Victorian values. He doesn't have a strong… — Corinne Bailey Rae Copy Share Image
My 'Chili Palmer' was my mother. Her name is Carmen Milian, and she's my manager. Before getting into music, we actually educated… — Christina Milian Copy Share Image
For me, on a music level, I see the good that came from Woodstock. I also appreciate the fact it was a… — Larry Graham Copy Share Image
“The one good thing about pain is that while you can remember it, you can't recreate it; you can't truly think it… — Seth Kaufman Copy Share Image
One thing I have found over years is that if you change direction, the initial reaction tends to be very polarized, but… — Steven Wilson Copy Share Image
I could sing and play as well. I've got some brothers; one of them is the drummer in the band. They're good… — Jonathan Rhys Meyers Copy Share Image
Hateful, blasphemous, prejudiced, vulgar, rude, or ignorant remarks are the music of a free society, and the relentless patter of idiots is… — Daniel Gilbert Copy Share Image
When I've been in rooms helping other artists write songs, I want it to feel authentic to them. So it's a lot… — G Flip Copy Share Image
My first songs, I would just record them on this little tape recorder, and then I didn't start recording songs I really… — Matt Costa Copy Share Image
Most things, even the greatest movements on earth, have their beginnings in something small. An earthquake that shatters a city might begin… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
It simply becomes more and more difficult as you move further away from your heyday, music being the only format where you're… — Alison Moyet Copy Share Image
I tried to take a few community college classes, but it got in the way of music, so I stopped. I had… — Alex Winston Copy Share Image
“You can want, wish, and dream all day, but those that prepare, work, learn, practice, and problem-solve are the ones that find… — Loren Weisman Copy Share Image
A lot of my friends are doctors, and the difference between me and them is there's no musical emergencies to pull me… — David Bryan Copy Share Image
“Color directly influences the soul. Color is the keyboard, the eyes are the hammers, the soul is the piano with many strings.… — Wassily Kandinsky Copy Share Image
“Ede had been pregnant not quite the full term: eight months, two weeks, four days. She had lapsed into an extended silence… — Timothy Findley Copy Share Image
At the art college in Edinburgh someone arranged for some London groups to come up and play. I was in a supporting… — Jamie Muir Copy Share Image
I think I kind of approached music with this sort of, like, weird thing where I kinda set myself up where I… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
I'm sitting at home every time there's a Grammy. It's like, 'What is Sharon doing tonight?' I'm sitting home watching it. But… — Sharon Jones Copy Share Image
“The conversation was tense and awkward, but at least Toby’s atrocious music was no longer making Jonah’s ears bleed. Jonah would have… — Cardeno C Copy Share Image
I would advise dancers, musicians and others in the entertainment industry to take up yoga, as it clears the mind and creates… — Emmanuel Jal Copy Share Image
I would imagine that most of my writing is done spontaneously. I had no intention of writing, and then I'll just walk… — Andrae Crouch Copy Share Image
I really think it's just the people you put around you. For instance, you mentioned "Kiss Goodbye," that was a song that… — Cody Johnson Copy Share Image
I have a younger brother and sister who actually play in my band, and we were always into Disney music, big time.… — Laura Mvula Copy Share Image
A lot of the musicians asked me if when I hit my high-Cs on the records I had a clarinet take the… — Louis Armstrong Copy Share Image
![“A lot of the musicians asked me if when I hit my high-Cs on the records I had a clarinet take the notes. Some [thought] I had invented some kind of gadget so I could play high register. They weren't satisfied until they handed me a trumpet that they had with them and had me swing it. Then they…” quote by Louis Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/0c7/louis-armstrong-7258_clarinet_a-lot-of-the-musicians-asked-me-if-when_2020402.jpg)
