I'm still a businessman. But what I do for my primary living and what is my life is music, and that will… — David Draiman Copy Share Image
The original version of 'Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang' was made to a Boz Scaggs song; I can't remember the name of… — Dr. Dre Copy Share Image
If you put music on top of noise, it's like putting icing on top of mud; it might look like a cake,… — Julian Treasure Copy Share Image
... When it came time to hire a guitar player ... I didn't even have to think about it ... Mike Bloomfield… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
Not to be mean about it, but some great rock and rollers, like Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry, are pretty one-dimensional. — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image
You continue to evolve with each album that goes by and, as an artist, you continue to expand with every recording project. — Randy Travis Copy Share Image
The songs my band and I like to sing - the songs that the room will erupt for - are '90s hits,… — Ross Lynch Copy Share Image
Some singers think they are gods who can do everything. But I have always been honest with myself and my possibilities. — Mirella Freni Copy Share Image
Writing a song is almost like cheating-writing because you don't have to finish your sentences, you don't have to use any punctuation,… — Mirah Copy Share Image
Music is real when it goes inside you. You know when you really love someone, and you look into their eyes and… — Eva Simons Copy Share Image
The nice thing about working for a label like Domino is that there's no pressure: They've got a roster of 40 active… — Max Tundra Copy Share Image
Jazz came out of New Orleans, and that was the forerunner of everything. You mix jazz with European rhythms, and that's rock… — The Edge Copy Share Image
One of the reasons I believe in jazz is that the oneness of man can come through the rhythm of your heart.… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
I only work with a couple of co-writers who I'm really close with, so they always know what's going on in my… — LIZ Copy Share Image
I feel like the expectations have gone up. It's not a complaint, but it's a little intimidating. People are like, 'Oh, you're… — Lucy Dacus Copy Share Image
I was born and raised in Germany, so I was classically trained. Classical has been deep in me from a totally early… — Ramin Djawadi Copy Share Image
I've also been writing for other artists, producing other artists, doing some country stuff. Those lyrics I tend to leave more universal. — Meredith Brooks Copy Share Image
People don't realize the limitations of 200 words, and the way they get chiselled down into a song that has to be sung. — Neil Peart Copy Share Image
I love listening to Led Zeppelin and classic rock albums from the Seventies. They're just so brilliant because they breathe. — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
“DAD: would ya’ll take me to the itunes store…i don’t know where its located…is it on S. Congress?” — Sophia Fraioli Copy Share Image
Louis Armstrong is quite simply the most important person in American music. He is to 20th century music (I did not say… — Ken Burns Copy Share Image
The sparrows are preparing for winter, each one dressed in a plain brown coat and singing a cheerful song. — Charles Kuralt Copy Share Image
You can't steal an artist's songs and also tell him he can't license that music to a commercial. — Jack White Copy Share Image
I've been with Rita Ora in the studio doing a song of hers. She's amazing. She's a sweetheart. — Anitta Copy Share Image
I got into guitar because no parent will buy their eight-year-old kid drums, unless they're divorced and trying to get back at… — Joshua Homme Copy Share Image
When I write a song, that process is sort of entwined with a lyric or a chord progression that suits the vibe,… — Michelle Zauner Copy Share Image
The one thing that concerts have done for me is given me the opportunity to get back to sort of do songs… — Colm Wilkinson Copy Share Image
“I wonder if the true movement of the world might not be a voice raised in song.” — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
As a musician, my job is incredibly easy, and it's a good one, but I've got to work at it occasionally. — A.C. Newman Copy Share Image
I can't just make a song people can dance in a club to... it still has to be real. — Mary J. Blige Copy Share Image
I think that's an interesting point of being a songwriter, is to write songs that make people think. — Joshua James Alphonse Franceschi Copy Share Image
I started skiing around the same time as I began playing the piano, at around four, before moving to the violin at… — Vanessa Mae Copy Share Image
You don't love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The boy Prewitt loved the songs because they gave him something, a first hint that pain might not be pointless if you… — James Jones Copy Share Image
It was as familiar to me as a song I'd been hearing my whole life, covered by various people but the basic… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Everybody needs inspiration , Everybody needs a song. A beautiful melody, When the night's so long. Cause there is no guarantee, That… — Miley Cyrus Copy Share Image
I never wanted to write the sort of song that said, 'Look at how abnormal and crazy and out there I am,… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
“And I’ve realized that the Beatles got it wrong. Love isn’t all we need—love is all there is.” — Morgan Matson Copy Share Image
I can't sing. So if I ever tell you that I'm singing tell me to stop!! You might go deaf..:P — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'll be driving and a lyric will come into my head, and I will have to pull over and record it… — Lil' Kim Copy Share Image
