Make it, not make it? What's the difference? Music is a language, it's a dance of life, and it can be a… — Tina Weymouth Copy Share Image
Two tires fly. Two Wail. A bamboo grove, all chopped down From it, warring songs. — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
When it comes to writing songs, I've always got to be commissioned to do it. I won't write unless someone has got… — Clare Grogan Copy Share Image
We all battling different things. Me? I'm just able to channel that through my music. — August Alsina Copy Share Image
My family was into music. My dad was into music down south. My mom and grandmother were into gospel music so there… — Joe Louis Walker Copy Share Image
The Beatles mean so much to so many people, you know? Everybody has at least one song of The Beatles that's one… — Evan Rachel Wood Copy Share Image
We already had all the songs, and it turns out all you have to do is burn them to some CDs, so… — David Gilmour Copy Share Image
I think we musicians are emissaries. Every time we go before the public, we're there to make converts. — Hazel Scott Copy Share Image
I think the Beatles is one band that, if I'm working on a song arrangement or if I have some idea for… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
In the days following 9/11, when we were reeling and disoriented, there was a kind of solace to be found in old… — David Means Copy Share Image
The first set of lyrics for the first songs I ever wrote, which are the ones on 'Pretty Hate Machine,' came from… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
Fleetwood Mac were really accessible musically, but lyrically and emotionally, we weren't so easy. And it was our music that helped us… — Mick Fleetwood Copy Share Image
I listen to, like, funky Chicago blues. I love blues, but I love the funky, happy blues. There's a song about pretty… — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image
I think it's something that really speaks in your head - a very strong melody. But at the same time, if the… — Mikal Cronin Copy Share Image
I've been part of running a label since I was a kid, so I understand how it works. But the more and… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
The music that I make is pretty sincere; it's from my heart and I love it, and what just happened is more… — Esperanza Spalding Copy Share Image
I listen to Helmet - and I love Helmet, they're a great band - but every song sounds the same. — Adam Jones Copy Share Image
The only thing that's really riled me up in the last ten years has been the White Stripes. That's the one band… — Courtney Love Copy Share Image
I prepared five songs, I sang them, and he hired me. I started working about a month later at the piano bar. — Bobby McFerrin Copy Share Image
Death metal has now become exclusively about being evil, Satanic and playing full speed ahead. It's not what I'm into at all. — Chuck Schuldiner Copy Share Image
Don’t see the notes. See the music. See the story it is telling you. Allow the music to change you. Allow it… — Karen White Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to write a song that goes, "I love you" and a book that goes, "Something happened." Something very direct. — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
Music was always part of my life - my mother says I came out singing. I wanted to be Gene Kelly -… — Imelda May Copy Share Image
"Music is something that professionals do and not something that I do." That's not natural. Music belongs to everybody. — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
Guitar is the best form of self-expression I know. Everything else, and I'm just sort of tripping around, trying to figure my… — Slash Copy Share Image
I have been singing randomly, obsessively, obnoxiously for as long as I can remember. — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
Raydiation is more mature, reveals more about me personally and focuses on singing and songs that people can relate to. — Ray J Copy Share Image
I still enjoy doing music. I'm not going to stop doing it, and doing it the way that I feel it should… — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
My dear fellow, my whole life is moved by the principle that the one thing which is more important than peace is… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
It's amazing how hearing one song can bring back so many memories and make you realise how much you need that one… — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
The most rewarding experience as a musician is to know that I moved people personally. — Lari White Copy Share Image
It feels like guitarists are samurais. You know, I'm playing a guitar, instead of a katana! — Miyavi Copy Share Image
Mozart starved, but you allow Thalberg and Liszt make tons of gold: Of course, you may think that someone immortal cannot die… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
I practised for some two months for the 'Kaanta Laaga' video. I gave my best to the song and the success is… — Shefali Zariwala Copy Share Image
Sometimes it's liberating to confront horrible things in lyrics as a way to master the shadow-self that exists in everyone. — Jeff Tweedy Copy Share Image
God is patiently transfiguring all the notes of my life into the song of His Son. — Ann Voskamp Copy Share Image
There's nothing prettier in the world than a melody. I can get lost in a song with a melody. — George Jones Copy Share Image
“Now I know that the songs are just tools that help us get in the right place for the presence of God… — Martin Smith Copy Share Image
Everyone should pursue whatever is original in oneself. That's the way for a long life in music. — Bjorn Ulvaeus Copy Share Image
If I hear a song that I like, my first instinct is to find out about who made it. — Chris Martin Copy Share Image
