It [my vocal] didn't sound like what I wanted to hear; the vibrato isn't what I liked anymore. So I got myself… — Joan Baez Copy Share Image
I had a buddy that somehow got hold of a lot of American blues records, and I'd go over to his place… — Cliff Williams Copy Share Image
I am so highly skilled that when I pick up a phrase and then pick up my guitar, a form comes out… — Donovan Copy Share Image
The whole positioning and atmosphere of the song ["King of the Mountain"] was to build up this thunderstorm that would take us… — Kate Bush Copy Share Image
Sometimes, when you are not feeling really good is when you tend to write songs because you are internalising everything, and you… — Maria Doyle Kennedy Copy Share Image
I'll never forget getting my first Nirvana, Soundgarden, and Alice in Chain records, and hearing that wonderful, beautiful darkness. And the rhythmic… — David Draiman Copy Share Image
The world is always chaos, but we pretend that it's not because it makes us feel better. In doing so we're able… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Writing is for stories to be read, books to be published, poems to be recited, plays to be acted, songs to be… — Frank Smith Copy Share Image
If you're looking for a deep album or you're looking for me to talk about past situations, it's not even about that.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My favorite cut is probably "Drink of Choice," and it was done by Bryan Michael Cox, it's a metaphorical type song, about… — Ginuwine Copy Share Image
As for me, I used to be a bird with a gentle white womb, someone cut my throat just for laughs, I… — Alda Merini Copy Share Image
I don't ever go and write music for an album. That's not something I do. I don't go and write music for… — Beth Hart Copy Share Image
A lot of the time it feels like… music is some sort of excuse to be a human. It’s kind of like… — Marcus Mumford Copy Share Image
“If we were a rock ‘n’ roll band, We’d travel all over the land. We’d play and we’d sing and wear spangly… — Shel Silverstein Copy Share Image
The first song I wrote, in fifth grade, was totally ripped from Jeffrey Lewis. My aunt's boyfriend gave me bass lessons, and… — Frankie Cosmos Copy Share Image
Lyrics are what I tend to tear hair out over and they're where I tend to feel weak musically, if I'm being… — Zach Condon Copy Share Image
I think it's obviously an abnormal, pretty unnatural thing to be available to so many strangers, in the way that you are,… — Gracie Abrams Copy Share Image
Ever since I was 12 years old I had to defend my love for heavy metal against those who say it's a… — Sam Dunn Copy Share Image
When I’m Chad from Nickelback, then I have to wear one hat and I have to wear various others when I’m Chad… — Chad Kroeger Copy Share Image
We definitely needed to spend a good solid year just finding ourselves before anyone would even notice us. We had our fan-base… — Theresa Wayman Copy Share Image
Your life is a flashback, a question, a photograph, a statement, a story, a struggle, a chance to laugh; cause if you… — Bernajoy Vaal Copy Share Image
I sing because it takes, for a brief second, it takes a little from my past, and just in that moment, I'm… — Michael Sam Copy Share Image
I'm always glad when people come together to help each other - whether they're raising money for somebody in a bad situation… — Ze Frank Copy Share Image
It's just that none of us had the wit or talent to make them into songs. We made them into life, which… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
Every time I make a song, I'm like, 'The next one's going to suck,' and I think I just need to keep… — Noah Kahan Copy Share Image
If it's worth remembering, I'll remember it. If something keeps coming back, if I keep thinking of that phrase, if I see… — Mose Allison Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to topical music - songs that were about things. So when I write songs, a lot of the… — Santigold Copy Share Image
A lot of musicians are super - insecure and they take forever and they obsess over the minutia and it's really stifling.… — Dan Auerbach Copy Share Image
I think that iTunes is opened up a whole new world to me, and I never thought it would. If you've got… — Simon Taylor-Davis Copy Share Image
The thing that is making jazz healthy today is that people are coming out of other backgrounds - from rock, folk, from… — Billy Taylor Copy Share Image
Life's like a piano, the white keys represent happiness and the black show sadness. But as you go through life's journey, remember… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I grew up in New York City in the '80s, and it was the epicenter of hip-hop. There was no Internet. Cable… — Michael Rapaport Copy Share Image
I definitely feel like if I put out a song that was like me being super vulnerable, people would look as me… — Melanie Martinez Copy Share Image
It's such a stupid thing to sign a band and then demand a hit right away to instantly recoup the money. The… — Al Jourgensen Copy Share Image
Thank God, 50 years ago I learned that our entire business is all based on two things; a great song and a… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
What I would really like to have been, given a perfect world, is a jazz pianist. I mean jazz. I don't mean… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Richard Wagner once declared that civilization disappears before music like mist before the sun. he never dreamed that one day, for its… — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
Some of the fanmail is interesting! Some of it's the lyrics to the songs and stuff, and they'll like, send me their… — Miley Cyrus Copy Share Image
From George Martin's classically inspired production of the Beatles to Peter Gabriel's early solo masterpieces, to Stereolab's beautiful loops and blips, U.K.-based… — David Means Copy Share Image
We went into that knowing that we were never going to sell a major record 'cause we didn't sound like these bands,… — Buzz Osborne Copy Share Image
![“It [my vocal] didn't sound like what I wanted to hear; the vibrato isn't what I liked anymore. So I got myself to an ear, nose and throat guy who does a lot of work with singers, and I was hoping there was a big wart on my vocal cords or something and they could scrape it off and I could have the…” quote by Joan Baez](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/b7b/joan-baez-5389_bigs_it-my-vocal-didn-t-sound-like-what-i-wan_320136.jpg)
![“The whole positioning and atmosphere of the song ["King of the Mountain"] was to build up this thunderstorm that would take us all onstage off into a story where we were suddenly in the middle of the ocean.” quote by Kate Bush](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/658/kate-bush-1547_atmosphere_the-whole-positioning-and-atmosphere-of_1866117.jpg)
