A guitar is a piece of wood, and if this piece is resonating in a period of 40 or 60 years, it… — Dave Genn Copy Share Image
I believe that traditional wisdom is incomplete. A composer can have all the talent of Mozart and a passionate desire to succeed,… — Martin Seligman Copy Share Image
When music becomes a job, you all of a sudden have other jobs and you become like a manager of time. If… — Dan Deacon Copy Share Image
I think what AC/DC does best is play live. That's when everything comes together. Even after you make a studio album, when… — Angus Young Copy Share Image
If the label presents them with a contract that the band don't want to sign, all the label has to do is… — Steve Albini Copy Share Image
I'm pretty self-conscious, so I tend to work in a way where I say what I need to say and get out… — Neko Case Copy Share Image
Gone are the days when Virgin Records was owned by Richard Branson, a fan of music. Now they're all owned by some… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
Writing a song is like playing a series of downs in football: Lots of rules, timing is crucial, lots of boundaries, lots… — Christine Lavin Copy Share Image
So I'll set a cycle in motion and pop it into record and I'll lay down a drum pattern, a bass line,… — Thomas Dolby Copy Share Image
I find the greatest songs in the world come out of pain, and I don't like it! Here's what it does: It… — Lionel Richie Copy Share Image
The past few years have been absolutely incredible and I feel so blessed to have the privilege of sharing even more music.… — Jamie Grace Copy Share Image
It's definitely a hard pill to swallow; the son of John Lennon and a model having a band together is a cliche.… — Kemp Muhl Copy Share Image
“I cried for everyone and for all the scrabbly, funny love one sent out into the world like some hit song that… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
Well, I guess that early 12 string. The first Martin I bought. I bought it around 1957 with money I earned as… — Roger McGuinn Copy Share Image
As long as songs are about something, it doesn't matter. When songs are just rhymes, and they don't mean anything, I'm not… — Matty Healy Copy Share Image
Normally I don't listen to my songs. I hear when I'm in the process of creation, of course, but not when I… — Enrique Iglesias Copy Share Image
A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like… — John Muir Copy Share Image
But I still feel like a normal person... I've walked the streets and I know what it feels like. I speak with… — Cee Lo Green Copy Share Image
When I first got into the major label system, they were like, 'Hey, you're great - now write with a million people… — LP Copy Share Image
“I have sometimes thought that the mere hearing of those songs would do more to impress some minds with the horrible character… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
The Independent Record Store is the reason why i STILL do music...It seems like they're the only ones that Really care about… — DJ Jazzy Jeff Copy Share Image
The forest is peaceful, why aren’t you? You hold on to things causing your confusion. Let nature teach you. Hear the bird’s… — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
I'm coming from a place that's more experimental and indulgent already, so for the last 10 years, it's been more like, "How… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
I always told the people at Cal Arts that if they wanted me to do Jazz studies, first of all, there couldn't… — Charlie Haden Copy Share Image
There are always some doubts when you do a new album though. You wonder whether you succeeded or not, especially when you… — Eberhard Weber Copy Share Image
“pulled out my Valery Gergiev trump card and said I would have to call him about getting another hotel. There are many… — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
With Spotify and all those streaming services, you don't get paid anything. You have to be, like, Madonna or something to actually… — Ty Segall Copy Share Image
Not too many songwriters, when they write songs go for broke. When someone does who's really good, it's astonishing. There's a reason… — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
“What is the song, the pop song? Is it a conduit to give out the feeling in a compact form, a short… — Brendan Fowler Copy Share Image
I had the lyric 'Chip Don't Go' and a few words, and my wife came in and said that it sounded like… — Mat Kearney Copy Share Image
If you take a band like Nirvana, their biggest hits are structurally the same as even a hair metal band's biggest hits.… — Buzz Osborne Copy Share Image
Ornette Coleman is doing the only really new thing in jazz since the innovations in the mid-forties of Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker,… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
There's a lot of songs and songwriters out there - you have to make something stand out to pitch songs. Sometimes you… — Greg Kurstin Copy Share Image
We've always been quite clear about how we want the songs to sound. If we can imagine the song being played at… — Angus Young Copy Share Image
Some people come to our shows and think they're gonna spend the night just listening to love songs, and they're pretty much… — Bobby Hatfield Copy Share Image
I don't want to try to recreate for no reason. Like, me in my bedroom, singing songs to a camera was a… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
I suppose my little Martin acoustic guitar is quickly becoming a prize possession. It's a lovely guitar. I bought it at the… — Graham Coxon Copy Share Image
My dad was a real working musician in the late '70s and early '80s. He had a band that was signed to… — Weyes Blood Copy Share Image
One of my great memories of John is from when we were having some argument. I was disagreeing and we were calling… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
Starting with the lyrics, 'Only scared of myself and the truth in the stars/I'm a king, I'm the dirt, God within me… — Sid Sriram Copy Share Image
