I believe the time will come when the whole definition of pop music will change. It will get to the point where… — Nina Simone Copy Share Image
If you make music for the human needs you have within yourself, then you do it for all humans who need the… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
I don't kind of want to be known as a one-trick pony who just does the adult-alternative song once a year that… — Ed Sheeran Copy Share Image
Christianity only hopes. It has hung its harp on the willows, and cannot sing a song in a strange land. It has… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I never thought I would sing professionally, but it so happened that I made Babul hear a Bengali song I had sung… — Hema Malini Copy Share Image
Night was falling. Birds were singing. Birds were, it occurred to me to say, enacting a frantic celebration of day's end. They… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
I have a weird life because I live on songwriting royalties, which are a strange income. Sometimes it rains, sometimes it doesn't.… — Joe Strummer Copy Share Image
Every song has a memory; every song has the ability to make or break your heart, shut down the heart, and open… — Andy Warhol Copy Share Image
I think most people get hit by the music first and you can be singing along and realize a song has this… — Yukimi Nagano Copy Share Image
If your songs connect with the fans and they pump their fists in the air and go "Yeah!!" that's when a song… — Gene Simmons Copy Share Image
“Music can be a powerful adjunct to the healing process. And music is one of the safest medicines you'll ever find. You… — Allan Hamilton Copy Share Image
I remember when I would write a song as a kid, I would also write out on paper what the drums would… — Lights Copy Share Image
In so many ways, it feels the same now when I play as the very first time I picked up the instrument.… — Bill Frisell Copy Share Image
I'm always weary of connotations. I don't want people to listen to the music I make presently because they liked my previous… — Dev Hynes Copy Share Image
For me people are people, without meaning to sound corny, it's a plain natural fact, music is a universal language and I've… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
I was clear that I wanted to do music and I wanted to write songs. But I wasn't clear about how I… — Alison Goldfrapp Copy Share Image
We get real picky about frequencies. Put it on a tape, start on tape, and it's kind of locked to how it… — Adam Faulkner Copy Share Image
I remember the first time I ever showed my parents a song that I had written. The content may have been a… — Tyler Joseph Copy Share Image
When I was young, I was interested more in (singing the songs). ... I can't say I'm enjoying it more now than… — Tom Jones Copy Share Image
I think my parents are the first influence on me music-wise. My dad was into Motown and soul, and my mom was… — Clairo Copy Share Image
On 'Utopia,' I mix sick beats with ethereal elements while trying to keep the focus very much on the songwriting. If you… — Kerli Copy Share Image
As an ardent follower of the Blues it wasn't the done thing to own up to liking The Beatles but secretly I… — David Essex Copy Share Image
When I was younger I would always listen to female artists that are my age now and I felt like I couldn't… — Beatrice Miller Copy Share Image
I designed a guitar for Ibanez and then they started manufacturing it - it's called the Jem - it's 26 years old… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
If people stop being interested it's because you haven't written a good enough album. Music will always be the most powerful thing.… — Tom Odell Copy Share Image
I love making music, but if you make something that inspires somebody else to make something, without getting too airy-fairy, you've contributed… — Hozier Copy Share Image
When I was 2 my mom said she knew I was going to be a singer. I've been performing ever since I… — Avril Lavigne Copy Share Image
There was always music in my house when I was a kid. On Saturday mornings, my mother would clean house to 45s… — Steve Kazee Copy Share Image
“Your life is a movie. You are the main character. You say your scripts and act to your lines. Of course you… — Happy Positivity Copy Share Image
It's a magical thing, the guitar. It allows you to be the whole band in one, to play rhythm and melody, sing… — David Gilmour Copy Share Image
'Something More' is a song that I wrote not necessarily about country radio, more so about a lot of songs that were… — Scotty McCreery Copy Share Image
When it comes down to the song writing, I'm just very slow - very slow. Because the songs are about my life,… — India.Arie Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to a lot of player-piano music in my house and a lot of old Tin Pan Alley songs… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
I realize I've really been blessed with you know, with just being able to make great music and that's where it starts… — Ciara Copy Share Image
Well, Mozart is extraordinary not only in that he became virtuoso along the lines of his father, but that he had that… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
I feel that when I listen to music - not that it's bad - it's not emotional. It has a gimmick to… — Linda Perry Copy Share Image
God is always working to make His children aware of a dream that remains alive beneath the rubble of every shattered dream,… — Larry Crabb Copy Share Image
The business of making music is changing so radically because of the Internet. It's become a lot more democratic in one respect,… — John Rzeznik Copy Share Image
My concept of successful living is escaping the matrix, as we've talked about. It has very little to do with what people… — Lauryn Hill Copy Share Image
In a studio situation, I'm able to dig deep and come up with stuff that all the guys think fits the vibe… — Synyster Gates Copy Share Image
