I realized that it's all really one, that John Lennon was correct. We utilize the music to bring down the walls of… — Carlos Santana Copy Share Image
I'm an actor. I'm not a performer. I'm not like a song and dance guy who can take a cane and a… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
“Song for the Puberty Rite of a Girl Named Cowaka: A poor man takes the songs in his hand And drops them… — Frances Densmore Copy Share Image
The more people who come from musical backgrounds and go into promotion, production, songwriting, A&R, plus get their business head together, the… — Harvey Mason, Jr Copy Share Image
Technically, my first acting job was in one of my videos for a song called 'Retrospect For Life,' which Lauryn Hill directed… — Common Copy Share Image
Songs are about whatever you want them to be about. For me it might mean something completely different than what it means… — Norah Jones Copy Share Image
There are two things that really move me: music and acting. And I'm not talking about my music or watching myself as… — Janet Jackson Copy Share Image
“Alternative Anthem. Put the kettle on Put the kettle on It is the British answer to Armageddon. Never mind taxes rise Never… — John Agard Copy Share Image
Nat King Cole's lyrics were speaking to me, almost like fatherly advice, when I was listening to him alongside the console stereo… — Gregory Porter Copy Share Image
There wasn't a cloud in the sky, no wind, and everything was quiet around us - all we could hear were birds… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I've always said the bass just happens to be the crayon I picked out of the box. I'd still be drawing the… — Les Claypool Copy Share Image
The dance is the most universal of the arts, since, as Goethe justly said, it could destroy all the fine arts. It… — Gerard van der Leeuw Copy Share Image
I always remain optimistic. There are three levels of music production: the majors, indies, and what I call "inties," music distributed via… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Success alone brings expectations. I think that people expect a certain thing from Lloyd - that's music that makes them feel good… — Lloyd Copy Share Image
I like the way the stories of my relationships sound to music more than the way they look in print, in gossip… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
When I first started making music, I didn't really know what I was doing. I just wanted to write songs. I didn't… — Juliana Hatfield Copy Share Image
I think jazz is a phenomenal creative force, because it's one man, one vote as you're playing, but it's a collective thing,… — Herb Alpert Copy Share Image
I have been known to do a lot of glamorous, glossy songs in A-lister set-ups. This was unlike that. 'Blackmail' is a… — Urmila Matondkar Copy Share Image
Depending on which day, and how I am feeling on that day, I have a different favorite song on the album. One… — Angie Stone Copy Share Image
I don't compose songs to showcase my proficiency in music or to please hard-core music lovers. The basic criterion is that my… — D. Imman Copy Share Image
I'll meet listeners who tell me what a great voice I have. But I don't have a great voice for radio. My… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
“Here," I say. "You can put music behind it, and it will be your own." And it strikes me that this is… — Ally Condie Copy Share Image
During those times like in my early years as a writer I could actually write a song in ten minutes because all… — Ben E. King Copy Share Image
Everybody needs inspiration Everybody needs a song A beautiful melody When the nights are long 'cause there is no guarantee That this… — Miley Cyrus Copy Share Image
I don't listen to a lot of new stuff. I just like the old stuff. It's all quite dramatic and atmospheric. You'd… — Amy Winehouse Copy Share Image
If anything, I'm the most hesitant to bring on a label. That terrifies me. I think people believe major labels are linked… — Verite Copy Share Image
I don't think we're metalcore. To me, metalcore is more like hardcore-influenced metal, with lots of breakdowns. I think we're a lot… — Maria Brink Copy Share Image
“It was an old song, old as the breed itself - one of the first songs of the younger world in a… — Jack London Copy Share Image
There is an intelligence factor that works with the spoken word. With words, you have to understand meaning and nuances and things… — Tommy Chong Copy Share Image
A piano in the house, when I came home from school and was able to play all these different notes with all… — Ella Henderson Copy Share Image
I don't think I'm getting better, quote unquote, as a singer or guitar player. But I'm more comfortable in this particular space.… — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
When I signed with Scooter Braun and I decided to go overseas to promote my song, the only concern was how should… — PSY Copy Share Image
School of Rock. The best music school anywhere. This whole idea of getting kids not just taking lessons and learning notes and… — Dee Snider Copy Share Image
I was 5 when I won my first song and dance competition, and my parents asked me if that is what I… — LeAnn Rimes Copy Share Image
As much as you act like everything is programmed or calculated or researched or numbers, spins, radio, and clubs, it's still human… — No I.D Copy Share Image
The feelings that Beethoven put into his music were the feelings of a god. There was something olympian in his snarls and… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
I'd love to be a saxophonist. I don't know why, but I pretend I'm the saxophonist when I listen to music. I… — Richard Price Copy Share Image
If not for music, I would probably be a very frustrated scientist. It's one way to answer the question, 'What is the… — Paula Cole Copy Share Image
I went to see one of those pianos drowned in tsunami water near Fukushima and recorded it. Of course, it was totally… — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share Image
I'd trusted my fan base, I'd trusted the my gut, and I'd trusted the music. ...the real experts are out there in… — Eric Church Copy Share Image
