I cannot bear assaults of any kind, and it seems to me that the Beatles essentially were out to affront and to… — Glenn Gould Copy Share Image
I like records that are all over the place. That's why I think my favorite Beatles record was always 'The White Album.' — John 5 Copy Share Image
“Life is a tapestry of hours Forever mellowing in tone, Where all things blend, even the longing For hours I have never… — Hazel Hall Copy Share Image
My creative process involves reading books and magazines, writing outside, and moving around a lot. I like to pace around when I'm… — Judith Hill Copy Share Image
I don't know where my songs come from... If I knew, I'd know too much, more than we are allowed on this… — Judy Collins Copy Share Image
Give me that glass, little bit of ice, pour that rain in there. This must be her song dancing like aint nobody… — Ne-yo Copy Share Image
Read from some humbler poet, Whose songs gushed from his heart, As showers from the clouds of summer, Or tears from the… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
It seems like everything I do musically I tend to lose a few fans and gain a few fans, and it all… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: he hath borne me on his… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I first met Jimmy Page in London in 1961, and he was listening to James Burton, Scotty Moore and Cliff Gallup with… — Albert Lee Copy Share Image
Heaven answers with us the same purpose that the tuning-fork does with musicians. Our affections, the whole orchestra of them, are apt… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
I try to make everything I write a little bit different. Those songs that go, 'I love you so much and you… — Jane Wiedlin Copy Share Image
The first song that I wrote that I was proud of was probably 'Hunter' from the first record. But I listen that… — Aldous Harding Copy Share Image
The Germans have four violin concertos. The greatest, most uncompromising is Beethoven’s. The one by Brahms vies with it in seriousness. The… — Joseph Joachim Copy Share Image
I had this perverse gravitation towards using a terrible cliché sandwiched in between absurd non-clichés because I thought it gave the cliché… — Paul Banks Copy Share Image
I felt certain uneasiness, a strange sensation, which had comic to a head. Every evening I went to Yahya to report that… — Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Copy Share Image
As long as there are kids who are pissed off and have no real way in venting out that anger, heavy metal… — Ozzy Osbourne Copy Share Image
Listen to my cover of You're gonna miss me by Lulu & the Lampshades which is the cup song in the movie… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Our griefs cannot mar the melody of our praise, we reckon them to be the bass part of our life's song, 'He… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
'Blackbird' is a really beautiful song, and I actually recently started trying to learn it, and it's beautiful. — Himesh Patel Copy Share Image
There's already a great deal to do writing the songs. And if I were completely in control of it, nobody would be… — Stephin Merritt Copy Share Image
You're the one who puts a smile on my face and a song in my heart. I love you tenderly and I… — Strawberry Copy Share Image
I don't care about the rules. In fact, if I don't break the rules at least 10 times in every song then… — Jeff Beck Copy Share Image
It's hard to know if what you do is actually working for anyone else or not. There's so much music out there.… — Matt Corby Copy Share Image
Bill Evans is a real serious jazz pianist who, in my book, crossed over boundaries in terms of color. He used the… — Roberta Flack Copy Share Image
You don't find geniuses in street musicians, but that doesn't mean to say you can't be really good. — Jimmy Page Copy Share Image
I've always said it took me 20 years to find out how to write a song in 20 minutes. — Bart Howard Copy Share Image
My music is basically all about witty punchlines and lyric progression that is aimed to make you laugh or say "Woah." — Mike Stud Copy Share Image
We're probably doing better business than we thought we would do especially considering the disappointing way the record company has handled the… — Rick Allen Copy Share Image
It's kind of a miracle to think that a device in your pocket can play pretty much any song that the world… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
Music's staying power is a function of how timeless the lyrics, song and production are. — Gary Wright Copy Share Image
Music is a passion of mine, so I also want to continue along that path, creating with my friends. — Sasha Grey Copy Share Image
I don't just sit down and write all day, or the songs would be weird or stupid. They would be about different… — Syleena Johnson Copy Share Image
These are the sort of things that push you on in music - the curiosity, a passion for new ideas. — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
My guitar is really tempermental. I don't give up on it though, I'm close to my guitar! — Iris Dement Copy Share Image
I feel like I've got this great catalogue of songs sink or swim, it doesn't matter. If you've got that, you've got… — John Waite Copy Share Image
Steve Marcus was one of the greatest saxophonists in all of music. He truly was able to unite jazz with the popular… — Larry Coryell Copy Share Image
I call the notion that we are nothing but killer apes the Beethoven fallacy. Beethoven was disorganized and messy, and yet his… — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
There's no way to be a 30-year-old band, go on tour, and pretend the nostalgia isn't happening. — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
I'm prepared to spend the rest of my life playing clubs, if that means I'm playing music that I believe in. — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image