I think more obvious to others, is that I'm most vulnerable on stage. Even though I know which songs I'm going to… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
I recognize that I'm in a band, and part of being in a band is doing interviews, and I do have a… — Laura Jane Grace Copy Share Image
I think the tendency to paint composers or styles of music with too broad a brush - for example, identifying composers as… — Michael Hersch Copy Share Image
The reason I write songs I write out of my heart love fear pain hurt sad mad but also when I write… — Courtney Hood Copy Share Image
It could be the old man I see at the store or the chick I see walking down the block. Normal people… — Mic Geronimo Copy Share Image
I wrote 'Song Like You' the day I recognized that someone who was really important to me was not actually very good… — Bea Miller Copy Share Image
I was at a picnic, and there were a lot of songwriters. I remember praying, 'God I wish you would give me… — Andrae Crouch Copy Share Image
Sometimes you meet people that try to explain to you your work, and how to write a song and how to sing… — Jain Copy Share Image
When ABBA broke up, I assumed our music would fall into oblivion so in the early 90's with BJRN AGAIN becoming popular… — Bjorn Ulvaeus Copy Share Image
I've never sung a single song in my whole life on purpose to shock anyone. My 'hot numbers' are all, if you… — Sophie Tucker Copy Share Image
People say I'm the life of the party Because I tell a joke or two Although I might be laughing loud and… — Smokey Robinson Copy Share Image
I was age six or seven, and singing, "Jesus wants me for her son, beep, to shine for him," and people smiled… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
I've been trying to do this music thing for so long, I kind of got addicted to struggle, the grind, so typically… — Jimmie Allen Copy Share Image
The word [jazz] never lost its association with those New Orleans bordellos. In the 1920s I used to try to convince Fletcher… — Duke Ellington Copy Share Image
It's a song that we sing after we win a Test match. We sing it after every one-day series win. It's been… — Ricky Ponting Copy Share Image
We never sit down before we start making a record and talk about this new sonic palette that we are going to… — Ben Gibbard Copy Share Image
You think it horrible that lust and rage Should dance attendance upon my old age; They were not such a plague when… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
I loved you and you let me down, I missed you but you joked around, I tried to be strong but I… — Nika Nicole Wood Copy Share Image
Musical compositions, it should be remembered, do not inhabit certain countries, certain museums, like paintings and statues. The Mozart Quintet is not… — Henri Rabaud Copy Share Image
The profound nature of our existence is that we are able at any moment to connect to anyone, anywhere. History is there… — Melody Gardot Copy Share Image
I touched my lips to hers again, and this time, it was a very different sort of kiss. It was six years’… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Rock records. It's the main source of inspiration for people - fans, or musicians, or both - to act out in ways… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
A heartsong doesn't have to be a song in your heart. It doesn't have to be talking about love and peace. It… — Mattie Stepanek Copy Share Image
I'd always thought that my awkwardness was a thin veil disguising the real me. The me that was funny and could write… — Sarra Manning Copy Share Image
Most people who ask me what's my favorite song, expect that it's 'Midnight Train' or 'Neither One of Us.' But actually, it's… — Gladys Knight Copy Share Image
The potential beauty of human life is constantly made ugly by man's ever recurring song of retaliation. The oceans of history are… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
My elementary school is still there [in Luttrell, Tennessee]. I drop by my high school. It's a small community. I say this… — Kenny Chesney Copy Share Image
So that day, in music assembly, the teacher asked who knew the valley song. Your hand shot right up in the air.… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
You are going to feel like hell if you never write the stuff that is tugging on the sleeves in your heart--your… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Cobbled streets and no shops open past six o'clock, a communal life that seemed to revolve around church, and where you could… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
We wanted to wait until the music felt right. We didn't want to do it, just to do it. We didn't want… — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
If there is one thing I think I have accomplished, it's that I always thought of myself as a very literal songwriter,… — Ben Gibbard Copy Share Image
I could have easily doubled my profit and made two records out of 'Among the Leaves', but the songs represented a certain… — Mark Kozelek Copy Share Image
Growing up with a dad who was a classic-rock guy, I felt out of place with what was happening in pop culture.… — King Princess Copy Share Image
I think when I began, I played distortion more than the guitar. The results of my strumming. Now I play the twang… — Ian Williams Copy Share Image
I think legally we have to do 'fun' with a period. I think we agreed because apparently there was another band called… — Nate Ruess Copy Share Image
I think I write very good songs. But I don't know if anybody could record my songs with as much fervor. They… — Art Alexakis Copy Share Image
I don't enjoy the work that I do. It's just that it's not self-sustaining anymore. The way that I like to make… — Natalie Merchant Copy Share Image
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![“The word [jazz] never lost its association with those New Orleans bordellos. In the 1920s I used to try to convince Fletcher Henderson that we ought to call what we were doing 'Negro music'. But it's too late for that now.” quote by Duke Ellington](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/faf/duke-ellington-7513_association_the-word-jazz-never-lost-its-association_1416186.jpg)
![“My elementary school is still there [in Luttrell, Tennessee]. I drop by my high school. It's a small community. I say this every night before I do the song 'The Boys of Fall' in the show - I'm really happy about where I grew up and how I grew up.” quote by Kenny Chesney](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/466/kenny-chesney-2066_boys_my-elementary-school-is-still-there-in-l_2594245.jpg)
