There's too much emphasis on backstory and personal stuff in music now - it's not going to make the music better if… — Alex Scally Copy Share Image
It is crazy how people can't understand the concept of comedy and music. It's like they have to be mutually exclusive. — Lil Dicky Copy Share Image
When I was sixteen, I wrote the first hundred or so pages of a novel about a piano that was haunted by… — Jonathan Tropper Copy Share Image
My mother had to explain that one couldnt compose a Liszt rhapsody because it was a piece of music that Liszt himself… — Sergei Prokofiev Copy Share Image
At the same time all this was happening, there was a folk song revival movement goingon, so the commercial music industry was… — Bernice Johnson Reagon Copy Share Image
There's really nothing better than music to bring people together and to have amazing music being not just created inside walls but… — Nas Copy Share Image
The real challenge of writing songs isn't just writing a bunch of parts - like a verse, chorus, verse - but making… — James Mercer Copy Share Image
I feel everything. I feel everything, so when you feel, you know you have emotions and everything. Music is a feeling. Music… — Lil B Copy Share Image
I've been in the music business for 15 years. I've seen it all, man. I've just always been scared of coke. When… — Kenny Chesney Copy Share Image
If I could distil the relevance of Bruce Springsteen's music to Australia it would be this: don't let what has happened to… — Wayne Swan Copy Share Image
When you grow up in the music industry, trying to be Britney Spears because that's what sells records and then you realize,… — Jessica Simpson Copy Share Image
“Music was not so very different from mathematics. It was all just patterns and sequences. The only difference was that they hung… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
Taylor [Swift] always inspires me, not just with music -- she just inspires me as a person. She's really, really sweet and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I needed a concept of God that worked for me, and I wound up giving my life to Jesus Christ. I thought… — Justine Bateman Copy Share Image
When Basquiat was hanging out with Madonna and Fab Five Freddy, and all those worlds were colliding, people have to realize hip-hop… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
Also, because people like to multitask, in a way if you've got a bit of music on in the background and the… — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
I like music that is upbeat, such as Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars. Or anything disco - I will listen to that,… — Jacques Torres Copy Share Image
Everyone's just extracting meaning and feeling and emotion from almost every aspect of music, and I think that for me, it's a… — Aimee Mann Copy Share Image
Millennials give comics the kind of adulation past generations reserved for musicians. We respect Lady Gaga. But we'll travel hundreds of miles… — Alexandra Petri Copy Share Image
You can't take up all the music bins at a CD retail outlet with Spice Girls CDs and leave nothing for the… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
I think the classical music is on a dangerous downward slope, because it's not seeking strong enough resonance with its society. — Laurence Equilbey Copy Share Image
To me, our signature song was 'Rosanna.' That was the ultimate Toto track, where everybody had a chance to shine. — Steve Lukather Copy Share Image
I started playing the piano aged four in an effort to copy Grandpa, who was constantly showing off and entertaining us all,… — Richard Coles Copy Share Image
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Ever since I was a little girl music was my escape and it was something that I did and was a huge… — Martie Maguire Copy Share Image
I listen to and I play all kinds of music, and I'm interested in jazz and in bluegrass - I like it… — Andy Garcia Copy Share Image
“Music I discovered that night, was a sanctuary, a safe place to hide, a place where scars didn't matter, they didn't exist.” — Len Vlahos Copy Share Image
When you start doing music as your job and there are so many peripheral things around it, it's great to have a… — Arlo Parks Copy Share Image
I wish I was really talented in music because then I would be doing it. I felt that I could write a… — Johan Renck Copy Share Image
I don't think I've got the stuff that Broadway musicals are made of. But there are definitely many musicals that I enjoy.… — Sebastian Stan Copy Share Image
Mozart's music is so pure and beautiful that I see it as a reflection of the inner beauty of the universe. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Moog has been incorporated in a lot of our music. I know RZA has several of those machines. So, it did play… — Gza Copy Share Image
I approach music and acting the same way, through spontaneous improvisation. I never really try to rehearse anything, do it over and… — Matt Schulze Copy Share Image
In England, where I come from, fashion and music go hand in hand. They're integral to each other. — Don Letts Copy Share Image
I want my fans to love themselves. It's almost like I want to hypnotize them so when they hear my music they… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
“Philippe also brought along musicians - mainly trumpeters and drummers - to scare the enemy. Even then, French music was known to… — Stephen Clarke Copy Share Image
I'm convinced there are a lot of couples who have got together while listening to my music. My songs are not exactly… — Kylie Minogue Copy Share Image
“Music asks questions that your head will attempt to answer, but only your heart can truly understand. If you try to hide… — Sue Perkins Copy Share Image
Do people have an idea of who they think I am? Yes, and that's fine with me. My music will speak for… — Jamie Lynn Spears Copy Share Image
As long as there are musicians who have a passion for spontaneity, for creating something that's never been before, the art form… — Charlie Haden Copy Share Image
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