I write songs. Then I record them. And later, maybe I perform them on stage. That's what I do. That's my job.… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
I like to come up with the melodies, and I have a lot of ideas as far as structure goes. — Steven Tyler Copy Share Image
With music, I'm transported to a place that radiates positive frequencies and immediately eases my worries. — Shruti Haasan Copy Share Image
There's more musical freedom on Madison Avenue than anywhere else. It's an Eden for a composer. — Mitch Leigh Copy Share Image
Working on good music is what brings happiness to my heart and I cannot think of a better way to spend my… — Tulsi Kumar Copy Share Image
We were bunched up with Southern bands, and there's nothing wrong with that at all. We just wanted to make it clear… — Dusty Hill Copy Share Image
I feel like a good song is one that ticks all the boxes, but a great song is one that has this… — Thomston Copy Share Image
I started writing songs, I guess, when I was about 13 or 14, but I didn't know if they were good enough… — Lucinda Williams Copy Share Image
“Music can transport you to another time with a couple of notes. It makes you feel the heartbreak or the love, right… — Cindi Madsen Copy Share Image
Beethoven and Wagner for many years wrung our hearts. But now we are sated with them and derive much greater pleasure from… — Luigi Russolo Copy Share Image
It was just like a dream. I could have ended up with an album that's not all that different from anything else… — Shania Twain Copy Share Image
I hear music that comes out of need, out of grief, sorrow, suffering and out of overcoming these things, as well. That… — Kathleen Battle Copy Share Image
I love singing. I've never felt I've had a great voice but I feel I've gotten better. It's funny. I can hear… — Joel Plaskett Copy Share Image
“A critic looking at these tightly focused, targeted interventions might dismiss them as Band-Aid solutions. But that phrase should not be considered… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
“Even if, in one or other of them, I had a particular word or words in mind, I would not tell anyone,… — Felix Mendelssohn Copy Share Image
I really embrace things that I think people who like music can relate to, they grew up with the same stuff and… — Hoodie Allen Copy Share Image
My dad is obsessed with music, so I was raised around this guitar player that really wanted me to be a guitar… — Zach Condon Copy Share Image
This track with Jess Glynne, it's a whopper! It's a big one. 'One Touch' is a really special song! It's the best… — Jax Jones Copy Share Image
“Music is joy, music is sorrow, music is celebration, music is suffering. Whatever you feel, music is.” — Angelique La Fon-Cox Copy Share Image
I'm glad that the lyrics reach people and make them understand that we're all the same, really. — Phil Collins Copy Share Image
People are used to music that justifies street culture but something that's not touched on is why these kids act the way… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
The only reason to do this job is because I love playing my music. And I love my bandmates. — Frankie Cosmos Copy Share Image
Every time I traveled out of the country or did different things or did a new record with an artist I loved,… — Trina Copy Share Image
Life and death. They are somehow sweetly and beautifully mixed, but I don't know how. — Gloria Swanson Copy Share Image
You know, we love what we do, man, and I don't want to be one of those bands that we write an… — Ivan Moody Copy Share Image
A lot of bands have to change what they sound like, but we are exactly the band that we want to be:… — Luke Hemmings Copy Share Image
I'm inspired by everything that I encounter, from the environment to people to other songs, movies and artists. — Kreesha Turner Copy Share Image
Ever since I can remember, I hated silence. I wanted it filled with guitars and melodies to sing all day. — Jeffree Star Copy Share Image
“David had apparently been busy writing more songs about the glory of doing his wife. Ah, true love and stuff.” — Kylie Scott Copy Share Image
It would be ridiculous to say I don't want to sell records, but I trust my taste. — Earl Sweatshirt Copy Share Image
I don't think of Kurt as 'Kurt Cobain from Nirvana'. I think of him as 'Kurt'. It's something that comes back all… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
I wanted to play this part: the goofy rock and roller who can't hang up his guitar when it's clear to everyone… — D. B. Sweeney Copy Share Image
It's true that I can write a song and not really be sure what the meaning of it is. — James Taylor Copy Share Image
“The first two tracks were pop songs from the 1970s, sung in Danish in a style that was best described as Abba… — Claire North Copy Share Image
I was really enjoying playing 'The Sea,' but it is quite an intense and emotional record. — Corinne Bailey Rae Copy Share Image
That's one of my pet peeves. People always want to put something into a category - this one or that one. You… — Darius Rucker Copy Share Image
When you catch me playing something at home, it's somebody else's stuff where I can what we call steal licks from, and… — Buddy Guy Copy Share Image
Coldplay's music is so uplifting but not cheesy. You listen to it and you're taken away. It's so honest. There's kindness to… — Alison Sudol Copy Share Image
I want to play music when I want, write a song if I want or watch a baseball game if I want. — John Lee Hooker Copy Share Image
It's fun to sing sad songs. And it's fun to listen to sad songs. Enjoyable. Satisfying. Something. — Richard Thompson Copy Share Image
