The underlying process in Northern music tends to be slower and continuous, whatever's happening on the surface; in Southern music the underlying… — Esa-Pekka Salonen Copy Share Image
I love songs but am inhibited to have my characters burst out to express themselves through songs. I use the route of… — Sriram Raghavan Copy Share Image
Beethoven always sounds to me like the upsetting of a bag of nails, with here and there an also dropped hammer. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
For so long Versace couture was identified with celebrities and music, which I love. But at the same time it could overwhelm… — Donatella Versace Copy Share Image
“Crap!” Cat maneuvered her car to the edge of the narrow road, with the growing suspicion that the flopping sound killing the… — Cali MacKay Copy Share Image
Man, failure was not an option whatsoever, 'cause I'm here to play music - that's what I've been put on earth for. — Joey Jordison Copy Share Image
I've been composing music all my life and if I'd been clever enough at school I would like to have gone to… — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
Smokey Robinson writes the heartfelt songs, whereas it was my job to write the songs about weakness and failure in love. — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
The thing about being a songwriter, once you realize you are one, is that to provide ammo, you start to become an… — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
It's nice just to be able to go out and, basically, be able to play other types of music and not have… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
There's something to be said for any boy growing up among lots of other boys who like to play basketball and football,… — Ben Platt Copy Share Image
For me, the best things in life - meaningful work, meaningful relationships, interesting experiences, good food, sleep, music, ideas, sex, and other… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“It was all of this: The beat and the heat and the neat repeat of the notes which poured from the congohelium—metal… — Cordwainer Smith Copy Share Image
The songs sort of come out spontaneously and it'll take me awhile to figure out what exactly is happening lyrically, what kind… — Jeff Mangum Copy Share Image
You can be born into a musical family and have an ear for music but being technically gifted, be it playing an… — Barry Zito Copy Share Image
“This proves the significance of individualism; being able to face the music, to embrace it, and then create something beautiful from it.… — Nadège Richards Copy Share Image
At night in the country, you'd be surprised how that music carries. You could hear my guitar way before you get to… — Muddy Waters Copy Share Image
We poison the wine as He decants it into us; murder a melody He would play with us as the instrument...Hence all… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
I've always been embarrassed by that side of my reputation, my focus has always been the music or piece of theatre or… — David Essex Copy Share Image
Ask her what she craved, and she'd get a little frantic about things like books, the woods, music. Plants and the seasons.… — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
In the depths of every heart there is a tomb and a dungeon, though the lights, the music, and the revelry above… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
I think with everything I do, I'm trying to just come up with new ways of creating music and mixing styles together.… — Ludwig Goransson Copy Share Image
In a way it's the emotional feeling that you get in a good rock song or folk song, there's just nothing that… — Bryce Dessner Copy Share Image
When I got out of the Nazz, I had it in my mind that simply to be eclectic was an important aspect… — Todd Rundgren Copy Share Image
When I'm old and gray, I want to have a house by the sea. And paint. With a lot of wonderful chums,… — Ava Gardner Copy Share Image
I like walking around and listening to music. When my steps coincide with a beat, in my head I feel in unison… — Wesley Eisold Copy Share Image
“There is no truer meditation than music and no journey of discovery greater than that of looking within. A” — Kiran Nagarkar Copy Share Image
I love playing video games. I love listening to music. Just surfing the web. Facebook, Twitter, keeping in touch with people from… — Trey Burke Copy Share Image
Music was like my first real toy. I was an only child for a while, and I was alone a lot of… — Jeff Buckley Copy Share Image
“Greatness is measured by those who like to think. Success is measured by those who like to receive.” — Christopher George Smithers Copy Share Image
There's a lot of integrity with musicians; you really still aspire to grow, and be great, to be the best version of… — Sheryl Crow Copy Share Image
The world needs poetry now more than ever. It's the only thing that can keep music from copying itself and sounding the… — Lana Del Rey Copy Share Image
“I dream of a sort of music in which the musical forms provide both a foreground and a background for each other.” — Per Nørgård Copy Share Image
I just loved classical music, but I also loved playing rock guitar, and I loved playing piano, so it was a natural… — Trevor Rabin Copy Share Image
I have really dope parents, and they happen to both really love, love music - they're huge music fans. — Syd Copy Share Image
Music is a very physical experience, and I need to understand things physically to be able to create the narrative for them. — Hildur Gudnadottir Copy Share Image
It was a very comfortable and personal relationship [Cliff Martinez ].'The Neon Demon'is our third movie and the music has never been… — Nicolas Winding Refn Copy Share Image
Its almost scary how amateur I am when it comes to musicals - Im a musical goer, but I am not as… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
I was attracted to music when I was very young. I got in my first band when I was 15, so that's… — B. J. Thomas Copy Share Image
I don't really see myself as an actress. I love music too much. I wouldn't mind a cameo, if I could just… — Cheryl Cole Copy Share Image