The devaluation of music and what it's now deemed to be worth is laughable to me. My single costs 99 cents. That's… — Vince Gill Copy Share Image
Lyrics came quite easy early on in my career. But I always wanted to push it further and stand out a bit… — Kano Copy Share Image
Everybody used to be busy writing songs - great songs - that became hits. Now everybody's writing hits. Everybody's desperately writing a… — Nuno Bettencourt Copy Share Image
We have this song called 'Radio,' and I wrote that song when we needed one more song for a record. So I… — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
“If Shirley were not an indolent, a reckless, an ignorant being, she would take a pen at such moments, or at least… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
My grandmother was a classical pianist, so I grew up with Schubert, Mozart, Beethoven. I studied piano as a kid. My musical… — Phillipa Soo Copy Share Image
Honestly, the more things start to get bigger and better, the more I am just inspired to work harder and put my… — Shawn Mendes Copy Share Image
Let the church come to God in the strength of a perfect weakness, in the power of a felt helplessness and a… — Mark Hopkins Copy Share Image
I wish I could sing. I don't technically have a terrible voice, but it's certainly not as good as most of my… — Moby Copy Share Image
There's a bit less elbow room and latitude to take it somewhere else, at least at festivals. In the club you can… — A-Trak Copy Share Image
My favorite songs are my favorite songs because they just feel like a certain moment, or a certain photo, just a snapshot… — Tyler, The Creator Copy Share Image
When I start writing songs, and they come easily, I'm always very suspicious. That usually means they're reminding me of something I've… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
When you play a concerto with a small orchestra, you don't feel it is as important as Carnegie Hall. You try to… — Itzhak Perlman Copy Share Image
I'm a huge fan of a guy named Tech N9ne. This cool thing he used to do, where every like third album,… — Jelly Roll Copy Share Image
On social media and [in person] I hear stories of how a song like "Home" helps. Whether it's a guy overseas coping… — Michael Buble Copy Share Image
I try to explain that to my kids - the experience of going to a record store, flipping through racks and finding… — Jon Bon Jovi Copy Share Image
I've never been asked to do a collaboration. I guess I just don't give off that come-and-get-me vibe. I wouldn't be adverse… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
When I first set up my big band, I only had Gilson Lavis, the drummer from Squeeze, with me. He was the… — Jools Holland Copy Share Image
There are a few investment managers, of course, who are very good - though in the short run, it's difficult to determine… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
To keep the record straight, it wasn't always John and Yoko. We've all accused one another of various business things; we tend… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
In terms of songwriting I think it might be a circular thing. I tend to go back and forth between quieter melancholy… — Thalia Zedek Copy Share Image
My father was always playing this ethnic blues stuff around the house, and both my parents played. Then one day my father… — Alvin Lee Copy Share Image
Born Again' is a love song. It's just these two people - two forms of energy - meeting and losing each other… — Tyler Childers Copy Share Image
I saw a drummer play once when I was a kid and I thought, that's really cool. You know, you're moving. You're… — Bill Kreutzmann Copy Share Image
Too many times I've heard records from bands who were obviously, like, 'Well, we're at least gonna do half as well as… — Chad Kroeger Copy Share Image
We wanted to not necessarily tell the story of the video or the song, but create an ambience. And I think now,… — Russell Mulcahy Copy Share Image
I'm not unswayed by the opinions of others. I actually really value that, the idea that you can feel things the way… — Greg Saunier Copy Share Image
When I talk about what I'm feeling, I can get outside of it and analyze it. I think that process, especially on… — Julien Baker Copy Share Image
People do accuse me of being just decorative or an escapist - well I am. That's what I do. I am other… — Klaus Nomi Copy Share Image
Songs kind of live in a timeless place for me, and since I make records I dunno, about every two-and-a-half to three… — Regina Spektor Copy Share Image
Working on solo material is something I had always dreamed of doing, and I'm incredibly happy with the results. 'Everything To Me'… — Shane Filan Copy Share Image
You're just playing the songs over and over again and you maybe lose sight of the writing side of you. You're not… — Ellie Rowsell Copy Share Image
I don't really look at the charts at all. If anything, I try to out-do what I've done before. I try to… — Avicii Copy Share Image
We can look you in the eye and talk to you about life, heart, love rock'n'roll, whatever, but we do not have… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
“No singer would ever make a song about that battle. No maester would ever write down an account for one of the… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
Of course the most difficult thing on the violin is always intonation. The second one is rhythm. If you play in tune,… — Ruggiero Ricci Copy Share Image
Eleanor hadn't written him a letter. It was a postcard. GREETINGS FROM THE LAND OF 10,000 LAKES it said on the front.… — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
“I remembered that Beethoven's symphonies had sometimes been given names... they should have call [the Fifth] the Vampire, because it simply refused… — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
I'm a perfectionist and I can kill songs because I analyze them too much. For me it takes awhile because I like… — John Reuben Zappin Copy Share Image
I'm not a drummer anymore, on my gravestone, if there is one, if anyone writes anything about me besides hopefully being a… — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image