I went to art school and never thought I'd be a musician, but then punk rock came along in the late 70s… — Michael Gira Copy Share Image
I still love touring rock clubs around the world, and that's something that's really a part of me. I love making albums,… — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
I love the weird overdub style, like 'The Madcap Laughs' by Syd Barrett, where you can tell it's being overdubbed and it's… — Ty Segall Copy Share Image
I cross things out more than I write them. And if I try to sing a line, and I know that it's… — Bill Callahan Copy Share Image
“In the end, the record companies have the power to control the quality that is served online. Online service has been problematic… — Neil Young Copy Share Image
Oh yeah, it's great see music and to play music in small places. And it's really fun for me to play here… — Bill Kreutzmann Copy Share Image
More often than not, I'm worried about, where shouldn't we have music? Because the tendency is just to put everything everywhere all… — Michael Giacchino Copy Share Image
I want to write, I want to sing. I want to do the same thing for others, have my music, hopefully do… — Lisa Marie Presley Copy Share Image
I have my ideas, I have my music and I also just enjoy showing off, so that's a big part of it.… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
I play trumpet. And I took all the music courses in college, so I can also play the string instruments, keyboard, the… — Jon Tester Copy Share Image
I grew up in Kansas City from when I was about two years old to my mid-teens. Kansas City at the time… — Eldar Djangirov Copy Share Image
“I woke this morning with tears poured like rain To realize alot in the world is in vein My wish to all… — Peace Gypsy Copy Share Image
If you stuff yourself full of poems, essays, plays, stories, novels, films, comic strips, magazines, music, you automatically explode every morning like… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
What is the purpose of writing music? One is, of course, not dealing with purposes but dealing with sounds. Or the answer… — John Cage Copy Share Image
What makes jazz different is that you can't predict it, it's all about freedom. Just when you think you know what you're… — Gregory Porter Copy Share Image
When you're making this kind of music, you don't need a producer. If you're making pop albums or trying to write hit… — Mike Portnoy Copy Share Image
A lot of commercial country does speak to people in some way. It's more of a ear worm or a melody that's… — Tyler Childers Copy Share Image
People ask me this a lot, what a song's about… I do think analyzing a song can be interesting, although it doesn't… — Tom Verlaine Copy Share Image
I'm always looking, people are always presenting and I have found that every year of my life there's been great bands. All… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I'm a highly, highly, highly creative human being. I write music all the time. I write scripts constantly. I run my own… — Kim Basinger Copy Share Image
Well, I think, I certainly used backward music in Sea of Monsters. I can't remember in the Sea of Time. I would… — George Martin Copy Share Image
As much as I don't want to admit it, my fans are the only ones that can hurt my feelings when they're… — Wale Copy Share Image
James Brown opened at least six of our House of Blues clubs. He always delivered, but he demanded the respect of an… — Dan Aykroyd Copy Share Image
The communication within Sinsaenum is really, really cool. As extreme as the music is, you might not realize how much we respect… — Joey Jordison Copy Share Image
The people have no ear, either for rhythm or music, and their unnatural passion for pianoforte playing and singing is thus all… — Heinrich Heine Copy Share Image
I'm interested in where I'm going and the people I am there to see. Going to Cuba was a great example of… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
I am definitely less and less interested in music made by people that exist today, people that are living. I just see… — Michael Gira Copy Share Image
I think it happens to a lot of people who make music just on a computer by themselves, you don't see the… — Eef Barzelay Copy Share Image
Humor is like a rhythm; it's like music. And you throw a couple of extra syllables in, you wreck the beat and… — Betty White Copy Share Image
“He exuded ambiguities she decided, that was his fascination. His mouth spoke; his eyes said something other: his smile belied everything… He… — Patricia A. McKillip Copy Share Image
I write songs as honestly as I can without worrying about genres or labels. Sometimes I sing, and sometimes I rap, and… — K. Flay Copy Share Image
If I'm not writing, I can download a newer album everybody's making a fuss about. But when I'm writing, I keep myself… — Perfume Genius Copy Share Image
Growing up in the '80s, questions of style and music and youth culture all seemed inherently political - like gay rights issues,… — Wolfgang Tillmans Copy Share Image
I was playing acoustic bossa nova music in a trio, and Tucker was the DJ that night. He came early and saw… — Sophie Hawley-Weld Copy Share Image
“Mockingbirds are the true artists of the bird kingdom. Which is to say, although they're born with a song of their own,… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
The dubbing of the music and effects is really incredible today. You're feeling gun shots. I mean, it's not the way people… — Joel Silver Copy Share Image
My dad supports me. He said, "I wished when I was at your age I started doing rock and roll music. Then… — Richard Hilfiger Copy Share Image
Of course there are some actors that are better than others and performances that are better than others, but they're always embedded… — James Franco Copy Share Image
Obviously, it was a big life change for me and quite a shock to suddenly have these songs I'd written in my… — Brooke Fraser Copy Share Image
I am quite a romantic person, really, and I should have put that into my music earlier, but I was probably denying… — Billy Idol Copy Share Image
