In the piano, one has the instrument complete before he begins; but in the case of the voice, the instrument has to… — Alma Gluck Copy Share Image
“Evelyn belted out the song, her voice sliding across the notes like a car on an icy road.” — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
When we write songs, we don't ever sit down to write an Old Dominion song. We just sit down to write the… — Matthew Ramsey Copy Share Image
I have found among my papers a sheet . . . in which I call architecture frozen music. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
There's always that struggle between me wanting to keep [song] new and fresh and then be - I can never get with… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
The entertainment industry can feel so serious. But at the end of the day, it's music and it's supposed to be positive… — Snoh Aalegra Copy Share Image
“Most days Lily is the steady drumbeat. The rhythm of my heart. The repeating melody of the music in my head. But… — Emily McKay Copy Share Image
No song or poem will bear my mother's name. Yet so many of the stories that I write, that we all write,… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche commenting on the music of Georges Bizet: His music has the tang of sunny climates, their bracing air, their… — Georges Bizet Copy Share Image
There is a beautiful expression in Nicaragua: "struggle is the highest form of song". I love that. We are in the struggle.… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
The new kind of music seems to create not from the heart but from the head. Its composers think rather than feel.… — Sergei Rachmaninoff Copy Share Image
My go-to karaoke song that brings down the house is 'These Boots Are Made for Walkin'.' I always start with that. And… — Alana Haim Copy Share Image
I've been guilty of going for critical acclaim in the past but actually my most successful songs and the ones that mean… — CMAT Copy Share Image
There needs to be structures in place to do something about misrepresentation about hip hop. When awards are given out and the… — Nas Copy Share Image
I think Mighty Moe really got me into a whole different style of MCing. There were a lot of people with simple… — Kano Copy Share Image
John McCutcheon is not only one of the best musicians in the USA, but also a great singer, songwriter, and song leader.… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
When my parents gave me that first guitar, I became totally obsessed. I would stay in my room all the time with… — John 5 Copy Share Image
“Trudy Bennett, I love you beyond any lyrics I could ever write, or any words I could ever say. I always have,… — Samantha Towle Copy Share Image
I've got no deep voice today. I've got a cold. But when I was young, I had a high tenor voice. — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
For me the voice is the most important, but making your singing believable makes a great performer. — Hollie Cavanagh Copy Share Image
We write constantly. It's nice to have more to pick from and we pitch songs to other artists, so it's not always… — Martie Maguire Copy Share Image
I learned to play guitar at a young age and converted poems and stuff that I had written to songs. — Gregory Harrison Copy Share Image
I've grown, and my passion for music has grown. I've become more advanced and I've enhanced my vocabulary. All around artist development. — Lil Baby Copy Share Image
PUNK IS: the personal expression of uniqueness that comes from the experiences of growing up in touch with our human ability to… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
Just when I thought it couldnt get no hotter I fell in love with the farmer's daughter — Rodney Atkins Copy Share Image
It doesn't really matter what chords I play, what words I say or time of day it is, as it's only a… — George Harrison Copy Share Image
I was just a music lover who wondered what it would sound like if Otis Redding strapped on a guitar and played… — Benjamin Booker Copy Share Image
The holy grail for a music fan, I think, is to hear music from another planet, which has not been influenced by… — Aphex Twin Copy Share Image
Music is something you hear in your head, that's all, we shouldn't give it more than it is. — Stanley Donwood Copy Share Image
“If life had background music playing your song, I've got to be honest I try to escape you but the orchestra plays… — Anberlin Copy Share Image
I still listen to black metal all the time - that's obviously one of my favorite kinds of music - but I… — George Clarke Copy Share Image
I think when you have a band that are so separate and isolated then you have to know each others styles and… — Mat McNerney Copy Share Image
As society changes, as politics change, as people change, certain songs still seem to resonate. — Beck Copy Share Image
When I'm making a song that's very Grimes, it just feels very insular and it feels weird to have someone else do… — Grimes Copy Share Image
“And this music? It was something akin to the masters, not in composition or length, but rather in the heart behind it.” — Gabriellyn Gidman Copy Share Image
As you know, I played a little trumpet with Elvis. I overdub a few drum licks here and there on a session,… — Ray Stevens Copy Share Image
I wanted to write an upbeat song where I could feel good about the fact that I've moved around so much and… — Alice Merton Copy Share Image
Too many people focus on writing what they think they should write, what should be in a song, what radio would want. — Kacey Musgraves Copy Share Image
My two sisters and I sang all the time. Whenever we cleaned the kitchen, we sang in three-part harmony. — Kina Grannis Copy Share Image
You gotta' sell a million records before you talk about getting paid at a major [label]. — Betty Wright Copy Share Image