Certainly, whatever I learn while I'm out solo, I bring back to Fleetwood Mac. — Lindsey Buckingham Copy Share Image
If there is anyone who owes everything to Bach, it is certainly God. — Emile M. Cioran Copy Share Image
I make charts of songs that are good candidates, good targets, so to speak. Then I try to come up with ideas… — Al Yankovic Copy Share Image
The conductor of an orchestra doesn’t make a sound. He depends, for his power, on his ability to make other people powerful. — Benjamin Zander Copy Share Image
Music and people are so diverse and I think it's ignorant to only associate with one genre. — Kalvin Valentine Copy Share Image
The music of the Gypsies belongs in the sphere of improvisation rather than in any other, without which it would have no… — Franz Liszt Copy Share Image
I'm so hard on myself. I play these sketches in my computer for friends and they say 'Gee whiz, the vocal's beautiful.'… — Steve Perry Copy Share Image
The best musicians or sound-artists are people who never considered themselves to be artists or musicians. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Rhythm is something you either have or don't have, but when you have it, you have it all over. — Elvis Presley Copy Share Image
Here's the thing: we don't write music for a universal statement; we just share our experiences. And that's all it is. It's… — Kevin Abstract Copy Share Image
The thing about playing percussion is that you can create all these emotions that can be sometimes beautiful, sometimes really ugly, or… — Evelyn Glennie Copy Share Image
My style is so tightly tied in with our songs that I don't think you could even ask me to quit Radiohead… — Jonny Greenwood Copy Share Image
And one cold starry night / Whatever your belief / The phoenix will take flight / Over the seas of grief /… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
“Your love is my treasure And my heart is buried there. Your touch is my pleasure Soothing my soul with every care.… — Warren L.G De Mills Copy Share Image
You can make an album, and people won't get it. Or won't connect with it. Or won't - whatever is going on… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
It didn't make much difference what time of night it was, whenever [my father would] come in drunk, he'd say, "Get up… — George Jones Copy Share Image
I speak three languages - English is my third language - so I take my time with lyrics. It's almost like having… — Snoh Aalegra Copy Share Image
Usually when I write lyrics I try to read a lot and listen to a lot of other stuff. Some of my… — Andrew VanWyngarden Copy Share Image
“Love will weaken n ground u if u take 4 granted it's purity n song” — Ellie Williams Copy Share Image
Oh, man, really, from the moment I could articulate, I was all about music. — John Waite Copy Share Image
I think my favorite sound is the sound of someone not playing the bongos. — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
I also went to art school and learned to play a piano there, but I play by ear. — John Mayall Copy Share Image
“Music move God, just as it does lucifer. Something they both have in common.” — niyigiraimbabazi Zacharia Copy Share Image
Music, once admitted to the soul, becomes a sort of spirit, and never dies. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
No matter what, I can't sound like John Lennon. But I can do Tom Jones. — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
Everyone hears a song a different way and hears timing a different way. — Adam Granduciel Copy Share Image
A different drumbeat or some vocal overdub could completely transform the song. — Matt Berninger Copy Share Image