Among the numerous pleasures of Vienna the hotel evenings are famous. During supper Strauss or Lanner play waltzes...After every waltz they get… — Frederic Chopin Copy Share Image
If you told me to write a love song tonight, I'd have a lot of trouble. But if you tell me to… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
All I've got on my iPod is every single Queen song and every single Judas Priest song. Queen were an incredible heavy… — Rob Halford Copy Share Image
What I mean is I'd rather be a Burt Bacharach figure, where if I did gigs there'd be other people there singing… — Nick Heyward Copy Share Image
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I have spent over 60 years bent over a guitar and to know that I wrote 70 compositions that masters have recorded,… — Jerry Reed Copy Share Image
If your parents only listen to jazz or folk, you're like one of those trees you see in botanic gardens that have… — KT Tunstall Copy Share Image
New York Times v. Sullivan was about the suppression of speech in the South [during the 1960s]. Today's version of suppression is… — Gilbert S. Merritt, Jr Copy Share Image
Music teaches the Soul understanding of harmony. Math describes that harmony with equations, rates and rhythms. Given to that, aren't we all… — George Zafiris Copy Share Image
Through the music, you can pretty much tell what I've been through and what I've accepted. And releasing it has made me… — Gabriella Wilson Copy Share Image
I'm not like other writers. I'm not hung up on using my own songs. In fact, my sister Bunny always tells me… — El DeBarge Copy Share Image
I come from a songwriter background, so essentially with my music, I'm trying to make songs that will last a lifetime and… — Jonas Blue Copy Share Image
There was a show in Germany called Beat Club, and they had a lot of bands playing live. And I had this… — Ottmar Liebert Copy Share Image
Love is fragile. And we're not always its best caretakers. We just muddle through and do the best we can. And hope… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Violin for me is a great instrument because you can use it as a rhythmical instrument and also as a melodic instrument.… — David Garrett Copy Share Image
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I love writing pop songs and I love the challenge. I love melodies and wanted it to be classy. I wanted it… — Courtney Jaye Copy Share Image
The good bands take people on a journey with them; You look at the Beach Boys and the Beatles and you see… — John Popper Copy Share Image
“She was actually a recording star in Puerto Rico when my mom was growing up. My mom was always stuck sitting backstage… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
We are firm believers that the first time somebody hears a brand new song from the band, it shouldn't be on a… — Vinnie Paul Copy Share Image
Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark. In effect, the people who change… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
You'll need coffee shops and sunsets and road trips. Airplanes and passports and new songs and old songs, but people more than… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
These are thy glorious works Parent of Good, Almighty, thine this universal Frame, Thus wondrous fair; thy self how wondrous then! Unspeakable,… — John Milton Copy Share Image
Poems and songs penned as an unstoppable outpouring of the heart take on a life of their own. They transcend the limits… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
I used to watch 'Top of the Pops' when I was a kid and say 'Yeah!' or 'Boo!' at every single song.… — Damien Hirst Copy Share Image
I joined the church choir because there were these two hot chicks. Then people started giving me compliments. 'You really have a… — Romeo Santos 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
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
“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
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Every song is completely different. Sometimes they come like a lump of clay and it's your job to chip away and find… — Brett Dennen 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
If you don't already know about jazz music, how would you be exposed? How would get an opportunity to find out if… — Esperanza Spalding Copy Share Image
There's a lot of ideology about "free", that we can have free services, free content, it's one of the reasons why the… — Andrew Keen Copy Share Image
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
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
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
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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 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
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