Music can be so manipulating - especially in terms of horror. It's such an important part of building the tension. — Avey Tare Copy Share Image
I've been playing music since I was four, so it's part of my life. It's all I know. It's just a part… — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
Pop music is getting so emo. It's great. Emotional girl for life. I see myself in the centre of that. — Charli XCX Copy Share Image
Jazz to me is the spirit of freedom. I mean real freedom. Freedom to explore. Freedom to express. Freedom to pour out… — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
I think all kids are creative, so I wouldn't say my kids are geniuses. But they immediately respond to music. And they've… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
Sound is the force of creation, the true whole. Music then, becomes the voice of the great cosmic oneness and therefore the… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
I'm a big cultural pusher when it comes to hip-hop, disco music, comedy, all that stuff that I love. — Deon Cole Copy Share Image
If you are a reader of 'Harper's Bazaar,' to me, you are a woman who loves fashion, but not just fashion; you… — Carine Roitfeld Copy Share Image
Usually, I think of the song, and then the video plays out in my head as I'm writing the song. I started… — Lil Dicky Copy Share Image
I didn't expect to have music as my main thing. I always thought I was going to be a lawyer. When I… — Yuna Copy Share Image
Whenever I do my live shows, I feel artistically inspired and excited because I get to do and say a lot of… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I didn't really want to write about music very much in 'High Fidelity.' I wanted to write about the relationship stuff, and… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
I didn't always know I wanted to do music, I got more into music in high school. I always sort of liked… — Alex Gaskarth Copy Share Image
Sometimes I don't go into the studio for quite a while because I haven't found enough good songs. They have to have… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
I grew up around fashion - my mom was an editor for Vogue. Compared to the music industry, though, I'd say [fashion]… — Zachary Cole Smith Copy Share Image
When it comes down to intuition, when it comes down to gut feelings about whether a song is right, you can get… — Greg Saunier Copy Share Image
“Where science is a dignified waltz in three-quarter time, magic is an improvised saxophone solo: all gut checks and synchronicities.” — Michael G. Williams Copy Share Image
I pay a lot of attention to the people I let surround me. I learn something from those people and from everyone… — J Balvin Copy Share Image
The best part of touring is the opportunity to make the music. You get to do what you love and have the… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
The '70s and '80s were just the period during which the best soul music was created and the best records were done. — Don Cornelius Copy Share Image
Music has always been transnational; people pick up whatever interests them, and certainly a lot of classical music has absorbed influences from… — Yo-Yo Ma Copy Share Image
When I listen to the first songs I wrote in Rammstein, I have to smile because it was so silly at time. — Till Lindemann Copy Share Image
I think that as long as you stay true to you when you're putting out music, somebody's going to like it. — Chord Overstreet Copy Share Image
“Good writing is like music. It has its distinctive rhythm, its pace, flow, cadence. It can be hummed. The great stylists seem… — Leonard Ray Teel Copy Share Image
By and large musicians are pretty lazy; they don't do a whole lot. They're usually very busy doing nothing. — Buzz Osborne Copy Share Image
I would say that I'm very proud that Metallica plays heavy music - but equally proud that we don't think like a… — Lars Ulrich Copy Share Image
Robert Gass and 'On Wings of Song' bring about magical transformation and inspire people with extraordinary, uplifting, and spiritual music. — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
After every tour, I think about hanging up the touring hat, and after a while of not working, I'm ready to play.… — Willie Nelson Copy Share Image
How I set myself apart is by creating the sort of real and honest music, which is who I'm also trying to… — James Bay Copy Share Image
You know, the thing that struck me about Civil War music was how bloody it was; it was full of hatred. There… — T Bone Burnett Copy Share Image
Pop music is a fashion, and fashions come and go. The public retires you as their tastes change. — Cliff Martinez Copy Share Image
What I liked about working with Palmbomen and him being a super crate digger and super well known with all this exotic… — Sam de Jong Copy Share Image
Orchestral musicians have a different approach than we do, and when I say 'we,' I mean musicians who don't know what they… — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
Music's always been really cathartic. It's the best drug for me to get away from the everyday pressures just for a second… — Ville Valo Copy Share Image
When I play my own music, or when I play new music, there's much more stress and intensity of thinking about how… — Bela Fleck Copy Share Image
I feel like when you're an artist and you first come out - people don't want you to be as creative as… — Kid Ink Copy Share Image
Whatever your life's pursuit -- art, poetry, sculpture, music, whatever your occupation may be -- you can be as spiritual as clergy,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If my music doesn't fit, I understand, ... If I'm to play my music, that's the way it's gonna be. — Kasey Chambers Copy Share Image
I can't choose a favorite musician, because I love music so much that whatever/whomever I'm listening to at that moment is my… — Michelle Carter Copy Share Image
I don't write songs about a specific, elusive thing. I write about love, and everyone knows what it is like to have… — Adele Copy Share Image