Sometimes a good love song can change the world and create positive energy more than any political song can. — Serj Tankian Copy Share Image
Placed in music, there's a two way appreciation felt... to the heart, and from the heart. — Ellis Hadlock Copy Share Image
I had too many guys with big egos chasing me, claiming they knew the way to make things work for this 'wonder… — Declan McKenna Copy Share Image
“Threadsuns above the grayblack wastes. A tree- high thought grasps the light-tone: there are still songs to sing beyond mankind.” — Paul Celan Copy Share Image
When I'm thinking of a song, it's not like, 'This would be a great 'me' song.' I'm just like, 'This would be… — Alex G Copy Share Image
I try not to think the song to death. The main criteria is if it's working on an emotional level. — Robbie Robertson Copy Share Image
I'm always trying to keep myself entertained while making music. Because that's just my only gauge of the quality of it. — Alex G Copy Share Image
I love music, it kind of comes naturally and has always been a part of my world. — Nick Jonas Copy Share Image
One of my favorite things is when people will ask for a song that I hadn't planned to play. It is really… — Lyle Lovett Copy Share Image
Having a very serious thematic element in the lyrics and then juxtaposing with something really triumphant and just a big beat to… — Brendon Urie Copy Share Image
I was at Stanford University up in the West Coast Bay Area, so the biggest song of my freshman year was 'I… — Sterling K. Brown Copy Share Image
I consider myself a lyricist first and foremost, but if you get something else out of what I do, that's fine too.… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
It is not the image you would see nor the song you would hear, but rather an image you see though you… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
Keith Richards ... was once asked how he came up with all those amazing guitar riffs. His answer? He just starts playing… — Mark Stevenson Copy Share Image
“After sex, they would often lie in bed listening to the record. She never tired of it. “Armstrong’s trumpet and singing are… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Yeah. My singing and my songs were very influenced by all of that. People would come up to me and ask, Is… — Regina Spektor Copy Share Image
You're not going to die," I told her, lifting my head to look at her. "I'm not done writing songs about you… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
The music I listened to as a kid - the Stones, the Beatles - that was so rebellious at the time, it… — Ian Schrager Copy Share Image
Music is a very personal thing, so if you hear one type of song that you don't like, you pass judgment on… — Chris Metzler Copy Share Image
Me becoming a person, instead of somebody who just hides and is afraid, has happened in tandem with me learning to write… — John Grant Copy Share Image
Some people can't learn to play the guitar by reading a book. You have to actually try to manage a bit and… — Keith Rabois Copy Share Image
I do remember actually learning chords to Beatles songs. I thought they were great songwriters. — Mick Taylor Copy Share Image
Big Pop songs are born of inspiration and spontaneity. The question becomes how do you create spontaneity when you're going into the… — Ricky Reed Copy Share Image
Laying on the floor and listening to music might be all the therapy that you need. — Danielle LaPorte Copy Share Image
The better the orchestra, often the harder it is to conduct, not the other way around. — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
The more perfect music we have, the more attractive the peculiarities and anomalies of human performance become. Perfection is a second rate… — T Bone Burnett Copy Share Image
For me, singing was always about the lyrics. I'm hopeless at singing songs that don't have a core. — Julie Andrews Copy Share Image
There are three things, and three things only, that can lift the pain of mortality and ease the ravages of life. These… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Every true writer is like a bird; he repeats the same song, the same theme, all his life. For me, this theme… — Alberto Moravia Copy Share Image
I found myself... Lost in my own mind... Dancing to the rhythm of the song playing in my head — Thami Copy Share Image
'Beneath the Piano' by The Devil Makes Three somehow reminds me of an old Johnny Cash song. The song is a lot… — Ben Lovett Copy Share Image
Audio virology is not a metaphor. It is to be taken literally. It maps real processes of mutation, transmission, contagion and memory… — Kode9 Copy Share Image
It bugs me that people think my songs are personal because it means I have to explain myself all the time. — Ray LaMontagne Copy Share Image
Man, I'm the No. 1 living and breathing rock star. I am Axl Rose; I am Jim Morrison; I am Jimi Hendrix. — Kanye West Copy Share Image
To play the drums, you have to spread your legs and use your arms. It's a very physical instrument to play. It's… — Patty Schemel Copy Share Image
I hope to die right in the middle of a song and right on the stage doing what I love to do.… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I like the idea that a song can be something that you can lean on, both for the songwriter and for the… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
If I had to associate myself with one song, it would probably be Let Love Rule. It's so simple and to the… — Lenny Kravitz Copy Share Image
My dad was into classic rock and R&B, which I originally started in. And then my mom did the country. — Gabby Barrett Copy Share Image
“I want to read every book that’s written hear every song that was sung I want to gaze at every cloud and… — Sanober Khan Copy Share Image
