Sonnets are guys writing in English, imitating an Italian song form. It was a form definitely sung as often as it was… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
A need to concentrate on each sound, so that every blade of grass would be as important as a flower. — Arvo Part Copy Share Image
My dad raised me on everything from his music to Stevie Wonder to A Tribe Called Quest. I learned the 'Midnight Marauders'… — Bibi Bourelly Copy Share Image
Mozart, striving for perfection, wrote the same symphony forty-one times. In his case, it worked. He wrote a perfect symphony. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
I think love lyrics have contributed to the general aura of bad mental health in America. — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
I wanted to write a song called '#1234' that would act as a homage to The Ramones. — Kevin Morby Copy Share Image
'Hell Or High Water' was written after the end of a relationship, and I do feel like every Passenger album has the… — Passenger Copy Share Image
Without music you are all dead; with music you are alive. There is nothing music can't do. — Lee “Scratch” Perry Copy Share Image
If someone is sad, they put on a song, or if someone wants to rock out, and they want to get into… — Adam Hicks Copy Share Image
I just saw Twilight on TV, for the first time, a few days ago, and, when my song came on, I was… — Robert Pattinson Copy Share Image
I'm ruthlessly picky when it comes to the crafting of an album, the choosing of musicians, the right mikes, the right studios.… — Josh Groban Copy Share Image
There is an answer, some day we will know And you will ask her, why she had to go We live and… — Chris de Burgh Copy Share Image
My daughter wasn't into that type of rock music and kind of played it off. But then these teenage boys started coming… — Jason Bonham Copy Share Image
I make my music to express everything I feel is necessary to communicate at a given time. Through music, I can express… — Sophie Copy Share Image
Maybe a part of me recognized how right the improvising spirit of jazz is. Not the sounds, but the freedom to work… — Jane Siberry Copy Share Image
It's all about perspective: different people need different forms of musical medicine. What matters most is if the artist or musician or… — Raye Copy Share Image
“I'm like an old record--Be my guest is the signature song; Please go away, always on side B.” — Chloe Hooper Copy Share Image
Whatever it is, music should sound spontaneous, I've derived a great deal of pleasure from playing jazz and having the knowledge of… — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
A lot of my lyrics are approximate meaning without me knowing why they sound right. — Matt Berninger Copy Share Image
I think, as a musician, or even as a citizen of the world, I just want to be a part of something… — Maggie Rogers Copy Share Image
“Not songs of loyalty alone are these, But songs of insurrection also, For I am the sworn poet of every dauntless rebel… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
The key to being a great band that lasts is always going to be making sure you write really good songs and… — Laura Jane Grace Copy Share Image
I think that the loss of confidence in yourself to make good music is what being jaded is. — Howard Lawrence Copy Share Image
I like the idea of having an old Gibson [guitar], but I don't have one. The Gibson has a different quality, but… — Steve Young Copy Share Image
One thing I like about jazz is that it emphasized doing things differently from what other people were doing. — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
I thought I might be a band instructor, someone who plays all the instruments and teaches others. — Adrian Belew Copy Share Image
I think I'm eclectic and I'm never afraid to not know an artist or a band or an album because I want… — Jade Bird Copy Share Image
My dad was really into avant garde jazz: Archie Shepp, John Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders. — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
Just wage a total war against these tyrants; I think we will do very well and our children will sing great songs… — Michael A. Ledeen Copy Share Image
I think that's important to remember - That we're blessed to even be able to attempt to do this [music]. — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
At a major label you can start to feel that you're working for them, and that any work you do, you're never… — Aimee Mann Copy Share Image
As far as the bands that are reforming now, it's always nice to see old friends and hear some of those great… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
Only sing - don't do cheap songs, don't do silly songs, just do, just do wonderful songs that are well-written. — Frank Sinatra Copy Share Image
Don't let a loud few determine the nature of the sound. It makes for poor harmony and diminishes the song. — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
I started writing - just generally - when I was 10, there, and started writing songs when I was maybe 11 turning 12. — Montaigne Copy Share Image
You know, it's funny how songs continue to grow and evolve and become a new and deeper reflection of your life. — Gloria Estefan Copy Share Image
My energy to sing, I get it from my singing. Singing was not a reason to make a living. This is the… — Nana Mouskouri Copy Share Image
On the first two albums, I essentially began with lyrics and placed the music underneath or around the words. — Perfume Genius Copy Share Image
Music-hall songs provide the dull with wit, just as proverbs provide them with wisdom. — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
In my early days, I never used finger vibrato at all. I originally carved my reputation as one of the 'fast' guitar… — Ritchie Blackmore Copy Share Image
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