People assume I sell a lot more records than I actually do. I really don't sell any. — Marnie Stern Copy Share Image
“Tell me this, pal, why isn't everybody sitting on a fence in the moonlight playing a banjo? That's all I want to… — Vincent Lawrence Copy Share Image
If Mozart had power tools, there's no telling how great his music might have been. — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
I believe that music is an international language and deserves to be heard all over the world. — Chris de Burgh Copy Share Image
Whenever I'm really excited about a song, I want to learn it, and it becomes the first thing I play every time… — Frankie Cosmos Copy Share Image
I pretty much isolated myself away from drums. I stopped looking at Modern Drummer, I stopped looking at websites. — Eric Hernandez Copy Share Image
“NEVER BE AFRAID TO DART AROUND IN PUBLIC, HUMMING THE MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE THEME SONG. —T-SHIRT” — Darynda Jones Copy Share Image
It's the coolest feeling signing your record. And it's great when people come to your shows and know the words to the… — Lights Copy Share Image
I like to find music that shares a rhythm with the sentences I'm working on. And though I'll probably regret saying this,… — Rosecrans Baldwin Copy Share Image
Few things in life can spark and radiate strong pleasure, intense feelings, and touch the main nerve of the soul... music is… — Ellis Hadlock Copy Share Image
“There’s a vast fraternity of record collectors, and the record store was their hub. There was not a lot of information on… — Gary Calamar Copy Share Image
I'm not even that good at guitar, so when it sounds like I'm playing a chord in a raw or unconventional way,… — Alex G Copy Share Image
My favourite song is Someone To Love. That is more like me than the other stuff, as it was the only one… — Brittany Murphy Copy Share Image
If the song was upbeat, we'd get out a funky Harry Connick, Jr. album, some Louis Prima big band, or a Bob… — Bart Millard Copy Share Image
As a kid in Africa, you were so connected to nature itself because you went farming, watched the moon out at night,… — Ishmael Beah Copy Share Image
The Rolling Stones are much more accomplished than Jefferson Airplane, who are more like tribal people. That is, they present something which… — Jean-Luc Godard Copy Share Image
I really just tried to make a record full of great songs, which is the goal I always have. — Martina McBride Copy Share Image
Once it's out there in the universe, it's serving its purpose, and I'm proud to have other folks hear the music that… — Sam Hunt Copy Share Image
To see itself through, music must have idea or magic. ... Music with neither dies young though rich. — Ned Rorem Copy Share Image
What I used to play was rhythm guitar before I saw Jack Bruce. I said, That's what I want to do in… — Geezer Butler Copy Share Image
The reason my voice is sounding more passionate is because I'm singing directly from the heart. — Sammy Hagar Copy Share Image
A lot of getting a song done is booking the studio time. I'm the kind of person who will set time aside… — Kurt Vile Copy Share Image
Everyone knows it, but no one is willing to digest the fact that the lyrics comprising of slangs can also be a… — Yo Yo Honey Singh Copy Share Image
These days the whole 'American Idol' and 'The X Factor' and all that stuff has opened up doors for songwriters like me.… — Chesney Hawkes Copy Share Image
Any musician in any band - for a really good band - you know your part in the band. — Duff McKagan Copy Share Image
Britons still commemorate the Battle of Cable Street in London. There are still pop songs in Britain that reference Sir Oswald Mosley… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
When I finally decided to do the show, I only had two weeks to learn the choreography and the songs in French. — LaToya Jackson Copy Share Image
The one thing I got right was that I already looked like a punk when punk arrived. — John Cooper Clarke Copy Share Image
To the birds you gave songs, the birds gave you songs in return. You gave me only a voice, yet asked for… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
Don't confuse correlation and causation. Almost all great records eventually dwindle. — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
Why does every society seem to want to make music when it often seems like kind of a frill. — Tod Machover Copy Share Image
Everything I write tends to come from my own personal experiences, or from people close to me that I'm singing about. — Bill Ward Copy Share Image
The theory is that you don't play a song the same way twice because it's jazz. That's where I'm coming from. — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
The concept that an artist would be revered by popular culture is an immediate dismissal of his relevance as an artist. — Thomas Kinkade Copy Share Image
I spend an awful lot of time thinking about stuff that's happened, but I don't want to be someone who's only writing… — Jacob Anderson Copy Share Image
I love to sing, but I'm just terrible. I play guitar, and I play enough where I can play most country stuff,… — Justin Deeley Copy Share Image
I love the sad songs with their maudlin, self-deprecating, almost funny lyrics. As an Englishman, they make a lot of sense. — Teddy Thompson Copy Share Image
Often I have to move my body in a certain way, like exercising, to begin to get into the right rhythm for… — Patty Griffin Copy Share Image
I'm finding it hard to listen to other rock bands. It's been hard for me for a long time, but now I… — Matt Tong Copy Share Image
It seems that singing is the only thing I've been able to do and fortunately it seems to be useful! — Judith Durham Copy Share Image