I started off with the flute and French horn, and then I was playing trumpet in the jazz band. — KiKi Layne Copy Share Image
I need a big picture. I can't just do a collection of songs; that doesn't work for me. — Steven Van Zandt Copy Share Image
Live records of mine are very painful to listen to because you always think you can do it better. I don't think… — Geddy Lee Copy Share Image
For me songs are born out of the gray space, the things I don't fully understand, the things that I can't put… — Jon Foreman Copy Share Image
Hear what the artists hear, and listen to the music the way they should, the way I do. — Dr. Dre Copy Share Image
Reading music is something that's inherently hateful to me. It makes music like mathematics. — Robert Quine Copy Share Image
After the Rodgers and Hammerstein revolution, songs became part of the story, as opposed to just entertainments in between comedy scenes. — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
Part of me likes words as music sabotage, and part of me wonders why anyone would waste their time liking anything to… — Dan Bejar Copy Share Image
When Adam's House Cat broke up in 1991, which was Cooley and my band for six years, I put my entire life,… — Patterson Hood Copy Share Image
'SMiLE' is perhaps the Beach Boys' most legendary album. It was recorded in 1966 and 1967 but only saw a formal release… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
When we first started as a band we knew we could all sing and we took harmonies from Mayday Parade which doesn't… — Luke Hemmings Copy Share Image
I have much clearer memories of my time in Egypt: songs on the radio, the rhythms that accompanied belly dancers, the sound… — Justin Adams Copy Share Image
When I heard 'Rockabye,' I was just blown away. It had been a long time since I had heard a song that… — Anne-Marie Copy Share Image
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
[A]s soon as you try and take a song from your mind into piano and voice and into the real world, something… — Regina Spektor Copy Share Image
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
I stand before you and my heart is in your hands, And I don't know how, I'd survive without your kiss, 'cause… — Kelly Clarkson Copy Share Image
I am connected to the market and now I am singing songs that my mother loves as well, it’s amazing ! — Mutya Buena Copy Share Image
“In a musical a song is a moment that’s so heightened, so important that you have to sing it,” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Music is not a sport - one is not better than the other. You just like what you like and get inspired. — Orianthi Copy Share Image
I won't be indulging in anger anymore, vehemently and self-righteously singing protest songs, and expecting them to bring peace to me or… — Susan Schneider Copy Share Image
The term "black metal" has become a lot looser, or can include a larger range of sounds and extra-musical aesthetics, not just… — Colin Marston Copy Share Image
Every day, I hear a song and I think, 'This would be great to cover on Glee.' I like Led Zeppelin, of… — Mark Salling Copy Share Image
Music is my form of cleansing and introspection, so I have to grow in order to accomplish it. — SZA Copy Share Image
My new song 'Shrug' I created with two guys. The idea was a message about ignoring haters. People one-up you, stay true… — Christina Grimmie Copy Share Image
“Music is much like fucking, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
“Music always reminded him of the voice of God, for it needed no translation and could reach and renew the soul like… — Trans-Siberian Orchestra Copy Share Image
Make songs for Death as you would sing to Love -But you will not assuage him. He aloneOf all the gods will… — Sara Teasdale Copy Share Image
I've always just given myself to the band, if you know what I mean, and been busy with that. — Stevie Jackson Copy Share Image
If I get an idea for a song, I have a melody for it. I'm a musician first. I'm not limited by… — Brad Paisley Copy Share Image
I try to make an album that reflects what I love about country music. It's not just all about happy parties all… — Dierks Bentley Copy Share Image
Rock and roll is about having a good time, so no matter where you are right now blast some music and forget… — Andy Biersack Copy Share Image
I'm not the kind of guy who can be sitting around listening to Joni Mitchell, chilling. I'd rather bash my head against… — Keith Flint Copy Share Image
It's a cliche that music rises above it all, and it's a cliche for a reason - it's very often true. — Steven Wilson Copy Share Image
When you sing for a film, you are not in control, because somebody else is directing it; somebody is doing the lyrics. — Mohit Chauhan Copy Share Image
“there are songs I used to love that now I absolutely refuse to listen to, they trigger memories and feelings i don't… — Colleen Hoover Copy Share Image
I never thought of any of our songs as 'hits,' so to speak - we just wrote them for us. — Matty Healy Copy Share Image
Jerusalem is a festival and a lamentation. Its song is a sigh across the ages, a delicate, robust, mournful psalm at the… — David K. Shipler Copy Share Image
Woody Pines is the best band I ever heard in my life I swear. I'm their biggest fan now! — Billy Joe Shaver Copy Share Image
Then a friend of Jim's suggested we make a theme song to explain the story, and this is where the Mads came… — Joel Hodgson Copy Share Image
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