I first knew Laurie Lewis by her considerable reputation as a fiddle player and a writer of songs. When an opportunity came… — Linda Ronstadt Copy Share Image
Probably for drums, a guy I really enjoyed watching is Simon Phillips. I've seen him play with The Who and with Pete… — Michael Anthony Copy Share Image
I want to explore and do things with excellence. I want to write songs that resonate with me and will resonate with… — Anthony Evans Copy Share Image
My father was the proprietor of a music shop on Forty-third Street, where many of the finest performers and musicians of the… — E. L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
Our last jam session was this past Christmas. Dad played his harmonica, mom sang in English and Italian, and I played guitar.… — Tony Visconti Copy Share Image
“THE music stopped. The circle broke. Sometimes a slave will be lost in a brief eddy of liberation. In the sway of… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
“I can't believe the news today Oh, I can't close my eyes And make it go away How long... How long must… — U2 Copy Share Image
My first song was called 'Portrait.' It would just be poetry, and I really never understood how to write the structure of… — Ro James Copy Share Image
I don't think of community as being a romantic notion. I think it's as vital as air and water, and so I… — Greg Brown Copy Share Image
I've got to be honest: I don't listen to any music now. I don't even listen to mine! I like to walk… — Bobby Womack Copy Share Image
It's just so obscure to take a folk song in a different language and be a pretty well-respected English-speaking rock band and… — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
I have such happy memories of performing in a choir and I don't think I'd have got where I am today without… — Katherine Jenkins Copy Share Image
I'd like to do a song that I wrote today about our government's increasing infringement on our right to privacy, but the… — Dan Piraro Copy Share Image
“ Sweet Crescent Moon, up in the sky, Won't you sing your song to Earth as she passes by? Your sweetest silver… — Marissa Meyer Copy Share Image
When we formed Bad Company, I looked around and asked, 'Who is the biggest rock band in the world?' The answer was… — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
I don't just want to sing about simplistic things all the time. It's good to have a mix of songs that have… — Marina and the Diamonds Copy Share Image
Indie record stores are as important to a touring musician as an incredible thrift store. I can't overstate how good it feels… — Nate Ruess Copy Share Image
I wish myself to be a prop, if anything, for my songs. I want to be the vehicle for my songs. I… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
My heart, the bird of the wilderness, has found its sky in your eyes. They are the cradle of the morning, they… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
My parents say that I was singing before I could talk. I personally remember specific moments at three or four when music… — Tori Kelly Copy Share Image
We're remembering each other's heroes, too. We are learning each other's songs. We are reminding ourselves that we are a global family… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
We always talk about our kids being a great way to judge whether it's a hit song because there's something very basic… — Matthew Ramsey Copy Share Image
Any time you can give consumers more of what they want, it's a good thing. Unbundling the album is a good thing.… — Edgar Bronfman, Jr Copy Share Image
I despair about the lack of proper respect shown for the piano. If you want it to sound like a traffic jam,… — Oscar Peterson Copy Share Image
We let the lyrics be the focus of the song. Which is not what you hear with some of the zeitgeisty bands,… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Writing lyrics with your wife does lead to talking about yourselves a lot. But this is not an autobiographical account of my… — Aaron Dessner Copy Share Image
I learnt fairly quickly that that was what I wanted to be - a guitarist - because it was the first thing… — Gary Moore Copy Share Image
I did a smaller gig with an acoustic guitar and a drum machine. In one song, something wrong happened with the drum… — Violante Placido Copy Share Image
“...temporal experience is neither completely recurrent (in which case it would be wholly knowable) nor completely variable (in which case it would… — Robert Grudin Copy Share Image
My life is not this steeply sloping hour, in which you see me hurrying. Much stands behind me; I stand before it… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
“If the composition's imperfect, why would so many pianists try to master it?' 'Good question. I have no great explanation for it,… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I got my first instrument at Christmas when I was three or four. My dad and mom got me a mandolin. It… — Chord Overstreet Copy Share Image
There are some bands for whom that works very well and it's no disrespect to them because I'm sure there's something honest… — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
All I'm saying, as a fan, is I'm tired of the same song for 30 years. Can't we change the message a… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
I got one entire song from fortune cookies (Land of Sunshine). On another one, I took words from different Frank Sinatra songs… — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
“The world don't need any more songs... As a matter of fact, if nobody wrote any songs from this day on, the… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
I treat every song like a different character. It is good that people recognise my voice instantly, but as an artiste, I… — Neha Kakkar Copy Share Image
I started playing guitar and writing songs when I was 15. I think what mainly sparked my interest was just the fact… — Kate Voegele Copy Share Image
People don't tend to notice, but in the past 10 years especially there's been a lot of growth in how I write… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
It's a blessing and a curse when your first big public album does so well. 'Twentysomething' sold four million copies - I… — Jamie Cullum Copy Share Image
