In the mental calmness of a spiritual life, I have found that the answers to the whys in our lives are able… — Clarence Clemons Copy Share Image
I'm not going to be like a rapper and mention the people I'm talking about in my songs by name. — Austin Carlile Copy Share Image
People ask me how I make music. I tell them I just step into it. It's like stepping into a river and… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
We always thought we had to follow a certain theme but I don't agree with that anymore. I think the fans deserve… — Tom Cochrane Copy Share Image
I don't know what metalcore is. I know what rock n' roll is... It's not rocket science. — Andy Biersack Copy Share Image
I wanted to hear the songs in the way that I had written them, which was very basic. All I wanted was… — Thurston Moore Copy Share Image
If everyone loves you for the person you are, let alone your music is incredible, I think that's a really great place… — Brynn Cartelli Copy Share Image
'Gifts' was just a short little one-verse song that I used to close shows in the '60s. — Bruce Cockburn Copy Share Image
The court jester had the right to say the most outrageous things to the king. Everything was permitted during carnival, even the… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
I think there are some songwriters who are just brilliant who can write and then I think there are some songwriters who… — Charles King Copy Share Image
“Everyone plays their own song. They sing their story to the world and leave behind a melody of memories. Sometimes...their song is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The thing that will never go away is that connection you make with a band or a song where you're moved by… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
I think, as an industry, we should be supportive of a broad subscription model and not do anything to jeopardize the potential… — Troy Carter Copy Share Image
Music is the only thing in the world that can block out madness, and can be consumed in the sadness, for it… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There's no music in rest, but there's the making of music in it. And people are always missing that part of the… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
His (Swami Vivekananda) words are great music, phrases in the style of Beethoven, stirring rhythms like the march of Handel choruses. I… — Romain Rolland Copy Share Image
Lyrics are always misleading because they make people think that that's what the music is about. — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
I like singer-songwriters, and I find sad songs comforting rather than depressing. It makes you realise you're not alone in the world. — Natalie Imbruglia Copy Share Image
Music is a language in itself and the songs have their own soul, every song has its soul. — Rosalia Copy Share Image
When I think of artists that I would have loved to work with, it's Jimi Hendrix. And Steve McQueen. He's not a… — John Varvatos Copy Share Image
'Neverwhere,' by Benjamin Millepied, is set to his favorite composer, Nico Muhly. — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
Maybe some people have written us off, but I think the new music today has also invigorated us. — Lou Gramm Copy Share Image
It’s a rule that we never listen to sad music, we made that rule early on, songs are as sad as the… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
I started realizing that when I played festivals I didn't want to be writing all these down, sad songs. — Dean Lewis Copy Share Image
I really enjoy working with luthiers, and have a couple of really old Les Pauls and one of my original Strats that… — Steve Miller Copy Share Image
Listening to songs from when you were younger and realizing how dirty the lyrics are. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Happy songs are very difficult to write. How many truly great upbeat songs are there? — Natalie Imbruglia Copy Share Image
The song 'Hymnostic' is kind of a gospel song, and that song is really fun to sing with as many people as… — Aaron Dessner Copy Share Image
“Sing me no songs of daylight, For the sun is the enemy of lovers Sing instead of shadows and darkness, And memories… — Sidney Sheldon Copy Share Image
The poetry and the songs that you are suppose to write, I believe are in your heart. You just have to open… — Judy Collins Copy Share Image
The earth keeps some vibration going There in your heart, and that is you. And if the people find you can fiddle,… — Edgar Lee Masters Copy Share Image
I started playing piano around the age of five and, you know, I fell in love with music. — Brooke Hogan Copy Share Image
“Even when the strings are broken in our lives, the sweet music plays on in our hearts.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
My music comes from many, many, many places. My emotions, my feelings, my thoughts, and conversations I have with people I know… — Alicia Keys Copy Share Image
I guess for me what is more significant than success is the nature of each of the songs and of the words. — Peter Garrett Copy Share Image
As long as there are people trying to play music in a sincere way, there will be Jazz. — Lee Konitz Copy Share Image
Missing You' almost didn't get on the No Brakes' album, because the record company said, 'The album's finished. We don't need any… — John Waite Copy Share Image
My dad used to hear me humming songs while watching television and discovered I have a nice sweet tone which should be… — Tulsi Kumar Copy Share Image
My role in AC/DC is to keep time and to drive the band as much as I can. That's a drummer's role… — Chris Slade Copy Share Image
What motivates it is life. Life is everything. Life influences my music and brings it forth. Life is always changing, so I'm… — Lenny Kravitz Copy Share Image
