You want to reach people, but you also want to reach them in the most authentic way. You now have a mass… — K'naan Copy Share Image
As far as spiritual influences in Christian music, I would say Crystal Lewis - a lot of her songs especially. The ministry… — Stacie Orrico Copy Share Image
My goal from the very beginning was just to write good songs that don't require any production to be felt or understood.… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
Some of the music from the Vines and the Strokes are good on record, but I hate seeing them live. I saw… — 3 Doors Down Copy Share Image
I used to try to play like [Miles Davis], and Miles caught me copying him one night at Birdland. He said, 'Hey… — Freddie Hubbard Copy Share Image
Our intention when we first started as a band, was to be a rave band. We kind of just got it wrong.… — James Righton Copy Share Image
I think, after 'Let Her Go,' I wanted to show people that I don't just write really sad love songs about my… — Passenger Copy Share Image
The song 'My Way' is a very remarkable song. It is also difficult to sing because you've got to convince people that… — Christopher Lee Copy Share Image
I want everything, no matter what concept or genre, to feel real, because it is real. I want to keep making real… — Alessia Cara Copy Share Image
On stage, generally speaking, the story is stopped or held back by songs, because that's the convention. Audiences enjoy the song and… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
I think pain is the best feeling for song writing. You can write good happy songs, but I think the kind of… — Adam Levine Copy Share Image
Whenever you're in a relationship, you have that favorite song that reminds you of when you first got together or when you… — Olly Murs Copy Share Image
I love the lower ranges of my new voice. I really enjoy that. It's a challenge, and I accept the challenge. I… — Joan Baez Copy Share Image
To me, the real thrill is in making the music, and then I just trust it to find its own audience, and… — Amy Grant Copy Share Image
The song that I will sing is an old song, so old that none knows who made it. It has been handed… — Geronimo Copy Share Image
I don't understand why some people will only accept a guitar if it has an instantly recognizable guitar sound. Finding ways to… — Jeff Beck Copy Share Image
I had no album title, and the album is like a journey in that it's a complete body of work. It's not… — Vanessa Carlton Copy Share Image
And um, when I came back to England I put a very complex soundtrack on it, featuring everyone from Jimi Hendrix, right… — Gerald Scarfe Copy Share Image
If you're working with a producer like Rick Rubin or whatever, you sing each line probably 30 different ways. Each time they're… — Glenn Danzig Copy Share Image
When Armaan sang his first song for Vishal Dadlani, he didn't know that they were making Daboo Malik's son sing. He went… — Amaal Mallik Copy Share Image
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My mom tells this story that even when I was in the womb, my father played the piano and she sang. So,… — Cyrus Chestnut Copy Share Image
I grew up around music. My father was a professional musician. We used to have a trailer house that we travelled in.… — Timothy B. Schmit Copy Share Image
“Music doesn't get in. Music is already in. Music simply uncovers what is there, makes you feel emotions that you didn't necessarily… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
People misinterpret my emotions towards Nirvana because I've said things about how something happened with grunge that took a little bit of… — Brandon Flowers Copy Share Image
Fear kills, want to kill. Fear is destructive. Love is creative energy. When you love you would like to create - you… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
When I play guitar, it's automatic. I don't try to do something; I just do it. And it's already so ingrained in… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
There's a whole range of sources of inspiration for the drawings and stories. They come from dreams, hallucinations, pop songs, or other… — Ryan McGinness Copy Share Image
Now is a good time, 10 years ago would have been a good time, and 10 years from now it will still… — Don Cheadle Copy Share Image
Instruments are just planks of wood, or just computers or whatever, but they help us translate the most difficult aspects of life… — Declan McKenna Copy Share Image
Music is a spiritual thing, you don't play with music. If you play with music you will die young. You see, because… — Fela Kuti Copy Share Image
I used to listen to Judy Garland all the time - I love Judy Garland and her music. But I started to… — Diane Keaton Copy Share Image
Everyone has a song in their heart. Everyone has a reason for being here and a season for making their highest, greatest… — Nate Copy Share Image
While listening, to things like western swing, for instance, I'd work something out in my head, then play it on my National;… — Mark Knopfler Copy Share Image
The success of this album is very much in question. Who knows where it's going to go? My being a Spice Girl… — Melanie Chisholm Copy Share Image
Then on to all the terrific american songwriters, from Tin Pan Alley to the Beatles, from Bob Dylan to Paul Simon. Whoever… — Tom Chapin Copy Share Image
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My father told me that some voices are so true they can be used as weapons, can maneuver the weather, change time.… — Joy Harjo Copy Share Image
“They include conceptual artist and “environmental music” composer Annea Lockwood, who created a work entitled Piano Burning. Debuted in London in 1968,… — Stuart Isacoff Copy Share Image
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