The big difference between the radio show and the TV work is that I don't have to work by committee on the… — Gary Calamar Copy Share Image
One day, I went to buy something for my dad at the shops, and I heard a song by Nat King Cole… — Desmond Dekker Copy Share Image
A lot of love records or breakup records, a lot of the songs can tend to be on the blame side and… — Nicole Atkins Copy Share Image
The idea of having an indie rock "career" while living in a remote backwater like Seattle was too ridiculous to contemplate. It… — Bruce Pavitt Copy Share Image
You hear about the Duke Ellingtons, the Jimmie Luncefords, and the Fletcher Hendersons, but people sometimes forget that jazz was not only… — Cab Calloway Copy Share Image
Music is basically melody, harmony, and rhythm. But people can do much more with music than that. It can be very descriptive… — Charlie Parker Copy Share Image
I always thought that it was every performer's dream. That's the epitome of being an artist, being able to express song, dance… — Deborah Cox Copy Share Image
I knew I could never be accepted as a straight-ahead jazz musician, nor would Iaccept myself as that. I would never be… — Anthony Davis Copy Share Image
I was in the recording studio when Pink was recording for a part of the gay rights anthem. It was just amazing… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
What 'jazz' means to me is the worst kind of working conditions, the worst in cultural prejudice. The term 'jazz' has come… — Maxim Gorky Copy Share Image
If a song is cooking in the studio, that's great, but if I can imagine doing it on stage, that's the next… — Chrysta Bell Copy Share Image
There are people who can out-twiddle me all over the place. But Ive got a very distinctive voice. Whatever I sing, you… — Tony Hadley Copy Share Image
I was a huge fan of this band called Sparks. It was a pretty good inauguration to music since their music is… — Johan Renck Copy Share Image
The Replacements are the foundation for a lot of what came after in alternative and college rock. Let It Be is their… — Craig Finn Copy Share Image
I remember when I was 10-years old I was at that proverbial fork in the road and I was acting as much… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
The last song was so deep and raw and pure that I could not escape. It was as if the people were… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I do like the old versions of our songs - there are good things in them, but I think that the good… — Jonathan Meiburg Copy Share Image
“The lullaby had the kind of tune everyone thinks they've heard before but can't remember where. A tune like that floats in… — Kathleen Winter Copy Share Image
I'm very motivated by the occasional creative payoff that comes when something goes really well, be it a song, a recording or… — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image
I think the music should definitely underscore the sentiment of the song, and it can work for or against it. It has… — Colin Meloy Copy Share Image
Some people are better at seeing things through to a logical conclusion as far as copying things they like from other people's… — Alexis Taylor Copy Share Image
It's not an accident that musicians become musicians and engineers become engineers: it's what they're born to do. If you can tune… — Jack Canfield Copy Share Image
Not any specific one, but I was a huge fan of Frank Jacobs, I guess he wrote the plurality of the song… — Al Yankovic Copy Share Image
Every time one can write a self-deluded song, you are way ahead of the game, way ahead. Self-delusion is the basis of… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
“ bolster , v . I am very careful whenever I know you’re on the phone with your father. I know you’ll… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
Music should be demanding for the listener. You can gain more out of it that way. I always try to leave space… — Einar Selvik Copy Share Image
So, when you divide the world into music lovers, music fans and then those people who are just very casual about their… — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
Men with fine gifts think it worth while to live to paint a few great pictures which shall be looked at and… — J.R. Miller Copy Share Image
“A song that relates to Harry is don't tell'm . This relates to Harry because he has to keep from everyone that… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
"Nasty Man" isn't a laughing matter, but you have to laugh anyway. The song, itself, becomes something of a laughing matter because… — Joan Baez Copy Share Image
Stuff just comes out all the time, sometimes when I sing live it really comes alive and I sort of... I write… — Ellie Goulding Copy Share Image
It became apparent to me near the end of the album cycle for 'House Of Gold & Bones' that it had basically… — Jim Root Copy Share Image
“Humans have created too many beautiful songs to settle on one particular genre. Whether techno or opera, it doesn’t matter, as long… — Natalie Herzer Copy Share Image
“Oh, you are indeed there, my skylark! Come to me. You are not gone: not vanished? I heard one of your kind… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
When you're DJing, there are songs I love to play, but I know people are going to walk off. It doesn't matter… — Russell Peters Copy Share Image
I feel like if I've written a song about something I haven't experienced, I wouldn't be able to perform it properly, and… — Anne-Marie Copy Share Image
Everyone we knew was forming a band. Boy George, Wham! Sade. But it wasn't a big deal, they were our friends. It… — Keren Woodward Copy Share Image
It's amazing to know that 5 years ago I was writing songs in a basement in the ghetto and now I'm writing… — R. Kelly Copy Share Image
I wonder what kinds of songs Preston's father sang to him." Zach raised his eyebrows. "I wonder if he's in a cell… — Ally Carter Copy Share Image
I am alive. Up here with the song of the engine and the air whispering on my face as the sunlight and… — Stephen Coonts Copy Share Image
