“The greatest performances where when fingertips took away a very thin veil between people and uncovered the universe in its entirety.” — Peter Høeg Copy Share Image
I would be too self-conscious if I just thought of writing lyrics for a song. I have to trick myself into doing… — Kim Gordon Copy Share Image
Wynton Marsalis' skills have grown as fast as his ambition, and he is the most ambitious younger composer in Jazz. — Jon Pareles Copy Share Image
Maybe my songs are my partner. How 'bout that? Yeah, the biggest relationship I have is with my songs. — Diane Warren Copy Share Image
I was always super, super musical. So my parents recognized that and put me in choirs, piano lessons, and all that. — Bonnie McKee Copy Share Image
Your new CD is a weed plate, nothin' but love songs, 100% pure garbage, just something to break up buds on. — Jadakiss Copy Share Image
In a weird kind of way, music has afforded me an idealism and perfectionism that I could never attain as me. — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
The trick to songwriting is writing in a poetic enough way that other people can identify with it. — Lights Copy Share Image
It feels like we've grown enough as musicians over the last few years to go new places, and our conceptual and compositional… — Bent Saether Copy Share Image
And for our fans, they're just crazy people anyway. I always look at people in a Green Day shirt, and I think,… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
One time, just passing by, I happened to see Jack White from the White Stripes. I'm a huge White Stripes fan, and… — Reid Scott Copy Share Image
If you go back to 'Pretty Fly,' it was a very popish song, but there was a satirical side to it, and… — Dexter Holland Copy Share Image
We must have song and dance in our lives; we've had it ever since the inception of cinema in India. Our stories… — Amitabh Bachchan Copy Share Image
“Music is where I feel loved. Past, present. Music is where I give love. Why do I continue to enter rooms of… — Robin Russell Gaiser Copy Share Image
If I don't write a song, I only record it when it's played for me for the first time and I connect… — Bea Miller Copy Share Image
You have to understand how lucky I feel. I was on 'Saturday. Night. Live.' I played with the Clash! On what planet… — Fred Armisen Copy Share Image
If I played just one song from every album, I would be onstage for two and a half hours. No one wants… — Robyn Hitchcock Copy Share Image
Naturally, if I'm singing over really loud music, my approach is gonna be different than if I'm singing over some quiet acoustic… — Mark Lanegan Copy Share Image
We wanted to write a whole song about partying and then taking Yellow Cabs home. That's the weirdest topic we've ever thought… — Taryn Manning Copy Share Image
Music has generally involved a lot of awkward contraptions, a certain amount of heavy lifting. — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
The Maestro says it's Mozart but it sounds like bubble gum when you're waiting for the miracle to come. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I couldn't make every song about Texas because it wouldn't be new; it wouldn't be a breath of fresh air. — Chamillionaire Copy Share Image
I think I need the demons in order to write, but the demons have gone. It bothers me a lot. I've tried… — Brian Wilson Copy Share Image
Nowhere else in America is everyone really ready to get outta their minds. No pun intended, like my song. Vegas is that… — Lil Jon Copy Share Image
Giving jazz the Congressional seal of approval is a little like making Huck Finn an honorary Boy Scout. — Melvin Maddocks Copy Share Image
The music starts as being way separate from the lyrics, and I write - I have notebooks that I fill with drawings… — Zachary Cole Smith Copy Share Image
I definitely have worked trying to create music that inspires girls to feel confident and strong, and feel like they can do… — Melanie Martinez Copy Share Image
I can't play my songs on the smaller harp. I have a Celtic harp. I can't do the key changes. — Joanna Newsom Copy Share Image
What Nirvana's success means is that certain radio stations now have their ear more cocked to bands like us; they're more open… — Lee Ranaldo Copy Share Image
Working on 'Aasmaan' was a delight, Raj and DK are phenomenal with their vision, and Raghav and Anumita have added the right… — Tanishk Bagchi Copy Share Image
I thought, If I'm gonna run a jazz club, if I've got Miles Davis' posters in my bar, I should at least… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
I've always had a deep resonance, but I love vocal work, and I've been doing it for so many years. — Lana Parrilla Copy Share Image
When you think, 'I want to be an artist,' there are a few things you think of, the first thing being: album. — Raye Copy Share Image
I found it quite pleasing to be alone from a very young age. The piano became my source of release. — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
If some event happens and it seems really important to me and moving to me, I'll write it down in my lyric… — Amy Ray Copy Share Image
Sound is complex; there are many countervailing influences. It can be a bit like a bowl of spaghetti: sometimes you just have… — Julian Treasure Copy Share Image
“A great song that gets played so often you can no longer hear what made it great.” — Andy Selsberg Copy Share Image
The band, and myself, really pride ourselves on being passionate and writing our songs and showing the world we're in music for… — Luke Hemmings Copy Share Image
I can't do some of the songs that younger girls like Mary J. Blige and Beyonce are doing. They have their own… — Patti LaBelle Copy Share Image
Then Elrond and Galadriel rode on; for the Third Age was over and the Days of the Rings were passed and an… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
