When I'm playing music I'm usually not thinking of surfing, just because I'm usually thinking about the chords and the lyrics, and… — Jack Johnson Copy Share Image
I used to sing as a kid, but it was quite squeaky. I think I was about 19 or 20, and we… — Rag'n'Bone Man Copy Share Image
Downloading a song for free is the easiest way to get all kinds of music. Everything else is tough and I am… — Badshah Copy Share Image
I look for things that are left of center, something you've only seen your whole life, but never heard. Hit it! With… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
“It is like the making of music. It is as simple as that. All the notes on a piano, for example, already… — Story Waters Copy Share Image
If you listen to certain things then you can hear music everywhere. But it's your perspective on 'what do I listen to,… — Pantha du Prince Copy Share Image
As a teenager my favorite band was Sonic Youth, and everything they did was always obviously them, and always so artistic. There… — MO Copy Share Image
I carry two traditional pipes and I sing my songs and pray that us as human beings treat each other with respect.… — Adam Beach Copy Share Image
As a songwriter, the minute you start having sex, you can totally see the difference in the writing. You become an adult… — Nick Jonas Copy Share Image
There was a singer-songwriter who slept on our couch for a year when I was about 7 or 8. She used to… — Vonda Shepard Copy Share Image
Dance music cannot compete with a really great rock n' roll song. There ain't no DJ that's gonna play something that can… — Brandon Flowers Copy Share Image
I was a very romantic, overly dramatic young lady, which served me well as a songwriter. Especially as someone who had to… — Jane Wiedlin Copy Share Image
I don't remember things initially when listening to music. Like, I don't remember where I first heard a song, I don't have… — Stephin Merritt Copy Share Image
I like to separate the music- and lyric-writing processes if I can. I'll sort of noodle around on my keyboard and my… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
I feel like for me the lyric writing really comes from just what's going on in my heart and that's what consumes… — Amy Lee Copy Share Image
The public has heard the stereotypical love songs a million times, and they've heard the stereotypical life-or-death songs millions of times. It's… — Ed Sheeran Copy Share Image
I like the audience to be engaged with the numbers I am singing and do not repeat my songs at any of… — Kumar Sanu Copy Share Image
I'd like to think that people see there's two ways to do things. You can put a lot of money into a… — Ryan Ross Copy Share Image
As a songwriter who uses lyrics to connect with others, it made perfect sense for me to partner with Hallmark, the leading… — Cody Simpson Copy Share Image
“A great pianist was once asked by an admirer, "How do you handle the notes as well as you do?" The artist… — Arthur Schnabel Copy Share Image
We want to get this good music to as many people as possible because I think it heals, it soothes, I think… — Graham Nash Copy Share Image
When jazz is played in another nation, it is called American. When it is played in another country, it sounds false. Jazz… — George Gershwin Copy Share Image
I've learned that there's a signature Metallica sound, and if we stray too far from that, our fans get impatient, or they… — Kirk Hammett Copy Share Image
I still feel like if I can get a song to work with, say, a basic beat, a rhythm, some chord changes,… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
“I’d like to quote the lyrics of Rodgers and Hammerstein—something that’s extremely easy to do when you’re in a library near 782.14… — Chris Grabenstein Copy Share Image
Music's the best thing we do as humans, isn't it? Music, I mean you flail your limbs, make you move in a… — Russell Howard Copy Share Image
Generally, when a record label suggests album ideas for you, you smile politely, and then proceed to shoot it down, because it's… — John Scofield Copy Share Image
'Boyz-n-the-Hood' was actually supposed to be written for Eazy's group. He had a group out in New York called Home Boys Only,… — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
“They tell the story of a man who’s drowning in his love for a woman. Drowning, but he can still breathe fine.… — Laurelin Paige Copy Share Image
Listeners can expect to feel very relaxed during the listening experience of 'Beyond Waves.' The songs are very lyrical and extremely intimate,… — Domino Kirke Copy Share Image
Flying Colors is more alternative pop with a prog edge. Think the Beatles meets U2 meets Muse and Foo Fighters. It is… — Mike Portnoy Copy Share Image
That's one of the most exciting things for me about listening to records: It's a moment in time, and the less it's… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
Its quite there sonically; a strong representation of what the songs on our records are like. It's very loud and our set… — Matthew Healy Copy Share Image
I still do one song by myself onstage. it gives people the extremely personal thing where it's just me on guitar. But,… — Butterfly Boucher Copy Share Image
“It had never occured to me that thinking and music are so much alike. In fact, you can say music is another… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
Writing a great song is not a simple task, but I feel like when everything comes together and you sing it in… — William Beckett Copy Share Image
Sometimes when there is action, we just tend to avoid those moments with music, and have music in a separate part that… — Stuart A. Staples Copy Share Image
For me, it's always been about a mix of hip-hop, acoustic singer/songwriters, and piano rock. I pull all those together. Each song… — Andy Grammer Copy Share Image
For ten years, I went to piano lessons. I don't think I'm a very musical person, and the theory quite defeated me,… — Ronald Frame Copy Share Image
Music is a language and different people who come along are each using that language to do something different, but all coming… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
