I'm not the sort of chap who can sit down and write music. When it comes, I'm happy. — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
“...singing ballads whose words had never known paper but lived only on the rasping edge of their own voices.” — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
I always bring my little ukelele along in my shopping bag which my dear, sweet father bought me. After all, you just… — Tiny Tim Copy Share Image
All music is based in one way or the other, or influenced through the ages, on technology. — Hans Zimmer Copy Share Image
I always did go against the singer-songwriter form. I think I've always had a lot of storytelling songs. — Jill Sobule Copy Share Image
When I played my own songs, I had to do everything myself to get it the right way, but now I think… — Gustav Ejstes Copy Share Image
The thing about music is that it gives voice and names to anguish and also addresses how to comfort it. — Julien Baker Copy Share Image
There are just as many dirt bags in independent music as there are in major labels. — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
I've always found that whatever you say about indie rock, it is the most inclusive genre or title for anything. It doesn't… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
The last song I recorded with [Hank Williams, Sr.] was "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive." I remember thinking, "Hoss,… — Chet Atkins Copy Share Image
Every video you see in the movie we have an entire video of it that will be on the DVD, so the… — Nicholas Stoller Copy Share Image
As with any art, you create it [drumming] out of something that isn't there. It's very architectural. It's the architecture of whatever… — Max Weinberg Copy Share Image
Opportunities may come along for you to convert something -something that exists into something that didn't yet. That might be the beginning… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
Mostly by [listening to] Green Day. I listened to music a little bit before I had heard of them, but after I'd… — Agent M Copy Share Image
“When Tchaikovsky finished writing his Violin Concerto in 1878, he asked the famous violinist Leopold Auer to give the premier performance. Auer… — Geoff Colvin Copy Share Image
I have very little interest in the bottom line or signing artists to help make the label profit. That's a lucky, unique… — Jack White Copy Share Image
I had no aspirations to be a musician, but I picked up a guitar for two seconds and haven't put it down… — Slash Copy Share Image
When Coltrane died, a void appeared in this music that has not been filled yet. He maintained a forward motion in his… — Bill Dixon Copy Share Image
Eric Clapton has earned all of our respect. He is the greatest. He opened the doors for us. Without Cream, there is… — Butch Trucks Copy Share Image
I've always made music from the heart, and that's what I do. And at the end of the day, whether it works… — Kid Rock Copy Share Image
Doolittle was a major influence on the Seattle grunge scene, which emerged in the early 1990s. — Joey Santiago Copy Share Image
The Beatles weren't like any other band. Everybody in the band sang, which is why you knew everybody in the band. — Gene Simmons Copy Share Image
I never paid attention when the LP became the cassette and the cassette became the CD and now we're dealing, you know,… — Clive Davis Copy Share Image
Music links us humans, heart to heart...Across time and space, and life and death. — Nancy Werlin Copy Share Image
Music! Helps reunite you with things you miss, take you from things you want to forget, shows you you're not alone and… — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
You get into an elevator and there's music playing. You hear it, but you're not into it. That is passive. — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Music is a very sensitive thing. We get musically attached to a project and it has the power to affect your mood. — Ankit Tiwari Copy Share Image
They look for the top note to end every song. They don't know what they are singing about. There is no style. — Frankie Avalon Copy Share Image
It's not every day you get to create a band like the Sex Pistols, and what it changed, on a musical level.… — Steve Jones Copy Share Image
I hate it when people say that they don't like 'MMMBop.' Everyone likes 'MMMBop.' Whether they like it or not, the song… — Steven Tyler Copy Share Image
“He makes her think sometimes of a mouse singing amorous ballads under the window of a giantess.” — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to all kinds of music, everything from country to rock, pop, R&B and even rap, so for me,… — Jason Aldean Copy Share Image
Who rant by note, and through the gamut rage; in songs and airs express their martial fire; combat in trills, and in… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
The piano has been my friend all my life; it has always comforted me. Writing songs and sitting down at the piano… — El DeBarge Copy Share Image
I think our music is more about seeing ourselves in each other and trying to find a more humanistic viewpoint for the… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people are waking up to my music and some of the people who heard of my music… — Snow Tha Product Copy Share Image
There are some songs that when you hear them you cry! But it isn't the song...is the people behind the memories. — Abhishek Tiwari Copy Share Image
Youre my dream and my joy. My heart belongs to you. So I sat down one day and I wrote this song… — Kem Copy Share Image
Sometimes it is hard to sing and dance at the same time, but I would rather be off and be real and… — Kesha Copy Share Image
Metallica is the world to me - it always has been, and that's not going to change. I'm married to Metallica. — James Hetfield Copy Share Image
![“The last song I recorded with [Hank Williams, Sr.] was "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive." I remember thinking, "Hoss, you're not just jivin'," because he was so weak that all he could do was sing a few lines and then just fall in the chair.” quote by Chet Atkins](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/392/chet-atkins-27820_alive_the-last-song-i-recorded-with-hank-willi_575459.png)
![“As with any art, you create it [drumming] out of something that isn't there. It's very architectural. It's the architecture of whatever piece of music I'm playing. I think the whole idea of drumming is to allow other people around you to more easily express themselves.” quote by Max Weinberg](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/9cc/max-weinberg-36203_architecture_as-with-any-art-you-create-it-drumming-o_2656419.jpg)
![“Mostly by [listening to] Green Day. I listened to music a little bit before I had heard of them, but after I'd heard of them, I knew music was my calling. I listened to it all day, and I loved it so much that I wanted to be a part of it, so I worked on being in a band from there.” quote by Agent M](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/f07/agent-m-67040_band_mostly-by-listening-to-green-day-i-liste_132689.jpg)
