It's sort of funny to have songs get big about like, how much you feel like nobody likes you. It's sort of… — Olivia Rodrigo Copy Share Image
Music's only purpose should be for the glory of God and the recreation of the human spirit. — Johann Sebastian Bach Copy Share Image
I started playing the piano from the age of three and I started teaching myself; we always had a piano round the… — Ella Henderson Copy Share Image
If you're gonna sing meaningful songs, you have to be committed to living a life that backs that up. — Joan Baez Copy Share Image
In writing songs, I've learned as much from Cezanne as I have from Woody Guthrie. — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
The fineness which a hymn or psalm affords / If when the soul unto the lines accords. — George Herbert Copy Share Image
I have always believed people can sing themselves, even if they can't sing well, into a place of joy and happiness. — Judith Durham Copy Share Image
When you record, you live with what you recorded for many many years, but when you play it's just an hour and… — Keren Ann Copy Share Image
I may have run out of songs to sing. I may have run out of words to say. All that I want… — Side A Copy Share Image
These magic moments when rhythms and harmonies extend themselves and jell together and the people become another instrument. These things are priceless… — Andrew Hill Copy Share Image
I had the most frustrating thing happen when I was trying to find a label. I sent my album to this indie… — Margo Price Copy Share Image
I started writing an album on flights to Africa and Brazil, but it was crazy because I left the notebook on the… — Estelle Copy Share Image
The first music-learning thing that I took seriously was piano lessons when I was a kid. I guess that was probably the… — Frankie Cosmos Copy Share Image
There's a lot of guys who have great technique, people practicing a lot and you hear them, but there's not that many… — Marcus Miller Copy Share Image
A big mistake a lot of filmmakers do is they like, "We cut our whole ending to a Rolling Stones song." You… — Rob Zombie Copy Share Image
There are, however, composers whose music can only be heard in a chromatic sense. George Perle, for example, wrote pieces that you… — Paul Lansky Copy Share Image
I'm always good for starting a bit of a tune and the first verse, but after that I just can never go… — Ringo Starr Copy Share Image
I wanted to be Rick Danko for most of my life despite the fact that I didn't play the bass! — Jack Savoretti Copy Share Image
When we made 'North Hills,' I had never heard Warren Zevon, and I never heard the Grateful Dead. I had never heard… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
“The changes in her are like music missing the refrain. The song's transformed, though what's left remains familiar.” — Corrine Jackson Copy Share Image
Nothing else will ever capture the democratic process in sound as perfectly as Jazz. — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
“If the music is live, then there is a praise inside of you that will bring the Glory cloud realm.” — Renny McLean Copy Share Image
I think to really write songs, you need empathy. You have to put yourself in other people's shoes. — Ryan Bingham Copy Share Image
I don't have any dreams or aspirations or goals I want to meet music-wise, so there's nothing to keep me from being… — Vince Staples Copy Share Image
I'm trying to play guitar every day. I think I have a gift, and I've not been nurturing it for a long… — Bucky Pope Copy Share Image
As a Liverpool boy, it is impossible not to think of the Beatles' question, 'Will you still need me when I'm 64?' — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
Songwriting is a mysterious art. When I sit down to write a song, the end result should be mysterious and have this… — Martin Gore Copy Share Image
I can't just sit down and make a song in a day. It's only possible if you focus on the music and… — Zedd Copy Share Image
“Music open our minds to allow the perception of new thoughts of a higher nature, which gives us a spiritual lift, which… — Wu Wei Copy Share Image
I express myself better when I'm singing, so I always want to hold on to the music side. — Tiffany Hwang Copy Share Image
People like to say their songs are like children, but you gotta get those kids out there so they can make some… — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
If my life had to be a song I would name it, 'Live every day like its your best day ever', because… — Haley Reinhart Copy Share Image
My mother is a singer, my sisters all sing, my uncles are incredible singers and guitar players, so it's just kind of… — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
Its not love for music, its a passion, and it goes beyond liking, and beyond a hobby, its about a way of… — Zahid Abas Copy Share Image
I do believe that music has an intense power to connect us together, to inspire us to become ourselves. — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
Even when I write a song, lots of times I think - I wonder what my dad would think of this song. — SonReal Copy Share Image
Music is a great vehicle for communications, and I have a certain platform. I have an opportunity and I have to take… — Annie Lennox Copy Share Image
The first song I sent over was Up All Night. People say that sounds like Angels on a Blink record. Well, no… — Tom DeLonge Copy Share Image
I have found words [in the Bible] for my inmost thoughts, songs for my joy, utterances for my hidden griefs, and pleadings… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
A lot of big whoever producers, they come with a song and they say, 'Sing this,' and I'm not that girl. — Estelle Copy Share Image