And I like messing around in the engine room of music. Seeing what happens in the rhythm section area. — Bill Bruford Copy Share Image
I can take all the negative energy and turn it into a positive simply by purging my soul through music. That's how… — Bow Wow Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is more about attaining wealth. People respect success. They respect big. They don't even have to like your music. If you're… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
I don't know if I'll ever make rap music, but I just like people who are like, 'I am going to just… — Tavi Gevinson Copy Share Image
Music is my therapy and my straitjacket. Music keeps me sane and keeps my mind on something. It's fragile up there. — will.i.am Copy Share Image
There's a little exhaust pipe leaking gasoline, and that gasoline is how good your music is, the gasoline is how you have… — Gucci Mane Copy Share Image
I try to focus on the melodies and try to make everything else minimal. The melody and the lyrics are most important… — Sharon Van Etten Copy Share Image
We want our music to reach everybody, so we're using the Internet. Every kid today is online, and we want to make… — Kailash Kher Copy Share Image
There's an ancient connection between movement and music. Most languages don't make a distinction between the words 'music' and 'dance.' And we… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
English has always been my musical language. When I started writing songs when I was 13 or 14, I started writing in… — Olivia Merilahti Copy Share Image
When I was in London I found house music and techno, and I love that s - t. It's my go-to music.… — Erik Hassle Copy Share Image
“The “music of decline” had sounded, as in that wonderful Chinese fable; like a thrumming bass on the organ its reverberations faded… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
My favorite bands are Hank Williams Jr. and Led Zeppelin. When it's rock, it's '70s rock, and when it's country, it's '70s… — Shooter Jennings Copy Share Image
In their censures of luxury the fathers are extremely minute and circumstantial; and among the various articles which excite their pious indignation,… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
The more one studies the harmony of music, and then studies human nature, how people agree and how they disagree, how there… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
When I was a kid in the mid-'60s, I was what's known as a moddie boy, a prototype skinhead. You all had… — Graham Parker Copy Share Image
I think psychology still has a sway over everything we do, but music, in and of itself, is the therapy. — Curt Smith Copy Share Image
I feel like I've had a fantastic life and career with music, and I've worked very hard, but maybe I've had a… — Steve Harris Copy Share Image
“People need routines. It's like a theme in music. But it also restricts your thoughts and actions and limits your freedom. It… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
My whole thing is that I make music regardless. Regardless of everything around me, I'll always make music. — Madlib Copy Share Image
I think we as a band, as individuals, understand that all popular music stems from blues and jazz and even pop, but… — David Johansen Copy Share Image
Some music is supposed to be disposable; that's OK. A lot of music is fun for today, but it isn't supposed to… — Robbie Robertson Copy Share Image
Madam de Stael pronounced architecture to be frozen music; so is statuary crystalized spirituality. — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
No press, no television. If my mom calls and says, 'Did you hear about?' I don't want to know nothing about anything… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
John Mayer is the epitome of the lead guitar player so I sent him an email with a bunch of my music… — Cody Simpson Copy Share Image
If a musician is making a mediocre, self-indulgent body of work, they have to know that, for the most part, people aren't… — Moby Copy Share Image
Every Chanel show I've been to is very conceptual. Even down to the music and smells, the whole thing is connected. — G-Dragon Copy Share Image
I never advise anyone to sacrifice something else because of music, but then I don't see why they would have to anyway. — Mick Taylor Copy Share Image
Sometimes, I wish you'd pay more attention to my favorite songs because the lyrics sing words I'm too scared to say — Bernajoy Vaal Copy Share Image
Music is gathering. Taking our scattered thoughts and senses and coalescing us back into our core. Music is powerful. The first few… — Jane Siberry Copy Share Image
I don't want to just make music. My only problem is that there are 24 hours in a day and that I… — Kerli Copy Share Image
Music is definitely something that I'd like to pursue. It's probably, I mean, the acting and music are the two biggest things… — Nolan Sotillo Copy Share Image
When music is crashing around us, when you hear the same five songs on the radio that aren't really saying much, we… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
The whole idea of worship being associated with music, it gives you an impotence to make art that is true, that is… — Michael Gungor Copy Share Image
Christian music has taken a turn towards worship music, which has turned into a lot of bands and those types of sounds.… — Alan Powell Copy Share Image
I hope that I can make music that helps people in some way or that they can connect with, and that I… — Benjamin Booker Copy Share Image
I can spend hours and hours and days and days in the studio changing the music, because I love that. — Manu Chao Copy Share Image
Only a tiny portion of music history involves a singer and a lyric. Songs in music are generally thought to be a… — Russell Smith Copy Share Image
I had no kind of work ethic and I always felt that music - especially rock 'n' roll - was a more… — Lola Kirke Copy Share Image
I think some people would say that I do overwhelm the words with the music, and sometimes thank goodness I do. — Dave Matthews Copy Share Image
