When that punk strain came to Britain and infected everyone. It was more than just a sound. There was an ethos, an… — Jim Kerr Copy Share Image
Men profess to be lovers of music, but for the most part they give no evidence in their opinions and lives that… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I know my lyrics might be weird to some, but they're not like that to me because I know where they come… — Alex Turner Copy Share Image
I was once an extra in a Bruce Springsteen video where they did a live performance video at Tramps. I forget the… — Idina Menzel Copy Share Image
“I think a cool band name would be War Dwarf. Of course, I’m entirely too tall and peaceful to be a member.… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
I aim to write songs in a way that you don't have to have gone to Ghana to relate to it, you… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
Steve Morse is a very good guitar player, but he's American, and he's using humbucker pickups. If you ask me, those two… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
The Who would never have been successful without two special people, Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp — Roger Daltrey Copy Share Image
Once and always a part of history, Long remembered warriors be, Distant thunders echoes of the past, Through our voices forever to… — Skyrim Copy Share Image
She had been critical of his new torch song, "A Side Order of Heartache, Please," suggesting it could be used as a… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
We walked at night towards a cafe blooming with Japanese lanterns and I followed your white shoes gleaming like radium in the… — Zelda Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
I consider the opportunity to bear witness to the eloquent beauty of Baikida's music a distinct honor. Baikida Carroll is polarized; poised;… — Julius Hemphill Copy Share Image
“They were looking for a builder to construct the home they thought they wanted, but he was the architect, coming with a… — N.T. Wright Copy Share Image
I've come close to matching the feeling of that night in 1944 in music, when I first heard Diz and Bird, but… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
If you're allowed to make your mistakes, I think you should. But people don't really like hearing you admit them. Although I'd… — Joe Strummer Copy Share Image
I've got pages and pages of snippets of stuff, and if Max [Hershenow] sends me a track to write to I'll go… — Lizzy Plapinger Copy Share Image
“To play in an orchestra, we need not master every instrument. We must simply learn to play our own. But first, we… — Vironika Tugaleva Copy Share Image
Okay, a truly great song is a song that makes its own aesthetic intentions clear and then lives up to them and… — Stephin Merritt Copy Share Image
I didn't want to write a sad song to remind me of the fact that I'm always moving around. I wanted something… — Alice Merton Copy Share Image
I've had the healthy and sobering experience of constantly working with music that is invariably better than any performance of it can… — Andre Previn Copy Share Image
Certain artists have a role to echo the echoes of the people and that's what I'll be doing on my next album. — Jimmy Cliff Copy Share Image
I tend to want to listen to melancholy music, but sometimes if you're feeling too sad, you can't. — Kim Gordon Copy Share Image
When I had nothing else, I had my mother and the piano. And you know what? They were all I needed. — Alicia Keys Copy Share Image
“Instead of narrowing our allegiances to only include our favored nation, let us sing an anthem to the marvelous human being.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
I feel like my music at least allows me to release the other side of me, a more vulnerable and sensitive side. — Mickie James Copy Share Image
People are familiar with my songs, especially through Eric Clapton. But I have a hard time drawing a crowd, because I have… — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
I went to school for folk music back when I was a teenager and learned hundreds of songs. — Roger McGuinn Copy Share Image
Song falls silent, music is dumb, But the air burns with their fragrance, And white winter, on its knees, Observes everything with… — Anna Akhmatova Copy Share Image
“And what was the song which she sang? Ah, my little man, I am too old to sing that song, and you… — Charles Kingsley Copy Share Image
One day I'll wake up and I'll have 10 or 12 songs and think, 'Oh that sounds like it could be a record. — Bryan Adams Copy Share Image
I like writing songs all females can relate to - songs about when you're a chick and you get your heart broken… — Nikka Costa Copy Share Image
Seeing our VH-1 Behind the Music shows just how dysfunctional some of the moments of the band were but this new line-up… — James Young Copy Share Image
A lot of people see me just as a player. Music is how I introduce my life to people. — Marvin Bagley III Copy Share Image
We all know there are some major problems in the music industry. Every new act signs a bad deal. — Martie Maguire Copy Share Image
People ask how I think up my thoughts. Mostly I think them up while reading Paul Simon's lyrics. — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
“Love? It is the most beautiful music of the soul. She has all the perfect notes!” — Viorel Muha Copy Share Image
I used to be just a total jazz freak. People used to say, 'Where's the melody? Is there a melody in there… — Glen Campbell Copy Share Image
Music is never-ending, that's what I love about it. Even after we're dead, this music will still exist... that's the best bit.… — Max Cavalera Copy Share Image
Some songs are just like tattoos for your brain... you hear them and they're affixed to you. — Carlos Santana Copy Share Image
Whenever I sing on a different scale, I sound very different. However, I have learned that I can experiment with my tone. — Tulsi Kumar Copy Share Image