Somebody asked me the question not too long ago: 'Dave, do you think the music business has turned corrupt.' I said: 'Absolutely… — David Lee Roth Copy Share Image
My songwriting and overall approach to music go beyond just good singing and strong musicality - I want people, now more so… — Rayvon Owen Copy Share Image
“Music can make you feel things that aren’t yours—sadness, or love, or joy. A good song has a magic to it. It… — Michelle Frost Copy Share Image
My sole inspiration is a telephone call from a director. ... (when asked who wrote 'Some Enchanted Evening') Rodgers and Hammerstein, if… — Cole Porter Copy Share Image
If I put a value on my music, and no one's prepared to pay that, then more fool me, but the idea… — Robert Smith Copy Share Image
“So I think that life is sort of like a drumbeat. It has a rhythm and sometimes it’s fast and sometimes it’s… — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
I don't want to sing songs that aren't worth while. Time is so rare. I just don't want to waste the listener's… — Rodney Atkins Copy Share Image
It wasn't just music in The Ramones: it was an idea. It was bringing back a whole feel that was missing in… — Tommy Ramone Copy Share Image
I do want for people instead of downloading music for free, to start purchasing, that's how everyone makes their living, that's how… — Shanice Copy Share Image
To play the trumpet, you must train your lips for a long time. When I was twelve or thirteen I was a… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
No one's ever done one of my songs badly. People say to me, "God, so-and-so wrecked that song." Well, I'm unaware of… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
When I was little, I went to church with my family to get baptized, and the choir was singing and I just… — Doechii Copy Share Image
The kid who throws his spaghetti from the high chair onto his father's face, he's pushing back. He's sticking it to the… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
“Oh no," I said, because if our life is just one endless song about hope and regret, then "oh no" is apparently… — Brock Clarke Copy Share Image
When I first heard John Smith my attention was captured by his sweet, earthy voice and fine craftsmanship, but what drew me… — Tom Kimmel Copy Share Image
The longevity of a band is really contingent on loving the people that you're making music with and being able to get… — Grace Potter Copy Share Image
They say that no one's gonna play this on the radio. They said the melancholy blues were dead and gone. But only… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
'Mine' was interesting because it was about the way that someone made me feel so loved - so beautiful, so special, so… — Bazzi Copy Share Image
The song is based on a lot of observation and a lot of speculation. But in sort of a pointed way its… — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
I watch the confusion of friends all numb with love moving like stray dogs to the anthem of night long conversations of… — Bruce Cockburn Copy Share Image
It's like these songs are your babies and you don't want anybody to think your babies are ugly! You never really know… — Hillary Scott Copy Share Image
Let this one great, gracious, glorious fact lie in your spirit until it permeates all your thoughts and makes you rejoice even… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
My career doesn't get harder because when you have something to share, you have something to share. And when it's a trial… — Mary J. Blige Copy Share Image
My aspirations were never anything other than I really, really admired certain singers over the years, and I just wanted to do… — Johnny Mathis Copy Share Image
The Lounge Lizards were relating with a tradition and it was like I was playing within a musical context. The guitar playing… — Arto Lindsay Copy Share Image
I need some time to write songs and work on my thing, but I'm just living my life and doing family stuff… — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
What I've done from the very beginning is play everything with extreme accuracy. I never said to myself, 'Okay, if I put… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
Some amazing records have this power to leave you with inspiration; you're left with the urge to write something. And some records… — Thomas Mars Copy Share Image
When I was 3 or 4, I seemed to be bursting with music. They played Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Frank Sinatra in… — Dan Hill Copy Share Image
When it comes time to where the new album gets closer, I start singing the song a cappella; I'll preview it on… — Brett Eldredge Copy Share Image
You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat. Losing after great striving is… — Roger Kahn Copy Share Image
I love truthful songs that tell a story and talk about people and their lives. If a song calls for a tear,… — Gene Watson Copy Share Image
I mean, my wife is always like - I don't write lyrics. So I couldn't, like, really technically write a song for… — Mark Ronson Copy Share Image
[Jack Johnson] became a superstar and started his own record label, and then he made and produced my first record, he co-wrote… — Donavon Frankenreiter Copy Share Image
I think I've always approached making albums pretty much the same way. I'm just looking for a mixture of songs and topics… — Alan Jackson Copy Share Image
Every Christmas, all I ever wanted was Playskool instruments. It was my entire life. And then by the time I was 6… — Andy Biersack Copy Share Image
“My interest in comics was scribbled over with a revived, energized passion for clothes, records, and music. I'd wandered in late to… — Grant Morrison Copy Share Image
(Talks about a school production) 'There was one solo; but it was a guy. It was this character called 'Freddy Fast Talk'… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
To me, the secret of Eddie Van Halen was Alex Van Halen, because the way Alex played was so loose and the… — Paul Gilbert Copy Share Image
“But ever since, more than a year before, discovering to him many of the riches of his own soul, the love of… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
![“[Jack Johnson] became a superstar and started his own record label, and then he made and produced my first record, he co-wrote the songs on there, and then he let me open up for him for two years all around the world. And that was like the best start I could've had, the best way I could've started…” quote by Donavon Frankenreiter](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/fc6/donavon-frankenreiter-21602_around-the-world_jack-johnson-became-a-superstar-and-star_955612.jpg)
