I come from a background of experimental music which mingled real sounds together with musical sounds. — Ennio Morricone Copy Share Image
In our family, there wasn't anything else besides art. Nothing else in the world existed. My father never spoke about going to… — Kiki Smith Copy Share Image
Look, when I started out, mainstream culture was Sinatra, Perry Como, Andy Williams, Sound of Music. There was no fitting into it… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
A lot of people don't know about music, but buy records. A lot of people that know about music can't afford to… — Marc Bolan Copy Share Image
Music is a therapy.It is a communication far more powerful than words, far more immediate, far more efficient. — Yehudi Menuhin Copy Share Image
I don't want to be depress but why am I still listening to these brokenhearted songs? I guess they were written for… — Rakii Retondo Copy Share Image
Yeah, I've played a lot of instruments, and I played in a lot of bands growing up, and I've even had to… — Alessandro Nivola Copy Share Image
There's always this sound out there that's just a little beyond my reach & that just sort of keeps me going. — Bill Frisell Copy Share Image
I want the music to stand out a little bit more than many other bands do. I still have some stuff where… — Sune Rose Wagner Copy Share Image
Many of my songs were dance orientated from way back. That's because I love dance! When I hear a dance number, just… — Yoko Ono Copy Share Image
My goal is to live the truly religious life, and express it in my music. If you live it, when you play… — John Coltrane Copy Share Image
For me, music is in no way ornamental or decorative, it's constitutive of who I am. And that's why, when I say… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
“Pop music is like fast food. It's always available quickly and might even taste good while you're eating it...but eventually you're going… — Marcus Eder Copy Share Image
To reach the highest level you have to not just have a dream and focus but you also have to make sure… — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
The goddess Artemis had a twin brother, Apollo, the many-faceted god of the Sun. He was her male counterpart: his domain was… — Jean Shinoda Bolen Copy Share Image
“It was becoming more and more evident that Salem was a town that celebrated individuality, a real live-and-let-live kind of place. Melody… — Lisi Harrison Copy Share Image
“All the melody on earth is concentrated in my Jane's tongue to my ear (I am glad it is not a naturally… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
In the Negro melodies of America I find all that is needed for a great and noble school of music. — Antonin Dvorak Copy Share Image
To be a great composer requires immense experience... One acquires this by listening not only to other men's work, but above all… — Frederic Chopin Copy Share Image
I don't want to fit in. I want to make music that can reach out to people of all different ages and… — Gavin Creel Copy Share Image
What's important to me is that my songs can exist without any material anything. It's very reflective of my ideology. — Mitski Copy Share Image
When I started out, I wanted to be the kind of artist who could play the CMA Music Festival and then turn… — Kacey Musgraves Copy Share Image
It really wasn't until I realized that country music had a whole underworld of songwriters that I dug into it. — Matthew Ramsey Copy Share Image
A lot of people think that because I'm from Malaysia, I'm driven by Malaysian sound, but actually, it's mostly just my melodies. — Yuna Copy Share Image
Our music would probably be a really dark ocean, so you may not know where you are. It's not so literal. It's… — Cedric Bixler-Zavala Copy Share Image
Any musician will tell you they have played for free just because they wanted an audience and a chance to play. — Johnny Paycheck Copy Share Image
Music sets up ladders, it makes us invisible, it sets us apart, it lets us escape; but from the visible there is… — Hilda Doolittle Copy Share Image
To create an album of 12 songs, I've got to write about 80 songs. Half of those are totally weird and rubbish. — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
When it comes to my songs I'm confident. Back in 1967, I would go to a publisher's office, and tell them they… — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
All genres of music have to evolve, grow, and expand in order to maintain. I don't think there's anything wrong with the… — Ne-Yo Copy Share Image
For me as an actor, I use a lot of music. Music is a huge part of developing and getting into a… — Taylor Kitsch Copy Share Image
When I was young, people were almost identified solely by the kind of music they liked. People fell into categories of who… — Sade Adu Copy Share Image
I became a musician because that's really what I wanted to do when I was fifteen, but I had other abilities. — Robyn Hitchcock Copy Share Image
I think it's important to stay curious and see and experience as much as you can, whether it's art, performance, music, travel,… — Cynthia Rowley Copy Share Image
There is something in the spirit of song...that fires the soul in a way that it can't otherwise be touched or fired. — Charles W. Nibley Copy Share Image
I'm just drawn towards music. That's where 99 per cent of my world is. Acting is interesting, but I just don't have… — Neeti Mohan Copy Share Image
I try not to become friends with musicians, but life happens and dinner happens and going out happens - it becomes interwoven… — Ariel Rechtshaid Copy Share Image
I try to give to my music the spiritual quality, very deep in the soul, which does something even if you are… — Ravi Shankar Copy Share Image
Music, in even the most terrible situations, must never offend the ear but always remain a source of pleasure. — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Copy Share Image
Music before all else, and for that choose the irregular, which is vaguer and melts better into the air. — Paul Verlaine Copy Share Image
