I got involved, for the most part, in the actual song construction, lyrics even. I didn't want to write the lyrics, but… — Michael Gira Copy Share Image
It doesn't really change, actually. I think The Rolling Stones have gotten a lot better. An awful lot better, I think. A… — Charlie Watts Copy Share Image
I always want to set myself a challenge by doing something no-one would expect me to do! But, having said that, I… — Akon Copy Share Image
“That’s a drummer’s love story. If you want a prettier one, you’ll be waiting forever. If you could separate your body into… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“When I'm down and depressed Hopeless and confused Full of despair After being mistreated and used Music helps me get out of… — O Crisstopher Copy Share Image
It's the way I make music, I will take two ideas and smash them together and if they sit well together for… — Thighpaulsandra Copy Share Image
Guys like Otis Blackwell and Bobby Darin, and all the guys who were writing songs for Elvis at the time, just hanging… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If your records aren't out there yet or you're trying to put out a record, build a platform, release content on it… — B-Real Copy Share Image
“Music to heal: To heal problems related to children, honour, getting a position in life, relationships with father and government - Raag… — Deepanshu Giri Copy Share Image
I have written six symphonies, they are smaller-scale works. I seem to emit my themes, work them out, combine and intertwine them,… — Barbara Harbach Copy Share Image
I'm one of the culprits who keeps turning stuff around, shaking up original tunes and trying to stand the canon on its… — Kurt Elling Copy Share Image
Authenticity resonates with people. The industry can be very misleading and is built to make people believe what they see. But people… — LeCrae Copy Share Image
I thought of my father's wisdom, as though it were buried in a box under a tree. As in the old song… — Mary Butts Copy Share Image
I want to see the guitar in a non-linear sense that encompasses tones, arrangements, songwriting, audio production, and everything else - you… — Jim Root Copy Share Image
I love doing third albums. A group makes its first album, and then the record company rushes them into the studio to… — Jimmy Iovine Copy Share Image
The problem now with changes in the music industry is that there's almost no point in making records anymore. The only thing… — Nick Mason Copy Share Image
“Up the street a song cloud floats by, sagging a bit, but still intact. I walk faster and catch up with it… — Charles Yu Copy Share Image
I fell in love with singing, and through singing, I learned how to write songs. Anything you're consistent with and that you… — Bibi Bourelly Copy Share Image
The Jam were a good band, however I feel that the Style Council were better. A lot of people I know will… — Paul Weller Copy Share Image
In the morning I'd write these essays, anything that I'd feel like writing, and in the afternoon, I'd spend time with my… — Iggy Pop Copy Share Image
Mom and sister played piano growing up; my grandma still plays piano in church. They always beat me over the head trying… — Dustin Lynch Copy Share Image
I do believe we should push each other to write better songs and make better music. We do ourselves a disservice if… — Bonnie Baker Copy Share Image
If you want to be a singer, you've got to concentrate on it twenty-four hours a day. You can't be a well… — Otis Redding Copy Share Image
“I sing the songs I sang to you every night. I sing them so I will remember you, hoping that you will… — Patricia MacLachlan Copy Share Image
You take all the time to write a song: you have to let it ooze on out by its natural self and… — Gregg Allman Copy Share Image
When I was 13, I used to go to a jazz club. The owner of the club became my first business manager.… — Johnny Mathis Copy Share Image
When a record company looks at me I'm very hard to market, I don't really fit anywhere, It's hard to get me… — Leo Kottke Copy Share Image
Peace! and no longer from its brazen portals The blast of War's great organ shakes the skies! But beautiful as songs of… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
“I particularly dug the subgenre of horror punk, which was basically just punk bands dressing up like zombies or ghosts and pouring… — Hannah Wilde Copy Share Image
I just love The Cure. I think that their songwriting is so next level, and I really like the juxtaposition between this… — Vic Mensa Copy Share Image
In a way, I think this album is stronger than the last one - in terms of not hiding behind anything. So… — Sarah Blasko Copy Share Image
When I listen to little fourth-dimension artifacts, they're like they were made as time capsules in the first place. You know that… — Will Oldham Copy Share Image
I'm such a copycat."I want to try and do this like the Donovan song 'Changes'," or "I want to do this bit… — Eleanor Friedberger Copy Share Image
“It's the best kind of devastating there is. He took his pain and he turned it into something beautiful. Into something that… — Hannah Harrington Copy Share Image
“By the 1860s more and more banjo makers followed in Ashborn's footsteps, for, as we shall see, most often inventive banjo design,… — Philip F. Gura Copy Share Image
I love Lady Gaga, Rihanna - all the pop girls like Katy Perry. I think Miley Cyrus is very talented, too. Apart… — Giorgio Moroder Copy Share Image
Someone told me there was a publisher that could find a good home for my songs, but I didn't want to give… — Michael Bolton Copy Share Image
When I was in third grade I thought that I was gay cause I could draw, my uncle was and I kept… — Macklemore Copy Share Image
Linguistic philosophers continue to argue that probably music is not a language, that is in the philosophical debate. Another point of view… — Robert Fripp Copy Share Image
Part of my big message with all this is that if you are alive, you know all you need to know about… — Michael Tilson Thomas Copy Share Image