“The powerful chords that emanated from the radio heated me from the inside out, like a microwave.” — Sandy Ward Bell Copy Share Image
I want to produce the music to a movie that I'm working on, like what Prince did with 'Purple Rain.' — The Weeknd Copy Share Image
You really only understand whether a song's good or not when you properly play it out in public for the first time. — Alex Kapranos Copy Share Image
This is what I wanted to do from the very beginning: write songs and make records and tour them with a good… — Christopher Owens Copy Share Image
You can retire from your career after having a Beatle portray you in any sort of way, let alone in a music… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
Early on I was more interested in gypsy jazz music until rock and roll came around and I listened to a lot… — Denny Laine Copy Share Image
A song ain't nothing but a conversation fixed up to where you can talk it over and over without getting tired of… — Woody Guthrie Copy Share Image
The creative process is mysterious; a conversation, a ride in the car, or a melody can trigger something. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
When I would play pop music at underground shows, it was offensive to some people. I wasn't doing it to piss people… — Girl Talk Copy Share Image
There's always something going on, and people need that 45-minute-to-an-hour-and-15-minute break, where they just escape and not worry about bills, health care… — Pitbull Copy Share Image
“musicians, athletes, and chess players, among others, know all about deliberate practice, but knowledge workers do not. Most knowledge workers avoid the… — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
I've always argued that all Tame Impala melodies are pure pop. It's just that 'Lonerism,' for example, is a completely rumbling, fuzzed… — Kevin Parker Copy Share Image
I went to art school, and I studied drawing and video art, and I've always approached music so visually as a result… — Caroline Polachek Copy Share Image
My attitude towards my time as a musician, is that I really wanted to completely reinvent myself and not be one of… — Kurt Ralske Copy Share Image
What is it that makes you want to write songs? In a way you want to stretch yourself into other people’s hearts.… — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
Growing up, music was an important part of my childhood. I see it being just as important in my children and all… — Ziggy Marley Copy Share Image
I was in a musical for a while, and I sing around the house all the time, but I don't ever think… — Brian Tyree Henry Copy Share Image
Mendelssohn never wrote any Water Music. However, he wrote the Scotch Symphony, which is even better, or at least stronger. — Victor Borge Copy Share Image
What the woman who labors wants is the right to live, not simply exist ... the right to life, and the sun… — Rose Schneiderman Copy Share Image
There's the added element of adrenaline if you're performing. You're aware of spatial relationships and the music. — Kim Gordon Copy Share Image
When I write songs for myself it's really personal and I just can't have someone else singing it. — Sky Ferreira Copy Share Image
I don't have to be as big as Dre, Kanye or Pharrell. Nobody even has to know my face. As long as… — Rahki Copy Share Image
I hope people describe my music as lyrically driven, cross genre. Kind of alternative, kind of indie, kind of rap, kind of… — K. Flay Copy Share Image
I think Pro Tools is pretty analogous to how people composed music on tape back in the 70s, taking little fragments of… — Keith Fullerton Whitman Copy Share Image
The times when you sit at home in your room listening to depressing music when your in a good mood :/ — Talyiah Copy Share Image
I started putting down my own pen and spending some time searching for the best songs out there possible. It doesn't matter… — Jake Owen Copy Share Image
Fortunately, I started very young, so I read music very well. And my favorite composers to play are Brahms and Mozart. — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
There's zero correlation between owning music and being a greater music lover or musician than the next person. — Erol Alkan Copy Share Image
The Grammy is the highest honor in music that we can receive, outside of having fans come and watch you every night… — Jennifer Nettles Copy Share Image
I have friends with deals, both major and indie, and the ones on majors never seem as happy, and quite frankly aren't… — Raheem Jarbo Copy Share Image
I came into the music world in 1988 with a song called 'Ooh La La,' that was like a breath of fresh… — Michel Martelly Copy Share Image
Music is not merely a study, it is an entertainment; wherever there is music there is a throng of listeners. — William C. Bryant Copy Share Image
I learned how music works dealing with Jermaine Dupri, and I learned how image works dealing with Puff Daddy. — Usher Copy Share Image
I came to London during what was called the second British invasion. The music was from Britain, the fashion was from Britain,… — Patrick Cox Copy Share Image
You can be creative in anything - in math, science, engineering, philosophy - as much as you can in music or in… — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
Some people think its just fun and games and others don't know how much I pushed to get here. They have to… — Chingy Copy Share Image
A singer can quit once he or she has made ten great songs; a director can finish once he or she has… — Alber Elbaz Copy Share Image
Beck is obviously a consummate musician. He plays instruments, many instruments. He can make his own record without having a fleet of… — Michael McDonald Copy Share Image
I would not describe myself as an avid jazz fan and I am not a jazz musician myself. However, that is not… — Nat Wolff Copy Share Image
All musicians should write poetry or at least read it if they want to improve their game. Except for people who believe… — David Berman Copy Share Image
