“No matter how much we may love the melody of a bygone day or imagine the song of a future one, we… — Lisa Wingate Copy Share Image
8th grade I started writing my own songs. They weren't good songs or anything, but it was always the song writing aspect… — William Clark Green Copy Share Image
I think all of us, at some point early on in our lives, knew that we wanted to create music. We are… — Hayley Williams Copy Share Image
One of my favorite albums is Bob Gibson and Bob Camp, 'At the Gate of Horn.' It was a really dynamic album,… — Roger McGuinn Copy Share Image
I don't sing operatically, and I sing very intimately, but I still do the scales, and I think in terms of intonation… — Tony Bennett Copy Share Image
I love to get music sent as an MP3 attachment because that way I can preview the song in my e-mail, without… — Perez Hilton Copy Share Image
I first saw the ocean as a kid. We would drive from Arizona in the summer and arrive as the sun was… — Ted Danson Copy Share Image
When you hear kids singing your songs it just validates them, they sound like real songs when you hear them back, it's… — Dom Thomas Copy Share Image
You have to think, when I was growing up Internet was a thing but no one had it. We didn't have it… — William Clark Green Copy Share Image
“-I'll play you a song. Blake flexed his fingers and concentrated harder on the cardboard, moving his hands methodically over it's surface.… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
If I wasn't so lazy, or if I had a roadie, I'd have a line of guitars on stage. I'd have a… — Steve Young Copy Share Image
If I were a dictator I should make it compulsory for every member of the population between the ages of four and… — Thomas Beecham Copy Share Image
I think the more emotional you are, the better. I'm sort of writing [songs] as I go and I can never tell… — Miranda Lambert Copy Share Image
I think it's absolutely possible to write a song and go somewhere where no one's been before, uncharted territory. In terms of… — Richard Thompson Copy Share Image
“What an odd thing it is to see an entire species -- billions of people -- playing with, listening to meaningless tonal… — Oliver Sacks Copy Share Image
People often comment on the feeling and soul in my music, and I think part of that comes from the honesty and… — Jason Becker Copy Share Image
We can either rip your face up with 'Painkiller,' or we can play this beautiful thing called 'Last Rose of Summer' from… — Rob Halford Copy Share Image
Arcade Fire has kept their indie cred. They will sell out stadiums yet still have underdog status. But when you're a band… — Mark Foster Copy Share Image
Sometimes I would go on Sundays and play with Doc Cheatham. I was also playing in a band of teenagers led by… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
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I think jazz is a beautiful, democratic music. It encourages musicians with very strong, and many times, very different points of view… — Marcus Miller Copy Share Image
It's always hard for me to put the pieces together when listening to a finished album that I was a part of… — Coy Bowles Copy Share Image
What are the precise characteristics of an epigram it is not easy to define. It differs from a joke, in the fact… — William Matthews Copy Share Image
When I was between the ages of 5 and 8 years old, I fell in love with the music of composers like… — Bear McCreary Copy Share Image
A black face, run-down shoes and elbow-out make-up give me a place to hide. The real Bert Williams is crouched deep down… — Bert Williams Copy Share Image
On 'Heartbreaker,' I had to sing those songs. I drank the way I did those songs. I ate the way I did… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
The first time I tried to write was when I was 14, after I got an electric guitar. I put a song… — Tom Petty Copy Share Image
I am still working on developing my voice. I am, I know, better as a coloratura singer than I was. It's a… — Anna Netrebko Copy Share Image
I have this rule: It's like, if you write an amazing, cool song that you mean and then you go put your… — John Rzeznik Copy Share Image
To me, I always felt like drums have to be the support and the driving factor in a song, and there's places… — Vinnie Paul Copy Share Image
I want to create something that you haven't heard lyrically before. It's part of my job, and even though some of my… — Justin Rutledge Copy Share Image
“This is the core challenge of speaking up with an original idea. When you present a new suggestion, you’re not only hearing… — Adam M. Grant Copy Share Image
One of the reasons I didn't ever pursue a career - in the music world if you're black or mixed, you need… — Carmen Ejogo Copy Share Image
Don't forget that Mozart worked on commission. He almost always would write something if he knew exactly who was paying for it… — Eric Weiner Copy Share Image
You listen to Black Sabbath with Ronnie James Dio in it, and it's not Black Sabbath. They should have just called it… — Zakk Wylde Copy Share Image
I don't treat the band like I'm above them or that they're a hired hand for me. We've never worked that way.… — Tom Petty Copy Share Image
The internet seems to be what a lot of independent bands are doing these days. They're bypassing the studio - the big… — David Gilmour Copy Share Image
I got a toy guitar at a fundraiser and was trying to write songs with it that were ridiculous. After a week,… — Soccer Mommy Copy Share Image
“I had a boyfriend who told me I’d never succeed, never be nominated for a Grammy, never have a hit song, and… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
Music is something to live for. It is just for me, nobody else can take away from me.It makes me so happy… — Eliza Doolittle Copy Share Image