J.S. Bach was easily the greatest musical innovator in the history of the world. He was so advanced for his time. There's… — Brian Wilson Copy Share Image
All in all, I think that out of all musical genres, the world of metal is the most escapist one. Metal is… — Tuomas Holopainen Copy Share Image
I was essentially raised on blues music. My dad was a blues musician around Dublin when I was a baby, so the… — Hozier Copy Share Image
Sometimes the music just has to tell the story without you trying to tell the story. It depends on the type of… — Tyga Copy Share Image
People have habits about what they think songs should be like. There's the folky thing of: "Poor me, I'm a sensitive person… — Robert Wyatt Copy Share Image
I feel beautiful music should be shared, not hoarded; it teaches us to feel what we might not have felt. It touches… — Lang Lang Copy Share Image
“Even after everyone had gone home, the house was filled with the good time they’d had, as if it could linger in… — Cynthia Voigt Copy Share Image
“He said, “So . . . do you like music?” It was a pretty stupid question. I mean, who doesn’t like music?… — Kristin Walker Copy Share Image
I think you can refine what you do, and become more consistent. And you write better songs that have a better shape… — Richard Thompson Copy Share Image
When I'm on stage, the songs that we've chosen to play from the back catalog are things that still resonate with me,… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
“What I heard was but the melody of children at play, nothing but that, and so limpid was the air that within… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
“Now I don’t know how many people like to drive a Beetle at that kind of speed (on purpose) but I know… — Christina Engela Copy Share Image
I have no problem with religion, and I grew up with a strong curiosity about spiritual matters, but my searching took me… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
It is always a push to keep the music from verging into begging the audience to feel something. Because the thing is,… — Celine Song Copy Share Image
... one thing people always ask me is 'How do you play outside?' ... I have no idea how to teach that,… — John Scofield Copy Share Image
There was a German philosopher who is very well known, his name was Immanuel Kant, and he said there are two things… — John Cage Copy Share Image
It is fruitless to search for a single musical style, or even any blend of musical styles, that can assist all Christians… — Michael Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
When I did 'Frankenstein,' the record company said, 'Now you can do 'Dracula' and 'Wolf Man' and we'll call the whole thing… — Edgar Winter Copy Share Image
You can't give up something you really believe in for financial reasons. If you die by the roadside - so be it.… — Robert Plant Copy Share Image
Cornelius Cardew very famous in Britain, because he was the darling of the avant-garde, and he played in a band called AMM,… — Alasdair MacLean Copy Share Image
To get large groups of people to dance, there needs to be something accessible about the music. The beat can't be too… — Dan Deacon Copy Share Image
“Art, and above all, music has a fundamental function, which is to catalyze the sublimation that it can bring about through all… — Iannis Xenakis Copy Share Image
There probably is a lot of music that no one's ever gonna hear. For anyone doing music, just do exactly what it… — Dustin Diamond Copy Share Image
...yet, unbeknownst to him, it had been kept alive - and it was only now, in listening to Deet's songs, that he… — Amitav Ghosh Copy Share Image
“Road trips are fun. Come on. I'll let you control the music. I give you permission to put your hand on my… — Teresa Mummert Copy Share Image
“And if they do not have one? What is the name of this sadness you get from the three ascending notes of… — Circe Maia Copy Share Image
Beauty addresses itself chiefly to sight, but there is a beauty for the hearing too, as in certain combinations so words and… — Plotinus Copy Share Image
The first job I got was a production of 'Fame - the Musical,' at the North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly, Massachusetts,… — Jonathan Groff Copy Share Image
I think that generally music should be a positive thing, I like Bob Marley's attitude: he said that his goal in life… — Jon Fishman Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I definitely wish I had felt more... I just wish I had started actually putting out my music… — Soccer Mommy Copy Share Image
I've been acting since I was 2 and have always been on camera but doing a video is different because when you're… — Corbin Bleu Copy Share Image
I went to jail at 17. While I was there, I discovered that I could write. Once I started making some songs,… — Jay IDK Copy Share Image
I think the idea is now for blacks to write about the history of our music. It's time for that, because whites… — Dizzy Gillespie Copy Share Image
It seems to be really trendy to get excited about a random-ass radio song. Which, I like radio songs, don't get me… — Ed Droste Copy Share Image
The thing that separates Sophie from the music I do for other people is that it's 100% written by me. In the… — Sophie Copy Share Image
I used to say that I was making "country music," because it was the quickest, easiest answer. I'm obviously heavily influenced by… — Caitlin Rose Copy Share Image
... Jimmy Page bought a Les Paul because he liked mine, but it was stolen, so he bought a Standard everybody raved… — Albert Lee Copy Share Image
Everyone's talking about how no one is buying records any more, but to me it's quite logical. In the 1990s, music was… — Robyn Copy Share Image
I do all the things that singer-songwriters do. I introduce the songs, I have a story to tell about everything all the… — India.Arie Copy Share Image
Spotify, Tidal, and even YouTube, to a degree, are vast and rich troves of music, but they primarily function as search engines… — Jenna Wortham Copy Share Image
