I hope people hear my songs and realize that writing music is kind of easy, or that taking your sadness and turning… — Frankie Cosmos Copy Share Image
“Songs are just novels that get to the point quicker. Though I don't imagine that Ke$ha's book would be clean YA...” — Inda Herwood Copy Share Image
I don't disrespect the audience. I only sing very well-written, intelligent songs. — Tony Bennett Copy Share Image
Growing up, I was always around adult musicians who played for their entire lives. So that's what I wanted to do, and… — Steve Miller Copy Share Image
There were a few singers at home, one or two aunties. We did have a piano but I think that got put… — Elizabeth Fraser Copy Share Image
I don't really know what inspires me to write the music I do, but usually, the music will set the tone for… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
“The notes I can handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes-ah, that is where the art resides.” — Artur Schnabel Copy Share Image
Music and people are so diverse and I think it's ignorant to only associate with one genre. — Kalvin Valentine Copy Share Image
I also don't like to make really big records, because I feel then that the songs don't get enough space to be… — Regina Spektor Copy Share Image
On 'Earth Song' I was the military guy that would come out of a tank that was used during the show. It… — Cris Judd Copy Share Image
You just went right in and just recorded songs and listened them, and if there were any mistakes, then we would correct… — Dennis Brown Copy Share Image
When someone is buying a sample-based album, they are investing in the concept of that album. If they really like the original… — Girl Talk Copy Share Image
There's a bit of hope that a song can be about anything. If you want to write a song about anything, you… — M.I.A Copy Share Image
The melody is the most important thing that must stay in the minds of the people who listen to you. No matter… — George Benson Copy Share Image
When you sing R&B songs in front of an audience, you look out and there's 85% women. I think R&B music is… — Jamie Foxx Copy Share Image
Rhythm and harmony enter most powerfully into the inner most part of the soul and lay forcible hands upon it, bearing grace… — Plato Copy Share Image
The conductor of an orchestra doesn’t make a sound. He depends, for his power, on his ability to make other people powerful. — Benjamin Zander Copy Share Image
I make charts of songs that are good candidates, good targets, so to speak. Then I try to come up with ideas… — Al Yankovic Copy Share Image
Rhythm is something you either have or don't have, but when you have it, you have it all over. — Elvis Presley Copy Share Image
The best musicians or sound-artists are people who never considered themselves to be artists or musicians. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm so hard on myself. I play these sketches in my computer for friends and they say 'Gee whiz, the vocal's beautiful.'… — Steve Perry Copy Share Image
The music of the Gypsies belongs in the sphere of improvisation rather than in any other, without which it would have no… — Franz Liszt Copy Share Image
I've had 'Spanish Flea' stuck in my head since 1998, so in a subjective sense, that is the song that's playing whenever… — Adam Rex Copy Share Image
The music business, or what's left of it, is obviously a very - it's like a wild west now. — Lars Ulrich Copy Share Image
Here's the thing: we don't write music for a universal statement; we just share our experiences. And that's all it is. It's… — Kevin Abstract Copy Share Image
I've got nothing against records - I've spent my life making them - but they are a kind of historical blip. — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
Music must serve a purpose; it must be a part of something larger than itself, a part of humanity... — Pablo Casals Copy Share Image
It was like finding some weird tribe in the middle of the jungle and, you know, they all come out and go:… — Bruce Dickinson Copy Share Image
Those worship songs on the Christmas project will air on PBS television. That's highly unusual. — John Tesh Copy Share Image
To be a songwriter-singer means the songs come from deep within, and you treat them as an artist, with that much respect.… — Roy Orbison Copy Share Image
I have always had an audience for my music, even in the very avant garde, crazy times. — Krzysztof Penderecki Copy Share Image
There is really no drama. We have been playing in a band since we were, like, five. — Alana Haim Copy Share Image
I like to keep the big dynamic changes between my songs, so that album songs feel radically different from each other. — Tarja Turunen Copy Share Image
I don't really have time to sit down and write. But when I think of a melody, I call up my answering… — Britney Spears Copy Share Image
I had this talent for these stupid little teenage songs. I just couldn't get anyone to sing my songs, so I had… — Paul Anka Copy Share Image
When I write songs, I'm just writing stories, and being in musical theatre taught me how to act them out through singing. — Anne-Marie Copy Share Image
Almost everything The Beatles did was great, and it's hard to improve on. They were our Bach. The way to get around… — T Bone Burnett Copy Share Image
“Part of jazz is the illusion of spontaneity and Monk played the piano as though he’d never seen one before.” — Geoff Dyer Copy Share Image
If you get music on a personal level, you are doing something right. It's not just in one ear and out the… — Jon Pardi Copy Share Image
You would find in a lot of Zep stuff that the riff was the juggernaut that careered through and I worked the… — Robert Plant Copy Share Image
