I think [song 'Can't Stop Workin'] it's the constant work; performing and traveling. It gets to be a bit of a strain.… — Neil Young Copy Share Image
There are a few great orchestras in the world, thank goodness. Although some people do put them in ranking order, it's not… — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
I think music is a big, big wide world, and I am voyager on this particular ship in this sea of wild… — Phil Anselmo Copy Share Image
When I listen to a symphony I love, I don't get from it what the composer got. His 'Yes' was different from… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
A lot of people in Nashville think that the best song is the catchiest or the one that sells the most copies.… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
“Synchronicity? The entire universe vibrates to synchronicity, if only we can hear the rich symphony. The first strains of music, created at… — Linda Lafferty Copy Share Image
But you, divine poet, you sang on till the end as the swarm of rejected maenads attacked you, shrieking, you overpowered their… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
We had some Stevie Wonder and Luther Vandross, but there's a lot of hip-hop and other black music that I just never… — Daniel Caesar Copy Share Image
A song is not going to change this damn world. Instead of making people mad about this shitty situation, it's going to… — Chaka Khan Copy Share Image
Basically, in 'American Pie,' things are heading in the wrong direction. It is becoming less ideal, less idyllic. I don't know whether… — Don McLean Copy Share Image
That's one of the things I love about being a songwriter first, last and always, because whether I do it or not,… — Carole King Copy Share Image
We'd record a song that people liked and wanted to hear on the radio, and the radio wouldn't play it because it… — James Hetfield Copy Share Image
Can you play the piano like Beethoven? Or sing like Carly Simon? Can you take fie pages' worth of quotes and turn… — Jennifer Estep Copy Share Image
“I drifted on through the midst of this passionate music and motion, across many a glen, from ridge to ridge; often halting… — John Muir Copy Share Image
When I was 13 or 14, I took seven months off from touring. I did a lot of weekend gigs in Louisiana.… — Hunter Hayes Copy Share Image
I didn't have to fit into a mold. You make the mold. People can smell a rat. If you're doing thing for… — Anthony Evans Copy Share Image
“It is rather an occasion, darling,’ said Moreland, vexed at these objections. ‘After all, I am noted among composers for the smallness… — Anthony Powell Copy Share Image
If you do something, you should do it because you love it, and you should follow your heart and make it how… — Jim James Copy Share Image
“Anton Brookes: I think I was within my right to accuse him of selling out a little bit, if you think about… — Mark Yarm Copy Share Image
“But if the "genius" campaign gave the other Beach Boys short shrift, the real damage was to Brian himself. It put even… — James S. Hirsch Copy Share Image
I just don't think you can make records easily and have them be great. It's a process. You've got to get really… — Britt Daniel Copy Share Image
Well, [bluntness in songwriting]'s a lot cheaper than therapy… There's been a lot of things going on for the past 10 years… — Brent Smith Copy Share Image
For 'Narrow Stairs', the majority of the songs I brought in were guitar songs - songs we could sit in a room… — Ben Gibbard Copy Share Image
New York sounds like something that I could really listen to. It's like a vibe; it's a hit song. It's a song… — A Boogie wit da Hoodie Copy Share Image
Somebody's going to hear a song that will key in a nerve or something in their experience that represents their own vision.… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
He took in the squeaky music, the vulgar and pining melodies, because passion immobilizes good taste and seriously considers what soberly would… — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
Life is like a PIANO... The White Keys represent Happiness and Black Keys represent Sadness But as U go through Life's Journey… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are people out there who are so known for their style of music but if you sat down and spoke to… — Sam Ryder Copy Share Image
The 'victim to victory' theory is that, if you listen to the radio, a large percentage of the hits are... about victim… — Sia Copy Share Image
And there is a lot of idiosyncrasy. But there are also regularities and phenomena. And what the data is going to be… — Esther Duflo Copy Share Image
I don't think music is my job - I don't think about it that way, because I don't really get paid. There's… — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
I was playing in bands and doing gigs from the age of 14 on. I stopped at the age of 28. Technology… — Mitchell Joachim Copy Share Image
The channel of art can only become clogged and misdirected by the artist's concern with merely temporary and local disturbances. The song… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
I like that people feel like they can trust their own secrets with our band. It's kind of cool. Not only is… — All American Rejects Copy Share Image
Before I was 12 years old, I had no interest in music; I was just into football. Then I heard Don McLean's… — Jake Bugg Copy Share Image
I go through cycles with my writing. I have cycles where I'm up all night and lose track of time, and then… — Brenda Russell Copy Share Image
The songwriting style, to me, is superior. There was a certain amount of joy in it, no matter how sad the song… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
“There is a place where the sidewalk ends And before the street begins, And there the grass grows soft and white, And… — Shel Silverstein Copy Share Image
You are a 64-track recording - the tracks are always there, they're always with you. Sometimes the harsh tracks are cranked up… — RZA Copy Share Image
My brother, who's ten years younger than me, worked with me in the studio when he was very young. He's a guitar… — Atticus Ross Copy Share Image
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