“Oh well,' said Jack: and then, 'Did you ever meet Bach?' 'Which Bach?' 'London Bach.' 'Not I.' 'I did. He wrote some… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
Sometimes it's just the creative intent of an artist or band that inspires me. I'm generally drawn to artists or bands that… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
I got into punk at 17 after discovering an all-girl band from Long Island on the Internet called The Devotchkas - four… — Kate Nash Copy Share Image
I'm a huge Nirvana fan and I like seeing things that at first seem out of context, but actually they're one of… — Nick Zinner Copy Share Image
You can muck around with different guitars for certain bits, but you have to have your own sound. That's your benchmark, that's… — Dan Hawkins Copy Share Image
I thought it was hilarious when 'Brace for Impact' was released, and people said I had abandoned country, even though the song… — Sturgill Simpson Copy Share Image
Things. Cosas. Things attach themselves like leeches to the human soul, then they bleed out the sweetness and the music and the… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
In song the same rule applies as in dramatic verse: the meaning must yield itself, or yield itself sufficiently to arouse the… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
I think either you're creative or you're not. In general, I don't think you need to be in pain to actually be… — Curtis Jackson Copy Share Image
That was an idea of the record company, and also that was my first album after MCA and we wanted to come… — Joe Sample Copy Share Image
Do you ever look at the sky and think, I'm glad I'm alive? After I heard System of a Down, I thought,… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
I have a radio show on Sirius XM. I put it up as a free download on my Soundcloud and on iTunes.… — A-Trak Copy Share Image
“Something is happening inside me. It's like when you're searching for the right song that feels exactly the way you want to… — Kat Yeh Copy Share Image
“He doesn’t know anything yet. He knows I fell for a boy. He knows I had a baby. All he knows are… — Alessandra Torre Copy Share Image
Lady, running down to the riptide Taken away to the dark side I wanna be your left hand man I love you… — Vance Joy Copy Share Image
I was a Green Day guy because the first DVD I bought was Green Day's 'Bullet In A Bible,' the live album.… — Ashton Irwin Copy Share Image
He was a man who would never ask for sympathy. He was a man who sought only to do what was right.… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
It's so hard to pick a 'single.' I always want it to be whatever my favorite tune is, but often the record… — Alison Goldfrapp Copy Share Image
The roughest part for me when I'm writing a song is staring at a blank page. Where am I going from here?… — Bob Weir Copy Share Image
Oh, Black known and unknown poets, how often have your auctioned pains sustained us? Who will compute the lonely nights made less… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Rhythm is one of the principal translators between dream and reality. Rhythm might be described as, to the world of sound, what… — Edith Sitwell Copy Share Image
I prefer to hear an artist's work and what they can do, so as far as I'm concerned, I'd get a lot… — Jimmy Page Copy Share Image
There's a little book I'm thinking of writing - "Swan Song" is what I shall call it. The song of the dying.… — Maxim Gorky Copy Share Image
The thing with Disney songs is they're very manipulative, very sentimental, but they do get you, you know - there's a kind… — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
Fine, you do that, and you tell them that at the very first opportunity, I'm coming down there and killing all of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I would have found something because I love to entertain people. I had the option to take the rest of the year… — Stevie Nicks Copy Share Image
My first go at drinking did not go so well. I ended up getting sick in front of everybody. You know that… — Jenna Dewan Copy Share Image
The virtuoso element in jazz playing, all those very fast runs in the upper extremes, simply doesn't appeal to me. That's why… — Gavin Bryars Copy Share Image
In fact, if you take any group of scores, it's likely that fifty to sixty percent are going to be so much… — Jennifer Higdon Copy Share Image
Mad World' was easy for me to sing because I could relate to Roland's lyrics. We were both the middle of three… — Curt Smith Copy Share Image
Best' was a tough one to write, not in terms of actually putting the words down, but tough in the confessional sense.… — Gracie Abrams Copy Share Image
As a song writer when I first was aware of the Beatles and started, you couldn't avoid hearing it, not that I,… — Jeff Barry Copy Share Image
“The Swan Oh, a swan! Blooming in grace and power. Were you thrown out of the forest of reeds by Pan To… — Gertrud Kolmar Copy Share Image
In terms of love and romance, it just seems less and less like that's ever going to happen again, or be a… — John Maus Copy Share Image
“It’s not like a tree where the roots have to end somewhere, it’s more like a song on a policeman’s radio, how… — Richard Siken Copy Share Image
Ultimately, we as a band just write what we write. Some of it's very serious, and even in the serious songs, there's… — Ed Robertson Copy Share Image
Mick Jagger also a music connoisseur and knows everything about that era. So, you knew the music side was going to be… — Ray Romano Copy Share Image
I think anything that's creative really takes my mind off whatever it is that I'm going through in my life. If you're… — Nikki Sixx Copy Share Image
As a boy, I was known for reciting whole songs after one listen. I've always had a good memory for lyrics. It's… — Kano Copy Share Image
“Their mother had white hands, long tapered fingers, and when she kneaded dough, her wedding ring clinked against the bowl. She was… — Allegra Goodman Copy Share Image
