As far as being on a major label, some labels get it and get what they have to do, and some labels… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
Commercial success still hasn't come to an artist that isn't signed to a record label. There are very few artists that can… — Edgar Bronfman, Jr Copy Share Image
People have made a living deconstructing Lennon and The Beatles songs because of their compositional sophistication. But what's so exciting about John… — Randy Bachman Copy Share Image
My main objective with every album is to capture a moment in time, which usually makes the whole process very relaxing. I… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
I'm very good at and enjoy writing angry songs, and 'Lost in the Wilderness' was when I started to first harness that… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
I live a life of creating, sharing music with wonderful musicians that I love like family, and spreading a message through music… — Coy Bowles Copy Share Image
We were playing shows still when we wrote 'Phoebe' and 'Rock All Night.' We got to test those songs in a live… — Martie Maguire Copy Share Image
I keep myself open to singing in different genres like classical dance songs, light classical folk, etc. There's so much to learn… — Neeti Mohan Copy Share Image
I might've set out to write a particular song about a particular girl, but my experience will run out after four lines,… — Max Tundra Copy Share Image
Songwriting is one thing that I have blessed to myself. It's a very personal thing for me, the business is very shared… — William Clark Green Copy Share Image
As my career has progressed, I've had the pleasure of playing with the baddest jazz cats on the planet. But that doesn't… — George Benson Copy Share Image
It's hard when you're writing for someone else. You obviously always want to do your best work, but sometimes you write and… — Tom Fletcher Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, we didn't have any blues stations. I never heard Howlin' Wolf or Muddy Waters or any of… — Tom Petty Copy Share Image
Slade was never pretentious. It was just music to them. Pop, rock, soul…it was all the same to Slade. They wrote great… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
I think Sam Smith's dad got a huge loan or something to help his career. Those things can help artists get attention,… — James Arthur Copy Share Image
If a thing can be said in ten words, I may be relied upon to take a hundred to say it. I… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
To have everything written for you It's not really creating. That's why I think symphony drummers are so limited. They 're limited… — Buddy Rich Copy Share Image
I love seeing young girls and their parents and grandparents at my concerts all loving the music from Grease when I perform… — Olivia Newton-John Copy Share Image
People are always defining and re-defining music. My style of playing has been characterized as smooth jazz and acid jazz. I listen… — Roy Ayers Copy Share Image
I remember the first time I saw a CD, a technology guy brought one to my house and said we will be… — John Mellencamp Copy Share Image
Lyrically, I could be so much sharper. Melodically, I could be so much stickier. Musically, I could have so much more texture.… — Pharrell Williams Copy Share Image
I was put through piano lessons when I was a kid. I say 'put through' because it was fun and I loved… — Jack Garratt Copy Share Image
I read comments where our fans say Geffen screwed up 'Coming Home,' they screwed New Found Glory, but that's not really true.… — Chad Gilbert Copy Share Image
It's not easy starting a label and putting out your own records. It's required me at times to humble myself and really… — Balthazar Getty Copy Share Image
I grew up in such a musical family, and my dad was the first chair in the Johannesburg Symphony Orchestra, and my… — Trevor Rabin Copy Share Image
In these confused times, the role of classical music is at the very core of the struggle to reassert cultural and ethical… — Lorin Maazel Copy Share Image
I play only classical music. My pianos are my only big indulgence, but they're a necessity. When I'm playing the piano is… — Rafael Vinoly Copy Share Image
I think I'm alright as a lyricist, you know? But then what will happen every couple of months or so is that… — Alex Turner Copy Share Image
That's the beauty of creativity. It comes from the ether. I like to think, sometimes, it's like I haven't written it, it's… — Alvin Lee Copy Share Image
Safe Harbor is a state of mind... its the place - in reality or metaphor - to which one goes in times… — Luanne Rice Copy Share Image
Music belongs to everybody. Having a little clique of the industry tell us what our culture is... I don't think that's healthy.… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
I don't like those songs where you have to listen to a story to get into them. I don't want to have… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
I have a huge span of fans, some who know all my radio songs and are familiar with my popular stuff and… — Wiz Khalifa Copy Share Image
Actually, I caught myself thinking that I was hoping for someone to break into my apartment and steal my computer, or a… — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
Sometimes,' he whispered at last, 'sometimes, I dream I am singing, and I wake from it with my throat aching.' He couldn't… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
Rock 'n' Roll is a combination of good ideas dried up by fads, terrible junk, hideous failings in taste and judgment, gullibility… — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
The lover never sees personal resemblances in his mistress to her kindred or to others. His friends find in her a likeness… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I've never in my life bought a big piece of jewelry - like, 'I'm gonna get myself a big piece of jewelry!'… — Kara DioGuardi Copy Share Image
Sometimes you do a sound installation, and the first day or two it is very exciting. Then you are hearing this every… — Jeffrey Deitch Copy Share Image
Every sentence has its drumbeat. rhythm is one of the most powerful dimensions of language: it separates tribes, united families, soothes children,… — Marilyn Chandler McEntyre Copy Share Image
