I want to write songs that are so sad, the kind of sad where you take someone's little finger and break it… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
The human brain can soften as a result of incessant listening to music with an intent to commit prose. — Donal Henahan Copy Share Image
I'm a really visual artist, and I love writing treatments for music videos, photo shoots, fashion, and all the visual parts that… — Bonnie McKee Copy Share Image
My dad, the old professor, used to say, 'Never get into an argument about what's folk music and what isn't.' — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
I actually think that Republican administrations are better for music. The Reagan era was such a great era for punk and indie… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
In France the music schools are a bit old fashioned. I was more excited about doing my own stuff or to play… — Yann Tiersen Copy Share Image
Being a purely instrumental album, it makes a musical statement, not a religious one, and I hope that people can feel the… — Kenny G Copy Share Image
I have a very strange relationship in general with women around my music. There's some that understand it and some that think… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
In 1968 I ran into Steve Lacy on the street in Rome. I took out my pocket tape recorder and asked him… — Frederic Rzewski Copy Share Image
I started to write religious music at a time when it was absolutely impossible. The first religious work I wrote was the… — Krzysztof Penderecki Copy Share Image
I think my playing has been orchestral throughout the years, and this is another way of expressing that. But I primarily see… — Tony Williams Copy Share Image
Playing for three or four people in a boardroom, standing a foot away from them with a guitar, and singing three songs… — Ruel Copy Share Image
The 'Hey Monday' songs were always glammed up to be this big production, and I definitely want there to be some bells… — Cassadee Pope Copy Share Image
Music is my catharsis for that. It's an incredible blessing that I have this way of expressing myself through music and lyric,… — Kimbra Copy Share Image
“He’d heard many songs in his life, sang thousands of them himself, but the sweetest music imaginable played for him in that… — Jess Dee Copy Share Image
I was doing experimental noise-based music and I learned a number of things about performance. I was playing small shows - sometimes… — Erika M. Anderson Copy Share Image
When I worked with my uncle, I loved the fact that jazz music demanded that you use your own unique approach. — Dianne Reeves Copy Share Image
The African people and tribal chiefs are hospitable, and African music and dances are invigorating. — Li Keqiang Copy Share Image
Music is first for me. How the music makes me feel, it's like energy. It has to match my life. What's happening… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
I was always artistic - right from childhood - but my love of painting came a bit later. It followed my love… — Sean Scully Copy Share Image
Taking people on a journey is the fundamental element of underground dance music. I don't sell records. — Seth Troxler Copy Share Image
If anyone takes me seriously then they actually must have a problem .. Music is fun its not algebra. — Diplo Copy Share Image
I sit and write songs alone and then get together with people to help me flesh it out into a recording. — James Mercer Copy Share Image
Growing up, you hear Tupac's music, it's kind of like... it goes without saying that everyone likes Tupac. — Demetrius Shipp, Jr Copy Share Image
“Art, specifically music, is a living thing,” he says. “It isn’t just absorbed by the people who hear it, but it absorbs… — Kennedy Ryan Copy Share Image
“Music is the only form of magic in this world, except maybe for love. Not that I’d know much about love.” — J.J. Knight Copy Share Image
No regrets, it's always moving forward and feeling like I did the right things for the right reasons. It's good music with… — Salaam Remi Copy Share Image
I think the whole of music comes down to one's personality. It's not about the notes or how you press the keys;… — Ron Rothfield Copy Share Image
With every album, the approach is find the best songs you can find, write the best songs you can write and try… — Luke Bryan Copy Share Image
Sad news- Prince is gone. Music has lost a great presence. A world less funky. I don't believe in it. — Simon Le Bon Copy Share Image
When the Beatles cut old rock n' roll, they were recording music still in their performing repertoire, and besides, they never thought… — Jon Landau Copy Share Image
I was the last member of the family to get involved on the professional scene, although music has always been with me. — Rebbie Jackson Copy Share Image
I'm not crazy about how sort of homogenized pop music become. It used to be much more diverse. Maybe it's just what's… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
“Music is too loud for just one station, love is too large for just one nation life is too short to make… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
I've just been learning how to direct my own videos, choreography, doing costumes... every creative opportunity there is with my music I've… — Santigold Copy Share Image
I know that there are a lot of sort of silly things that one thinks as a music listener about bands. I… — James Mercer Copy Share Image
“The music brought us what it seemed / We had long desired, but in a form / so rarefied there was no… — John Ashbery Copy Share Image
Too many people judge a singer like Beyonce by what they see on the surface. Knowing the musicians she's worked with and… — Dianne Reeves Copy Share Image
I drove right into the music with the same sort of attitude as I went into the football stuff with. Just found… — Sam Hunt Copy Share Image
The majority of the people I work with are more than musicians and singers, they are personal friends and friends help each… — George Duke Copy Share Image
