I don't think comic timing is the same as music timing, but I definitely find that I've learned from just writing in… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
The wind, Tempestuous clarion, with heavy cry, Came bluntly thundering, more terrible Than the revenge of music on bassoons. — Wallace Stevens Copy Share Image
Words that in their everyday surrealism have no parallel in contemporary writing... Music that mines the deep veins of fatalism in the… — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
Music is pleasing not only because of the sound but because of the silence that is in it: without the alternation of… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
What I like about being a musician is that I find the thing soothing, but I also give the soothing to other… — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image
All my songs are based on melody, which is retrieved from my Jewish heritage. Melody will always exist no matter what the… — Neil Diamond Copy Share Image
All the music that I've made in the past I've believed in. I think some of it has been more commercially successful… — David Sanborn Copy Share Image
[The lyrics and melody] usually come a little simultaneously, but I would say the lyrics are first; usually I have the idea… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
I just kind of went into the blue-collar workforce at a really young age and discovered music, in terms of being a… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
In some ways, jazz is the most precise of art forms and the loosest in the sense that it's all about improvisation,… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
In most of the stuff that I've done over the years as a sideman, I wasn't really a session musician, because to… — David Sanborn Copy Share Image
I went down to London with the idea that I was going to do vocals over this crazy, crazy trip-hop digital beat.… — KT Tunstall Copy Share Image
Any musical person who has never heard a Negro congregation under the spell of religious fervor sing these old songs has missed… — James Weldon Johnson Copy Share Image
I write my music with the idea that it will appeal to all of those people, and I want them to go… — Missy Mazzoli Copy Share Image
The feel of the place was deep, the prehistoric heartbeat of the rocks complicating the music, the people bright, all different kinds… — Jason Burke Copy Share Image
There's the paradox of making pop music when you're in your 50s. People weren't meant to be doing that originally and yet… — Neil Tennant Copy Share Image
Once a song's out there, it's no longer mine. And that's the whole purpose of music: to belong to people. — Sade Adu Copy Share Image
No one has been a greater advocate for the power of love in this world than I; both in my life and… — Stevie Wonder Copy Share Image
I'll be forever grateful to this instrument for being the surfboard that I rode the wave of life on — Nathan East Copy Share Image
Generally, the realm in which black playwrights have been allowed to achieve success has been social realism or musicals. — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
“I love you with every ounce of my being. You are the music of my soul, my heart, and the love of… — Nancee Cain Copy Share Image
The people who were learning from me tended to be more commercial performers who were gonna rip off the salient idea to… — Iggy Pop Copy Share Image
“It’s wonderful! Music in the house! Music in the heart! And music also in heaven, for joy that we are here!” — John Bunyan Copy Share Image
Good songs are what a good band is all about. When you have a good song that stands up to the test… — Joey Kramer Copy Share Image
A real active music set, based and really concentrated on what the music's all about. That's what I'm all about - singing… — Jon Secada Copy Share Image
At first, I was only interested in music, but I spent so much time in the clubs and seeing fashions change. So… — Tiesto Copy Share Image
I'm thrilled when I hear the greatest jazz musicians. They continue to search in ways other musicians do not. — Kurt Elling Copy Share Image
Ireland is a land of poets and legends, of dreamers and rebels. All of these have music woven through and around them.… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
If I think about the way I was drawn into the music, it was much more by recordings than by live performances. — Evan Parker Copy Share Image
Touring with King Crimson wasn't a lot of fun for me. I had a lot of equipment, and when I was in… — Jamie Muir Copy Share Image
People really feel like music is free, but will pay $6 for water. You can drink water free out of the tap… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
I've been really fortunate that I've been at a lot of critical crossroads in my musical journey. When I look back, there… — Robbie Robertson Copy Share Image
“The soul is but senses catching fire, Marvellous music of the body's lyre, - The angel senses are the silver strings Stirred… — Richard Le Gallienne Copy Share Image
You listen to a song by Nicky Jam, and you don't think about reggaeton; you just think, 'I like that song.' I… — Nicky Jam Copy Share Image
If you don't like me are my music just keep this is mind I don't care because you don't know me. — Quell Keith Copy Share Image
I went to see 'Listen to My Heart: The Songs of David Friedman.' I have been a fan of his music for… — John Edward Copy Share Image
I can't imagine losing my wife or daughter or only being able to see them every so often. If my work made… — Eddie Rabbitt Copy Share Image
When we are in health, all sounds fife and drum for us; we hear the notes of music in the air, or… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
It's not like we set out to antagonize the audience in any way. We're just presenting our music; it's really much more… — Lee Ranaldo Copy Share Image
I thank the Creator of the universe to have discovered the discipline of music was the greatest gift that I could have… — Anthony Braxton Copy Share Image
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