Luckily, there's enough people who have recorded songs that I can just go online and kind of figure out how to play… — Regina Spektor Copy Share Image
The thing about doing gigs is you make music, and then it is gone and that is being watched by thousands of… — Katie Melua Copy Share Image
I think more people wanted to sound like the Ramones than The Velvet Underground. So many bands try to imitate us. Anywhere… — Marky Ramone Copy Share Image
I think every album you have to stretch further and further, give people another piece of you. But then I always try… — Ludacris Copy Share Image
Art was carrying me a lot of the time. When you're accustomed to playing with Art, and you play with other drummers,… — Benny Green Copy Share Image
To me songwriting is more like redemption. I can extract the poison or the pollen, the essence from a situation and the… — Beth Orton Copy Share Image
Yeah, nothing feels better than knowing that I can put a guitar in my hands at any time and rip - even… — Dimebag Darrell Copy Share Image
The kind who live for music and are constantly seeking it out, anywhere they can. Who can't imagine a life without it.… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
At school, I'd sing in groups in the locker room or in the bathroom, which was like an echo chamber. The problem… — Frankie Valli Copy Share Image
Punk is musical freedom. It's saying, doing and playing what you want. In Webster's terms, 'nirvana' means freedom from pain, suffering and… — Kurt Cobain Copy Share Image
The goal for me is, I build the record that I put out as one individual song. Even though it's broken up… — Girl Talk Copy Share Image
Paul Simon once said that a songwriter's supreme challenge was being complex and simple at the same time-writing songs with lasting depth… — Paul Zollo Copy Share Image
I found the most difficult thing when you became successful - when I had the record album, it won Album of the… — Bob Newhart Copy Share Image
The only reward the musician receives is music: the privilege of standing in the presence of music when it leans over and… — Robert Fripp Copy Share Image
When I was four, I think I just wanted to make noise. When I was about 10 years old I was given… — Eliot Paulina Sumner Copy Share Image
I played recorder in assembly, then I became passionate about the guitar, I don't know why. I started on electric then moved… — Ellie Goulding Copy Share Image
I've gone through the years and I've written stuff for Jules that has never gotten published, but I thought I'd write her… — Guy Sebastian Copy Share Image
We have incredible record labels in Australia, but sometimes they have a preconceived idea of how to do things. — Jessica Mauboy Copy Share Image
It is becoming increasingly difficult to obtain the services of first-class conductors. They are sick and tired of dealing with singers, as… — Rudolf Bing Copy Share Image
It's very important to focus on the music first. That's always number one. But after that, it's extremely important to just have… — Synyster Gates Copy Share Image
I put a song on Soundcloud, and Annie Mac made it record of the week, and a month later, I signed my… — Mabel Copy Share Image
Music is a handshake where I, as a songwriter, am only part of the equation. I love that, the fact that you… — Jon Foreman Copy Share Image
“Mozart’s music is so pure and beautiful that I see it as a reflection of the inner beauty of the universe itself,” — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
I was crazy about the song "Doot Doot," so I usually love this genre of weird, European electronic. — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
T Bone is genius. The way they've recorded my voice and the instrumentation to these songs is really quite extraordinary. — Betty Buckley Copy Share Image
You can't write a song out of thin air you have to feel and know what you are writing about. — Irving Berlin Copy Share Image
“them for at most $9.99. Jobs came in and offered publishers what he had refused to offer record companies: They could set… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
A song is like a dream, and you try to make it come true. They're like strange countries that you have to… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
To reach the chord is our life's hope, and the name is important to some. So they gave it a word and… — The Moody Blues Copy Share Image
There wasn't really a song or artist that made me want to be a singer, I think I was always a fan… — Sam Hunt Copy Share Image
Even with artists I love, only about a third of their music is what really hits the sweet spot for me. — Danger Mouse Copy Share Image
When I was a kid my Dad never let me sing Patsy Cline songs for one simple reason: they've already been done. — Tanya Tucker Copy Share Image
Are we allowed to sing? I imagine that at times, it might improve the tone of the debate. — Jack Layton Copy Share Image
I was never just a 'fill in 16 bars on a beat' rapper. I was making real songs from the jump. — Mac Miller Copy Share Image
Inspiring music may fill the soul with heavenly thoughts, move one to righteous action, or speak peace to the soul. — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
I had some great mentors as I was coming up and starting to sing so early - I've been singing since I… — Gladys Knight Copy Share Image
I'm a songwriter, my love of music has never left me and I literally don't seem to be able to stop writing… — Mick Hucknall Copy Share Image
It would be important for someone to understand how much our music means to us. Our music comes first right now and… — Isaac Hanson Copy Share Image
Finding great songs is the hard part of my gig - it's not as hard as songwriting, that's much more daunting -… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
In terms of music, I can try anything I want, even something that doesn't work at all, because I'm not putting my… — Celine Dion Copy Share Image
