I think we as a band, as individuals, understand that all popular music stems from blues and jazz and even pop, but… — David Johansen Copy Share Image
Going into 'Da Vinci's Demons' I didn't know anything about renaissance music and going into 'Black Sails,' I didn't know about sea… — Bear McCreary Copy Share Image
Although we are being presented in Carnegie Hall, we have to furnish a budget for our guest stars, and for the music… — Skitch Henderson Copy Share Image
I have a varied collection of music on my phone. I like a lot of the popular music that has a really… — Chesley Sullenberger Copy Share Image
Just as I have broken the monopoly of film music as being synonymous with popular music in our country, I want to… — Yo Yo Honey Singh Copy Share Image
Rock musicians, and a vast array of popular-music musicians, due to their wealth, acquired through the mass of their notoriety, are able… — Bill Dixon Copy Share Image
I only hope that one day, America will recognize what the rest of the world already has known, that our indigenous music… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
Soul was the music made by and for black people. For most of the Sixties it was thoroughly divorced from white popular… — Jon Landau Copy Share Image
Gershwin's melodic gift was phenomenal. His songs contain the essence of New York in the 1920s and have deservedly become classics of… — George Gershwin Copy Share Image
My own personal theory is that all popular music, in whatever form it is, to me, it all comes from Africa. Whether… — Paul Weller Copy Share Image
I was interested in a whole range of music that I used to play, popular music -- particularly American music -- that… — John Renbourn Copy Share Image
It was Muddy Waters who took the Delta blues north to Chicago, electrified the sound, and changed the course of popular music… — Tim Cahill Copy Share Image
I remember when I was very young, I read an article by Fats Domino which has really influenced me. He said, 'You… — Mick Jagger Copy Share Image
I was a piano performance major at USC. I left before I graduated because I realized at some point I wasn't going… — James Newton Howard Copy Share Image
Entertainment isn't just based on the very structured syndrome of European popular music, and it's great that there are so many thousands… — Robert Plant Copy Share Image
It is inescapable that Ringo was the catalyst for the others. He certainly completed the jigsaw and The Beatles, with Ringo, became… — Brian Epstein Copy Share Image
I turn on the radio now and I don't have anything against a lot of sequenced and programmed and electronic music, a… — Eric Benet Copy Share Image
The history of popular music is littered with great partnerships. Rodgers had his Hammerstein, Lennon had his McCartney, and Lloyd Webber had…… — Humphrey Lyttelton Copy Share Image
Popular music is like a big party, and it’s a thrill sneaking in rather than being invited. Every once in a while,… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
For instance, I'm always fascinated to see whether, given the kind of fairly known and established form called popular music, whether there… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
My particular space has always been quite unique in popular music. I have a background in R&B and hard rock and straight… — Donovan Copy Share Image
In country music the lyric is important and the melodies get a little more complex all the time, and you hear marvelous… — Dinah Shore Copy Share Image
