I'm very interested in music, but I was not born musical. I honestly do think some people have the knack. I can't… — Georgia May Jagger Copy Share Image
I like to compose, but only for myself. I write my own lyrics and compose the music around them. — Arijit Singh Copy Share Image
To think that my heart and my words and my music saved somebody's life, it takes a while to just sink in… — Josh Turner Copy Share Image
Mardi Gras is the love of life. It is the harmonic convergence of our food, our music, our creativity, our eccentricity, our… — Chris Rose Copy Share Image
I think all musicians should understand that you have chosen not to be a soldier but a musician. — Meshell Ndegeocello Copy Share Image
I came up with a lot of characters when I was growing up that were just creative outlets, and then, at one… — Gus Dapperton Copy Share Image
I want to put out music I really believe in, and when I felt that was threatened, I lashed out at everybody. — James Arthur Copy Share Image
Textures apply to everything I do. Even within my music, I like smooth things, and then hard and fluffy things, all giving… — FKA twigs Copy Share Image
I want people to feel what it was like in the '40s. That's when popular music in the United States was so… — Charlie Haden Copy Share Image
To do a musical takes a tremendous amount of energy because you have to act and sing at the same time. And… — Alan Alda Copy Share Image
The first thing I learned was the 'St Louis Blues' when I was eight. Both my grandmothers, my mother and uncle played… — Jools Holland Copy Share Image
“Some people think they can find satisfaction in good food, fine clothes, lively music, and sexual pleasure. However, when they have all… — Liezi Copy Share Image
Acting - I'm good at it, but it's not my passion. Music, I'm not as good at, but that's my passion. I… — Israel Broussard Copy Share Image
“Supposedly you could kill them by saying their name but a)how would you find it out in the first place,and b) its… — Kiersten White Copy Share Image
Like my little sister and brother, I always play them my music because I want people like them to be able to… — Keke Palmer Copy Share Image
“The full-on Townsend-Moon hooter. She only ever found this problematic in males who hadn’t become pop musicians; it seemed, then, in some… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
I've always been fascinated with the strong emotional ties that music can have. A song can bring you back to a place… — Jon Foreman Copy Share Image
I play music a lot but on my own mostly, so it was nice to be around other people. There was a… — Robert Wyatt Copy Share Image
In the days when regional music was very clearly defined and had a clear personality - Memphis, Detroit, Chicago, whatever - Philadelphia… — John Oates Copy Share Image
I didn't even listen to any music until I was 19, really. I just wanted to be famous. But I didn't say… — Marina and the Diamonds Copy Share Image
Here's how I understand music. If you can play the same bunch of noise twice, it's music. To go beyond that is… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
The whole reason I do what I do, both in music and acting, is to make people feel something, to really relate… — Chandler Riggs Copy Share Image
“Music is not just the black dots on the white paper -- it's what happens when those black dots go into your… — Phil Smith Copy Share Image
I would be happy to live in a world with no mirrors, but at the same time, it's great to look good… — KT Tunstall Copy Share Image
If you can't prove it in words, it ain't gospel. Soul music is just an expression of the mind, but your spirit… — Andrae Crouch Copy Share Image
Big Red Machine is really a community effort: I guess it involves almost 30 musicians. It does come out of our friendship,… — Aaron Dessner Copy Share Image
I didn't plan on rock-n-roll. I wanted to learn jazz; I got to know some people doing rock-n-roll with jazz, and I… — Robby Krieger Copy Share Image
Once I discovered music and that you don't need to just use words but can add a growl to the melody, that… — Banks Copy Share Image
When I met my wife Vicky's family, I had to go out of my way to convince them, to show them, that… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
When you listen to radio and hear the same 20 or 25 songs, you start hunting down your CD's. Waylon Jennings' records… — Randy Houser Copy Share Image
In the broad spectrum of the arts, two worlds rarely overlap - the literary world and the world of rock music. — William Boyd Copy Share Image
For some reason, people don't want to see a girl onstage. Whether it's a girl or a guy, if you like the… — Alissa White-Gluz Copy Share Image
Music in New Orleans has always been the heartbeat that drives the city. It was that even before Katrina, and that's what… — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
Music is a place to take refuge. It's a sanctuary from mediocrity and boredom. It's innocent and it's a place you can… — Lisa Gerrard Copy Share Image
The songs are about things that we were thinking and we wrote 'em down, and when you listen to 'em, whatever you… — Layne Staley Copy Share Image
Mix-tapes are something that have been going on for a while. They've been pretty important to hip-hop. It's the way we advertise… — Wale Copy Share Image
Popular music is all about traveling at the speed of you and elevating the individual as the highest thing in the world. — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
I grew up with so many different songs that the ones that are fun to play are the ones I want to… — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
There's a time and place for everything, and my focus is music. So that's what I prefer to spend most of my… — Tracy Chapman Copy Share Image
“As recently as the twentieth century, some cultures retained religious prohibitions asserting the “uncleanliness” of believers eating at the same table as… — Ted Gioia Copy Share Image
