Stuffing birds or playing stringed instruments is an elegant pastime, and a resource to the idle, but it is not education. — John Henry Newman Copy Share Image
There's so much stuff that you see every day that you want to talk about, but I'm not the type to open… — Polo G Copy Share Image
I had to make different kinds of music for everybody but still keep it classic T-Pain at the same time. — T-Pain Copy Share Image
Sometimes, I ask myself how any other singer could substitute the inspiration of god in their songs — Shakira Copy Share Image
“She had a sickly sweet smile on her face and she looked like she was a few seconds away from bursting into… — Danielle Paige, Dorothy Must Die Copy Share Image
The snow has quietness in it; no songs, no smells, no shouts or traffic. When I speak my own voice shocks me. — Anne Sexton Copy Share Image
I feel like when you make an album, it really has to hold its ground. It has to make a stamp. — Smokepurpp Copy Share Image
I'm staying busy & focus you guys but know that you all are the reason I'm on my grind to get you… — Fantasia Barrino Copy Share Image
Some artists will tell you that's all they want to do is write their own music, and that's great, but George Strait,… — Jake Owen Copy Share Image
When I was about seventeen, I had a group called the Young Jazz Giants. We played all originals. When we would finish… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
I was offered seven deals from seven different major labels between 2009-2011, and to be quite honest... nowadays, you need a hit… — Ashanti Copy Share Image
Music is an art that goes well beyond science. Proof can be found in the huge amount of studies that have been… — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
What really surprised me was that we had released the song 'Kondoram'... without any video and it still garnered so many views.… — M. Jayachandran Copy Share Image
I bought it [sha la la la lee] because of steve marriotts voice. I didnt realise until recently it was written by… — Carl Palmer Copy Share Image
Musicians and artists are not... it's not like politicians or something where you can't really affect them. There's not like this separate… — Bradford Cox Copy Share Image
There are always meaningful songs for somebody. People are doing their courting, people are finding their wives, people are making babies, people… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
If I had a label, everything would have been easier. But it wouldn't have been the same album, from the cover art… — AJ Tracey Copy Share Image
In the under-wood and the over-wood there is murmur and trill this day, For every bird is in lyric mood, And the… — Clinton Scollard Copy Share Image
If you look back into the Superlatives' body of work, we've always included instrumentals. — Marty Stuart Copy Share Image
He that divines the secret of my music is freed from the unhappiness that haunts the whole world of men. — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share Image
When you write or sing a song that means something to you, you are saying, 'You know what? This is who I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Politics and music should only mix to a point. Me, I think my job as a musician is to make people try… — Hank Williams III Copy Share Image
Selling MP3s or physical copies, it's still cool, but I think it's slowly becoming outdated to where people just want to build… — Diplo Copy Share Image
I have never been more physically tired than after that first song of my first concert. — Lil Dicky Copy Share Image
The best songs are stories, and the best singers storytellers. Great singers can make you care about what they're feeling. You have… — Steve Ross Copy Share Image
You can't imagine parlor ballads drifting out of high-rise multi-towered buildings. That kind of music existed in a more timeless state of… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
Queen were the first western band I got hooked on. I got a bootleg - there was hardly any legal buying of… — Katie Melua Copy Share Image
We turned what is virtually a glorified independent label into one of the powerhouse labels in the town. — Toby Keith Copy Share Image
I kinda taught myself how to play guitar, and I still play to this day. It's become a pretty big part of… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
Conductors' careers are made for the most part with 'Romantic' music. 'Classic' music eliminates the conductor; we do not remember him in… — Igor Stravinsky Copy Share Image
The reason I stop playing songs is usually because I get sick of them, and then they find themselves back into the… — Ben Folds Copy Share Image
That's the nature of the business. You can have a hit and then nothing happens all of a sudden. But I don't… — Leo Sayer Copy Share Image
Being in a band is far more than playing an instrument. It's surviving. It's getting an album together. — Josh Silver Copy Share Image
You put the right artist on the right track in the studio and leave the door open to let God in. — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
F.U.B.U.' is one of my favorite songs ever. It just like touches me - I almost like cry when I heard that… — Amine Copy Share Image
I still think that I'm doing grunge collections, for lack of a better way to say it. But it's not perceived that… — Marc Jacobs Copy Share Image
I listen to a lot of different things. I'll be listening to prog rock, then the next couple of hours - Indian. — Madlib Copy Share Image
We have the freedom to either play a tempo or not to play a tempo; to play a note or not to… — Lester Bowie Copy Share Image
I draw the line at letting people into my songwriting cave. To me, that's where the alchemy happens and where the mystery… — Amanda Palmer Copy Share Image
I first began with the recorder in our community music school. After that, I played horn and participated in the school orchestra. — Max Martin Copy Share Image
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