My songwriting process is painful. Songwriting is brilliant. It's a load of fun - when it works. It's really difficult as well. — James Bay Copy Share Image
I love music and I guess I have less expectations or pressure to kind of put on myself because the music hasn't… — Mandy Moore Copy Share Image
Jazz is neither specific repertoire, nor academic exercise... but a way of life. — Lester Bowie Copy Share Image
So it's not so much that I set out to do something different, it's just that the songs themselves require their own… — Ben Harper Copy Share Image
Playing the piano was what I loved doing for myself, but as soon as it became a 'thing' that I was being… — Deborah Meaden Copy Share Image
All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it. — Jean Cocteau Copy Share Image
We have people in the band who don't drink or do drugs... some of us like to go sightseeing. — Mike Shinoda Copy Share Image
My idea is that there is music in the air, music all around us; the world is full of it, and you… — Edward Elgar Copy Share Image
I write lyrics really fast. When it's time to write, I usually put them off until the very end and then when… — Luke Temple Copy Share Image
I find it quite difficult to think that there's, you know, about 20 million people listening to my album that I wrote… — Adele Copy Share Image
The sounds proceeding from the instruments of symphonic music seem to be the very organs of the mysteries of creation; for they… — Richard Wagner Copy Share Image
I'm very parasitic, from my own experiences. I just go and mine my dirty laundry, you know, and go through it until… — Nikki Jean Copy Share Image
“Guns N’ Roses was no longer a band, but the band—our band. These are my fucking boys—they’re willing to fight through anything.… — Duff McKagan Copy Share Image
On the long dusty ribbon of the long city street, The pageant of life is passing me on multitudinous feet, With a… — John Masefield Copy Share Image
First off, we came from hardcore bands, and, in a lot of ways, we still see ourselves as a hardcore band. That… — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
You have to keep challenging yourself. I've always tried to do that, and I'm not saying I've always been successful. Maybe I've… — Paul Weller Copy Share Image
Then, in that hour of deliverance, my heart spoke. Does not such a country, and such defenders of their country, deserve a… — Francis Scott Key Copy Share Image
Morning has broken Like the first morning. Blackbird has spoken Like the first bird. — Eleanor Farjeon Copy Share Image
Carlos, this is a song about when a girl breaks your heart. So...why are you singing so HAPPY?! -Gustavo — Big Time Rush Copy Share Image
Music might tame and civilize wild beasts, but 'tis evident it never yet could tame and civilize musicians. — John Gay Copy Share Image
The machinery of the music industry is that you put something into it and it could be chewed up. — Goldie Copy Share Image
Jazz is a sideways glance at music. It's like being an architect, knowing the basis of design but understanding that the facade… — Melody Gardot Copy Share Image
That is when I realised music could be fun and discovered another aspect of music. — Unknwon Goan Copy Share Image
In hindsight, I think my manager and I both knew that 'Someone You Loved' was a special song that we had to… — Lewis Capaldi Copy Share Image
Jazz is such a powerful cultural statement that it's almost as if it's intertwined with society. — Tom Harrell Copy Share Image
I am only as good as my last song. Hits are a pension, but I don't want to rest on those songs.… — Craig David Copy Share Image
When my father began playing for Led Zeppelin our family was living in a 14-foot trailer. — Jason Bonham Copy Share Image
You can begin feeling whatever you want (even if it's not there).. the universe will correspond to the nature of your song. — Rhonda Byrne Copy Share Image
Pop music, disco music, and heavy metal music is about shutting out the tensions of life, putting it away. — Peter Tork Copy Share Image
Imagine if you could go watch Mozart today, even if it's the last, crappiest show he ever played. What a thrill that… — Roger Daltrey Copy Share Image
Questioning the origin of music is like asking why the breeze is soothing, why you shiver in exhilaration when the spray from… — Ilaiyaraaja Copy Share Image
It's such a lonely existence, living with a rock n' roller. No matter how much he loves you, he will always love… — Anita Pallenberg Copy Share Image
I have complete creative freedom. If I want to put a song on the album, there's no one stopping me. — Alice Merton Copy Share Image
To some extent, I've always felt that the music should be the thing that creates the emotion in you, rather than a… — Christine McVie Copy Share Image
Whether it be a reggae song, rock song, a love song, the main thing was just to, whatever I was feeling, to… — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
I find that drummers are the coolest people in the world. I play a little bit of drums. — Synyster Gates Copy Share Image
My mother played piano at home; she came from a musical family. Her father, who I never met, was a conductor and… — Ludovico Einaudi Copy Share Image
You've got to go down the road you naturally go down, and for me it was pop, folk country, just feel-good music.… — Shane Filan Copy Share Image
I come from an era where lyrics were full of imagery and metaphor, and that's all I know. I think people miss… — Dawn Richard Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, both my grandmothers would play the organ, and we would all sing. — Janelle Monae Copy Share Image
