My mum's family would all get together, with guitars, harmonica, mandolins and upright bass and play old blues and folk songs. That… — Dan Auerbach Copy Share Image
I feel like all the songs are little scenes, different angles, of the feelings that come around something ending. — Norah Jones Copy Share Image
We always try to sing what we feel, and it would be best if we can become artists who can deliver the… — Jisoo Copy Share Image
“Rock is a commercially made mass music and this must be the starting point for its celebration as well as for its… — Simon Frith Copy Share Image
I'm not afraid to use my personal experiences and put them into a song. I think that's when you get the best… — Pixie Lott Copy Share Image
Veteran performers are dying off, and new acts simply aren't emerging on the national scene. — Brian Setzer Copy Share Image
I find so many songwriters today are missing an element... either the production is amazing but the songs aren't, or it's the… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
My songwriting and my style became more complex as I listened, learned, borrowed and stole and put my music together. — Boz Scaggs Copy Share Image
Banging on the piano while my grandmother was watching me. I'd run up to her and ask: 'How was that, Grandma?' And… — Craig Robinson Copy Share Image
“if the main reason we listen to music in the first place is to hear passion expressed- as i've believed all my… — Lester Bangs Copy Share Image
“Birdsong brings relief to my longing. I am just as ecstatic as they are, but with nothing to say! Please, universal soul,… — Rumi Copy Share Image
Mainly, I don't like it when music is made solely to impress people or in order to please business people; it doesn't… — John Frusciante Copy Share Image
There was a moment when Prince did rock & roll with a sponge-y seductive sound. I think that's what was in our… — Bono Copy Share Image
Clive [Davis] tried to tell me that saying certain words in a song- or as he says, ‘putting some balls into it'-… — Clay Aiken Copy Share Image
Every individual's listening is as unique as his or her fingerprints because we all listen through filters that develop from our personal… — Julian Treasure Copy Share Image
“But part of love is a record playing, a needle that drops over and over, repeat and repeat, until the voices are… — Esm�aji Codell Copy Share Image
Does the song of the sea end at the shore or in the hearts of those who listen to it? — Khalil Copy Share Image
It's very difficult sometimes having bands, you know, when all the members aren't on the same page. — Stanley Clarke Copy Share Image
I would love to get Rihanna on a Khaled song. That's my friend, but every time I'm around her, I get shy. — DJ Khaled Copy Share Image
I used sit in the back of the truck and make up these songs and play at the tailgates at rodeos. — Ryan Bingham Copy Share Image
When critics say we're no good, it's just the cool thing to do. I'm happy with the songs I write. — Jani Lane Copy Share Image
When I first started, my songs were the politics of anger. As I got older and hopefully wiser, I wanted to be… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
My music is a personal thing, and I feel like if I talk too much about the songs, or if there's too… — Washed Out Copy Share Image
We have traveled through space and time. We have been many places. Visited many worlds. And there is good news: the acoustics… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
New writers don't throw tantrums, they have time. I can make them work on one song for a week. — Rajesh Roshan Copy Share Image
Music is a nice friend to have around, whether it is just for yourself or for other people. If you can enjoy… — Arlo Guthrie Copy Share Image
It's not love for music, it's a passion, and it goes beyond liking, and beyond a hobby, it's about a way of… — Armin van Buuren Copy Share Image
That moment when someone says Name a good song and you forget all the songs that were ever made — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song, A medley of extemporanea; And love is a thing that can never go wrong;… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
I've been able to make a good living as a musician, but now it's time to do all the other stuff. — Robyn Hitchcock Copy Share Image
Forget the Beatles and all the rest. This is the real Liverpool sound. It's real singing, and it's what the Kop is… — Bill Shankly Copy Share Image
I'm always asked if the songs that I write are therapeutic, and my answer is a quick no. In fact, it could… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share Image
When it comes to making an album I take that very seriously. I am meticulous, overworked. That's my time to put everything… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
If you had a record company believing in you enough to cut an album then you had better have the ability to… — Lou Gramm Copy Share Image
“she repaid us by giving life the quality that but for her was only to be found in music ” — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
Everything on this planet has something to do with music. Music functions in the realm of sculptured air. — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
If you're in a garage band, it's about being better than the band in the next-door garage. But in the folk tradition,… — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
“Many contemporary composers have been building walls of sounds following their own clever devices. But then, who lives inside those rooms?” — Toru Takemitsu Copy Share Image
I'm glad I took that time to work really hard on the music. I feel the effects of that now in a… — Kenny Chesney Copy Share Image
People think I left The Band and spoiled this whole thing, and that's not what happened. Nobody broke up The Band. Nobody… — Robbie Robertson Copy Share Image
![“Clive [Davis] tried to tell me that saying certain words in a song- or as he says, ‘putting some balls into it'- isn't bad, it's just strong emotion. Well, there are certain words and emotions I don't want kids hearing, and I'm not changing because they think it's going to sell better. This is…” quote by Clay Aiken](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/d3c/clay-aiken-7720_balls_clive-davis-tried-to-tell-me-that-saying_2530739.jpg)
