I know it is common nowadays for artists to start labels but this is a thoroughly constructed vehicle for inspired talent. This… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
We don't ever write stuff individually and say, 'OK, this is gonna be the song.' We bring in ideas in their rawest… — Justin Chancellor Copy Share Image
I speak onstage to try to establish some method of communication. The songs are supposed to be a way of communicating. But… — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
Everyone was so anti-wanting to be anything else. I guess a lot of bands say that but I think, for us, that… — Brian Degraw Copy Share Image
There's still a feeling that uncensored emotions make a good song. They don't. Pure emotion is just somebody screaming at you, or… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
When I'm on a stage, it's just me, singing a song with words that I wrote and I believe in. And if… — Lucy Dacus Copy Share Image
The addition of Beats will make our music lineup even better, from free streaming with iTunes Radio to a world-class subscription service… — Eddy Cue Copy Share Image
In a way, the history of jazz's development is a small mirror of classical music's development through the centuries. Now jazz is… — Mike Figgis Copy Share Image
There were lots of songs that were on 'It Still Moves' that I had written, and we had played - rehearsed, but… — Jim James Copy Share Image
I like to write pop songs and the stuff I write is fairly poppy, so I thought maybe my lot in life… — Aaron Bruno Copy Share Image
When I was 10 I went to the Drakensberg Boys Choir School, which is this idyllic Harry Potter-esque music boarding school in… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
I remember hearing people like Joe Cocker, Fleetwood Mac, and Elvis. My parents were big fans of them, and they were the… — Lewis Capaldi Copy Share Image
There's no way anyone's going to understand my own personal experiences, where the songs came from, because they're mine. But I was… — Conor O'Brien Copy Share Image
We've learned over the years that if we wanted we could write anything that just felt good or sounded good and it… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
A song is only as strong as its foundation, and when it comes so naturally in any setting, those are the songs… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
The basic idea is always constructed around piano or guitar and a voice, that's what we live and die by, because if… — Wesley Schultz Copy Share Image
I just have a thing in my brain that when I'm about to do something that's genuine or authentic, I think of… — Drake Copy Share Image
If you're an artist trying to put out your own record on your own label, it's hard to get a distribution deal… — Aimee Mann Copy Share Image
To see fans singing our songs and loving them and dancing or crying to some of them, it feels like the first… — Gary Rossington Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I wanted desperately to be a jazz musician. I would practice the trumpet for hours, but when… — Zach Woods Copy Share Image
“But the character of the music emphasized the tale as allegory--humorous, poignant, humane allegory--disclosing the metamorphosis of life itself, in which man… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Many do not recognize the fact as they ought, that Satan has got men fast asleep in sin and that it is… — Catherine Booth Copy Share Image
I really believe that if I make records that are indispensable to my audience, they'll go out and spend money to buy… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
For example, after developing a sound similar to an elephant trumpeting, I wrote the song Elephant Talk which gave my elephant sound… — Adrian Belew Copy Share Image
I don't care if it's Bruno Mars or Aerosmith or ZZ Top... it's about songs. 'Paperback Writer,' 'Satisfaction,' 'Cat Scratch Fever,' 'Walk… — Ted Nugent Copy Share Image
I never thought of punk rock as the absolute act of rebellion for the sake of rebellion. There's a lot of that… — Mark Hoppus Copy Share Image
To me, it makes more sense to write different songs and to play different kinds of music and to find your own… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
I'll always want to play and share my music with as many people as I can, but the emphasis is more on… — Lissie Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, you don't get artist development anymore. Record companies have become a huge corporate thing. It used to be you'd meet someone… — David Vanian Copy Share Image
I wouldn't want someone assuming that some negative song has some truth between me and my wife. There was a song that… — Aaron Watson Copy Share Image
Gaily bedight, A gallant knight, In sunshine and in shadow, Had journeyed long, Singing a song, In search of Eldorado. But he… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If I'm writing... even a piece of a song... I write it down. If it still resonates six months down the line,… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
“Humming and singing my new song, I led them up and down the stairs, pressing my fingers against the wall like I… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
In my early life, I was a professional folk singer. I used to sing on the national television and radio in Canada.… — Mary Gordon Copy Share Image
You get on the radio by writing your own songs. But we had the dilemma of not being able to play anywhere… — Wayne Kramer Copy Share Image
I am just beside myself about how the beautiful songwriters that I know, a lot of whom are women, and a lot… — Raye Copy Share Image
“I drew a chair up beside her and sang. All I do is dream of you the whole night through . .… — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
I really get inspired by songs. Like, if I hear a thug "Want to kill ya" song, I'm ready to go out… — Channing Tatum Copy Share Image
I sung from an early age and I was always given nice parts in school musicals, but I definitely wasn't the golden… — Jessie Ware Copy Share Image
With this LP we were all very clear on the approach we wanted to take, which was to do something heavy, but… — Phil Anselmo Copy Share Image
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