Bands like - even Kiss to a degree - bands like Kiss and Motley, Ratt, Poison, Bon Jovi - I just think… — John Corabi Copy Share Image
I believe it was Nat King Cole that my dad took me to see, and we were sitting in the dressing room,… — Johnny Mathis Copy Share Image
There's four individuals in the band. I don't speak for any of the individuals except for myself, and neither does Serj. But… — John Dolmayan Copy Share Image
“I had memorised Deep Purple’s Made in Japan note for note. Every drumbeat, every thud of Ian Paice’s bass-drum beater, I had… — Bruce Dickinson Copy Share Image
In a way, as much as we love to be a big, loud rock band, the acoustic album was a lot easier… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
When you love a song so much you have to sing, you know how you feel - it releases something in you… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
It's scary when you get to a point where you write these songs that people like, and then you think, "Am I… — Bethany Cosentino Copy Share Image
I love when people will say, "Oh, my songs are my children." I understand that, but I'm also not afraid to kill… — Adam Granduciel Copy Share Image
'Life, Love & Hope' is... I'm thinking 'larger picture.' I'm not trying to preach to anyone. We all get lost and caught… — Tom Scholz Copy Share Image
There's three guitar players from Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gary Rossington, Steve Gaines and Allen Collins and even the new guys. I just… — 3 Doors Down Copy Share Image
I don't make records for this medium with which we're going to sell it. The selling of it can never be more… — Jason Pierce Copy Share Image
Classical virtuosity is more than technique, line, proportion, and balance. It is as if the performer and spectator come together to hold… — Gelsey Kirkland Copy Share Image
My grandfather played a mandolin, so I got my hands on that. Then on down to a banjo, and I found I… — Brendan Gleeson Copy Share Image
From the classical guitar right through to the furthest electrical experiments and everything in-between, it's amazing what the guitar can actually do.… — Jimmy Page Copy Share Image
The first time I heard Tom Waits, it was like everything just flipped. It was just this fascination with him. My cousin… — Hozier Copy Share Image
I have a voice that's obviously untrained - and I think untrainable - so I kind of secreted it away for a… — Joanna Newsom Copy Share Image
Some artists will tell you that's all they want to do is write their own music, and that's great, but George Strait,… — Jake Owen Copy Share Image
If Miles Davis hadn't died it would have been interesting to do an album with him, but there wasn't much else that… — Phil Collins Copy Share Image
When I was about seventeen, I had a group called the Young Jazz Giants. We played all originals. When we would finish… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
What really surprised me was that we had released the song 'Kondoram'... without any video and it still garnered so many views.… — M. Jayachandran Copy Share Image
I was offered seven deals from seven different major labels between 2009-2011, and to be quite honest... nowadays, you need a hit… — Ashanti Copy Share Image
Music is an art that goes well beyond science. Proof can be found in the huge amount of studies that have been… — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
Musicians and artists are not... it's not like politicians or something where you can't really affect them. There's not like this separate… — Bradford Cox Copy Share Image
I bought it [sha la la la lee] because of steve marriotts voice. I didnt realise until recently it was written by… — Carl Palmer Copy Share Image
Headbangers' are people who like heavy-metal music, which is performed by skinny men with huge hair who stomp around the stage, striking… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
There are always meaningful songs for somebody. People are doing their courting, people are finding their wives, people are making babies, people… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
Sometimes I feel like I'm taking on a role when I'm writing a song, and it doesn't always have to be true.… — Mitchel Musso Copy Share Image
An old pop music producer once said that there are really only four kinds of song a person can write: "I love… — Matt Redman Copy Share Image
Lonnie Donegan and the folk movement were responsible for a lot of the spread of the blues in England. The group Them… — Rory Gallagher Copy Share Image
As a musician, I feel quite powerless when it comes to anything to do with climate change, politics, and world issues. When… — Raye Copy Share Image
I have got to look at the flip side of things, because, in a way, music is always a conversation, you know?… — DJ /rupture Copy Share Image
I remember when I was 5 or 6 years old, gospel music felt familiar, like I had heard it in the womb… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
Bach is the supreme genius of music... This man, who knows everything and feels everything, cannot write one note, however unimportant it… — Pablo Casals Copy Share Image
There's a particular trend towards the empty pop song right now. Where people are like, "This. Is. Brilliant. She's singing about a… — Ed Droste Copy Share Image
A few things I've noticed about myself as a listener, and the music that I relate to and the music that's continued… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
To really be tortured by a song, it needs to be more than just something you don't like or don't get; it… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
The cops play my song 'Locked Up' in their cars when they pick kids up and are taking them to jail. The… — Akon Copy Share Image
Because as much as I love figuring out other people's puzzles, and love putting words together in ways that feel good to… — J. Robbins Copy Share Image
I did albums for Cash Money. I didn't do singles - I did whole albums for Cash Money - and at the… — Mannie Fresh Copy Share Image
I have never made money selling records. I have never really made money touring, either, or with merchandise, surprisingly. But I do… — Sia Copy Share Image