Big labels can buy you radio play, they can buy you social media likes and YouTube views. I don't have any of… — AJ Tracey Copy Share Image
The first thing I think I ever played in public, aside from singing in church, would have been - and this is… — Bradford Cox Copy Share Image
“One can only presume that people who say that their favorite record of all time reminds them of their honeymoon in Corsica,… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
Next to theology I give to music the highest place and honor. And we see how David and all the saints have… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Lyrics mean a lot to me, and I won't record a song unless I can feel it. That's something I learned from… — Keith Whitley Copy Share Image
If you are in a band or in any situation with other people there are obviously brilliant aspects to it, but there… — David Gilmour Copy Share Image
I like to be on most of my songs. I think being on your songs makes it all the more special in… — Gabby Barrett Copy Share Image
Cyndi Lauper's 'Time After Time' was a perfect song. It was so beautiful and so heartfelt. Her vocals were so amazing. And,… — Lea Thompson Copy Share Image
I knew [Kurt Cobain] and his daughter. And Courtney [Love] came and stayed at my house. R.E.M. worked on two records in… — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
Beauty imposes reverence in the Spring, Grave as the urge within the honeybuds, It wounds us as we sing. Beauty is joy… — Shaw Neilson Copy Share Image
Every Englishman believes that Handel now occupies an important position in heaven. If so, le bon Dieu must feel toward him very… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I started writting songs when I was really little because there were things I could say through songs that I couldn't verbalize… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
River gonna take me, Sing me sweet and sleepy, Sing me sweet and sleepy all the way back home, It's a far… — Robert Hunter Copy Share Image
I had no interest in music. But now, music means everything to me. I have no words to explain how beautiful music… — Alan Walker Copy Share Image
I have loads of issues with the way classical music is presented. It has been too reverential, too 'high art' - if… — Charles Hazlewood Copy Share Image
A lot of the songs I write are like songs that I've never been able to find on any record, but that… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
In my head, I actually think my songs are pop songs. I think, 'Damn, that's a pop song!' I can practice in… — M.I.A Copy Share Image
Fact is that I played piano and performed, as a young kid, a Mozart piano concerto with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra .… — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
I take no joy in mead nor meat, and song and laughter have become suspicious strangers to me. I am a creature… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We have been trying to play a lot of different kinds of music, and probably the next album will go back more… — Mike Gordon Copy Share Image
In a broader sense, the rhythms of nature, large and small - the sounds of wind and water, the sounds of birds… — George Crumb Copy Share Image
One thing is certain if something is gaining popularity that means there is a market and audience for it. New things will… — Rahat Fateh Ali Khan Copy Share Image
Beats is inherently different: the company is a consumer electronics company but also a media company; a packaged goods company but also… — Luke Wood Copy Share Image
While I've had a great distaste for what's usually called song in modern poetry or for what's usually called music, I really… — David Antin Copy Share Image
“The Song Of The Happy Shepherd The woods of Arcady are dead, And over is their antique joy; Of old the world… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
Jazz is not about getting and playing whatever notes you want. It is about reworking themes in a manner that sounds good,… — John Kao Copy Share Image
One thing is that I wasn't getting booked that well, and they had control over who got the awards, they had control… — Waylon Jennings Copy Share Image
I'm no longer beholden to the sacredness of the recorded song as some kind of ultimate standard by which every performance of… — Sufjan Stevens Copy Share Image
The only advantage of the CD is that you have a booklet that can tell a bit of a story, but the… — Anton Corbijn Copy Share Image
“Do you know my band’s song Once in a Lifetime?” I nod my head because I know that song very well. It’s… — Kim Karr Copy Share Image
I really want to show my supporters - -the direction I wish to go into, and my fans know that is what… — Jessica Sanchez Copy Share Image
At the beginning of my career, I saw an opportunity to forge new ground and focus on songwriting. Not many people were… — Kaskade Copy Share Image
I never start a song at the beginning; I always start in the middle, working with the original concept. That might be… — Goldie Copy Share Image
I think, for every artist, the second album is the most terrifying one to put out because it can either boost your… — Thomas Rhett Copy Share Image
I try to produce music that is life-giving and inspires people to hope, but it isn't just for the super-religious. I want… — Lecrae Copy Share Image
I feel like my soul yearns to experience something new at all times. That may be an encounter with a new place… — Dash Mihok Copy Share Image
The conversation of two people remembering, if the memory is enjoyable to both, rocks on like music or lovemaking. There is a… — Jessamyn West Copy Share Image
At some point, I had to make a decision: I could practice more and become a really great guitar player or I… — James Iha Copy Share Image
If I could do anything and be the best at it, I would love to be a singer. I love going out… — Sam Kerr Copy Share Image
I learned from Jimi Hendrix. They all wanted him to do the tricks, and at the end of his career, he just… — Prince Copy Share Image
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