My dad's job was to manage apartment complexes, so when people would move out or when people would die or whatever, people… — Kali Uchis Copy Share Image
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I have no choice in what direction my music goes, honestly, as all I get is what I'm given. I start writing… — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
Deftones is always my main focus. I’ve been doing it the longest and it’s definitely a priority. I think of these as… — Chino Moreno Copy Share Image
I have these songs that I've been playing for so many years. They're so intimate and close to me. And these are… — Chris Carmack Copy Share Image
Our sages developed music from time immemorial to take shelter in one's true self. Real music is not for wealth, not for… — Ali Akbar Khan Copy Share Image
I was very small when I started making music. I think the first song might have been when I was, like, in… — Jessie Reyez Copy Share Image
The goal with a show is to push forward the passion in a visual and sonic way. It all comes out in… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
Formerly known as The Muslims, The Soft Pack brings a lot of swagger to its garage-rock sound. There's a load of gimmick-free… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
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Say what you want about Maroon 5 not making music like the kind found on 'Songs About Jane,' the fact remains that… — Phoebe Robinson Copy Share Image
When I started to sing, my mother would have me engaged to perform at the Women's Christian Temperance Union national or annual… — Maureen Forrester Copy Share Image
If you want to open a supermarket chain and put your face all around the globe, selling your baby and your dog,… — Annie Lennox Copy Share Image
Country music especially can get very formulaic - you know, you have to have your verses and a bridge and a chorus,… — Sturgill Simpson Copy Share Image
Mine is only one of the millions of hearts broken over the death of Whitney Houston. I will always be grateful and… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
When I'm writing a lyric, I totally forget about the music. I'm just looking at the lyric and thinking about it almost… — Scott Walker Copy Share Image
As a songwriter, I was really into pulling away from the melodrama and the overdramatic type of writing that I was previously… — Katie Stelmanis Copy Share Image
I teach songwriting a lot, and I always tell my students, 'You gotta write the little songs sometimes to get to the… — Mary Gauthier Copy Share Image
I love what I'm doing most of the time, but it's hard work. People only see your albums in the charts. They… — Gavin Rossdale Copy Share Image
I don't want to be typecast as the 'ambient guy' or someone who only does electronic scores. I think most of the… — Cliff Martinez Copy Share Image
Charlie Parker was the greatest individual musician that ever lived. Every instrument in the band tried to copy Charlie Parker, and in… — Gary Giddins Copy Share Image
I had always been aware of George's importance to me, of the bond of friendship and of the sparkle and light, effervescence… — Andrew Ridgeley Copy Share Image
... Michael Bloomfield was the antithesis of a collector ... he didn't care how old a guitar was; all he wanted was… — Nick Gravenites Copy Share Image
A lot of the songs on '2' are pretty personal, but even if I'm writing about something like that, I still tend… — Mac DeMarco Copy Share Image
The only work that can be compared to Chopin's Etudes, innovatively, where every note is essential and one becomes completely exposed, is… — Carlo Grante Copy Share Image
Is it not our duty to find the symphonic formula which fits our time, one which progress, daring and modern victory demand?… — Claude Debussy Copy Share Image
When I was writing the Destiny's Child songs, it was a big thing to be that young and taking control. And the… — Beyonce Knowles Copy Share Image
One of the things I love about doing things that are creative is that I feel like it's my right as an… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
My first influences for playing were Johnny Ramone and Jimmy Page, the same as everybody else. Joe Perry. The guys in Alice… — Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein Copy Share Image
Music has the potential and the capability to create something much bigger... it has the capability to be completely free, to do… — Karin Dreijer Andersson Copy Share Image
I feel like songwriting changed from something that I liked doing to something that, I feel, is a very important outlet for… — Dan Mangan Copy Share Image
We haven't started playing it live yet but we're going to. And then 'Warpaint' is a song that's really, really close to… — Theresa Wayman Copy Share Image
A song just doesn't have verse-chorus-verse. It could just be one line. There are Chinese love songs that you have to learn… — Jeff Buckley Copy Share Image
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Music helps us to cope with stress en forget about problems.Here is one of the tracks that can help yhu do that;… — Arcine Arciniegas Ft Saty K & Organised Family Copy Share Image
“Rachel Manteuffel apparently has no idea that "Yesterday" was a Beatles song that most boomers didn't particularly like. Rather, it was a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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A love song must respect the canons of music beauty, entering the fibers of those who are listening. It must make them… — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
My uncle gave me a trumpet, but I loved the Louis Armstrong sound and the Harry James sound and I played by… — Dick Dale Copy Share Image
I'm writing songs about New York. A lot of them carry the names of neighborhoods in Long Island. Maspeth, Montauk. I'm getting… — Zach Condon Copy Share Image
