I just wanna make music that people love. If they love the next project that I put out, 'Thank you' because that… — Bryson Tiller Copy Share Image
I've read some pretty harsh criticisms of my music, but some of them I agreed with and actually sat with me. — Earl Sweatshirt Copy Share Image
Life's like the piano and the violin, it's about how smart you could play the melodies to make a good harmony — Lucy 'Aisy Copy Share Image
“Music is an unconscious exercise in metaphysics in which the mind does not know it is philosophizing.” — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
If you want to be a doctor, a lawyer you must go to college. But if you want to be a musician… — Billy Eckstine Copy Share Image
In terms of music, I think me and my sisters have always wanted to carve our own path. Like, if we ever… — Alana Haim Copy Share Image
A part of being a female musician is kind of getting past your looks and just honing in on the music. — Weyes Blood Copy Share Image
The genuine music lover may accept the carnal husk of opera to get at the kernel of actual music within, but that… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
We're not uncomfortable with it, and we've already been through enough of the music business where I'm not really worried that commercial… — Jerry Garcia Copy Share Image
I feel independent music is a true expression of art, whereas in movies the songs are based on various situations and each… — Jeet Gannguli Copy Share Image
Listening to the type of music I grew up with, like King Sunny Ade, Fela Kuti and experiencing different things and conditions… — Nneka Copy Share Image
Being able to connect with people with similar taste and style also allows people to get to know us better. Although we… — Jillian Hervey Copy Share Image
For people who love Tribe, I'm the defector. They say, 'You should get back with Ali to do the beats.' But a… — Q-Tip Copy Share Image
I forsee a marked deterioration in American musicand a host of other injuries to music in its artistic manifestations, by virtue—or rather… — John Philip Sousa Copy Share Image
Mum’s a musician. She plays piano and has a beautiful voice, so she understands the creative need. Mum lights up when she… — Alex O'Loughlin Copy Share Image
You've got to think as a listener when you're making a playlist. So I think 'When do I go to certain playlists,… — Guy Sebastian Copy Share Image
A lot of Woody Guthrie's songs were taken from other songs. He would rework the melody and lyrics, and all of a… — John Mellencamp Copy Share Image
There's just an incredibly rich and interesting relationship between our listening to music and the way our minds engage. — Tod Machover Copy Share Image
Being a musician, there aren't that many ways for me to consciously use a more strategy, math-based part of my brain. — Caroline Polachek Copy Share Image
You know, many people do not know that I am so immersed when it comes to music. I have such a huge… — BeBe Zahara Benet Copy Share Image
Even though it's become a really cliched thing to see musicians working for charity, it's still effective and it still has to… — George Michael Copy Share Image
I could write a dozen different songs with the same three or four chords, but they'd all be entirely different. — Gary Rossington Copy Share Image
All of my favorite songs can bring me to tears. Some are rock, some are blues, some are love ballads. That's why… — Kelly Blatz Copy Share Image
I'm only in competition with my last level. It don't have nothing to do with music or anything. And the last level… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
Sitting here listening to Execute by Excision...I tell you, this is one of the best songs ever created. — Naquitta Faith Copy Share Image
I'm looking for the surprises, you know, and the unexpected moments of technology, the unexpected moments of musical creation. — DJ /rupture Copy Share Image
I am thankful that I can perform with Hui and E'dawn, who revived my listless feelings as a musician and helped me… — Hyuna Copy Share Image
The human brain is a funny thing: it's very susceptible to tempo and melody. You put the right words to it, and… — Ray Stevens Copy Share Image
We have to go and show these people what classical music is. We say sometimes that classical music has a small audience,… — Gustavo Dudamel Copy Share Image
I have nothing against bombastic music, but when it comes to making albums, I'd prefer to make music that has a sort… — Moby Copy Share Image
I did take composition lessons when I was in high school, so I wrote piano pieces. I wrote some chamber music. I… — Tod Machover Copy Share Image
My life is my music, so how can I stop? I put 100 percent into my career. I keep this flow going,… — GRiZ Copy Share Image
You gotta start somewhere. It is what it is. People listen to Soundcloud more than the radio. So why would you put… — Lil Skies Copy Share Image
When I first started to do music, I was kind of doing what I thought people would want me to do. — Lil Nas X Copy Share Image
My task is to tell a story with the music. I always like to have themes in terms of characters or plots,… — Ramin Djawadi Copy Share Image
It wasn't until I became involved with 'Nashville' that I thought I had opportunities to record my music in a way that… — Chris Carmack Copy Share Image
In times of war, starvation, hunger and injustice, such tragedy can only be put aside if you allow yourself to be uplifted… — Emmanuel Jal Copy Share Image
For poetry, more than any other art, except music, has a compelling hold upon the spiritual side of life. — Lizette Woodworth Reese Copy Share Image
Sometimes I write them down in musical notation as a trigger to remind me about certain directions to go. Or I can… — Harold Budd Copy Share Image
There was a point after the whole intensity of the Clash finally subsided when I just found that painting grounded me in… — Paul Simonon Copy Share Image
