“In the end—as in the beginning—it is the authentic performance of the Beatles’ peculiar, elaborate, unfettered art that matters. It is the… — Kenneth Womack Copy Share Image
“There's always a siren, singing you to shipwreck. Some of us may be more susceptible than others are, but there's always a… — Caitlín R. Kiernan Copy Share Image
Coldplay songs deliver an amorphous, irrefutable interpretation of how being in love is supposed to feel, and people find themselves wanting that… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Well, as a songwriter, it's really dangerous to use the word love in a song. It's a word that has been used… — Jack White Copy Share Image
I started writing songs when I was real young, when I was 3 years old. The piano spoke to me - I… — Ian Axel Copy Share Image
Everything's stolen. Everything precious - be it a kiss, or be it James Brown - gets misappropriated to the aid of the… — David Gray Copy Share Image
“Opera has the power to warn you that you have wasted your life. You haven't acted on your desires. You've suffered a… — Wayne Koestenbaum Copy Share Image
A song is such a short form ... that 'the slightest flaw seems like a mountain.' And so every song needs to… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
I like having the vinyl, but it's not like we're going to sell an umbrella or something. I don't like the idea… — Robin Pecknold Copy Share Image
I haven´t written on piano since It Bites. You can tell my songs that I´ve written on piano with It Bites cause… — Francis Dunnery Copy Share Image
All the instruments of percussion known to European science are essentially nonmusical and can only be tolerated in open air music or… — C. V. Raman Copy Share Image
I still perform because it's a necessity for my innards. And those songs, some of those songs, I have sung, I don't… — Smokey Robinson Copy Share Image
There is an apprenticeship system in jazz. You teach the young ones. So even if the musicians weren't personally that likable, they… — Dave Van Ronk Copy Share Image
When I'm singing a song, I'm in that song, and I'm thinking about what emotions I should bring to the song. Voicing… — Darius Rucker Copy Share Image
I've got a song called 'Salt Skin' because when you run in the heat it evaporates and you've got salt crystals on… — Ellie Goulding Copy Share Image
You can't say that people don't love music anymore because they do. If we say that all the music stopped, if music… — Warryn Campbell Copy Share Image
I love the song 'El Rey.' And for years, I never knew what the song was totally about. It was something new… — George Strait Copy Share Image
I'm not sure I'm going to be that type of artist but I do love cultural icons. Like Solange has been really… — NAO Copy Share Image
Democracy can tie your hands in a rock 'n' roll band, you know? It can be a great thing, but if you've… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
Almost all the producers I know and dig, like Quincy Jones or Brian Eno, are really musicians first. I'm a composer, an… — Nile Rodgers Copy Share Image
Behind the notes, something different is told, and that's what the interpreter must find out. He may sit down and play one… — Vladimir Horowitz Copy Share Image
A lot of my songs do relate to me, and the lyrics come from a place within myself and things that I've… — Ruel Copy Share Image
'Been That Way' is a song that Timbaland gave me. Actually, the beat is. And then he called me to come out… — Bryson Tiller Copy Share Image
Punk was perfect for lazy people, because anyone could do it--you didn't even need to know how to play your instrument, assuming… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
I think that, initially, I was most passionate about music and particularly about playing the piano. I started playing when I was… — Holly Hunter Copy Share Image
Maketa Groves has a strong, bright lyric gift. Her poems come out of music and are full of music. They bring us… — Diane di Prima Copy Share Image
I'm not sure why anybody makes a physical CD anymore when the costs are so much lower to just throw it up… — Cliff Martinez Copy Share Image
“Music psychology has been busy looking at the ways in which music might be similar to language, but Richman, Tannen, and others… — Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis Copy Share Image
I don't want to die and leave a few sad songs and a hump in the ground as my only monument. I… — George Jackson Copy Share Image
Paper or razor blade, never give up And just remember just to hold out more A couple years ago I couldn't just… — Ed Sheeran Copy Share Image
I definitely don't wanna be known as the 'Up Down' guy. I love singing that song, I love that song, but yeah,… — Morgan Wallen Copy Share Image
It's bizarre: sometimes I go through periods where I really want to put a song up online, and sometimes I'm sort of… — George Blagden Copy Share Image
I'm a big fan of simplicity, especially with songs and I try not to make them complicated. I just make them simple… — Graham Russell Copy Share Image
When I work with artists, I give them a general guideline of what my vision is. Then they're going to speak their… — Steve Aoki Copy Share Image
Sometimes you're gonna write a song and it's not gonna be right from the beginning. And you're just gonna have to work… — Benny Blanco Copy Share Image
European operetta and German singspiel provided the American musical its combination of spoken dialogue and song; the inclusion of dance traced a… — Heather Mac Donald Copy Share Image
Someone suggested the Kaiser Chiefs while we were looking for a band name. We had so many ideas ourselves, at least one… — Nick Hodgson Copy Share Image
You know, in the days when I started, if you had Chet Atkins' name on your record as a producer and it… — Waylon Jennings Copy Share Image
Instead of speaking about Real Madrid, Mr Wenger should speak about Arsenal and explain how he lost 2-0 against a team in… — Jose Mourinho Copy Share Image
I sat on the piano bench next to my mother in church. Something happened before I set foot on this planet. I… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image