It's really hard to maintain a band as a democracy. Again, I think there's been a shift. There's a lot of emphasis… — Ed Droste Copy Share Image
Conducting is intensely social. You work with a hundred people every day. You collaborate, you try to focus their thoughts, you try… — Esa-Pekka Salonen Copy Share Image
“...we sang in church " Tata Nzolo "! Which means Father in Heaven or Father of Fish Bait depending on just how… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
The music has gotten thick. Guys give me tunes and they're full of chords. I can't play them...I think a movement in… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
I'm very lucky that people are able to say, 'Oh, that's that Moody Blues guy!' I'm very fortunate with that. That's all.… — Justin Hayward Copy Share Image
Lee Morgan used to stand behind me when I was playing a ballad and he'd be hollering, "Play the pretty notes, man,… — Gary Bartz Copy Share Image
We normally use Peavey amplifiers, and I use an ESP guitar with two Boss pedals: a flanger and a big wah pedal.… — Max Cavalera Copy Share Image
If you listen to the great Beatle records, the earliest ones where the lyrics are incredibly simple. Why are they still beautiful?… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
When Thug hears a song, he knows how the whole shape of the thing goes. He can nudge the whole frame to… — Metro Boomin Copy Share Image
'Ex-Boyfriend' is a really funny story that is that much funnier when you have visuals attached to it as opposed to just… — Lil Dicky Copy Share Image
Traffic' was an album that had a significant amount of songs. It was not complete and I felt didn't fully represent me… — Vic Mensa Copy Share Image
Apple, iTunes, and streaming services have made the single a more easy thing to access. What that's done has made the album… — Matt Bellamy Copy Share Image
For me, punk is about real feelings. It's not about, 'Yeah, I am a punk and I'm angry.' That's a lot of… — Joey Ramone Copy Share Image
Every piece has its own identity which we develop by the rule 'We know no limits.' We follow the inspiration of the… — Page McConnell Copy Share Image
“ Dude! Get a fucking grip, it's just a song! When had I turned into a 5-yr-old girl? At the very least,… — M.C. Lavocat Copy Share Image
The Violins waltzed. The Cellos and Basses provided accompaniment. The Violas mourned their fate, while the Concertmaster showed off. The Flutes did… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I am a songwriter at heart, and I feel like I would, in the future, write songs for other people. I don't… — Dean Geyer Copy Share Image
I took music theory for one year in high school and flunked all but one six-week period. That's because I couldn't read… — Stevie Ray Vaughan Copy Share Image
I loved music. Music was a big thing and so I started collecting records. I had a large collection of jazz records… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
“The Beatles insisted he let it be, let it be. Stephen ejected the tape from his eight-track and threw it on the… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
My mother would take me to jazz concerts in the park and everybody was smoked out. She gave me the intro and… — Prefuse 73 Copy Share Image
There is not a flower or bird in sight, only a small screen on which lines are moving, while the child sits… — John Davy Copy Share Image
The way Jacques Brel writes a story, getting into the character, bringing out all his faults and qualities in the same song…… — Zach Condon Copy Share Image
My father played one of the first electric guitars in England. He built his own in 1940, because you couldn't buy them… — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
I would play all the parts of the song, show them the way it went together. Then I'd basically break down an… — Neil Young Copy Share Image
The music certainly plays a major role. You can be free enough to comfort each other, to touch each other, to embrace… — Cecil Williams Copy Share Image
When you're a musician, a lot of time people help you out; they take pity on you. Family members will kind of… — Brian Fallon Copy Share Image
For groups like the Rolling Stones names like Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf were exotic inspirations. For Siegel-Schwall they were the guys… — Lin Brehmer Copy Share Image
... Grateful Dead - that's it !! ... nobody in the band liked it, (the name) I didn't like it, either, but… — Jerry Garcia Copy Share Image
Although you'll seldom hear him do it, my dad sings really well. When I was a kid, we'd go hunting, and the… — Tyler Childers Copy Share Image
My lyrics are more country - what I love is the storytelling and the structure, how tight the rhymes can be. But… — Maren Morris Copy Share Image
I had some proper training, but that was only on snare drum. Learning all the techniques in marching bands and realizing how… — Vinnie Paul Copy Share Image
Еach song is like starting over. Because somehow, no song's formula works for another. And that's the beauty of it all. Each… — David First Copy Share Image
I always try to write a song to work things out with myself and I want to do it with a little… — Amy Winehouse Copy Share Image
Pretty much any given day, barring some major distraction, I get melodies coming to me. Lyrics don't come quite as easily. So… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
Initially we were spitting lyrics over garage beats, in that eight-bar gap where there wasn't a vocal. But we were rebellious towards… — Kano Copy Share Image
Cheating tends to come up a lot in my songs. Betrayal fascinates me. I think the fact that you can trust someone… — Jade Bird Copy Share Image
As for music and my place in it, maybe things are changing a little bit. I know this: a good song is… — Vanilla Ice Copy Share Image
I was in Ann Arbor, and I was told that this singer-songwriter guy wanted to meet me. It was Kurt Cobain. Nirvana… — Bobcat Goldthwait Copy Share Image
Oh, you've outdone me twice now, you queen of forgiveness. The ring's a promise of peace and I'm greedy with hope. It's… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
