What is music? Music is language. A human being wants to express ideas in this language, but not ideas that can be… — Anton Webern Copy Share Image
When I get bored, I'll zone out, and I'll just sit in front of my computer and start writing any random song… — JC Chasez Copy Share Image
Sometimes when I write songs, I don't know what they're about, and it just suddenly comes to me. — Lykke Li Copy Share Image
I set out to create a means whereby music could be a way of vindicating the rights of the masses. — Gustavo Dudamel Copy Share Image
I'm a commercial-minded songwriter. I'm here to make a living and be on the radio. — Shane McAnally Copy Share Image
That's what music should be like all the time. No stress, moving things forward, inspiring the youth, and doing it with style… — Pharrell Williams Copy Share Image
Music changes every year, but some people are great at riding waves and then they're doing something different next year. — Kano Copy Share Image
If a song is longer than three and a half minutes, itll need something to keep you entertained. — Jake Bugg Copy Share Image
You have to look at every one of your songs and be able to identify with them in a meaningful way. You… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
And finally, I just felt it was crucial for some of us in the hip hop community to speak up on the… — MURS Copy Share Image
I never wanted to sing. I just wanted to play rhythm guitar – hide in the back and just play. But during… — Kurt Cobain Copy Share Image
I think that the next album is specifically for sure from Cry Baby's perspective, but it's not necessarily about her family-life or… — Melanie Martinez Copy Share Image
The song "No Fairy Tale" tells my story. Going through the hard things leads to a richer life than just trying to… — Lisa Loeb Copy Share Image
Mozart's music is free of all exaggeration, of all sharp breaks and contradictions. The sun shines but does not blind, does not… — Karl Barth Copy Share Image
We played more rock music when we were writing the script. 'Renegade'. All of the Styx songs. All of the old '70's… — Todd Farmer Copy Share Image
Music is made to be listened to, so you immediately have an issue where you're playing it in the background like wallpaper.… — Julian Treasure Copy Share Image
I don't do albums for album sales. I just do it as a conversation piece and a business card. — Statik Selektah Copy Share Image
I want everyone to be able to have the same experience through the music as me. It's important to get it out. — Dick Latvala Copy Share Image
Music is there to access those dark emotional corners that we don't normally get too close to. — Lesley Garrett Copy Share Image
Shall it not be scorn to me to harp on such a moulder'd string? I am shamed through all my nature to… — Alfred Lord Tennyson Copy Share Image
Song is not Truth, not Wisdom, but the rose Upon Truths lips, the light in Wisdom's eyes. — William Watson Copy Share Image
John Stowell plays jazz, but he doesn’t use any of the clichés; he has an incredible originality. John is a master creator. — Larry Coryell Copy Share Image
That's my only active wish. I think if I sang like Don Henley, this would be a lot more agreeable business. — Warren Zevon Copy Share Image
If rock criticism is to be a political calling, which has always been my angle, that's obviously not because it's a fountainhead… — Robert Christgau Copy Share Image
Although the Beatles were big to the world, within the business, we're all very, very equal. — Denny Laine Copy Share Image
“I got goals that I must conquer, music is my life and for music I will suffer.” — Borgore Copy Share Image
“You're like a song I heard when I was a little kid but forgot I knew untill I heard it again” — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
We're quite traditional in that we prefer the idea that people can hear a song on the radio or television and then… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
Because I'm pure inside, the music that comes out of me is a life-giving thing. Like water. — John Frusciante Copy Share Image
My dad was a teacher. He has a Masters in music. He taught elementary school, and he played gigs his whole life,… — Dawn Richard Copy Share Image
People take things a little too personal. I write these songs, and they're experiments with thoughts. That's it. I'm not a teacher. — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
My mom listened to all that AM-'70s stuff, and my old man listened to a lot of country and Motown and doo-wop. — Uncle Kracker Copy Share Image
Sometimes being an actor is being a song in someone else's mixtape, so I really understand why more and more actors are… — Clark Gregg Copy Share Image
I'm kind of a perfectionist about my songwriting. If I don't mean it, I don't think it's any good. — Carlene Carter Copy Share Image
If someone ever asks you to listen to a song, pay attention to the lyrics..Because its everything they want to say. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
For me, the more time you can take and the more care you can take with songs, the better off you're going… — Chris Stapleton Copy Share Image
When you're singing about love stories, which is most of my songs, it's good to have a lot of information and to… — Luis Fonsi Copy Share Image
I think my music has connected with the audience because I always have a clear vision about my songs. — Ozuna Copy Share Image
The first time I ever had a song play on a legit radio station, I think I was about 13. It was… — Gabby Barrett Copy Share Image
I liberate minds with my music. That's more important than liberating a few people from apartheid or whatever. — Kanye West Copy Share Image
