The original Byrds were very much Beatles-influenced, and then we gradually got our own sound. We started mixing things together more. — Roger McGuinn Copy Share Image
We don't mind being ripped apart, but don't rip the songs apart. They're like our kids. — Maurice Gibb Copy Share Image
I always sang around the house. My brother and I would sing songs like 'Take Me Out to the Ballgame' and stuff… — Jean Louisa Kelly Copy Share Image
I could write songs as bad as Wham's if I really felt the urge to, but what's the point? — Robert Smith Copy Share Image
Bloody Hammer is a screw capitalism song about college kids banging hammers on top of the roof. — Roky Erickson Copy Share Image
Hopefully, somebody who's hearing my music, it's relatable to them, and it strikes a cord with them. — Cordae Copy Share Image
Ever since I visited Paris when I was younger, the sappy side of me really wanted to write a song about it… — Lauv Copy Share Image
I love Black Sabbath. They made an amazing contribution to music today. Almost every band that made it big in the Nineties… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
At first, I didn't think playing guitar was the right thing for me to do. But after seeing Jimi Hendrix on television… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
There is a very palpable difference for me between some of my earlier songs and where my later work has gone. If… — Mirah Copy Share Image
My idea was that if I loved to sing, I would just do it anywhere I could, and always go out and… — Lauren Hart Copy Share Image
“John Berryman: The Song of the Tortured Girl After a little I could not have told - But no one asked me… — John Berryman Copy Share Image
“ It’s a slow sultry song. She opens her mouth and what comes out can only be described as dripping with sex.… — K. Larsen Copy Share Image
And O there are days in this life, worth life and worth death. And O what a bright old song it is,… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
With 'Philharmonics,' I had to do a lot of interviews, and it was like I was corrupting something. In many ways, I've… — Agnes Obel Copy Share Image
When I hear people who love my music and are trying to copy it, it sounds strange to me because it sounds… — Ludovico Einaudi Copy Share Image
I just feel like finally people are taking my music seriously and I've been doing this for so long, and I just… — Megan McKenna Copy Share Image
Sadly, as a songwriter you sooner or later finish developing your musical understanding. — Bent Saether Copy Share Image
Most of the bands that come out of L.A. now have singers that all sound like Daffy Duck. — Gary Moore Copy Share Image
That sense of failure, I don't know where people put it who don't write songs and aren't able to emote physically. It… — Sting Copy Share Image
When I speak of natural drummers I'm talking about guys that are playing with the talent God gave 'em. — Gene Krupa Copy Share Image
And if I die before I wake I pray the lord my soul to take But please don't cry Just know that… — Kid Cudi Copy Share Image
My first big break came with Lauryn Hill on a track called Everything is Everything, I played piano on that track way… — John Legend Copy Share Image
Of course, if you're gonna make a rap song, you're gonna want to sound like Melle Mel. — Ad-Rock Copy Share Image
“He could sing in more different keys during the course of one song than anybody I’ve ever heard,” — Val Holley Copy Share Image
The only things Mick and I disagree about is the band, the music and what we do. — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
Just sharing music with each other - that's cool. It's the selling that becomes the problem. — Prince Copy Share Image
We're still evolving as a band. I think that's really important for a band to do, especially after being around for so… — Jim Root Copy Share Image
“...I'm not saying I needed my life to be a symphony - I just never thought it'd turn out to be a… — Brad Meltzer Copy Share Image
I always sing them as though they are autobiographical, even if they're not, and most of my songs do come from something… — Ronee Blakley Copy Share Image
There should be a children's song: 'If you're happy and you know it, keep it to yourself and let your dad sleep'. — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
Let me put you on before a hook and song, I wrote or would perform I was pushing strong. You niggaz cooked… — JR Writer Copy Share Image
I know I'm not the best. I'm not the best singer, I'm not the best songwriter, I'm not the best player. — Kid Rock Copy Share Image
I don't sing a song unless I feel it. The song don't tug at my heart, I pass on it. I have… — Ray Charles Copy Share Image
“Money to Burn” is a fantasy. I mean, I would love for that to be a true story. Most of my songs… — Ladyhawke Copy Share Image
Mozart wrote so many works in his thirty-five years that it would take a lifetime just to write out the notes. We… — Lukas Foss Copy Share Image
Sometimes people talk about music, whether blogs or magazines, in a strange way where it doesn't seem like they're actually listening to… — Victoria Legrand Copy Share Image
Mozart didn't need a scheme for his music. He played and sang with the heavenly lightness of a child. — Joseph Goebbels Copy Share Image
I wanted very much to be Miles Davis when I was a boy, but without the practice. It just looked like an… — Barry Hannah Copy Share Image
Every musician out there wants to be judged on the merit of their songwriting, the merit of their performing abilities. — Laura Jane Grace Copy Share Image
