Other memories stick, no matter how much you wish they wouldn’t. They’re like a song you hate but can’t ever get completely… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
I think on the first album, my aim was to write a good song and have a good melody, and I wanted… — Emeli Sande Copy Share Image
Intellectuals and creative people, once they start talking about God they get put into this other category: 'I don't go to people's… — David Berman Copy Share Image
I think sometimes all you need is to hear someone else say the same thing that you're going through to realize that… — Sarah McLachlan Copy Share Image
As you get older, your songwriting starts to become less and less about you, and especially when you have kids and a… — Sam Roberts Copy Share Image
When I was in college, I had a jazz radio show. I called it 'Excursion on a Wobbly Rail,' after a Cecil… — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
“God is boundless, and so is never a boundary: God's music possesses the richness of every transition, interval, measure, variation - all… — David Hart Copy Share Image
Make no mistake, this music is for everyone. Jazz is not an exclusive, elite club. Go ahead, listen to your Snoop Doggy… — Christian McBride Copy Share Image
Punk is just like any other sub culture or music. Straight rock music has those elements. I grew up in a place… — Justin Sane Copy Share Image
I would sing only when I was very much alone. So, I would sing a lot, but I was not comfortable doing… — Monica Barbaro Copy Share Image
It's just a lot of fun to be able to see your ideas come into fruition. And to see people translate the… — Rico Love Copy Share Image
“Recent breakthroughs in the field of neuro-science have shown that playing the piano is good for your brain. Dr. Gottfried Schlaug of… — Stuart Isacoff Copy Share Image
The process of creativity, absorbing aspects of life and channeling it into something shared or tangible - that's my ideal brain food.… — Richard Norris Copy Share Image
There's just enough drinking and cheating songs around without me adding to them. Unless you've got something better than "Misery and Gin"… — Aaron Watson Copy Share Image
“If radios and microwaves merged, then the ideal pop song would be three minutes, or the length of time a bag of… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
"Straight Edge" was a song about my life. There was no structure, no premise as if I was forming a club. There… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
I live my life in widening circle That reach out across the world. I may not ever complete the last one, But… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
I don't really write journals and stuff and then adapt them to music, it's completely within the form of the song. My… — Emily Haines Copy Share Image
I chose not to jump into the media frenzy and defend myself, though I was begged to be on every single TV… — Marilyn Manson Copy Share Image
With Free, we had phased out all of the blues material and wanted to phase in all original material, and the only… — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
I think one of the reasons [Nikolai] Medtner hasn't had a chance is that his music needs very, very committed performances. If… — Marc-Andre Hamelin Copy Share Image
Always in movies... drummers are portrayed as the dumb character... I don't know why. Most of the drummers I know are the… — G Flip Copy Share Image
“Sing little box Don't let sleep overtake you The world's awake within you In your four-sided emptiness We turn distance into nearness… — Vasko Popa Copy Share Image
My mom used to ask me when I was gonna write a happy song. I still tell her that it's when I… — Sharon Van Etten Copy Share Image
“For the brief moments the song lasted, it was pure joy, stirred up from deep within, in that place not a soul… — Ben Galley Copy Share Image
Black Sabbath wasn't like the Bon Jovis of the time. We were just a bunch of guys that were against the grain… — Ozzy Osbourne Copy Share Image
There's a higher place that I have no illusions about reaching. There's a sophistication and aesthetic about composers who only write only… — Bill Conti Copy Share Image
I actually felt sorry for Liverpool bands like Bunnymen and Wah!, having this immense pressure of following the Beatles. I suppose I… — Mick Hucknall Copy Share Image
My job is not done. I address my songs now to the third world. I am popular all over Asia and Africa… — Nina Simone Copy Share Image
Playing well with others is important - not being too flashy, just keeping good time and of course coming up with cool… — Chad Smith Copy Share Image
I don't think success has changed us as people at all. We are the same lunatics that we were when this band… — Kirk Hammett Copy Share Image
I knew I wanted to be an artist, but I never took music lessons. I was just playing around in front of… — Lykke Li Copy Share Image
Does not the very word 'creative' mean to build, to initiate, to give out, to act - rather than to be acted… — Berenice Abbott Copy Share Image
I honestly believe that you have to be able to play the guitar hard if you want to be able to get… — Angus Young Copy Share Image
I think playback singing has a lot to do with voice acting. I would suggest to all the youngsters to understand the… — Lata Mangeshkar Copy Share Image
For me, writing music is a good way to say what's on my mind. It's less vulnerable in a way, less embarrassing,… — Aaron Lines Copy Share Image
I thought if I gave people all of my journey in one go, it could be overwhelming and easily forgotten, and I… — Dawn Angelique Copy Share Image
In America, they want you to accomplish these great feats, to pull off these David Copperfield-type stunts. You want me to be… — Kanye West Copy Share Image
Black Americans should be given credit for finding probably the perfect weapon; the weapon of the song. And that song continues. Most… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
When I finally stopped [singing], he had been saying, like, the last day or so, he'd been saying, now, I think we… — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
![“I live my life in widening circle That reach out across the world. I may not ever complete the last one, But I give myself to it. I circle around God, that primordial tower. I have been circling for thousands of years, And I still don't know: am I a falcon, A storm, or a great song? [I, 2]” quote by Rainer Maria Rilke](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/542/rainer-maria-rilke-193_circles_i-live-my-life-in-widening-circle-that-r_2212316.jpg)
![“I think one of the reasons [Nikolai] Medtner hasn't had a chance is that his music needs very, very committed performances. If you play his works passively, the juice of his music is really not going to be extracted - it's simply not going to come out.” quote by Marc-Andre Hamelin](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/ac9/marc-andre-hamelin-28368_chance_i-think-one-of-the-reasons-nikolai-medtn_744076.jpg)
![“When I finally stopped [singing], he had been saying, like, the last day or so, he'd been saying, now, I think we should put this one in the album. So without him saying I want to record you and release an album, he kept - he started saying, let's put this one in the album. So the album, this big…” quote by Johnny Cash](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/b9c/johnny-cash-1517_albums_when-i-finally-stopped-singing-he-had-be_992773.jpg)
