It was summertime and I was in The Azores, hanging around the small village my parents are from. I was looking out… — Nelly Furtado Copy Share Image
I came out of the punk era in the late Seventies. There were the Stray Cats, Matchbox and myself. I was able… — Shakin' Stevens Copy Share Image
“She's too drunk to remember all the words, but it doesn't matter - he already knows them. It's his song, the one… — Eleanor Henderson Copy Share Image
...Surely, we must renounce nationalism and all its symbols: its flags, its pledges of allegiance, its anthems, its insistence in song that… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
When the rose is gone and the garden faded you will no longer hear the nightingale's song. The Beloved is all; the… — Rumi Copy Share Image
Many critics always saw and heard that my style comes from Roy Eldridge, which is true. But for many things, not only… — Dizzy Gillespie Copy Share Image
It is very gratifying to see the music from 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy find a new life on the concert… — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
“When we can't find my sister, we know / she is under the kitchen table, a book in her hand, / a… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
We're gonna play a little bit of a game here [Person of Interest movie]. Greg and I felt like we had responsibility… — Jonathan Nolan Copy Share Image
We all, we all good people just trying to escape the negative influence that come around us and that's the story of… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
“The song ends and tears spring to my eyes. I quickly scroll to another—“The Scientist” by Coldplay—one of Kate’s favorite bands. I… — E.L. James Copy Share Image
Jazz brought this sense of democracy where four guys come together and your name may be on the marquee, but in this… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
“Years later, as a professor, Martin would try to find the words to articulate the power of togetherness in a world where… — Jessica Shattuck Copy Share Image
I've always seen the songs as having a consciousness. Since I was two-and-a-half they would come to me from nowhere. I never… — Tori Amos Copy Share Image
“Here are all these people, full of heartache or hatred or desire, and we all have our troubles and the school year… — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
There's a reason why the Foo Fighters don't blast out Nirvana songs every night: because we have a lot of respect for… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
Contrary to popular belief, maybe, I'm a really friendly guy, I guess, and I really like meeting people. And I'm not really… — Bradford Cox Copy Share Image
We don't really worry about... what the audience might think. When we make a piece of music we don't worry whether they… — Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo Copy Share Image
In 1948 the first severe crash occurred in my life when Stalin put out his decree on 'formalism.' There was a bulletin… — Mstislav Rostropovich Copy Share Image
When I play with the full band, you get to be larger than life, you feel larger than life, and that particular… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
“Because music is the heart’s greatest librarian. A few notes had the ability to transport me back in time, and to the… — Kate Stewart Copy Share Image
That song ["Money to Burn"] is me being a fly on the wall in situations in LA. I mean, I've seen the… — Ladyhawke Copy Share Image
Di snake ah tek di carrier from mi have some new song. My smoke dem fi scent and dem si man like… — Serani Copy Share Image
I think the [music] industry really suffered from music being available online because it made young people feel, "why should you pay… — Corinne Bailey Rae Copy Share Image
Today they forget you in five years. They give an artist nowadays four or five years and that's it. Some of them… — George Jones Copy Share Image
On paper curiously shaped Scribblers to-day of every sort, In verses Valentines ycled'd To Venus chime their annual court. I too will… — Henry George Bohn Copy Share Image
I've done a lot of writing for other people, other projects, and what I tried to do with the music I'm putting… — Teddy Geiger Copy Share Image
“Billy Rankin is a true Glasgow rock legend. He has everything going for him: he's a brilliant guitarist, he writes killer songs,… — Robert Fields Copy Share Image
History has proven that it's impossible to crush the artist. There's always gonna be a need for somebody to write a poem… — Mos Def Copy Share Image
I like to think about stringing songs together like a string of pearls, or a string of beads, but ultimately it has… — Emmylou Harris Copy Share Image
Melody is king, and don't you ever forget it. Lyrics appear to be out front, but they're not; they're just an accompanying… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
I hate it when people try to explain music. The best thing about music is that it's invisible. If you make a… — Yung Lean Copy Share Image
I grew up in the Great Depression, and the jazz artists and Dixieland musicians were at the core of our communications and… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
Time has changed and artists release more songs in a short span of time and that's where the auto-tune steps-in. One doesn't… — Badshah Copy Share Image
I delighted in the music of Africa, the earliest of the slave plantation songs, the transformation into Christianity and all that Christianity… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
I write songs on a universal basis. I was born out of the earth of Jamaica which I consider to be a… — Jimmy Cliff Copy Share Image
A studio is an absolute labyrinth of possibilities - this is why records take so long to make because there are millions… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
If the spirit comes through in a Madame George type of song, that's what the spirit says. You have very little to… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
I didn't really have an act per se - a theatrical performance, as opposed to just: here I am, folks, and you're… — Mel Torme Copy Share Image
and I wonder if Beethoven held his breath the first time his fingers touched the keys the same way a soldier holds… — Andrea Gibson Copy Share Image
![“Many critics always saw and heard that my style comes from Roy Eldridge, which is true. But for many things, not only how to play the trumpet but the way to choose the notes, how to play them and how to phrase all of them, I took that from Sweets [Edison]. He really brought something new to the…” quote by Dizzy Gillespie](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/f6a/dizzy-gillespie-18297_critics_many-critics-always-saw-and-heard-that-m_2459443.png)
![“We're gonna play a little bit of a game here [Person of Interest movie]. Greg and I felt like we had responsibility when we wrapped up the pilot, to have a roadmap for where the show went. When we pitched the pilot, we knew what we wanted the last episode to be, the last image, I think we even…” quote by Jonathan Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/439/jonathan-nolan-6754_bits_we-re-gonna-play-a-little-bit-of-a-game_419978.jpg)
![“That song ["Money to Burn"] is me being a fly on the wall in situations in LA. I mean, I've seen the way a lot of people operate and I've seen that sort of thing go down. There's a lot of rich kids with a little bit of extra money.” quote by Ladyhawke](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/e43/ladyhawke-16375_bits_that-song-money-to-burn-is-me-being-a-fl_705198.jpg)
![“I think the [music] industry really suffered from music being available online because it made young people feel, "why should you pay for music, if it's so readily available for free?"” quote by Corinne Bailey Rae](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/651/corinne-bailey-rae-4358_available_i-think-the-music-industry-really-suffer_2663034.jpg)
