...Scotty Moore plays one of the first really amazing riffs in rock history on Heartbreak Hotel with Elvis Presley ... it was… — Roger McGuinn Copy Share Image
Ours is a very eclectic offering. We're affiliated with the church but we're not just offering church music. Our philosophy is that… — John Wright Copy Share Image
When I came into the music, I was forced to be a CEO. I was forced to be an entrepreneur; I was… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
Being a professional musician doesn't mean you spend 12 hours a day playing music. It means you spend up to 12 hours… — Robert Fripp Copy Share Image
Nothing is more futile than theorizing about music. No doubt there are laws, mathematically strict laws, but these laws are not music;… — Heinrich Heine Copy Share Image
Where Charlie Christian left off, Papoose started a new thing; he was an innovator of the guitar. The things he did during… — Dr. John Copy Share Image
Once music ceases to be ephemeral - always disappearing - and becomes instead material... it leaves the condition of traditional music and… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
“If you are speaking of music...it is of all subjects my delight. There are few people in England I suppose, who have… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I've gotten to go to the Opry a couple of times and stand backstage and watch. But I made it a point… — Dustin Lynch Copy Share Image
Actually, I never tell for whom my songs are written. It's a kind of superstition! I started writing songs for not having… — Enrique Iglesias Copy Share Image
Usually, I think it's best to play the song for them once and have them mix it up on the spot, because… — Larkin Grimm Copy Share Image
It's odd to spend your vacation with someone else's music especially when you're alone. You're free to let loose, unobserved, but someone… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
I think that live music is really pretentious - all of it. I hate festivals and live shows, because as soon as… — Willis Earl Beal Copy Share Image
Most of our artists are songwriters, so the songs are still central to all this. If you don't have great songs, it… — Scott Borchetta Copy Share Image
We like to take pop songs that have really cool, complex melodies or lyrics and strip away all that fluff and electronic… — Jinkx Monsoon Copy Share Image
There is so much talent in the country, and not all of that necessarily is confined to Bollywood. There are some great… — Shankar Mahadevan Copy Share Image
Rock's gone soft, it's gone miserable and boring, there's not really much exciting about it. So it's important that we cross over,… — Oliver Sykes Copy Share Image
You are the books you read, the films you watch, the music you listen to, the people you meet, the dreams you… — Ash Sweeney Copy Share Image
I always come from a female perspective and a strong music base, trying to keep a positive slant on things. It's important… — Nikka Costa Copy Share Image
London is a very big city, Manchester is calmer. I live near the training ground, so I do things around there in… — Juan Mata Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to hits, and if I write something I feel, I think that's pretty mass appeal. I'm not very… — Diane Warren Copy Share Image
“If in the past people would listen to music out of love for music, nowadays it roars everywhere and all the time,… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
The only thing I say I consciously do is I definitely make an effort to work on different styles of music: not… — John Congleton Copy Share Image
So much of what deejays like myself do is, I'm very interested in - I'm constantly looking for new music, constantly digging,… — DJ /rupture Copy Share Image
Naturally, underground music often gravitates toward experimentation and the abstract. That's understandable, and more often than not, it feels great to dive… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
I try to listen to over a hundred different songs a day. I listen to every single thing. If you're just listening… — Benny Blanco Copy Share Image
I remember Shammi Kapoor for his great sense of music. If he loved a song, he would go to any speaks of… — Saira Banu Copy Share Image
My exposure to independent music was via Nirvana and grunge so I'd never gotten into punk. I don't really like that music… — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
When she awoke there was a melody in her head she could not identify or recall ever hearing before. 'Perhaps I made… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
To the extent that this world surrenders its richness and diversity, it surrenders its poetry; to the extent that it relinquishes its… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to a lot of that stuff, Motown and Stooges. But also early rock-and-roll like Chuck Berry, Little Richard,… — Alex Winston Copy Share Image
When I talk of primordial innocence, I hear it in Sufi music with the nay flute. I see it in Coptic icons,… — John Tavener Copy Share Image
There was segregated unions, which was a real problem for me because - especially as I was working in the recording scene,… — Dr. John Copy Share Image
I wanted to first build a platform and then use it to shine a light on music/people that I believe in. This… — DJ Snake Copy Share Image
I'm happy to say that I have not been fired off a film. The score is usually the last thing to be… — Trevor Rabin Copy Share Image
“Flying means boredom. Next time you're going away, just drive. You can leave when you want. You don't have to sit next… — Jeremy Clarkson Copy Share Image
I literally left school and went straight into music via art college for a year, and I've been so involved in my… — P. J. Harvey Copy Share Image
“I want to wake up every day I have left to the warmth of your lips on mine, the sound of your… — Christine Zolendz Copy Share Image
“His door opened, and Michael filled the doorway. Gabriel yanked the headphones out of his ears, but music still poured out against… — Brigid Kemmerer Copy Share Image
“When a writer first begins to write, he or she feels the same first thrill of achievement that the young gambler or… — John Gardner Copy Share Image
