The good and bad are all tangled up together. American popular music is loved around the world because of its African rhythm.… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
I grew up right in the heart of Treme, so it was a real music neighborhood, and there was a bunch of… — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
I hail from a family of musicians for the last 18 generations. My grandfather was a classical singer; his father was a… — Jeet Gannguli Copy Share Image
I regret nothing in my life even if my past was full of hurt, still look back and smile Because it made… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
With all the innovation in music today it’s rare to find someone like Engel writing timeless songs that sound at home in… — Janaka Stucky Copy Share Image
There was nothing more I wanted to do than to see my dad react well to my music. I still do. I… — Dan Reynolds Copy Share Image
A lot of people have told me along the way that my style and the music I do... is unmarketable. But the… — Lindsey Stirling Copy Share Image
I have been hearing from people that everyone is loving my music, which is a great feeling. To be honest, it's overwhelming...… — Amaal Mallik Copy Share Image
I do it when I'm a preparing for a role quite a bit - I sit with music. It helps influence the… — Rami Malek Copy Share Image
'Aqualung' marks the point at which I had the confidence as a songwriter and as a guitar player to actually pick up… — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image
If you have feelings about reading, you feel the rhythm of prose or of a poem like music. It awakens something in… — Maria Kodama Copy Share Image
Radio has changed, there was a little bit of difference around the country and now that is gone and everything is uniform.… — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
I want to get Justin Bieber into writing his own music and producing his own songsJustin as an artist has to fight.… — Will I Am Copy Share Image
Anything that keeps you happy and writing is part of my writing ritual: I like music, so I tend to have it… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“Music makes me forget my real situation. It transports me into a state which is not my own. Under the influence of… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“Her morning bus was due to arrive any minute, if she hadn’t already missed it. But Sascha was the type of girl… — Mynah K Copy Share Image
If in the twilight of memory we should meet once more, we shall speak again together and you shall sing to me… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
When I was young, I used to need other people's albums and I got very involved with their music and it meant… — Liz Phair Copy Share Image
I closed my eyes and let the music flow through me, cleansing my soul of all fear and sin and reminding me… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I remember thinking that writing love songs was stupid and cliche, and that my job was to not write love songs, because… — Caroline Polachek Copy Share Image
Iceland is so small; classical musicians play on pop projects and pop musicians play with jazz musicians. — Laufey Copy Share Image
What we value about music and literature are the moments that they create in our minds when we encounter them. — Stephan Jenkins Copy Share Image
Music is my life, if I am without music or if I can't sing any more, I die, I'm nothing... because music… — Ayumi Hamasaki Copy Share Image
In cities like New York and Austin, there's much more of a social context for music than in other places. — John Cale Copy Share Image
I also became inspired by impressionist painters such as Renoir, and wanted to do the same sort of thing with music-portray whatever… — Lenny Breau Copy Share Image
I just want to do films 'cause I like being someone else. My music is kind of like my diary. I'll always… — Miley Cyrus Copy Share Image
I got to know E'Dawn when he was a trainee, and since becoming friends after performing together, we began dating in May… — Hyuna Copy Share Image
If I write songs and I think they sound good, then that's it. That's what I do. I'm not a technical musician,… — Creed Bratton Copy Share Image
It's a big thing in my music to highlight being human - being emotional and powerful, like a goddess. — Banks Copy Share Image
I really hope that with my album, because I have a bit more of a mainstream crossover following, I really hope that… — Nita Strauss Copy Share Image
Both religions and musicals work best with energetic and committed believers. Cynicism or detachment would have destroyed the magic - something true… — Lisa Randall Copy Share Image
“When we go into stillness we can hear our soul’s voice loud and clear. If we speak from our heart we share… — Christina Goetz Copy Share Image
“One existence, one music, one organism, one life, one God: star-fire and rock-strength, the sea's cold flow And man's dark soul.” — Robinson Jeffers Copy Share Image
For 'Drive,' we needed the songs to dictate emotions and really bring you into the mind of The Driver; he's a unique… — Nicolas Winding Refn Copy Share Image
Typically, when I am creating individual songs, I like to listen to beats, feel the vibe and create off of that. I… — Koffee Copy Share Image
Music has always been my first love, and I appreciate how a great musician can bring awareness to tough issues through their… — Kerby Jean-Raymond Copy Share Image
There are singers that I have enjoyed, from Nina Simone and Ray Charles onward. But the music that made music the number… — Robert Wyatt Copy Share Image
Needless to say, when I work on a film, it's mostly just me alone in my room just waiting to present the… — Ludwig Goransson Copy Share Image
When you're making a show or a movie, there are a million people and things in your way. As an actor, you're… — Penn Badgley Copy Share Image
When you do something in music and see it happen again in the next generation, you know you're on the right wave… — Rza Copy Share Image
