I would get songs sung to me, like 'Old Man River, 'or kids would call me Mississippi and things like that. At… — River Phoenix Copy Share Image
I have yet to have a successful outcome of sitting in a room with someone and trying to write a song. The… — Shawn Colvin Copy Share Image
Yoko had 10 years and I had 10 years and I would rather have had the 10 years I had than the… — Cynthia Lennon Copy Share Image
There are other kinds of emotional pain that emerge from our own mistaken thinking. As we surrender that pain, we are inviting… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Really, I'm trying to care, Artemis, really. But I thought it was all supposed to be over when the fat lady sings.… — Eoin Colfer Copy Share Image
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We can do many different things as a band. But that doesn't mean we should do that. If we did all we're… — Alissa White-Gluz Copy Share Image
The Divine Music is incessantly ringing within all of us, but the loud senses drown the delicate Music, which is unlike and… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
It's as simple as finding something on the street and then writing a jingle. If I'm driving and I have my turn… — Nate Ruess Copy Share Image
There weren't sidewalks to skateboard on and malls to hang out in. There wasn't anything to do. And I was too scrawny… — John Fullbright Copy Share Image
I think what it means to be an 'American Girl,' and what I wrote the song about, is our freedoms. The idea… — Bonnie McKee Copy Share Image
If you think you're hearing something and you can't think what it is. If you feel a quiet longing lift your heart… — Cyndi Lauper Copy Share Image
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I can't relate to the process of just disappearing and writing a record, all at the same time, followed by the sort… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
A good mixtape didn't just gather together a bunch of love songs, but instead created an emotional narrative specific to your affection.… — Anthony Marra Copy Share Image
If you have a recital to do, you have to memorize the songs. I never use music when I do recitals. It… — Bryn Terfel Copy Share Image
Since Moses was in Egypt land, Gods people have been struggling for justice while singing freedom songs. Theology can be clarifying. A… — Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove Copy Share Image
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People live for love. They kill for love. They die for love. They have songs, poems, novels, sculptures, paintings, myths, legends. It's… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
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When someone says that I'm angry it's actually a compliment. I have not always been direct with my anger in my relationships,… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
The Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame will provide a center where the lives and the artistry of the greatest jazz musicians will… — Ahmet Ertegun Copy Share Image
I grew up playing the saxophone. I joined the jazz band in high school, but somewhere along the way I realized the… — Chris Carmack Copy Share Image
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Hairspray is the only movie I made that's subversive, because they're doing it in every high school in America. A man's playing… — John Waters Copy Share Image
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My dad was a professional musician; my mom played, too, but just for fun. All my siblings played. The house was full… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
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If all music did was bring the past alive, that would be fine. You can hide away in music and let it… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
If I found out some gal was trying to steal my guy, I'd want to give her a black eye! Instead, I… — Loretta Lynn Copy Share Image
Catfish is not playing guitar no more, he's doing like a home-front thing. He had been in the business around ten years… — Bootsy Collins Copy Share Image
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![“[A]s soon as you try and take a song from your mind into piano and voice and into the real world, something gets lost and it's like a moment where, in that moment you forget how it was and it's this new way. And then when you make a record, even those ideas that you had, then those get all turned…” quote by Regina Spektor](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/35e/regina-spektor-3582_changed_a-s-soon-as-you-try-and-take-a-song-from_1319982.png)
![“If I found out some gal was trying to steal my guy, I'd want to give her a black eye! Instead, I wrote this song. At the time I was writing each song [on this album], you could figure out the frame of mind I was in by listening closely. With every song I've ever recorded, I'm in it. I wouldn't…” quote by Loretta Lynn](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/a69/loretta-lynn-6414_albums_if-i-found-out-some-gal-was-trying-to-st_2943283.png)
