“Her hands on the harmonium were delicate, square-tipped, her bitten-down nails paying homage to the seriousness of the task; her brows were… — Tahmima Anam Copy Share Image
We had no churches, no religious organizations, no sabbath day, no holidays, and yet we worshiped. Sometimes the whole tribe would assemble… — Geronimo Copy Share Image
The pressure is all self-imposed, and it's to live up to the expectations of people who are going to shell out their… — Tom Scholz Copy Share Image
Music is a mysterious phenomenon - it seems both to magically overwhelm and sublimate our suffering, but also to starkly dignify the… — Andrew W.K Copy Share Image
If life was a song, would you spend most of it worrying about how it ended? If life was a song, would… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think everything that played a part in my life growing up is in my music. Being homeless, living in shelters, dealing… — Cupcakke Copy Share Image
I can't write a lie; the world of imagination is no good. I objectively capture my own experiences and those of my… — Ayumi Hamasaki Copy Share Image
What good is music? None ... and that is the point. To the world and its states and armies and factories and… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
“Yellow swallowtail butterflies, with their charcoal striped wings, were all over the wildflowers. The woodpeckers rattled away in the trees. Two weeks… — James Russell Lingerfelt Copy Share Image
You are daydreaming about the future because you have not tasted the present. Start tasting the present. Find out a few moments… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Yeah, if my bandmembers listened to me and put everything to the side and just said, 'Okay, let's just go in and… — John Dolmayan Copy Share Image
I walk outside and scream at the top of my lungs, and it maybe travels two blocks. A whale unleashes his cry,… — Chris Crutcher Copy Share Image
Whenever we come back from another project, we're always so stoked to see each other and play with each other again. I… — Jim James Copy Share Image
I was probably 16.I played - I tried to play these songs that I had written. And, this was a common theme… — Caitlin Rose Copy Share Image
I miss the physicality of drumming. There's immediateness about it that I'm always striving for in my acting. Maybe I'm in the… — Trevor St. John Copy Share Image
I'm glad I get singled out for my slide guitar-playing, which isn't that difficult to do. I didn't take guitar lessons, but… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
“Jennifer now understood the meaning of the cadence: the black and white drawing, the watercolor painting,and the notes. The cadence had at… — Barbara Casey Copy Share Image
Atlas, we read in ancient song, Was so exceeding tall and strong, He bore the skies upon his back, Just as the… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
I have always maintained that it's not the quantity of work, but the quality that should speak. I have maintained the same… — Adnan Sami Copy Share Image
I don't know how other people have a topic or have a goal when making a song, like, 'Let's write about this,… — Jessie Reyez Copy Share Image
“Our eyes met and locked as the song came to a halt, followed by a screaming conclusion from the crowd, girls around… — Emme Rollins Copy Share Image
It's hard to view myself sometimes as even in the same league as other musicians, mainly because there's so much music before… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
Having Dierks Bentley on a song is one of the coolest things I've ever gotten to experience. For one, him agreeing to… — Cole Swindell Copy Share Image
I think early on I avoided singing because it was so personal and I didn't know how to sit in that intimacy.… — Juliette Lewis Copy Share Image
The signing of the Sex Pistols was a turning point for Virgin. It put the company on the map and, over the… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
If it came back I would be thrilled. I would be delighted to write more songs. I need them now because I… — Joan Baez Copy Share Image
A big part of the Motown formula was, they took music and turned it into this sort of automotive assembly line. They… — Mayer Hawthorne Copy Share Image
Uhh, girl stop playin' wit me. I know my songs the only reason why you layin wit me, the way the whole… — Dom Kennedy Copy Share Image
The quality of the writing, really. Simple as that. Beautiful words. It's very nice as a singer to do great songs, which… — Bryan Ferry Copy Share Image
No matter what kind of tough times you're going through, if you can get a night out with friends and really just… — Brendan Hunt Copy Share Image
When we listen to improvisational jazz, or solo classical violinists, the way they phrase and inflect melodies feels vocal, like they’re talking… — Bobby McFerrin Copy Share Image
I remember auditioning for record labels and having them tell me, 'Well, the country-radio demographic is the thirty-five-year-old female housewife. Give us… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
I used to love going to shows and finding new bands, but the Internet takes the fun out of it. Like a… — Timothy Simons Copy Share Image
In high school, we had a really great jazz program that I finally was able to be a part of. They only… — Dianne Reeves Copy Share Image
Some of the songs come so fully, it's like they are pre-packaged. There have been a couple that came in the middle… — John Prine Copy Share Image
You know Nashville, there's people that are ten times more talented than me, ten times better singer than me, song writer than… — Garth Brooks Copy Share Image
There was this wonderful day where we sat and listened to all of Andy's [Kim] songs throughout the years, and I think… — Kevin Drew Copy Share Image
Everybody needs inspiration Everybody needs a song A beautiful melody When the nights are long 'cause there is no guarantee That this… — Gummy_bears Copy Share Image
When you're walking down the street or in the car just listening to the radio, and you're, like , 'Oh, that's my… — Afrojack Copy Share Image
Writing by myself, I spread that out more. I'll spend more time on a song then. I'm more critical about it, because… — Hunter Hayes Copy Share Image