Gather quickly Out of darkness All the songs you know And throw them at the sun Before they melt Like snow. — Langston Hughes Copy Share Image
I try to make all my songs good. I don't ever write one to finish one. A lot of protest songs end… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
I felt kind of bored at the prospect of writing some more of my own songs because I really wasn't saying what… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
You don't need to be a performer in order to dive into the sensory experience of music. Simply get as close as… — Hilary Hahn Copy Share Image
The kind of head space that good songs come from is one of extreme emotion, extreme depth of feeling, which has an… — CMAT Copy Share Image
I'll get a few words and then go back to the music and then back to words, and play them off each… — Adrianne Lenker Copy Share Image
My music is an extension of who I am and what I went through and what I know musically. — Casey James Copy Share Image
The Beatles were here in the 1960s, with their wives, at the Maharshi's ashram. And they wanted my advice on various matters… — Naveen Patnaik Copy Share Image
The Divine Music is incessantly ringing within all of us, but the loud senses drown the delicate Music, which is unlike and… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Tinashe doing 'I Wanna Get Better' - it's a really personal song, and it was hard for me to imagine anyone else… — Jack Antonoff Copy Share Image
If you think you're hearing something and you can't think what it is. If you feel a quiet longing lift your heart… — Cyndi Lauper Copy Share Image
I think what it means to be an 'American Girl,' and what I wrote the song about, is our freedoms. The idea… — Bonnie McKee Copy Share Image
There weren't sidewalks to skateboard on and malls to hang out in. There wasn't anything to do. And I was too scrawny… — John Fullbright Copy Share Image
A good mixtape didn't just gather together a bunch of love songs, but instead created an emotional narrative specific to your affection.… — Anthony Marra Copy Share Image
I can't relate to the process of just disappearing and writing a record, all at the same time, followed by the sort… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
I remember when I was 5 or 6 years old, gospel music felt familiar, like I had heard it in the womb… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
I love playing the piano. I have one in my apartment, and I learnt by ear. I sing a lot of Coldplay,… — Christopher Egan Copy Share Image
I feel like humans are a disease. It's a hard thing to communicate in a pop song. I mean, who wants to… — Zola Jesus Copy Share Image
The mind & body must be subjected to extreme stimulus, by means of drugs & music. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
“I sing the song of my heartstrings, alone in the eternal muteness, in the face of God.” — Yone Noguchi Copy Share Image
Music is really important to me; Kurt Cobain is important to me. Hearing Nirvana was pretty life-changing. — Jeffree Star Copy Share Image
A great composition or lyrics no longer decide whether something is good. What matters is, how much has it been seen. — Diljit Dosanjh Copy Share Image
I'm a very slow songwriter; it takes me sometimes years to write one song, if I ever finish. — Michael McDonald Copy Share Image
The romantic stuff comes a lot easier when you're experiencing true love. It feels better, it feels more natural to record love… — Aaron Tippin Copy Share Image
I just write what comes to me. I didn't sit down and say ok, here is my statement. It's just a song… — Emily Haines Copy Share Image
All my songs are based on personal experience, and 'Lost Without You' came out fully born. — Freya Ridings Copy Share Image
Other artists, they write 13 songs, and hopefully one or two of them are successful singles. And the other 11, for the… — Michael Buble Copy Share Image
If my dog Ella, named after the Rihanna song 'Umbrella', could be with me at all times, that would make me happy. — Alex Scott Copy Share Image
I find that I like what I like. I like a strong melody, I like an inventive structure and I have to… — Neal Brennan Copy Share Image
I have sung all kinds of songs - be it ghazals, qawwalis, romantic numbers or peppy numbers. — Javed Ali Copy Share Image
Every music composer has his or her own distinct style. If I listen to any song by - say Mithoon or AR… — Ankit Tiwari Copy Share Image
I would never say I will stay in electronic music for the rest of my life. I will always do whatever I… — Zedd Copy Share Image
Family is like music, some high notes, some low notes, but always a beautiful song. — Jesse Joseph Copy Share Image
The spirit of yidaki is like a guardian for the song and the journey of my music. — Xavier Rudd Copy Share Image
My wife grew up loving country music, so I always run songs by her whether I wrote it or if somebody pitched… — Rodney Atkins Copy Share Image
I did [picking cotton] from - until I was 18 years old, that is. Then I picked the guitar, and I've been… — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
I usually never, ever get nervous before a regular show. But a TV show? I'm always nervous because you know you gotta… — Maja Ivarsson Copy Share Image
I know I get a real kick, an emotional charge, out of playing a song I haven't played for 10 years. It… — Dean Wareham Copy Share Image
Best thing about music that it never leaves you alone, No matter how you are feeling. — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
Every artist and every song has an idea, and the producer's job is to capture it. — Jimmy Iovine Copy Share Image
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