We like to take pop songs that have really cool, complex melodies or lyrics and strip away all that fluff and electronic… — Jinkx Monsoon Copy Share Image
We were lucky in the days of Led Zeppelin. Each album was different. We didn't have to continue a formula or produce… — Jimmy Page Copy Share Image
Rock's gone soft, it's gone miserable and boring, there's not really much exciting about it. So it's important that we cross over,… — Oliver Sykes Copy Share Image
I always come from a female perspective and a strong music base, trying to keep a positive slant on things. It's important… — Nikka Costa Copy Share Image
“The guitar poured out its soul, its history, its dreams, its pain, its victories, its secrets. The guitar’s strings purred with blues… — Brenda Sutton Rose Copy Share Image
As music became more profitable in the 1990s, it seemed like it attracted a lot of people who were just interested in… — Moby Copy Share Image
I used singing as a safety measure. I would pay attention to what songs the popular girls liked, learn those songs from… — Vivek Shraya Copy Share Image
“No matter how corrupt or greedy our government is, our corporations, our media, our religious and charitable institutions may come, the music… — Kurt Vonnegut Jr Copy Share Image
If T-Bone Walker had been a woman, I would have asked him to marry me. I'd never heard anything like that before:… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
“And to the boy I loved who died too soon, but who left me a song. And in two weeks we'll fly… — Jennifer Niven Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to hits, and if I write something I feel, I think that's pretty mass appeal. I'm not very… — Diane Warren Copy Share Image
Today's folk song is rock and roll. Although it happened to emanate from America, that's not really important in the end because… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
“If in the past people would listen to music out of love for music, nowadays it roars everywhere and all the time,… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
The skit was very successful based on the applause. After that show, the three of us decided to get together and try… — Phil Harris Copy Share Image
I've learned this, that haters wanna hate. You could sing a song perfectly, you could write the songs perfectly, and some people… — Carrie Underwood Copy Share Image
The miracle of Bach has not appeared in any other art. To strip human nature until its divine attributes are made clear,… — Pablo Casals Copy Share Image
The only thing I say I consciously do is I definitely make an effort to work on different styles of music: not… — John Congleton Copy Share Image
You must have been in a Place so dark You couldn't feel the light Reachin' for you through That stormy cloud Now… — Rascal Flatts Copy Share Image
I had an unspoken treaty with myself to never lie in my lyrics, so, for a long time, when I wrote love… — Arca Copy Share Image
My exposure to independent music was via Nirvana and grunge so I'd never gotten into punk. I don't really like that music… — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
When she awoke there was a melody in her head she could not identify or recall ever hearing before. 'Perhaps I made… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
Papa Roach is actually a band that's great at playing arenas. Not every band is suited for that environment. But besides the… — Tony Palermo Copy Share Image
“Queen always seemed to me to be manufactured championship music—designed to be played in stadiums to get fans hyped up about paying… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
I'll sing you a new ballad, andI'll warrant it first-rate, Of the days of that old gentleman who had that old estate;… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Just cause, everyone who was there put their full attention into it, people bringing new ideas to the table, thats what was… — Oliver Sykes Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to a lot of that stuff, Motown and Stooges. But also early rock-and-roll like Chuck Berry, Little Richard,… — Alex Winston Copy Share Image
It's hard to believe the life that 'Someone Like You' has taken on. It's proof that people hunger for great songs -… — David Nail Copy Share Image
There is a big, beautiful world that could be destroyed by selfishness and foolishness. We musicians have it within our power to… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
I really wanted a guitar. As A little boy I used to tell people I was going to be a musician. They… — Steve Young Copy Share Image
It's very hard for me to say "Do I have favorite?" because I find that each song represents a different sounds different… — Kevin Drew Copy Share Image
The music industry is up and down. Sometimes the people love you, and sometimes they don't. I wanted to be the owner… — Kandi Burruss Copy Share Image
There's everybody in the world who is always trying, time and time again, to proclaim the death of rock, or hard rock… — David Draiman Copy Share Image
The first time you listen to someone else's interpretation of what you've created, it's a little unnerving. They'll change lyrics or something… — Chris Stapleton Copy Share Image
“The singing triggers a soft detonation at his core, molten parts of him are flying everywhere and his ears ring to the… — Ben Fountain Copy Share Image
People get strange about whether you've written your own songs, which seems really stupid considering that, especially in Country Music, it's about… — Neko Case Copy Share Image
My first synthesizer was the VCS3. I got it in Bristol in the late Sixties, long before Pink Floyd used them. I… — Jean-Michel Jarre Copy Share Image
Seven minutes is all you get to make a positive first impression. In the first seven minutes of contact with your church,… — Nelson Searcy Copy Share Image
What a fine-looking thing is war! Yet, dress it as we may, dress and feather it, daub it with gold, huzza it,… — Douglas William Jerrold Copy Share Image
I grew up in the time just when cassettes were waning and CDs were growing. And so mix tapes - and not… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
Every other guitar player was just copying other guitarists. From the time I was 13 up until 18, I practiced at least… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image