Being in a band is the best place I can think of to be as up-front as possible. If you let something… — Duff McKagan Copy Share Image
I played the violin from a very young age but would love to be able to sit down in a bar at… — Cathy Newman Copy Share Image
A lean, loose-jointed Negro had commenced plunking a guitar beside me while I slept. His clothes were rags; his feet peeped out… — William Christopher Handy Copy Share Image
The songs of Raghavan Master are timeless. There are a lot of things that a student of music has to learn from… — M. Jayachandran Copy Share Image
Romance isn't just about roses or killing dragons or sailing a kayak around the world. It's also about chocolate chip cookies and… — Steve Kluger Copy Share Image
She had changed him. The ice was in his eyes and in his heart, like he had predicted with that song, but… — Francesca Lia Block Copy Share Image
That was a time when I did love music, I couldn't get enough of what was going on. Maybe it was Nirvana… — Marc Jacobs Copy Share Image
I do think sometimes there's danger in guest appearance mania. I've seen too many examples that sound cool on paper, like 'Oh,… — Ezra Koenig Copy Share Image
If you write a hit song for Britney Spears, it's worth several million dollars. Just one song! And it might have taken… — Jewel Copy Share Image
Shoot, there's a committee to tell you everything at a record label. You definitely have to know who you are if you… — Gary Allan Copy Share Image
If I learned to play guitar it was so that I would have something to sing to, if I learned to write… — Brandi Carlile Copy Share Image
Some bands sound like one song the whole album through. We've been all over the place because we are punk, hardcore, rock… — Sonny Sandoval Copy Share Image
One does not realize the historical sensation as a re-experiencing, but as an understanding that is closely related to the understanding of… — Johan Huizinga Copy Share Image
With every song, all the elements have to work. First, the beat has to be great - you start there. You start… — Eminem Copy Share Image
There are... certainly more innovations on 'Revolver'... but the truth of the matter is 'Sgt. Pepper' has something that was just completely… — Steven Van Zandt Copy Share Image
Before every performance, you need at least half an hour to focus on what you are about to do: the walk-on and… — Jessica Mauboy Copy Share Image
Punk. . .was more a kind of do-it-yourself, anyone-can-do-it attitude. If you only played two notes on the guitar, you could figure… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
Why do people compose music? Why do people listen to music? When we go into a concert, we go into a place… — Stephen Hough Copy Share Image
I guess my voice kind of changed in middle school. It was what it is now. I remember there was this boy… — Dianna Agron Copy Share Image
Being the recent accessibility of rare vinyl and cassette music via blogs, as well as the digital backlash which is driving more… — Veronica Vasicka Copy Share Image
Writing original songs is much, much harder (I think) because you only have yourself to conjure up EVERY single moment a listener… — Alex Goot Copy Share Image
'Built This Pool' was an idea that I had for a song starting several years ago, and as we were in between… — Mark Hoppus Copy Share Image
“When you sing, think of birds. When you dance, think of fish (Or snakes. Doesn’t matter.). When you play music, think of… — Katie Waitman Copy Share Image
I like the idea that within the structure of the song, some kind of built-in improvisation keeps them fragile and in their… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
The first song I wrote was the first song I remember thinking, "Well, maybe I can do something here." The very first… — Suzanne Vega Copy Share Image
People started noticing my singing on YouTube, and then I came to L.A., and I lived on a studio couch. I wrote… — Kim Petras Copy Share Image
Girl with the burning golden eyes, And red-bird song, and snowy throat: I bring you gold and silver moons, And diamond stars,… — Grace Noll Crowell Copy Share Image
In classical music, love is based on bitin' -- imitation. It's not based on interpretation. A jazz musician, if he plays someone… — Todd Boyd Copy Share Image
If you and I shall, like the believing shepherds, watch and long for His appearing, one day we, too, shall hear a… — Abbott Eliot Kittredge Copy Share Image
To feel strong, to walk amongst humans with a tremendous feeling of confidence and superiority is not at all wrong. The sense… — Fredrick Hatfield Copy Share Image
It was so interesting, when [John Coltrane] created A Love Supreme. He had meditated that week. I almost didn't see him downstairs.… — Alice Coltrane Copy Share Image
Profile has half the publishing and they control and administer the publishing and distribute and own the records, so our group is… — Jam Master Jay Copy Share Image
The Knack were a very, very powerful band, and you got to understand, when they came in, all the punk stuff was… — Jon Taffer Copy Share Image
There were a lot of times where there was a great deal of fodder recorded and played, because there was a market… — Woody Herman Copy Share Image
A lot of artists come into the game with a radio record, but they don't establish the fans as fans of their… — Nipsey Hussle Copy Share Image
When I write, it's like choosing which shoes I'm going to put on. More often than not, my lyrics are personal -… — Bad Bunny Copy Share Image
“There is a musicke where-ever there is a harmony, order or proportion; and thus farre we may maintain the musick of the… — Thomas Browne Copy Share Image
I think we're returning to more of the original vibration of music and creativity through the removal of this distortion called the… — Jane Siberry Copy Share Image
I'd like to protect children, too, but... is everything worth sacrificing to that? I mean, drugs have done a lot of good...… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
The real amazing thing about all of this is I think I've maintained the mentality of a musician throughout it all, which… — Vince Gill Copy Share Image
![“It was so interesting, when [John Coltrane] created A Love Supreme. He had meditated that week. I almost didn't see him downstairs. And it was so quiet! There was no sound, no practice! He was up there meditating, and when he came down he said, "I have a whole new music!" He said, "There is a new…” quote by Alice Coltrane](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/742/alice-coltrane-25252_beautiful_it-was-so-interesting-when-john-coltrane_1177734.jpg)
