The more I abandon ideas of myself as a musician, the better a singer I become. — Dan Bejar Copy Share Image
At 12 or 13, I picked up a guitar because my mother made me learn how to play. — Lou Barlow Copy Share Image
Mother, being a pianist, told me how to play with my fingers on the piano. — Cecil Taylor Copy Share Image
To be a good musician, you need to give people what they want, what they need. — Andy Grammer Copy Share Image
I believe the right lyric and melody can soar beyond the clouds to the ears of the heavens. — Jimmie Allen Copy Share Image
Lars [Ulrich] of Metallica is one of the worst drummers I've ever heard, but they hide it because they spend millions recording. — Slim Moon Copy Share Image
If you've got a good melody and a good story married together, that's a good sign for hit-song material. — Glen Campbell Copy Share Image
I have been writing songs since I was 9 years old, so writing has and always will be my first love and passion. — Solange Knowles Copy Share Image
The work of John Lennon was marked by its exquisite beauty and by its brutal honesty. — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
I always write music if I'm feeling a bit rubbish and I don't know how to get over or through something. — Tom Walker Copy Share Image
Playing the piano is incredibly personal... But when it's your own piece, it's doubly so. — Stephen Hough Copy Share Image
Axl [Rose] is not the type of person to make something up. So I was sort of shocked that he went that… — Slash Copy Share Image
Writing a song to be a single is hard, and I don't like to focus on that because you can get caught… — Brendon Urie Copy Share Image
I don't go there much. You're thrilled that people would recognize what you're doing in such a grand kind of way. But,… — Alison Krauss Copy Share Image
I guess it's kind of the obvious thing for me to do 'cuz it's what I grew up listening to. The songs… — George Ezra Copy Share Image
It was really difficult to sing; nobody showed me how to do it. I remember early Screaming Trees shows in the '80s… — Mark Lanegan Copy Share Image
We've all had that experience where we hear a song that we've liked for many years, and we finally hear what the… — Jakob Dylan Copy Share Image
At the Muddy Waters thing, I played the first song by myself on an acoustic guitar. I thought that was great that… — Gregg Allman Copy Share Image
You can't expect to be the same person you were three years ago. Some people expect you to be and can't come… — Jimmy Page Copy Share Image
I find artists like Tim Barry, Cory Branan, and Jenny Owen Youngs, these current artists that are doing what they're doing now… — Chuck Ragan Copy Share Image
I love to sing around the house and in the car, but my daughter hates it. — Reese Witherspoon Copy Share Image
All alone singing this song. Singing singing this song. So now I'm like noo. — Bei Maejor Copy Share Image
When you're No. 1 or No. 300, you still get to play and write the songs. — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
Not only do I sing to him, I sing entire conversations. You become Jerry Lewis. — Paul Reiser Copy Share Image
I can't hire other people to write songs for me. I have to write them myself. — Shakira Copy Share Image
I think the fans really wanna hear the songs the way they sound on the record. — Ace Frehley Copy Share Image
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