“...it was like learning to like a new kind of music by listening to the notes that weren't played, finding warmth and… — Laura Elizabeth Woollett Copy Share Image
Having heard Clifford Brown play all those fast runs, I used to really practice Clarke trumpet exercises all day long so that… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
For me personally, I'm always writing from what's happening in my emotional life. Even without thinking about it a lot of the… — Washed Out Copy Share Image
If you're gonna use simile, analogy, metaphor, be descriptive and have some flowery adjectives and a few odd nouns and some engaging… — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image
At moments of acute joy or sorrow, men and women throughout history have sung or reached for musical instruments to express the… — Stephen Hough Copy Share Image
My friend and I were talking about the band Limp Wrist, and how cool that name is, so we started bouncing other… — Liv Bruce Copy Share Image
Above all, the listener should be able to understand the poem or the song, not be forced to unravel a complicated, self-indulgent… — Lucinda Williams Copy Share Image
I don't care what people say about my relationship; I don't care what they say about my boobs. People are buying my… — Katy Perry Copy Share Image
Both my parents are artists, so that just makes me look at everything slightly different. I listened to different music; I dressed… — Jason Momoa Copy Share Image
I pinch myself every night when I hear the overture starting. I'm so overwhelmed by the whole process, and humbled and giddy… — Tituss Burgess Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a massive influence in my music. Growing up, he would play a lot of old-school records to me. A… — Ella Henderson Copy Share Image
I feel like these sounds are the ultimate kind of free sounds, the ultimate public domain sounds. And I feel like people… — Julia Kent Copy Share Image
Life's a song - Sing it. Life's a game - play it. Life's a challenge - meet it. Life is a dream… — Sai Baba Copy Share Image
New York became the first state to ban talking on hand-held cell phones while driving. First-time violators could receive a fine of… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
We can't forget what happened on May 4th, 1970, when four students gave up their lives because they had the American constitutional… — Graham Nash Copy Share Image
Oh yeah, I mean, it wasn't a very good guitar, most good guitars have got thrust rods in the necks that you… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
I sing all the time. But maybe nobody's hearing it, because I'm singing in my car or in my house or whatever.… — Natalie Maines Copy Share Image
I really think that people are getting fed up with the computer generated music. I think it had a little time where… — Jason Reeves Copy Share Image
Music can lift us out of depression or move us to tears - it is a remedy, a tonic, orange juice for… — Oliver Sacks Copy Share Image
I only knew classical music, which to me was the only true music. The only way I could survive at the bar… — Nina Simone Copy Share Image
Songs give you incredible opportunity to convey a tremendous amount in a relatively short period of time. The first thing that John… — Christopher Meledandri Copy Share Image
I always liked performing in front of my parents' friends. My dad bought me a karaoke machine, and I would put on… — Nolan Sotillo Copy Share Image
You know, I think so much about relatability when it comes to songwriting, and this experience of being in the limelight isn't… — Laufey Copy Share Image
“The song wanted. It wanted in the way Yeva had always wanted, wanted not so much a thing as everything, something beyond… — Meagan Spooner Copy Share Image
The recording companies are continuing to look at ways to buy short and sell long. So now they give recording deals to… — Frank Sinatra Jr Copy Share Image
I'm the kind of cat that can finish three songs in a day. Two or three songs in a day. If my… — Ginuwine Copy Share Image
I think that my music is really honest and I think I have something to say. The world revolves around so much… — Amanda Stott Copy Share Image
I am far from an "old" person in human terms, however I've spent over half my life immersed in the punk rock… — Jacob Bannon Copy Share Image
I don't record for my own glory.I mean, of course part of it is for career advancement, but more importantly, I want… — Marc-Andre Hamelin Copy Share Image
“[If] it were possible to watch composing in the same way that one can watch painting, if composers could have _ateliers_ as… — Arnold Schoenberg Copy Share Image
The Pandoras began as a '60s punk group. Then they went pop, then metal. When they went metal, I quit because I… — Kim Shattuck Copy Share Image
Some day I'm gonna be gone and people will be listening to my songs and conjuring me up. In order for that… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
The only problem I had on The Voice, was wishing that we, as artists, could have had a stronger opinion in our… — Curtis Grimes Copy Share Image
Because we take these huge long breaks, and then I just kind go, "Okay, fine, this is the way that I've chosen… — Milo Aukerman Copy Share Image
It's one thing if you write a song and somebody else sings it because you give the OK. But if your voice… — Bebe Rexha Copy Share Image
While the accompanimental [sic] figures come from Prelude, the melody is wholly original to this theme. First stated on a lonely duduk,… — Bear McCreary Copy Share Image
There is the cause for pleasure and for pain: But music moves us, and we know not why? We feel the tears,… — Letitia Elizabeth Landon Copy Share Image
My father being in the movie business, I thought being an actor would be great. But when I started singing to people… — David Crosby Copy Share Image
As for my relationship to Beethoven, I admire people who can say what they really think. It's as though he's saying, 'That's… — Andris Nelsons Copy Share Image
there is a great choice that awaits us every day: whether we go around carving holes in others because we have been… — Mark Nepo Copy Share Image
![“[If] it were possible to watch composing in the same way that one can watch painting, if composers could have _ateliers_ as did painters, then it would be clear how superfluous the music theorist is and how he is just as harmful as the art academies.” quote by Arnold Schoenberg](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/dfe/arnold-schoenberg-22052_art_if-it-were-possible-to-watch-composing-i_2067990.jpg)
![“While the accompanimental [sic] figures come from Prelude, the melody is wholly original to this theme. First stated on a lonely duduk, and then in octaves by the violins and violas, it is a melancholy and contemplative tune.” quote by Bear McCreary](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/e85/bear-mccreary-4348_contemplative_while-the-accompanimental-sic-figures-co_1908864.jpg)
