I wish I was really talented in music because then I would be doing it. I felt that I could write a… — Johan Renck Copy Share Image
I'm first and foremost a guitar player. I've been playing since I was 12, which is over half of my life. — Annie E. Clark Copy Share Image
I've just been recording mostly acoustic stuff, drums, and sax, and electric guitar. I'm just still writing songs and what not. — Phillip Phillips Copy Share Image
I never wanted to go back and relive the glory days; I just want to keep moving forward. That's what I took… — Paul Simonon Copy Share Image
Sometimes a song can take up to a year to write, and because I waited that year and waited to work on… — Skrillex Copy Share Image
Lyrics have to be underwritten. That's why poets generally make poor lyric writers because the language is too rich. You get drowned… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
People listen to music with cavemen ears: Is it a bird song or the call of a lion? The audience at a… — Marsha Norman Copy Share Image
“I don’t want to mix music and computers. Just like it’s not good to mix friends and work, and sex.” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
A black face, run-down shoes and elbow-out make-up give me a place to hide. The real Bert Williams is crouched deep down… — Bert Williams Copy Share Image
On 'Heartbreaker,' I had to sing those songs. I drank the way I did those songs. I ate the way I did… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
People often comment on the feeling and soul in my music, and I think part of that comes from the honesty and… — Jason Becker Copy Share Image
I think it's absolutely possible to write a song and go somewhere where no one's been before, uncharted territory. In terms of… — Richard Thompson Copy Share Image
I think the more emotional you are, the better. I'm sort of writing [songs] as I go and I can never tell… — Miranda Lambert Copy Share Image
“What an odd thing it is to see an entire species -- billions of people -- playing with, listening to meaningless tonal… — Oliver Sacks Copy Share Image
Sometimes I would go on Sundays and play with Doc Cheatham. I was also playing in a band of teenagers led by… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
Arcade Fire has kept their indie cred. They will sell out stadiums yet still have underdog status. But when you're a band… — Mark Foster Copy Share Image
As long as there are musicians who have a passion for spontaneity, for creating something that's never been before, the art form… — Charlie Haden Copy Share Image
I tend to like songs that are very emotional, that strike a chord with me emotionally. — Martin Gore Copy Share Image
I'm convinced there are a lot of couples who have got together while listening to my music. My songs are not exactly… — Kylie Minogue Copy Share Image
We sold over 80 million records throughout the world, and there are going to be people who want a new product, or… — Richard Carpenter Copy Share Image
In 1940 I came across a record by Jimmy Yancey. I can't say how important that record is. From then on, all… — Alexis Korner Copy Share Image
“Forget your voice, sing! Forget your feet, dance! Forget your life, live! Forget yourself and be!” — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
“I know a song about him. But I thought he lived a hundred years ago. We all did. Once I was as… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
I see a woman in the night with a baby in her hand, under an old street light near a garbage can. — Neil Young Copy Share Image
It's harder to play drums than guitar, physically. I'm always kind of on the edge. I guess that's how I play everything:… — J Mascis Copy Share Image
Most of the time in Nashville, you're so replaceable. Anybody can get another nice-looking guy to sing a country song. — Walker Hayes Copy Share Image
Music can save people, but it can't in the commercial way it's being used. It's just too much. It's pollution. — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
If you're going to be transparent, you're going to have to let the music come that wants to come. — Kurt Elling Copy Share Image
It's really such a personal journey, making a record, but even more so writing the songs. — Shania Twain Copy Share Image
I don't really know what a debut album is no more. As long as you got music on the streets, you've debuted. — Freddie Gibbs Copy Share Image
With people increasingly faced with turmoil, uncertainty and crisis, I wanted to create music that uplifts the listener and offers a sense… — Clifton Anderson Copy Share Image
I quite like Low, the band from Minnesota. They're absolutely mesmerizing. I get much the same feeling from anything that Will Oldham… — Gavin Rossdale Copy Share Image
I'm going to try to make happy songs or some political songs, like 'A Country Boy Can Survive' - something people can… — Hank Williams Jr Copy Share Image
“Songs about death and lost love and rambling down the line because sometimes down the line was the only place left.” — William Gay Copy Share Image
When I composed a song on Bhagat Singh, it flopped. But my other songs about partying and all that are superhits! — Yo Yo Honey Singh Copy Share Image
Music is neither old nor modern: it is either good or bad music, and the date at which it was written has… — Peter Warlock Copy Share Image
I hope the Canada Pops can play in E and A. I do 'Forty Days' and 'Bo Diddley'. I don't change songs,… — Ronnie Hawkins Copy Share Image
My songs aren't bubble gum pop dance songs and I don't have background dancers on every single song. — Avril Lavigne Copy Share Image
Wine, women and song have been replaced by prune juice, a heating pad and the Gong Show. — Bob Hope Copy Share Image
Hark, the glad sound! The Saviour comes, The Saviour promised long; Let every heart exult with joy, And every voice be song! — Philip Doddridge Copy Share Image
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