He happens to be my father and an incredible musician. When he gets lucky, we let him into the studio for 20… — Synyster Gates Copy Share Image
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I grew up seeing my parents perform and sing, and I just always wanted to be singing, too. Music has always been… — Leah LaBelle Copy Share Image
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We singers have a different level of responsibility from other musicians. We have words that we must convey; we have meanings that… — Jessye Norman Copy Share Image
I had a brother six years older than me, so I wasn't just listening to teenybopper stuff. My brother had the cooler… — Jill Sobule Copy Share Image
My own sister has always been apparently more successful socially. I was much more the serious one. While she was out shopping… — Geraldine James Copy Share Image
Armaan has a simple approach and understands what a composer wants. I tell him, 'Give the song your own vibe but I… — Amaal Mallik Copy Share Image
Typically, people think, 'Oh the hippies and the punks hated each other,' or that those things don't go together musically. Sometimes that… — Bryce Dessner Copy Share Image
When you listen to the music in this film [Despicable Me], it's working on the level of melody, but the other key… — Christopher Meledandri Copy Share Image
I always sang. I wanted to be in a band with my sister, and I was, at 11. At 12, I started… — Cyndi Lauper Copy Share Image
We had our unhappy moments but they got channelled into the kind of sadness that was necessary for singing a song about… — Tina Weymouth Copy Share Image
Phones and soundtracks and Muzak and fountains replace genuine and unpredictable human contact with a seamless soundtrack from a bad movie and… — Margaret Heffernan Copy Share Image
A song like "Walkabout", it's totally imitative. The goal of that song was to make people happy, and I've never really made… — Bradford Cox Copy Share Image
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My lyrics seem to resonate with a lot of Flyleaf's younger fans and what they've been through. They relate to the things… — Lacey Sturm Copy Share Image
There are certain records from the 80s and early 90s that you love because the songs are great, but you don't go… — Beck Copy Share Image
For the piano and me it is always a blind date! I meet different pianos every single day. I can't take my… — Hiromi Copy Share Image
Before television, there was a piano in many homes in this country. People played instruments on an amateur level and because of… — John de Lancie Copy Share Image
I like Iron Maiden and a few other bands, but by and large I don't like metal music. Most of it simply… — Varg Vikernes Copy Share Image
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I mostly play old period songs, as they suit a ukulele more. I bought it when I saw the tribute concert to… — Charles Dance Copy Share Image
It seemed to me that had Haydn lived to our day he would have retained his own style while accepting something of… — Sergei Prokofiev Copy Share Image
Joyous Sound evolved from a gospel influence. Actually it evolved out of sitting at a piano and just picking out a riff,… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
Language and poetry are endlessly fascinating. The most brilliant work can be so sparse yet so full of meaning. That's what I'm… — Corinne Bailey Rae Copy Share Image
I was thinking of the Four Seasons, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, and when I was thinking "Uptown Girl!" I was… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
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My audience is a huge part of my success, so I see us as a team. They send me tons of song… — Lindsey Stirling Copy Share Image
I remember being in high school, and you had to draw those lines and define yourself. I don't think when I was… — James Mercer Copy Share Image
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The perfume of the flowers and of the bay tree are wafted on high, like incense. The birds sing sweet songs of… — William Wendt Copy Share Image
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