Hawai'i is not truly the idyllic paradise of popular songs--islands of love and tranquility, where nothing bad ever happens. It was and… — Alan Brennert Copy Share Image
A lot of times what happens is, the song that is the most special ends up being least heard. So, whenever I… — Jonita Gandhi Copy Share Image
You always gotta reach the people who feel bad about themselves or insecure about themselves, and I think 'Like 'Em All' was… — Jacob Latimore Copy Share Image
Whenever I'm feeling kind of down or something like that, or even good, the song 'Bohemian Rhapsody' by Queen is a go-to… — Casey Abrams Copy Share Image
Sometimes touring can warp reality because you're never in one place long enough to get a feel for it. You don't interact… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
I have so many indie bands on my iPod. What I don't really understand is the attitude that if a band is… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
I think I don't sing as hard as I used to sing. I used to kind of hit the accelerator a lot… — K. D. Lang Copy Share Image
“The song turns to a slow one, and Skip pulls me close to him. His hands encircle my waist and slip beneath… — Tammy Falkner Copy Share Image
Another goal that I have is to learn how to play the ukulele - should be fun - and to stop taking… — Kristen Schaal Copy Share Image
I always like to write the songs, and they get turned loose into the world, and who knows what happens to them.… — Chris Stapleton Copy Share Image
I never feel like I have to hang on to the music. I don't expect that the music will go away. Ideas… — Michael Nesmith Copy Share Image
I think what's happenin' is that, with the overflow of music, it's been diluted. There was a time when people would go… — Ice T Copy Share Image
To ensure that future generations have the opportunity to make a living from the creation of music, it is critical that we… — Keri Hilson Copy Share Image
One way in which 'Friends' did resemble 'Seinfeld' is that it really found its audience over the summer of 1995 in reruns.… — Warren Littlefield Copy Share Image
My voice in combination with the harp - which, by the way, I use because I've played it my entire life, not… — Joanna Newsom Copy Share Image
There are lots of really good guitarists, but they play with the same pedals that everybody else does. Everybody buys the same… — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
When I started singing, I was going to school. I remember some of the people in school singing, and they had a… — August Alsina Copy Share Image
The artist must forget the audience, forget the critics, forget the technique, forget everything but love for the music. Then, the music… — Mstislav Rostropovich Copy Share Image
When we were trying to get 'Jersey Boys' off the ground, I'd get, 'The Four Seasons? Who's going to care? There's the… — Frankie Valli Copy Share Image
“When some early Tom Waits demos were released against his wishes in the early 1990s, he is supposed to have said: ‘Demo… — Kirk Lake Copy Share Image
I think things can have more than one meaning and still connect with people. There's a lot of meaning to the title… — Jon Crosby Copy Share Image
Most of the bands that I really like no longer exist. That might just be because I'm in my thirties or whatever.… — Babatunde Adebimpe Copy Share Image
I've been very blessed to make a living in stuff I love and am totally passionate about, music and writing. So I'm… — John Densmore Copy Share Image
The difference between an admirer and a follower still remains, no matter where you are. The admirer never makes any true sacrifices.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The band that changed my life was The Who. It's hard to pick just one album, but if I had to pick… — Buzz Osborne Copy Share Image
Dude, I love playing drums, and I love being on stage, and I love recording. It's my life... it's been my life,… — Dave Lombardo Copy Share Image
My favorite song? 'Amazing Grace.' Anybody singing it. But the best it'll ever be done is by the Scottish National Pipe band… — Jimmy Dean Copy Share Image
I’m sorry. I was just thinking of that stupid song, ‘Seasons in the Sun.’ You know, ‘we had joy, we had fun,… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
I don't collect the way other people do. Some people collect rare guitars, like, 'I have a '54 Strat worth $50,000.' And… — David Crosby Copy Share Image
My family was musical on both sides. My father's family had a famous flautist and a classical pianist. My mother won a… — Gloria Estefan Copy Share Image
I wanted to hear what she was saying. I wanted to smell that burnt midnight again, I wanted to feel that wind.… — Janet Fitch Copy Share Image
My favorite is still the one that I started off with, which is a Les Paul Standard. I've played that at every… — Dan Hawkins Copy Share Image
It was just like a dream. I could have ended up with an album that's not all that different from anything else… — Shania Twain Copy Share Image
“Music can transport you to another time with a couple of notes. It makes you feel the heartbreak or the love, right… — Cindi Madsen Copy Share Image
Beethoven and Wagner for many years wrung our hearts. But now we are sated with them and derive much greater pleasure from… — Luigi Russolo Copy Share Image
I've been through a lot, both personally and professionally, and the album that I started to record two and a half years… — JoJo Copy Share Image
I just want to make good music, and as long as I'm happy with it, the charting isn't that important to me.… — Astrid S Copy Share Image
“Even if, in one or other of them, I had a particular word or words in mind, I would not tell anyone,… — Felix Mendelssohn Copy Share Image
“A critic looking at these tightly focused, targeted interventions might dismiss them as Band-Aid solutions. But that phrase should not be considered… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
I hear music that comes out of need, out of grief, sorrow, suffering and out of overcoming these things, as well. That… — Kathleen Battle Copy Share Image
