“No matter how shitty things are, you can always get a song out of it.” — Grant Morrison Copy Share Image
That's the point of music, to not be selfish and to help other people, I think. — Zac Farro Copy Share Image
Lyrics need to be good, but they don't need to be obvious right away. — Matt Berninger Copy Share Image
Music is really powerful. It's a universal language that connects everyone. — Alyson Stoner Copy Share Image
Love is like a song. Whether good or bad, it seems to get stuck in your head. — Ritu Copy Share Image
I’ve been trying to find a way for the terror and the beauty to live together in one song. I know it’s… — Sonny Sharrock Copy Share Image
A big part of making an album is that you want to have enough material - you want to have enough stuff… — Danger Mouse Copy Share Image
I never could get into The Chambers Brothers. They make good records, but I never could get behind it. — Bruce Johnston Copy Share Image
You're singing a song about making love to your drummer, well gay guitar pickers don't turn me on. — Hank Williams, Jr Copy Share Image
Led Zeppelin was a band that would change things around substantially each time it played... We were becoming tighter and tighter, to… — Jimmy Page Copy Share Image
I just picked up a lot of classic-rock, melodic influence from my mom, music that she listened to, like 10,000 Maniacs, Led… — Yelawolf Copy Share Image
One of the great reasons to be in Nashville is, you get guys like Shane McAnally to write songs with. — Darius Rucker Copy Share Image
As a producer you can be more objective about the songs because you didn't write them. — Eric Bachmann Copy Share Image
“Then sudden Felagund there swaying Sang in answer a song of staying, Resisting, battling against power, Of secrets kept, strength like a… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
Most of the songs came from Europe and Africa and now they were coming back to us. Many of [Bob] Dylan's best… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
There are so many different things that lend themselves to what makes a song magical, that go beyond just the lyrics or… — Michelle Zauner Copy Share Image
But some nights, I must tell you, I go down there after everyone has fallen asleep. I swim back and forth in… — Billy Collins Copy Share Image
My own interest is the responsibility of people to be responsible for their own lives and, with their neighbors, for their public… — Karl Hess Copy Share Image
“This writer, he was going on about the lyrics to "Champagne Supernova", and he actually said to me: ‘You know, the one… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
I didn't want the lyrics to be about specific things in my life, I wanted them to be about generalised experiences I'd… — Zachary Cole Smith Copy Share Image
To lose somebody is to lose not only their person but all those modes and manifestations into which their person has flowed… — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
The whole thing with eastern music and instruments, I love all that stuff. — Paul Weller Copy Share Image
Composers should write tunes that chauffeurs and errand boys can whistle. — Thomas Beecham Copy Share Image
I've always had fun with music, but I prefer to listen to it rather than sing. — Sterling Knight Copy Share Image
Jazz onstage is a very intimate exchange between everybody that's onstage. — Dianne Reeves Copy Share Image