Now no one will listen to songs. The prophesied days have begun. Latest poem of mine, the world has lost its wonder,… — Anna Akhmatova Copy Share Image
I aim to write songs in a way that you don't have to have gone to Ghana to relate to it, you… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
“I think a cool band name would be War Dwarf. Of course, I’m entirely too tall and peaceful to be a member.… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
I was once an extra in a Bruce Springsteen video where they did a live performance video at Tramps. I forget the… — Idina Menzel Copy Share Image
I know my lyrics might be weird to some, but they're not like that to me because I know where they come… — Alex Turner Copy Share Image
When that punk strain came to Britain and infected everyone. It was more than just a sound. There was an ethos, an… — Jim Kerr Copy Share Image
Men profess to be lovers of music, but for the most part they give no evidence in their opinions and lives that… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
When I was maybe 5 or 6 years old, the neighborhood girls would sit on the stoop and sing. I was known… — Barbra Streisand Copy Share Image
It's always been about the songs for us. It doesn't matter about all the image stuff. We're really about making songs that… — Chuck Comeau Copy Share Image
For most of us, there is only the unattended Moment, the moment in and out of time, The distraction fit, lost in… — T. S. Eliot Copy Share Image
Cornelius Cardew's folk songs were very, very literal, and they were just about workers smashing their chains. It was like reading Das… — Alasdair MacLean Copy Share Image
Because of the attitude of a few mental dinosaurs intent on exploiting our initial success, Brian's huge talent has never been fully… — Dennis Wilson Copy Share Image
Everyone was saved once by music. So I decided to REALLY work on my songs and not just "play" - to make… — Marilou Copy Share Image
When your 18th, 19, 20 years old like we were at that time, its just like anyone else, you look at like… — Butch Walker Copy Share Image
“Sing me a pretty love song as I start to cry Tell me you love me as you wipe the blood from… — Rachel Lloyd Copy Share Image
My first song was about the smog over Dublin in the 1980s, so yeah, I suppose I was always socially conscious. My… — Damien Dempsey Copy Share Image
“To play in an orchestra, we need not master every instrument. We must simply learn to play our own. But first, we… — Vironika Tugaleva Copy Share Image
Okay, a truly great song is a song that makes its own aesthetic intentions clear and then lives up to them and… — Stephin Merritt Copy Share Image
The Who would never have been successful without two special people, Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp — Roger Daltrey Copy Share Image
Steve Morse is a very good guitar player, but he's American, and he's using humbucker pickups. If you ask me, those two… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
The more people see of me, the more they'll realize that all I'm good for is making tunes. — Amy Winehouse Copy Share Image
I had more of a vocal range. If you wanted to play a keyboard song, like "Love Walks In," I can do… — Sammy Hagar Copy Share Image
It's weird what can trigger the beginning of a song or some bars. It can be a banging slice of apple pie… — Black Thought Copy Share Image
There is no complete spiritual life without music, for the human soul has regions which can be illuminated only by music. — Zoltan Kodaly Copy Share Image
Some critics have written that I wanted to teach through singing. Not at all. I was learning I went to school every… — Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Copy Share Image
Nobody wants to make great albums now because nobody wants to buy them and there's no place to sell them. — John Mellencamp Copy Share Image
Music has this ability to bridge time. You can hear a song from the 1920s and still be like, 'Oh, that's it.… — Misha Green Copy Share Image
One of those Christmas songs says, "You better not shout, you better not cry, you better not pout." How's my wife going… — Milton Berle Copy Share Image
When I sang in 'Aashiq Banaya Aapne,' I never imagined the song would be such a rage. — Himesh Reshammiya Copy Share Image
Upon my lips the breath of song, Within my heart a rhyme, Howe'er time trips or lags along, I keep abreast with… — Clinton Scollard Copy Share Image
Composers and lyricists are making songs that are approved by the producers and directors. — Shaan Copy Share Image
I'm sorry, I see everything in life as a song, so every word spoken is lyrics. If you're going to get to… — Patti Harrison Copy Share Image
I like real instruments, and try to stay from anything that sounds too synthetic. — Alex Winston Copy Share Image
Pressure is high and jobs are at stake. There is nothing wrong with having commercial music to pitch for those situations, as… — Wendy Starland Copy Share Image
Maybe if my songs feel personal, that's very nice. I like that. I take that as a great compliment. — Kate Bush Copy Share Image
Even somebody like The Black Keys or Royal Blood, they all have this original roots base to what they do. — Paul Weller Copy Share Image
“Feel the astounding rhythm of the music pumped out from nature and life itself.” — Raz Mihal Copy Share Image
I really like 'I See You.' It was therapeutic to write and singing it is really like therapy. — Adore Delano Copy Share Image
As polishing expresses the vein in marble, and grain in wood, so music brings out what of heroic lurks anywhere. The hero… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I feel like my music is for everybody. As long as the music is good, I can please everybody. — Ne-Yo Copy Share Image
