Guitars have been the obsession of my life. I first picked one up at the age of four and Ive been a… — Johnny Marr Copy Share Image
In a certain sense, every time you sit down to write a song, there's a fear that you've forgotten how to do… — Matthew Ramsey Copy Share Image
I just want to make songs that I like and be able to get away with doing music for as long as… — Declan McKenna Copy Share Image
I've owned about 2,000 guitars through the years because I've traded a lot and given away and sold some stuff. — Rick Nielsen Copy Share Image
My writing is really intuitive. As a kid, I went to school in New Jersey and hung out in New York, so… — Donald Fagen Copy Share Image
Because music isn't just for fame or money, using it for positive, powerful things is always good. — Koffee Copy Share Image
Even a song like 'Give Love,' in my head, there's a question as I'm writing it, going, 'Is this cheesy? Is it… — Andy Grammer Copy Share Image
That awkward moment when you realize the song on the radio doesnt sound right because its the original and not the Glee… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The blues is nothing but a story... The verses which are sung in the blues is a true story, what people are… — David Edwards Copy Share Image
Actually, I very much dislike routine. Creating music is my chaos therapy. The writing process puts me in a good place. Recording… — Mpho Koaho Copy Share Image
It's almost like a theater, where I can play a character in every song, 'cause Kamelot songs are very... There's always a… — Alissa White-Gluz Copy Share Image
True originality has its foundations in the soul, not in the mind, and when there is an effort to create something different… — Ignacy Jan Paderewski Copy Share Image
I don't want to do free jazz! Because free jazz - which is the musical equivalent of free marketeering - isn't actually… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
…"the sound of a barrel organ rising from the deepest golden vein of the day; two or three bars of a chorus,… — Bruno Schulz Copy Share Image
What I do now is all my dad's fault, because he bought me a guitar as a boy, for no apparent reason.… — Rod Stewart Copy Share Image
I think another thing is that we don't really want exclusivity. We accept that it is in the artist's interest to be… — Peter Gabriel Copy Share Image
The kingdom of music is not the kingdom of this world; it will accept those whom breeding and intellect and culture have… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As for my stuff, I'm just doing guest verses for other people's records. I try to stay recording, because if I don't,… — Eminem Copy Share Image
It's striking how commercially viable that impulse for instant intimacy is right now, especially in songs and writing. — Suzanne Vega Copy Share Image
When a song fits in with what your feeling and you listen to it over and over again, because for those minutes… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Often, the people I'm working with on music are separate from the rest of my life. — Daveed Diggs Copy Share Image
I have an all-black Mahalo ukulele - it's like my baby. It has brought me so much peace and comfort. — Madeline Brewer Copy Share Image
In musical theater, if you have a song, it has to advance the plot. If you have a song in a musical… — Eli Roth Copy Share Image
Every songwriter lives to have at least one song that a cab driver who asks 'You write anything I know?' will recognize. — Rupert Holmes Copy Share Image
I read all the reviews. I remember the first review I ever read about our band was, 'They'll be gone tomorrow; they'll… — Benji Madden Copy Share Image
My mom played me all kinds of music, from Ella Fitzgerald to Celine Dion. I listened to everything growing up, old and… — Diana DeGarmo Copy Share Image
My dad always told me that anyone's voice is just another instrument added to the music. — T-Pain Copy Share Image
Bike riding is great for your thinking. I can't say I've written an entire tune while cycling, but riding has definitely inspired… — Allan Holdsworth Copy Share Image
I grew up having an ear for what was hot and was not - what sounds good in music and what doesn't. — Ravyn Lenae Copy Share Image
My mom is a singer and my Dad introduced me to bands such as Zeppelin and the Stones so music has always… — Kelly Blatz Copy Share Image
I feel like when I listen to music nowadays, it's a lot of commands. It's a lot of demands. Do this dance,… — Omarion Copy Share Image
If the media want to talk about my life, at least now maybe they'll also say I'm a singer. — Princess Stephanie of Monaco Copy Share Image
I have so much regard for the art of conducting. It's easy to look not so good up there. — James Newton Howard Copy Share Image
I like songs that have lots of different parts in them, an intro, an outro and a bridge. — Sean Lennon Copy Share Image
“When music fails to agree to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart and the senses, then it has missed… — Maria Callas Copy Share Image
My dream artist to play at prom would be Frank Ocean. 'Thinking Of You' is one of my favorite songs. He makes… — Bella Thorne Copy Share Image
The whole life of a song doesn't end with the way that it sounds on the record. How does this song grow?… — Jacob Collier Copy Share Image
We've sung to prerecorded tracks and things like that, but we've never done a proper world tour with a band and everything. — Keren Woodward Copy Share Image
Music is still my main thing, but I will explore anything that's interesting and challenging. — Sharon Van Etten Copy Share Image
God left the world unfinished; the pictures unpainted, the songs unsung, and the problems unsolved, that man might know the joys of… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
