Mostly, I'm drawn to great characters and great worlds that use weird things for their language - whether it's dance, whether it's… — Daniel Radcliffe Copy Share Image
Ross (Robinson) is insane! Once, when we were recording here, he threw a potted plant at me. It exploded on the wall… — Joey Jordison Copy Share Image
I always loved Sam Cooke, because he seemed very versatile. He sang gospel, soul, blues, pop music — Aaron Neville Copy Share Image
An artist can only be evaluated after he's dead. At the 11th hour he might do something that will eclipse everything else. — Van Cliburn Copy Share Image
“What are you watching?" One shoulder rose in a shrug. "Looks like an informercial for music of the eighties. Thinking about buying… — J. Lynn Copy Share Image
The style of music that we're playing, this progressive metal style, has always been an upstream battle for us. We don't usually… — John Petrucci Copy Share Image
The music is all. People should die for it. People are dying for everything else, so why not the music? — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
I've never been one of those people who say, 'Oh, well, if you play this kind of music, you can only like… — Steven Wilson Copy Share Image
We were really into what Cliff Martinez did with 'Drive;' we were into what Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross were doing with… — Matt Duffer Copy Share Image
I had joined Yes in 1971. I was a classically trained musician who had worked with numerous artists as a session musician.… — Rick Wakeman Copy Share Image
Charles Finney, the great 19th-century revivalist and evangelical, would have had a hard time preaching a revival in America today. Finney's brand… — Anthea Butler Copy Share Image
Some critics could argue that club or fun pop-y dance music isn't meaningful, when it totally is. All different types of music… — Darren Fletcher Copy Share Image
Without a drummer, you've got that sort of running, chicken-chasing, rhythmic thing happening with the banjo in the top end - it's… — Ted Dwane Copy Share Image
People are going to wake up to this great reservoir of music we've created in America - cakewalks, one-steps, boogie-woogie, country and… — Johnny Otis Copy Share Image
“All we shared was a mattress, and a lie, and an address Baby I don't need you, well baby I don't need… — Billy Talent Copy Share Image
“There were pauses in the music for the rushing, calling, halting piano. Everything would stop except the climbing of the soloist; he… — James Baldwin Copy Share Image
In any art form, in Hollywood or in music, there is a handful of people who really, you know, move the envelope. — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
The snappy way I would sum it up is not everyone is queer, but everyone has felt different. And I think that… — Liv Bruce Copy Share Image
People can forget your music but we are more surprised than happy to see that no one has forgotten our music. — Liz Mitchell Copy Share Image
Chuck Berry told me if it wasn't for Louis Jordan, he wouldn't have probably ever even got into music. That Louis Jordan… — Robbie Robertson Copy Share Image
Dear radio stations, You do know there are more than 4 songs in the world, right? Sincerely, annoyed listeners. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I auditioned for my high school band the band director was excited because my father was known to be a great… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
I wanted to do pop music, and I wanted to dance. I wanted all this because that was me. This is my… — Netta Barzilai Copy Share Image
I think the world is ready for some rock 'n' roll. Some real time guys that play their own instruments, write their… — Vince Neil Copy Share Image
“When the music starts, the travel starts! You never remain where you are, you go to somewhere, and you go to everywhere.… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
I first started playing the violin at 6. And then at 7, it was piano. So from then it was just classical… — Henry Lau Copy Share Image
Stereotyping and generating brands around musicians I think contributes to their eventual demise. — Squarepusher Copy Share Image
“In books too, as well as in music, she courted the misery which a contrast between the past and present was certain… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I don't have an MBA, I don't have a qualification in music, but I am doing both - business and music -… — Badshah Copy Share Image
You can't teach a young musician to compose any more than you can teach a delicate plant to grow, but you can… — Frederick Delius Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, if you follow the music, it'll take you on a really, really great journey — Mike Dirnt Copy Share Image
I got a classical piano training when I was little, and we also had music study lessons where we'd have to listen… — Kerli Copy Share Image
I think music is a lifting force, I think love is the lifting force in the human condition. I think you see… — David Crosby Copy Share Image
They don't want to see rap music. They don't want to see the Beastie Boys. They don't care what we're doing. They… — Ad-Rock Copy Share Image
“The music is sensuous and whispers sex before the singer delivers the first lyric. “Prince?” I ask, surprised. I recognize the iconic… — Kennedy Ryan Copy Share Image
I just try to approach and serve the music in the way that I think is right for the band I'm in… — Chad Smith Copy Share Image
I see a correlation between short stories and songs, because of their length and for what they're meant to evoke. Combine certain… — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
Honestly, the more things start to get bigger and better, the more I am just inspired to work harder and put my… — Shawn Mendes Copy Share Image
I'm thankful that I proved myself in music which is my first love, my first passion before I got involved in this… — Kid Rock Copy Share Image
Well my own impression of my musical pieces is that no matter how long I've been at it, there's not much improvement.… — Nobuo Uematsu Copy Share Image
