You think, 'Musicals, they must always be romantic' - You'd be surprised how few of them historically have ever been romantic. — Harold Prince Copy Share Image
It's when you are trying to make something that is "authentic" as opposed to real - people who appreciate music for the… — James Hunter Copy Share Image
Modern recording has made it so that people can spend forever taking shortcuts and making everything uniform, but that strips music of… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
I didn't leave the Beatles. The Beatles have left the Beatles, but no one wants to be the one to say the… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
There's 40 or 50 songs that nobody's heard that I've done in between albums. There's a whole evolution from Midnite Vultures to… — Beck Copy Share Image
Will Smith is one of my favorite actors, and he's also a triple threat. He successfully crossed over from music into acting. — Kat Graham Copy Share Image
I'm musical in the sense that I can write a song, but I realised when I was learning the piano as a… — Leslie Bricusse Copy Share Image
I don't think there's a problem with people discovering the music unless there's no way to get to them. That's the problem… — Gail Zappa Copy Share Image
The songs, if I write alone in a room, end up being a little more quiet, a little more subdued. If I… — Marketa Irglova Copy Share Image
When I make the music that I make, when it comes to reggae music, I engulf the whole spirit of it all.… — Snoop Dogg Copy Share Image
I love making music. I feel like people often get into that 'you should only make music for yourself' kind of place,… — Thomston Copy Share Image
I was never successful in a noteworthy way, no one wrote about me, and I didn't have recognition. I've met a lot… — Lana Del Rey Copy Share Image
Before every show, I would call my mother and say, 'Mummy ,I don't know how I will sing today.' But that would… — Sonu Nigam Copy Share Image
In order to be a world-class expert in anything, be it audiology, drama, music, art, gymnastics, whatever, one needs to have a… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
I think I fall into a lot of cracks in terms of I'm too something. I'm too this, I'm too that. And… — K. D. Lang Copy Share Image
We've always told stories through music and rhythm and movement, and what we know as western opera has only been around for… — Jake Heggie Copy Share Image
It is the music in our conscience, the dance in our spirit, to which Puritan litanies, moral sermons, and goody goodness won’t… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
As soon as a song plays, people want to skip to the next one. That's not how you judge a good or… — Jubin Nautiyal Copy Share Image
I know so many people think my music is quite influenced by Animal Collective, but honestly I think maybe the factor is… — Bradford Cox Copy Share Image
I've always cared about how certain songs fade into other ones and which songs should follow others. I studied that as a… — DJ Premier Copy Share Image
I never felt like I had to sound like my dad. I wanted my music to be creative expression with no expectations. — John Carter Cash Copy Share Image
My perception is that there is no distinction in music as many people perceive. The difference lies in the way you hear… — Ilaiyaraaja Copy Share Image
I don't see myself as some kind of fightin'-the-good-fight guy. But I always feel like if you don't like one kind of… — Chris Stapleton Copy Share Image
What's so crazy is I always looked at Jay Z and guys on the caliber of Jay Z like they just the… — Zaytoven Copy Share Image
I always want to put out an album when I know what it's going to be about. I don't want to throw… — Tiffany Hwang Copy Share Image
Being a musician is to live, not to survive. Surviving is going to work every day and giving up your liberty and… — Richard Pinhas Copy Share Image
“Before I called Bernie I lit a candle in my living room and put on some gospel music. I wanted to center… — Donna Brazile Copy Share Image
People want to see a magical fairytale story, but the reality is that I spent a lot of time making music alone… — Maggie Rogers Copy Share Image
I'm not making music for old people or young people. [It's] for everybody that wants to listen to it. — Stromae Copy Share Image
Athens, much like Austin, is a difficult music scene. There are so many musicians there that it is hard to get gigs… — Corey Smith Copy Share Image
I know, for me, 'Grease' was one of the first musicals that I can really remember watching as a kid, and I… — Jacob Artist Copy Share Image
Music is the very cement that has not just held the black community together but holds black selves together in a fundamental… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
My entire life is dedicated to music, and at my age, that makes a lot of years! But all the work and… — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
Gujaratis not only love music, but they equally appreciate the artists. They express their appreciation wholeheartedly, they dance with you, sing along… — Javed Ali Copy Share Image
I'll talk all this craziness in my music, but when I have your attention, and you're listening to me, I'll talk about… — Remy Ma Copy Share Image
I can't see any separation between my music and my life. I play pretty much race music: its about what happened to… — Archie Shepp Copy Share Image
I feel like I'm an okay piano player. To the music world, to people that's in the hip-hop culture, they probably look… — Zaytoven Copy Share Image
... Beethoven concertos ... Tchaicovsky concertos ... with a lot of these wonderful masterpieces there's always something wonderful to find ... there's… — Itzhak Perlman Copy Share Image
I've always sort of felt that, for me, everything's so much more about the music than the accolades. — Chad Channing Copy Share Image
I was always drawn to Broadway musicals, and obviously composers like Gershwin, Rodgers, Berlin and Porter were writing music that I found… — Marvin Hamlisch Copy Share Image