The saxophone was created to mimic the human voice and I think that's why I gravitated toward the saxophone eventually. I'd loved… — Matana Roberts Copy Share Image
...and suddenly it occurred to him that the birds, whose twitters and repeated songs sounded so pretty and affirming of nature and… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
There are certain things that have universal attributes, like music. Something of greater magnitude is conveyed by them. They connect us with… — Swami Paramananda Copy Share Image
My life is like a song and I think I know the words, And as I start to sing along the whole… — MURS Copy Share Image
For all that has been said of the love that certain natures (on shore) have professed for it, for all the celebrations… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
If there's a track that's rhyme friendly, the verse will basically write itself. If the track is less rhyme friendly, you have… — Black Thought Copy Share Image
I have watched independent record stores evaporate all over America and Europe. That's why I go into as many as I can… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
A lot of my approach to the instrument, especially as I've gotten older, is to treat the piano in ways that are… — Michael Hersch Copy Share Image
When I am doing music, I sometimes become over compulsive to 'always make some new music'. I think I am like this… — G-Dragon Copy Share Image
I've never conceptualized much of what I write about. Maybe, once I'm onto something, I'll conceptualize a finished record. I want the… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
When I came back to it, we amicably separated from Warner Bros. I just picked up where I left off, trying to… — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
I feel like what I'm bringing to the table that's different is like not just consistency in the music but consistency in… — Rico Nasty Copy Share Image
I have a hard time pleasing myself with my songs. I have to do them over and over until I think I… — Fats Domino Copy Share Image
You may not be able to hit all the notes. That's OK. You may not have the clearest tone. You may not… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
Yes, I always say that we're a National League band. What I mean is, if you play an instrument, you have to… — Emmylou Harris Copy Share Image
It's the meanest thing to abuse your power as a songwriter. To write pointedly about someone... it's kind of unfair to use… — Mark Foster Copy Share Image
I'm very comfortable as a singer. In fact, I think it's more - I identified my self-esteem, my self more in those… — Katey Sagal Copy Share Image
The thing is that I'm naturally curious about a lot of different disciplines in music, and I enjoy doing them. And as… — Andre Previn Copy Share Image
In the early days of Pearl Jam, we were caught up in such a whirlwind that I was just trying to keep… — Mike McCready Copy Share Image
The song writing is different because with this stuff, I write it on my own and with Hot Water, we're more of… — Chuck Ragan Copy Share Image
“At times, the road will be hard, the days will be long, and the journey you’ve traveled won’t feel like a song.… — Laura Miller, Butterfly Weeds Copy Share Image
I personally would like to bring a tortoise onto the stage, turn it into a racehorse, then into a hat, a song,… — Eugene Ionesco Copy Share Image
'Take Me Apart' doesn't feel cohesive in a singular way but in a varied way. You can fixate on individual songs, and… — Kelela Copy Share Image
I saw a truck backin out of your drive You were sitting in the passenger side Messin with the radio, you had… — Luke Bryan Copy Share Image
Music exists when rhythmic, melodic or harmonic order is deliberately created, and consciously listened to, and it is only language-using, self-conscious creatures… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
Music is like a lifeblood - it changes the way I move; it changes the way I feel about myself. The way… — Tatiana Maslany Copy Share Image
Those who love music are gentle and honest in their tempers. I always loved music, and would not, for a great matter,… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
People talk about Frank Sinatra all the time - and they should talk about Frank - but he had the greatest arrangers.… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
When people make the educated argument that things should go back, it's more like going back to a feeling they had when… — Adrian Younge Copy Share Image
My sound is constantly progressing and maturing. It's hard with all the songs that I have written over the years to compile… — Asher Monroe Copy Share Image
The whole gist of 'All That Jazz' is Faustian. It's about a man who sells his soul to show business - which… — Ann Reinking Copy Share Image
I think it's OK if somebody likes my music and likes Sam Hunt's music, too. And I think if we're both selling… — Chris Stapleton Copy Share Image
Words ride on the energy of tone, its warmth or coldness; think of tone as the music of how words are expressed.… — Judith Orloff Copy Share Image
Lyric night of the lingering Indian Summer, Shadowy fields that are scentless but full of singing, Never a bird, but the passionless… — Sara Teasdale Copy Share Image
I'd bite off the Beatles, or anybody else. It's all one world, one planet and one groove. You're supposed to learn from… — George Clinton Copy Share Image
We care if people like what we did. If you're just making records for yourself, why put them out and do all… — Stephen Malkmus Copy Share Image
Well, jazz is to me, a complete lifestyle. It's bigger than a word. It's a much bigger force than just something that… — Ray Brown Copy Share Image
Well, once you've resigned yourself to the fact that you are the more mature pop performer and you're past the age you… — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
What does music mean to me? I don't think I would really be much without it, without it coming through me. It's… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
I write songs about love because, above all, love is the most human thing we have together. Feelings are a part of… — Yuna Copy Share Image
