Songwriting is different from music, although I don't deny now that it would be nice to have a little more background in… — Neil Diamond Copy Share Image
One of the main things we learned as a band in those days was not to be the headliner. — Paul Kantner Copy Share Image
To be honest, we never, ever let business weigh down the creativity of this band. — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
We can guarantee you that 15 to 30 seconds of any of our songs are going to be good. The rest, we can't guarantee. — Benji Madden Copy Share Image
Audiences tend to dig the earlier stuff by any given musician, and the artists themselves always tend to prefer the thing that… — Bradford Cox Copy Share Image
American films are terribly popular all over the world and American movie stars are terribly important. I don't know why. — Vincente Minnelli Copy Share Image
“If you ever find something worth singing for again", she said, a silent, fierce hope in her heart for his song, "I… — Nalini Singh Copy Share Image
The biggest lesson is that you write the best songs when you're being real, an honest and you mean what you're saying,… — Roxanne Emery Copy Share Image
I had 12 years of classical music as a child, playing piano competitions as a teenager, playing in blues bands and rock… — Ronnie Milsap Copy Share Image
I suppose when you do it correctly, a good introduction and a good outro makes the song feel like it's coming out… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
There were definitely songs in the past that were me dealing with living this gender dysphoria, and sometimes they were really direct… — Laura Jane Grace Copy Share Image
My favorite performance would definitely be "Toxic," which was my blind audition song. It was the start of it all and it… — Melanie Martinez Copy Share Image
The Marshall guitar amplifier doesn't just get louder when you turn it up. It distorts the sound to produce a whole range… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
“Would Revolver have become the album toward which every superlative was hurled had it been released under the same conditions that Sgt.… — Robert Rodriguez Copy Share Image
I don't think the singers take it as seriously as we used to. The words, the meaning, the phrasing, the feeling of… — Vera Lynn Copy Share Image
I think all the boys that write the screaming stuff would write the best love songs... because they have the most to… — Tori Amos Copy Share Image
If rock-and-roll is well done, there's nothing so terribly wrong with that kind of music. But the lyrics are another story. — Kate Smith Copy Share Image
When you construct a mix tape, the first song you come out with has to be a barnburner. — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
The time I burned my guitar it was like a sacrifice. You sacrifice the things you love. I love my guitar. — Jimi Hendrix Copy Share Image
I'm always excited to see the reaction of the crowd when I'm playing a new song. — Martin Garrix Copy Share Image
While "9 Songs" is sexually explicit in the basic sense, its directness is what's most fascinating, and ultimately most moving, about it. — Stephanie Zacharek Copy Share Image
I want the music to be ambiguous. Its tone gives you a context in which to start visualizing what you're feeling with… — Glenn Branca Copy Share Image
I've actually been playing music ever since I was a young a kid. I got my first guitar when I was about… — Shane Harper Copy Share Image
when michael jackson died i wonder if his life flashed before him and if it did, i wonder if he thought 'who's… — Sean Lock Copy Share Image
I was going through a period where I was just trying not to write songs and was thinking maybe I wouldn't play… — Tim Rutili Copy Share Image
Worship songs can't just be rooted in culture - they won't be deep enough. They have to be rooted in scripture. — Matt Redman Copy Share Image
What I do now is all my dad's fault, because he bought me a guitar as a boy, for no apparent reason. — Rod Stewart Copy Share Image
Australian bands are so self-deprecating - then they go on stage and blow every other band off the stage. — Benji Madden Copy Share Image
With Milli Vanilli, we felt more like bimbos, the bimbos of the music industry, and we didn't want to be the bimbos… — Rob Pilatus Copy Share Image
For dramas, I've become more careful because now there are specific works that you think of when you hear the name Song… — Song Hye-kyo Copy Share Image
I just want to get to that point where I'm able to fully create music that's good lyrically and quality-wise as far… — Hopsin Copy Share Image
I stand in support of royalty for singers, but sometimes things happen all of a sudden and you have to sign a… — Javed Ali Copy Share Image
I play piano and I sing. But I do that for fun. I mean, I do everything for fun. — Daphne Guinness Copy Share Image
It's important to tell the artist's story. It's their song! And it's always more fun to write together with the artist! — Tove Lo Copy Share Image
Sometimes you have to be apart from people you love, but that doesn't make you love them any less. Sometimes you love… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
I would have to recommend the chorus of 'Lightning Crashes' for just about everyone that needs a little something, a little comeback. — Ed Kowalczyk Copy Share Image
Every time I make a record, it's kind of like scarification or something. You work 15 hours until you're stupid. You're just… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
13 rages that we go through in which each song is a message of hope through despair. The album is about starting… — Dahvie Vanity Copy Share Image
The great tragedy of the average man is that he goes to his grave with his music still in him. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
I stopped playing the drums when I was ten, and I picked up Rubik's Cubes. I was doing that for a while,… — Rich Brian Copy Share Image
