There's still people that do it poorly... and people that do it very, very well. I think there's still an incredible spectrum.… — Chris Baio Copy Share Image
The job of the jazz people is to take it as far as it will go and that's what they're doing. But… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
“Because the song is us and the song is her and this time I’m going to use her name. Norah, Norah, Norah… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
Now, when I have a four-string that I take on the road with me, it's a regular Martin. I bought a decent… — Lou Barlow Copy Share Image
My wife Elizabeth and I started The Really Terrible Orchestra for people like us who are pretty hopeless musicians who would like… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
It doesn’t feel like the end of the world. (Davyn) No, it doesn’t…(Stryker) How does the song go, ‘It’s the end of… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
I come from a family in which music was important, especially German music - from I come from a family in which… — Emmanuel Macron Copy Share Image
have two A & R people who listen to songs for me all of the time. When they hear something that they… — Jessica Andrews Copy Share Image
When people start writing songs for award shows, there's a very limited palette you can use. You end up not sounding like… — Mike Dirnt Copy Share Image
Some specialist guitar music is not of the highest intellectual calibre, so I must make it sound as though it is. If… — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
I always try to get back to the original source of the song. It's not always there in the sheet music, which… — Michael Feinstein Copy Share Image
Musically, I always allow myself to jump off of cliffs. At least that's what it feels like to me. Whether that's what… — Tori Amos Copy Share Image
There's no love in my songs. There's just a lot of resentment. Just bad attitude. But that's intentional, that's what I like.… — Memory Tapes Copy Share Image
contrary to what many believed, my father was kind and tenderhearted, especially towards his family. His forbidding sternness seemed to melt into… — Mohammed Reza Pahlavi Copy Share Image
There is a view that jazz is 'evil' because it comes from evil people, but actually the greatest priests on 52nd Street… — Garth Hudson Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people get intimidated by the language of music, but everyone owns music. I think there's nothing standing… — Jeanine Tesori Copy Share Image
Sometimes my lyrics are about things that are, well, not the brightest, but I have been working with this outlook for such… — Karin Dreijer Andersson Copy Share Image
And I know, There is nothing that I would not do for you, Forever be true, And I know, Although times can… — Katy Perry Copy Share Image
I've always felt like my music would stand for itself and I would stand for myself. So I've kept my music a… — Kenna Copy Share Image
My process is really about little bits of inspiration. I just record them really quick on the guitar or something. I have… — Tycho Copy Share Image
I'm also taking singing classes as well, not that I ever plan to sing in public in my entire life. I actually… — Kelly Hu Copy Share Image
A big part of making a good record is really getting a vibe, and a vibe is a mysterious thing. The vibe… — Eef Barzelay Copy Share Image
When love moves to the fifth center then whatever talents you have, any creative dimension, is possible for you. This is the… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I mean, sometimes we do do that, The National Anthem was a caustic satire and sometimes that's the way to go with… — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
You know when you hear a lyric and you can tell that the person means it? That is really hard; that is… — Andy Grammer Copy Share Image
Although my dad was a doctor, we weren't necessarily a super-artsy family. We were just a classic, traditional family who got to… — Lisa Loeb Copy Share Image
The first song I wrote was called 'Baby Darling Darling Girl,' and you know what's funny? It went, 'Baby darling darling girl,… — Nate Dogg Copy Share Image
There are bands, like R.E.M., who want to have 17 records, and some are terrible and some are great. I don't know… — Travis Morrison Copy Share Image
I keep guitars that are, you know, the neck's a little bit bent and it's a little bit out of tune. I… — Jack White Copy Share Image
A lot of the time I use slide tuning for rhythm parts. I play a lot of slide in regular tuning as… — Rory Gallagher Copy Share Image
When I hear my favorite songwriters write about things they clearly have not experienced, like "Isis" by Bob Dylan or a lot… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
I could stop and say, Well that was a D minor, G seven, but I really don't want to know that. I… — Lee Konitz Copy Share Image
But when you have to deal with notes, and to be able to make a full definition of what a sound is… — Dennis Brown Copy Share Image
With few exceptions, music has been for some centuries the art which has devoted itself not to the reproduction of natural phenomena,… — Wassily Kandinsky Copy Share Image
By the Angel, Bridget’s depressing,” said Henry, setting down his newspaper directly on his plate and causing the edge to soak through… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
At some point the label 'hard-rocker' began to get on my nerves, and I decided to break those chains. My music definitely… — Gary Moore Copy Share Image
Einstein was very attracted to Mozart. There's a mathematical, classical structure to the music, and I think he identified with that very… — Geoffrey Rush Copy Share Image
I once wrote a song so beautiful that I myself couldn't sing it. It's called Plastic Government Cheese Swan, and it's about… — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
If you think of the way Howlin' Wolf made records, you get the feeling there wasn't a production manager onsite, or a… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
People didn't know certain things about me, which... I was out of creative writing class in school, Syracuse University; had a B.A.… — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
