I wanted to take up music, so my father bought me a blunt instrument. He told me to knock myself out. — Jay London Copy Share Image
The sea drowns out humanity and time. It has no sympathy with either, for it belongs to eternity; and of that it… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are those who discredit a style or a way of playing and those who accept all the different styles. — Diego Simeone Copy Share Image
This is the last sentence of my dissertation: "What is soul in music if not powerfully embodied human presence?" — Vijay Iyer Copy Share Image
You're like my favorite song, Nova. The one that I never want to forget. That I want to play over and over… — Jessica Sorensen Copy Share Image
I wanted to have absolute control over my music - from the chords and the voicings of the songs to the arrangements… — Rosalia Copy Share Image
It's not that people don't like classical music. It's that they don't have the chance to understand and to experience it. — Gustavo Dudamel Copy Share Image
I love classical music and have been playing violin since I was seven. Music helps me to express feelings in a way… — Jane Chen Copy Share Image
Ive got a soft spot for really cheesy 1980s ballads by Pat Benatar and Foreigner. When I'm having my make-up put on… — Natalie Dormer Copy Share Image
I can destroy a dance floor. I think life should be a musical. I always hate it when people watch a musical… — Zachary Levi Copy Share Image
I'm not saying that every song has to be an all-time hit or the greatest ever music. That's not what you should… — Mani Ratnam Copy Share Image
Carlos Sosa, the saxophone player for Zac Brown Band, and I worked up two songs for 'When You're Feeling Sick.' They were… — Coy Bowles Copy Share Image
“bygone day or imagine the song of a future one, we must dance within the music of today, or we will always… — Lisa Wingate Copy Share Image
Insatiable,' the album, was more of a project, really... it was more like a songwriting excursion and an exclusive deal that hadn't… — Nadine Coyle Copy Share Image
The heart is like an instrument whose strings Steal nobler music from Life's many frets: The golden threads are spun thro' Suffering's… — Gerald Massey Copy Share Image
Initially, I was very much concerned with having absolute control. But as time has gone by, I'm not. I mean, the whole… — Dee Dee Ramone Copy Share Image
During this pandemic we have not been able to meet the people we love, except virtually and that is what our song,… — Sonu Kakkar Copy Share Image
Songwriting's gonna be my number one, because that's what's given me the other opportunities. — Lainey Wilson Copy Share Image
Beethoven tells you what it's like to be Beethoven and Mozart tells you what it's like to be human. Bach tells you… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
“Supposedly the Thames dragon wrote most of Pink Floyd’s stuff. At least after Syd Barrett left. But there’s no way to prove… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
“You were water to me deep and bold and fathoming' - Praise Song For My Mother by Charlotte Mew” — Charlotte Mew Copy Share Image
The day I was born songs were on records, phones were tied down, computers needed rooms and the web was fiction. Change… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
I thought that 'Actin a Smoochie' would be a bigger song. Every time I hear it, I'm just gagged that it's not… — Ice Spice Copy Share Image
The power of music to integrate and cure. . . is quite fundamental. It is the profoundest nonchemical medication. — Oliver Sacks Copy Share Image
Songwriting isn't always something that's directly proportionate to the experience. — Amos Lee Copy Share Image
We need to walk to know sacred places, those around us and those within. We need to walk to remember the songs. — Joseph Bruchac Copy Share Image
Most modern stuff I hear kinda sucks, someone should turn me onto something good, fast! — Jim Diamond Copy Share Image
We were all friends who formed a band. We weren't auditioned or put together by a record label, management company or TV… — Keren Woodward Copy Share Image
If you're going to play bass, then play bass how you play bass. You can learn technique and theory, but we want… — Justin Chancellor Copy Share Image
Jimi was always at The Scene when he was in New York and we played many times together. He was just everywhere… — Johnny Winter Copy Share Image
When you first start singing something after you've written it, it has this sort of sparkle to it. And if you capture… — Jesse Harris Copy Share Image
I know so few people who actually give music their undivided attention, so I've been trying to just park myself on the… — Cliff Martinez Copy Share Image
I won't get into it any more than to say that there are parts of me in all the songs that I… — Tracy Chapman Copy Share Image
I think when it came to music, it did feel quite natural because it was something that I was so passionate about. — Bishop Briggs Copy Share Image
Along with a sense of humor, my songs have to be sincere, and they have to be sung from a position of… — Arlo Guthrie Copy Share Image
We definitely like to write songs about darker things, but we like to think of it as a celebration of the evil… — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
Sometimes just getting out of the house and doing something you haven't done in a long time (or never done!) can open… — Ken Hill Copy Share Image
If you call attention to yourself at the expense of the song, that's the cardinal sin. — Benmont Tench Copy Share Image
I love a beautiful, soaring, singable melody. But what really draws me to a song, at the end of the day, is… — Lari White Copy Share Image
With out each member, SS501 isn't complete. No matter how great the songs are, it wouldn't be the same without each member. — Heo Young-saeng Copy Share Image
