Our first record didn't come out on vinyl, so I think that might have had something to do with actually being in… — Jeff Ament Copy Share Image
There's no more record companies, so I have to get on the Internet and let people know the album is out there.… — Joe Walsh Copy Share Image
Our songs touch people, and take them back to a time when there was no threat of terrorism, when you didn't have… — George Grove Copy Share Image
I have a lot of interest in interior rhyming; not just rhyming at the end of the lines, but playing around with… — Joanna Newsom Copy Share Image
Sometimes you write songs that don't all fit together. What do you, just throw them away? This might be a chance for… — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
“...in the blank spaces between the letters. In the moment when a note of music ends and the next one has not… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
You are a valuable instrument in the orchestration of your own world, and the overall harmony of the universe. Always be in… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
When we speak, in gestures or signs, we fashion a real object in the world; the gesture is seen, the words and… — Emile Chartier Copy Share Image
Wonderful songwriting, beautiful production, and deeply rooted in what makes American Roots Music great: Deep Southern Pain. It's the hurt that brings… — Mary Gauthier Copy Share Image
The first time The Runaways played in Britain, Joan Jett wore my bullet belt onstage. The Runaways were really the first all-girl… — Lemmy Kilmister Copy Share Image
I have to remember that no matter how often I perform, there are certain songs that the audience truly wants to hear,… — Johnny Mathis Copy Share Image
When I was nine, we'd take a bus to the seaside. Coming back, we'd take turns entertaining, singing songs and the like.… — Jim Dale Copy Share Image
Throughout my career, if I have done anything, I have paid attention to every note and every word I sing - if… — Frank Sinatra Copy Share Image
Well it works for me because it's kinda a pivotal thing for being in the bands like have to lay down all… — Joey Jordison Copy Share Image
I've always done a lot of research and stuff around the songs that I write so there are pages and pages of… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
Recording a song for a film doesn't take much time; it's hardly an hour's job, but concerts are constant ,and so is… — Kailash Kher Copy Share Image
The thing that hasn't changed, and I don't think will ever change, is that the operative word in music is "play." You… — Hans Zimmer Copy Share Image
Sometimes when she is able to spend the night with him they are wakened by the three minarets of the city beginning… — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
At some private events, we'll see the CEO of the company get up and do his 'Rock Lobster' dance. The band used… — Kate Pierson Copy Share Image
I try not to agonize over my lyrics, though, because that can come across in them. Some lyrics come more easily than… — Jane Siberry Copy Share Image
The less people present in an urgent situation that a moderately high stakes recording session can create - the less people there… — Will Oldham Copy Share Image
From the window, above the clatter of pots and the slamming of cabinets, Francis was singing, as though it was the happiest… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
The present flowed by them like a stream. The tree rustled. It had made music before they were born, and would continue… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think, for me, one of the biggest things that I struggle with is keeping the excitement up when writing a song.… — Brendon Urie Copy Share Image
“In a perfect wedding- or world- you wanted the best possible beginning. Start in a high note and, no matter what song… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Walt Disney was a great believer in the use of song to convey story. He was primarily a storyman & story-driven songs… — Richard Sherman Copy Share Image
In a strange kind of way I know were really popular and probably the biggest band in the country at the moment,… — Dan Hawkins Copy Share Image
“And after, when it was bedtime, I would sing, “We love you, Conrad, oh yes we do. We love you, Conrad, and… — Jenny Han Copy Share Image
Each album comes from definitely a different period in the evolution of each of us individually as creators and the role that… — Robert Plant Copy Share Image
I've said the Grammys messed up metal because it's not on TV. What I'm saying is when you're in a metal category,… — M. Shadows Copy Share Image
We're hoping that fans who have listened for a while, or only know the singles will be like, 'Damn, man, I didn't… — Chad Gilbert Copy Share Image
All my life, I never gave up on music and though there was a lot of disappointment for some that the commercial… — Sixto Rodriguez Copy Share Image
You know, it comes from my mother's side of the family. She had seven sisters and one brother, and all of them… — Mel Tillis Copy Share Image
The composer Stravinsky had written a new piece with a difficult violin passage. After it had been in rehearsal for several weeks,… — Thomas Powers Copy Share Image
I try to write songs. At our concerts, we take the cream of the crop from my back catalogue and I don't… — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share Image
“I am unfamiliar with this musical selection, Justin. What are we listening to?” “This? It’s ‘Shine.’ David Gray. I love his stuff,… — Jessica Park Copy Share Image
So much of your life is wrapped up in the songs. All the twists come back, and you go back to that… — John Waite Copy Share Image
When you're younger and a little more innocent, you write whatever [lyrics] comes naturally. But as you get used to writing you… — Steve "Lips" Kudlow Copy Share Image
William Ferris has long reigned as the unimpeachable source of the entire southern experience. His work on southern folklore and the composition… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
If one takes all the styles in jazz harmonically from the earliest beginnings to the latest experiments, he still has a rather… — Don Ellis Copy Share Image