Girl, I know I don't know you. But your pretty little eyes so blue, Are pulling me in like the moon on… — Luke Bryan Copy Share Image
I ain't no saint, but I've tried never to do anything that would hurt my family or offend God...I figure all any… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It may be a brief interruption - just a few seconds - but what if someone sitting near you is trying to… — Brad Pitt Copy Share Image
The guitar is the most unpredictable and least reliable musical instrument in existence...and also the sweetest, the warmest, the most delicate, whose… — Andres Segovia Copy Share Image
My songwriting process, and maybe loads of other people's, is just this sort of smashing together of emotions and stuff to make… — James Bay Copy Share Image
It's very easy in the studio to get overzealous with your vocal takes, thinking, 'Oh yeah, I can do it over and… — Borns Copy Share Image
The writing process for us is different with every song. Sometimes they come from our lives, or someone else we know may… — Matthew Ramsey Copy Share Image
“The beautiful thing is, music can be like a time machine. One song- the lyrics, the melody, the mood- can take you… — Lisa Schroeder Copy Share Image
You can either make it come around or you can't. By the time we would be ready to record a song, we… — Levon Helm Copy Share Image
“Beat, beat, pause. Beat, beat, pause. It’s absolutely beautiful. The way it sounds is beautiful. The way it cares is beautiful. The… — Colleen Hoover Copy Share Image
Language is, in other words, not necessary, but voluntary. If it were necessary, it would have stayed simple; it would not agitate… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
I'm very opinionated about movie musicals when they're adapted from live shows. You'll sit still for a three-minute song in a theater.… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
My mother had aspirations to become a concert singer. Her Methodist Minister father didn't approve of young girls leaving home until they… — John Coltrane Copy Share Image
One of the greatest tools you have as a songwriter is anonymity. If someone knows too much about the songwriter, they don't… — Shane McAnally Copy Share Image
It's multifaceted, the message to our music. It's not just that. It's about individuality, development of self, finding things in life that… — David Draiman Copy Share Image
A lot of people were getting million-dollar deals from music I felt was trash, because their videos were going viral. I wanted… — Kali Uchis Copy Share Image
Business today is all about improvisation, which is the essence of jazz. Perhaps in the past we could just follow the operating… — Josh Linkner Copy Share Image
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I am a composer first and foremost, and have always believed that being able to write memorable melodies is what sets musicians… — Bradley Joseph Copy Share Image
Making a record with 'Depeche Mode' is not a simple process. It's quite complicated and long. We have the luxury of time.… — Dave Gahan Copy Share Image
I usually work on a film soundtrack for two years, turning in a song every few months, and that keeps my creative… — A. R. Rahman Copy Share Image
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I started formal piano training when I was 4. From there I had little violas, and I had dancing lessons of every… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
If life is music, I sometimes feel as though I was born on the off-beat of the song, and I love it.… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Even a song on the radio that completely lacks substance is there for a reason. Sometimes, people need a break from cold… — Jamey Johnson Copy Share Image
The music industry is a strange combination of having real and intangible assets: pop bands are brand names in themselves, and at… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
The lyrics seem to follow the music, and that's usually how I write. I write more about what comes out of my… — Gary Louris Copy Share Image
I would sing at home. I would sing in the car with my dad, but whenever he tried to make me sing… — Ro James Copy Share Image
I love music and I love musicians and when I hear something that's great, I always say it's like you go to… — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
I was always moved by all of the music. As a young man, Duke Ellington and Lionel Hampton, Count Basie and all… — Charles Lloyd Copy Share Image
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I've written almost 200 songs with Bad Religion. No matter where you look in our history, the focus has been trying to… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
I was listening to Tommy Chong talking about how he feels like there is like a creative flow happening and how certain… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
A song is what you fall in love with first, but then I think a band's ideals and a band's sense of… — James Taylor Copy Share Image
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I really just like breaking down the barriers, whether it means doing an album with Linkin Park, an album with R. Kelly,… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
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