It's really hard to find a love song that is real. That's when you really strike a chord with somebody, when you… — Rodney Atkins Copy Share Image
When you're in a band and write a song on your own, it isn't fully realized until it goes into somebody else's… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
Improvisation in the jazz sense - like the business sense - is not formless. It is built on a skill set. Jazz,… — John Kao Copy Share Image
Fairies, arouse! Mix with your song Harplet and pipe, Thrilling and clear, Swarm on the boughs! Chant in a throng! Morning is… — William Allingham Copy Share Image
A good song to one person could just be something mediocre to somebody else. It's always strange thinking about how songs connect… — Lauren Mayberry Copy Share Image
We don't sing the song enough, in my opinion, of the quality things we've done to improve the health and safety of… — Mike Tomlin Copy Share Image
Just because something's important doesn't mean I necessarily have to write songs about it and release them right now. — Declan McKenna Copy Share Image
I don't want you to feel defeated, like, 'Oh boy, why do you do this to me?' We have too many of… — Kelela Copy Share Image
It used to be the case that for an Irishman to come to the U.S. involved a perilous journey on a ship.… — Joseph O'Neill Copy Share Image
“I am Elaine dughter of Barnard of Ascolat. Motherless. Sisterless. I sing these words to you now, because the point of light… — Lisa Ann Sandell Copy Share Image
I'll never be bothered if I don't have a hit because you look at the songs that are hits and they're none… — Bert McCracken Copy Share Image
I've been making electronic music since I was 12. I was making music as soon as I knew how to make sounds… — Travis Stewart Copy Share Image
The thing about bands is everybody wants to be the next Oasis, and that doesn't mean slogging it out around the toilet… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
“Why is it that when your life is at a breaking point, every freaking song on the radio relates to it. If… — Jennifer Foor Copy Share Image
I'm just saying the producers and people who work on music are getting left out - that's when it starts getting criminal.… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
“It suddenly occurred to me that true believers in hard-driving jazz—Albert Ayler, Don Cherry, Cecil Taylor—could never become owners of cleaning shops… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
My older brother was involved in the folk movement. We would gather every weekend in Washington Park. The folk songs were so… — Anne Waldman Copy Share Image
Would you believe that Sammy Davis, Jr. taught me how to sing a ballad? 'You can be in an arena,' he said,… — Gladys Knight Copy Share Image
There is a way you can make incredible music without following the so-called formula. — Mase Copy Share Image
The musician of the present day, not being able to give us what is beautiful, torments himself to give us what is… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
My father was a musician, a songwriter and he played at bars and restaurants and my mom was a secretary for an… — Pedro Capo Copy Share Image
Bands work in a way where everyone, at some point, has to have a similar idea of how you do things. — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
I'm someone that needs to talk about my problems. I call my mom every single day at school just to vent about… — Clairo Copy Share Image
“So they're looking for a new face, with a voice to go along. I can tell you right now that ain't my… — Tegan Quin Copy Share Image
What does it mean to a person whose identity is very wrapped up in the music she makes, if her worth is… — Juliana Hatfield Copy Share Image
The ultimate part that I want to play in my life is Jimi Hendrix, so I guess I'm drawn to music even… — Nelsan Ellis Copy Share Image
And we will cause it to be well-made, this Sacrifice. You, young and never loving; I, old and never loved. Such a… — Diane Duane Copy Share Image
Well, first I studied piano. I wasn't very satisfied because I though my teachers were dumb... and repressive. — Luc Ferrari Copy Share Image
There are millions and billions of atoms of memory of all kinds of musical themes in me. — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
Every part in my heart I'm giving out Every song on my lips I'm singing out Any fear in my soul I'm… — Rob Lloyd Copy Share Image
Music is always a reflection of what's going on in the hearts and minds of the culture. — Tori Amos Copy Share Image
I didn't want to be a big record mogul and all that stuff. I just wanted to write songs and make people… — Berry Gordy Copy Share Image
Hollywood has realised that we do have actors and are not just mad about song and dance. — Ali Fazal Copy Share Image
I try to sprinkle a little gems and jewels in the music that people could use in their own life. — Nipsey Hussle Copy Share Image
Every disease is a musical problem. Its cure a musical solution. The more rapid and complete the solution, the greater the musical… — Novalis Copy Share Image
To see that people appreciate the work that I put in to make these songs for them, that's what makes me care.… — Fetty Wap Copy Share Image
I especially like the songs Hurry Up and The Curse Of Castle Dragon, and I often include them in my live show. — Paul Gilbert Copy Share Image
My style of writing has been influenced by sort of scavenging the pieces of music that I've heard, and it'll just be… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
On those who overanalyze his music: When you tear the wings off a butterfly, it is no longer a butterfly — Claude Debussy Copy Share Image
It was always going to be a risk to go away, reinvent the band, and come back and release this new stuff,… — Calum Hood Copy Share Image