Irving Berlin was the greatest songwriter of all time. I was in awe of him. But his music wasn't my music. My… — Jerry Leiber Copy Share Image
Into the Music was about the first album where I felt, 'I'm starting here'...the Wavelength thing, I didn't really feel that was… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
Because of things like iTunes and streaming and social networking, it's destroyed music. It's destroyed the motivation to go out there and… — Kirk Hammett Copy Share Image
Almost anything is enough to keep alive someone who wishes nothing for himself but time to write music. — Dorothy Canfield Fisher Copy Share Image
I've outdone anyone you can name - Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Strauss. Irving Berlin, he wrote 1,001 tunes. I wrote 5,500. — James Brown Copy Share Image
I had grown up with music influence of my grandad, uncle, dad. So, professionally I first assisted others to do something different,… — Amaal Mallik Copy Share Image
The greatest piece of acting or music or sculpture or what-have-you always has its roots in the truth of human emotion. — Sanford Meisner Copy Share Image
My mother was into church so she listens to gospel music. I like the way gospel is composed... the great vocalist chord… — Goldlink Copy Share Image
“Why do we care about singers? Wherein lies the power of songs? Maybe it derives from the sheer strangeness of there being… — Salmon Rushdie Copy Share Image
In high school - that's when I first fell in love with his music and his voice. 'Blonde on Blonde' above everything.… — Todd Haynes Copy Share Image
One of the great things about rap music... it leaves a lot to be desired, as far as I'm concerned, musically, but… — Graham Nash Copy Share Image
“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose history is… — WILLIAM SAROYAN Copy Share Image
“My eyes pop out when I catch a glimpse of how much leg she's showing. She's wearing her shortest mini skirt, the… — Janine Caldwell Copy Share Image
Music changed my life. I don't know who I would be without it. Don't ignore even the smallest glimmer of passion in… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
The advancement of style is the cornerstone of hip hop. There is no correct or conservative way to make rap music. Rap… — El-P Copy Share Image
I always have strong urges to sabotage myself. Whenever someone says they like something about my music, I tend to not want… — Mitski Copy Share Image
It's about the stories. If I write 14 stories that I love, then the next step is to get the environment of… — Frank Ocean Copy Share Image
Certain jazz musicians just copy what was done 100 years ago. The music won't grow if nobody takes a risk. — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
I mostly listen to very popular songs. But I'm a huge fan of Stevie Wonder, and I love jazz - Glenn Fredly,… — Joe Taslim Copy Share Image
My music has a little hint of down south but I don't have a down south accent. I guess it's just the… — King Louie Copy Share Image
When you are sitting in a room and somebody does something or says something and a thought comes, an idea or a… — Joe Louis Walker Copy Share Image
It's hard to explain music when it goes in your gut and makes left and right and turns and moves you and… — Dion DiMucci Copy Share Image
We need to welcome the experimental creativity that is always searching out new ways of singing the Gospel, and banish the fear… — Michael Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
My first official music video for "Who Am I." It's getting crazy traffic and a lot of hype. I got sponsored by… — SonReal Copy Share Image
There was a time when stars were made out of music videos but today singers rely on actors to make their singles… — Neha Bhasin Copy Share Image
I often get ideas for songs on the tour bus at odd times. Like at 6am when no one is around, I'd… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
“The music comes out of the silence. I don't mind if it goes back in. We come out of the silence...” — Geoff Ryman Copy Share Image
I never really planned on any of this being a career; all I knew for sure was that I wanted to create,… — Mija Copy Share Image
I just wanted to sing, and I didn't want my music to be unique to the US. I wanted Africans to hear… — Letta Mbulu Copy Share Image
I've loved Japanese culture for a long, long time, from doing martial arts, to the block prints, to the music. It's a… — Alexandre Desplat Copy Share Image
“Shakespeare queried 'if music be the food of love, play on'; Well, I say laughter is life's champagne cocktail and humourlessness its… — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
When you're young and you play music, you have a peer group, you come out of a scene. There's a lot of… — Adam Duritz Copy Share Image
So when a music artist puts an album out that can only be streamed, not downloaded, what happens? In Kanye West's case,… — Audie Cornish Copy Share Image
The people who do the scoring and the music for movies are very talented, really special people. — Claudia Christian Copy Share Image
I usually write my music on a piano, and I really enjoy performing that way, because that actually shows how the music… — Zedd Copy Share Image
Songs are like fish. You just gotta have your line in the water. And it's a bad idea to fish downstream from… — Arlo Guthrie Copy Share Image
There's a kind of intimacy that can happen between musicians, and if they're people you enjoy and respect as humans, that intimacy… — Sunny Ozell Copy Share Image
I'm amazed by the ground that I covered. The music's the number-one thing. And if it isn't, you better quit now. — Bobby Womack Copy Share Image
I want to impact the world and the culture in a positive way, spread super dope messages and help people through my… — Cordae Copy Share Image
“Living is art. Breathing and heart beating is music. Seeing is painting the world with our eyes. Touching is sculpting the shape… — Jacob Nordby Copy Share Image
