We want people to know that classical music is for everyone. A parent or kid might be terrified of this music, but… — Richard Hyung-ki Joo Copy Share Image
Back then, the business depended on bohemians. ... They needed Kristofferson and Roger Miller ..It was the tail end of something...the last… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
It's a really big struggle for me to write a song. Songs take either 30 seconds for me to write or a… — Adam Levine Copy Share Image
Writing a love song when I was 19 is very different than writing a love song when I'm 25. You're more sophisticated;… — Jason Derulo Copy Share Image
My favorite kind of music is the stuff that stops time. You put something on to sit there and let an experience… — Jeff Buckley Copy Share Image
I started to play noise on my cello because I felt a deep personal connection to it. I mean, I still love… — Okkyung Lee Copy Share Image
The record company doesn't know what to do with me, because I'm not a Lily Allen, but I'm not really an indie… — Bat for Lashes Copy Share Image
“My country, 'tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing; Land where my fathers died, Land of the pilgrims'… — Samuel Francis Smith Copy Share Image
The whole basis of the music is that people have these emotional attachments to these songs - whether they love it or… — Girl Talk Copy Share Image
In writing 'Meadowlark,' I learned about using my own emotional experiences and filtering them through the story of another character. By tapping… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
Parents must bring light and truth into their homes by one family prayer, one scripture study session, one family home evening, one… — L. Tom Perry 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
I always say that my artist statement is to not be afraid to talk about the messiness - the unpleasant feelings and… — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
What Spotify pays me is not even enough to pay the musicians playing with me or the people working on the discs.… — Beck Copy Share Image
Jazz isn't dead yet. It's the underpinning of everything in this country. Whether it's a Broadway show, or fusion, or right on… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
I project love, music and love, and I pray for peace. A good song cuts straight to the heart; sometimes it doesn't… — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
“Lyric," it said. "Melodic. Suitable for singing. A lyric poem. Of the lyre." That didn't seem to make much sense in regards… — Robert McCammon Copy Share Image
There are moments, when you're playing your songs to thousands of people, which are amazingly satisfying. I'm very self-critical, so I find… — Dan Smith Copy Share Image
It's hard to really articulate what the parameters are that make one song parody-able and another song not, but if I can… — Al Yankovic Copy Share Image
“Music was a language of its own, and soon it would become his third language, a half-diminished seventh to a major seventh… — Lisa Ko Copy Share Image
“Music theory, then, very simply, could be defined as a search for how and why music sounds right or wrong. In other… — Michael Pilhofer Copy Share Image
The people know more about [Jazz] in other countries than in America. America is the last country to know about anything, because… — Art Blakey Copy Share Image
The internet has not granted us more control in relation to the record company because we're still bound by an agreement with… — Rivers Cuomo Copy Share Image
I'm trying to use people like Meredith Monk and Philip Glass and Terry Riley as the backing tracks for new pop songs.… — Autre Ne Veut Copy Share Image
I was rapping because there were so many things that I wanted to say. There weren't enough words for me to articulate… — Saint Jhn Copy Share Image
I had taken some of my solo music into the record label. They didn't really care for the direction I was moving… — Shirley Manson Copy Share Image
When I tried to get a record deal, only one label wanted me. The rest said 'oh, we've already got a girl… — KT Tunstall Copy Share Image
People say, 'Oh God, you're name-dropping.' Well who else comes to your house when you're John Lennon? These were normal friends to… — May Pang Copy Share Image
“I just can't see the upside in this," I heard myself say by way of explanation. Later he said that if John… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
I still make music. I still write music and I record music, I just don't trust music promotion [and] distribution right now… — Will Oldham Copy Share Image
[Best original song nomination in 2016] should be Wiz Khalifa for "See You Again," but this is an amazing song and it's… — Bun B Copy Share Image
I feel like there's no subject that can't be sung about. I wrote a song dedicated to people with inflammatory bowel disease,… — Casey Abrams Copy Share Image
I played saxophone, so I was into jazz. I learned from each audience and each teacher that I had. I can't really… — Chad Hugo Copy Share Image
We always mess around with riffs and stuff and kind of jam out during sound checks, but we never actually started playing… — Johnny Christ Copy Share Image
Some people don't understand that but it's nice when it really just gets to the point then that it [music] doesn't get… — Stevie Ray Vaughan Copy Share Image
For me, the more I live, the more I need to write. The more I push myself to really live and really… — Damien Rice Copy Share Image
What appeals to me about an American music directorship is the involvement of the conductor with the orchestra and the community. I… — Jeffrey Tate Copy Share Image
And my voice now is a struggle, it's a daily struggle to keep it up. Gravity has begun to fight the vocal… — Joan Baez Copy Share Image
What excites me is the idea of doing a record that's pretty clean and focused on songs. I've rushed a lot with… — Ty Segall Copy Share Image
Most people didn't have the bandwidth to download whole albums. And so it brought back this cherry picking idea that the audience… — Todd Rundgren Copy Share Image
![“The people know more about [Jazz] in other countries than in America. America is the last country to know about anything, because we're too fat, we have too much of everything, you understand? And we do not listen.” quote by Art Blakey](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/db7/art-blakey-28913_america_the-people-know-more-about-jazz-in-other_1804220.jpg)
![“I still make music. I still write music and I record music, I just don't trust music promotion [and] distribution right now enough to record a new set of diligently worked-upon compositions. I do trust the audience and the audiences very much.” quote by Will Oldham](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/def/will-oldham-7702_audience_i-still-make-music-i-still-write-music-a_878384.png)
![“[Best original song nomination in 2016] should be Wiz Khalifa for "See You Again," but this is an amazing song and it's easily the biggest song out of any of the songs nominated. It was a huge hit. And really, I'm just happy for Weeknd as a person.” quote by Bun B](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/5f2/bun-b-10711_amazing-song_best-original-song-nomination-in-2016-sh_2349281.jpg)
![“Some people don't understand that but it's nice when it really just gets to the point then that it [music] doesn't get played so much that you're overdoing a lot of things; that it's fresh ideas. And they come out fresh and if you're already in the mode, I guess, to simplify some things so that it…” quote by Stevie Ray Vaughan](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/4d0/stevie-ray-vaughan-13057_fresh-ideas_some-people-don-t-understand-that-but-it_798792.jpg)
