I wanted to make an album that melodically people can connect to; something that reflects our times and the kinds of difficulties… — Emeli Sande Copy Share Image
I feel like if you do one album, you don't give people the chance to judge you twice. If they judge you… — Fivio Foreign Copy Share Image
I was once trying to find a song to fit Nicki Minaj's 'Hey Mama.' But nothing worked out. Sometimes, you can't help… — Vidya Vox Copy Share Image
Music is like girlfriends to me; I'm continually astonished by the choices other people make. — David Lee Roth Copy Share Image
It's just as well I can sing as I couldn't do a factory job with all these physical limitations. — Judith Durham Copy Share Image
Being in a band is hard. Even if you like somebody, you start to argue over silly things. — Paul Gilbert Copy Share Image
I'm very nerdy about my music, and I like interrogating people about what they put on playlists. — Rebecca Hall Copy Share Image
The finest singing, given a good voice to begin with, comes from the constant play of a fine mind upon the inner… — Ernest Newman Copy Share Image
DEVO was like the punk band that non Punk America saw as Punk and so when people who were really into Punk… — Thurston Moore Copy Share Image
I didn't want to repeat my mistakes so I stopped, took some time out and started having therapy. My songs were bringing… — Neil Diamond Copy Share Image
The boundary between expert and amateur was an imposed social-cultural "protection" which actually exposed a number of women to a fatal disease,… — Laura Mullen Copy Share Image
Every song I ever wrote, I wrote to be heard. So, if I was given a choice that 50 years from now… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
I kept on buying records and listening to them. Finally, I was able to hear the relationship between the jazz improvisers' solos… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
Songs, a while ago, became the medium through which I process most of the information that I receive and feel. But I… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
A common sense of humour and a love of music is really important, as I love all types of music. You name… — Adam Rodriguez Copy Share Image
She's no lady. Her songs are all unbelievably unhappy or lewd. It's called Blues. She sings about sore feet, sexual relations, baked… — Ann-Marie MacDonald Copy Share Image
I often have an argument with people. I say name me a classic song that's not sad in some kind of way.… — Danger Mouse Copy Share Image
You work your butt off and somebody says you can't have your record played because it offends them. Tyrants are made of… — Richard Pryor Copy Share Image
I always saw songwriting as the top of the heap. No matter what else you were going to do creatively... writing songs… — Jakob Dylan Copy Share Image
Hear this Robert Zimmerman, I wrote a song for you, about a strange young man called Dylan with a voice like sand… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
In the hierarchy of instruments, if you're a harpist, you're considered someone with a brain much more than if you're a singer. — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
You are made of bent coat hangers, honey, gravel, epoxy and handstands. I am made of lying on the floor, the same… — Dean Young Copy Share Image
Good lyrics don't solve your problems~ they embrace your shit and make it easier to continue~ knowing someone took the time to… — From My Left Ball Copy Share Image
I want a song that raises the hair on the back of my neck when I sing it live and I want… — Zach Condon Copy Share Image
I was like, 'Josh Tillman, you are not a songwriter. You are an ape. Stop thinking of yourself as a songwriter.' — J. Tillman Copy Share Image
Some of my songs are positive and stuff, but some are about staring down at the ground and obsessing about stupid things,… — Lou Barlow Copy Share Image
“Oh, chicken feathers!" Sophie said. "I've got a song in my heart and it needs to come out!” — Dayle Anne Dodds Copy Share Image
If you're listening to music, then the music is your friend; or if you're with a person, then that person can be… — Natalie Portman Copy Share Image
I'm not trying to top the 'Muddy Waters' album. What I'm doing by naming it 'Muddy Waters 2' is to let you… — Redman Copy Share Image
Certain songs bring me back to certain places I've been in my life. So definitely, I listen to my stuff. — Cam'ron Copy Share Image
There hasn't been a true breakdown or effort to break Thai music into genres. They're not into dicing and slicing everything up. — Alan Bishop Copy Share Image
I listen to 50 Cent, Jay-Z, Stereophonics, Arctic Monkeys; also the musical Oliver - I can sing every tune. — Wayne Rooney Copy Share Image
My favorite song used to be 'The Nasty Song' by this dude named Lil Ru. That was my jam! — Megan Thee Stallion Copy Share Image
Studying entrepreneurshi p without doing it... is like studying the appreciation of music without listening to it. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
I always try to relate a song to something what is going on, the working man, the times, how life goes. — Johnny Van Zant Copy Share Image
I got a dalmatian, and I can still get high, I can play the guitar like a motherfuckin riot. — Brad Nowell Copy Share Image
I have to practice to be good at guitar. I have to write 100 songs before you write the first good one. — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
The only way to be original in your songwriting is to write about your own experiences, and I think that's what we… — Luke Hemmings Copy Share Image
I played some Yamaha drums that I like a lot. And I like the Yamaha people a lot too. They've been really… — Levon Helm Copy Share Image
The key to songwriting is just to be able to observe, and put yourself in situations to be around people, and let… — Eric Church Copy Share Image
