I've always been fascinated with sound, since I was a little kid when my mother Dorothy Dean took me to my first… — Mike Dean Copy Share Image
Some people have said that I can 'hear' a hit song, meaning that I can tell the first time a song is… — Glen Campbell Copy Share Image
The music we made then was so amateurish, compared to the rest of mainstream pop or rock and roll. But what differentiated… — Kevin Ayers Copy Share Image
Back when I was jamming with Axl and the guys they had boxes of cassettes with song ideas. How do you know… — Zakk Wylde Copy Share Image
To have a song work for the movie, it can't just be written apart and shoved in. It's got to come out… — John Hughes Copy Share Image
I listened to classic rock and roll, and punk rock. 'Goon Squad' provides a pretty accurate playlist of my teenage years, though… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
That's kinda what happened to me: I listened to jazz, country, R&B, rock 'n' roll. And when I sat down to write… — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
John Berger once defined music by saying that it began as a howl, became a prayer, then a lament, and still contains… — John K. Samson Copy Share Image
Puzzles are like songs - A good puzzle can give you all the pleasure of being duped that a mystery story can.… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
I don't really have a career as a jazz musician. I don't really have a career as a classical musician. I don't… — Paul Smoker Copy Share Image
I guess my music career is my personal life. You know, I've always been a writer who wants to write about my… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
Here, before the flames begin, may passion burn within. Our anthem as we wait, for love to save the day. There is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When that much time goes by, you're really listening to your old music differently. At the time it's written, it was the… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
I’ve always tried to find God in lots of different things, whether that’s been drugs, women, etc, etc… But all those things… — Matthew Healy Copy Share Image
A rock band is a mysterious thing. Somehow, every once in a while, a few individuals bump into one another, and they… — Alan Light Copy Share Image
[Patrick Leonard] is such a magnificent composer. I don't think there is anybody working today with those kind of skills that could… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
After I moved with my mother to St. Louis, my older sister and I went to see Ike Turner, who was the… — Tina Turner Copy Share Image
You can definitely tell the record was made for the time that it was and on the budget that it was. 'Waking… — Johnny Christ Copy Share Image
My passion is for playing music and although everyone needs a break sometimes just to keep things interesting and fresh, there's no… — Jonny Lang Copy Share Image
If I sample a song, I usually make samples out of the whole album. Then I move on after that. Doesn't mean… — Madlib Copy Share Image
Music changes. Nothing stays the same. You just gotta be able to roll with the punches. When the music changes, it's not… — Juicy J Copy Share Image
Apparently there’s this kind of songbird that thinks it dies every time the sun goes down. In the morning, when it wakes… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The first riff that I totally mastered was 'Come As You Are' by Nirvana. I remember sitting there, plunking along, I remember… — Nita Strauss Copy Share Image
I could go play some songs for two hours every week - play whatever I wanted to - and then also spend… — Chris Baio Copy Share Image
I've never not been pleased with one of my albums. I figure because it's spoken word, there will be people who relate… — John Trudell Copy Share Image
In most of my films I write the music into the script. I'm listening to songs and lyrics that empower the themes… — Warwick Thornton Copy Share Image
It took me the bulk of my twenties to write one book about a family of alligator wrestlers. Whereas somebody like Steve… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
Mahler wrote it as the third movement of his Fourth Symphony. I mean the fourth movement of his First Symphony. We play… — Eugene Ormandy Copy Share Image
I've always had a bazillion songs in my archive, but I want to play people stuff they know. Now that I have… — Kate Voegele Copy Share Image
I grew up in the '70s, and I hear in my own stuff a lot of what I grew up listening to,… — Jason Robert Brown Copy Share Image
The things a man has to have are hope and confidence in himself against odds, and sometimes he needs somebody, his pal… — Clark Gable Copy Share Image
I want to expand jazz; I don't want to keep the audience limited. I want to reach people who have never come… — Charlie Haden Copy Share Image
Every project might only sell like 30 to 50,000, but I mean, I'm getting seven, eight dollars every CD. I make more… — Freddie Gibbs Copy Share Image
I've known Prince for many years - I worked on the "Raspberry Beret" video - and Kirstie [Alley] and I used to… — Kirstie Alley Copy Share Image
I think artists are aware that talking gives a songwriter so much material. If they just tell us what's happening, it's so… — Julia Michaels Copy Share Image
George Jones was a big, huge name in our household. George Jones-he is considered country, but in every genre he is known.… — Patty Loveless Copy Share Image
Music is the medium for expressing emotion. Music kindles love and infuses hope. It has countless voices and instruments. Music is in… — Sivananda Copy Share Image
It happened to be, from '73 to '78, the five years that, our most glorious years for bass players. We had Larry… — Marcus Miller Copy Share Image
“All this security and prospects are different for different people. Somebody is happy playing music and with a less pay, somebody is… — Ravindra Shukla Copy Share Image
Sometimes I've been to cryin' for unborn children That might have made me complete But I, I took the sweet life and… — Maureen McGovern Copy Share Image
![“[Patrick Leonard] is such a magnificent composer. I don't think there is anybody working today with those kind of skills that could translate one of my tunes into that really beautiful chamber music.” quote by Leonard Cohen](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/b1d/leonard-cohen-448_beautiful_patrick-leonard-is-such-a-magnificent-co_2598099.jpg)
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