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People don’t realize, he said, how important it is to wake up every morning with a song in your heart.” J. Krishnamurti.… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
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I look at people holdings hands in the hallways, and I try to think how it all works. At the school dances,… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
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I can imagine lyrics becoming better written by smart machines rather than stupid musicians. Songwriters generally have nothing to say. They may… — Stephin Merritt Copy Share Image
My dad is actually an amazing guitarist, and he always had an incredible record collection, which is how I discovered things like… — Orianthi Copy Share Image
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Record companies are like cat breeders who find a breed they can make some money off of, in-breed it until it's sickly… — Michael Penn Copy Share Image
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I had been listening to Jackson Browne, The Eagles, and Linda Ronstadt. Ramones was not my kind of music. Now, I'm a… — P. J. Soles Copy Share Image
Usually, one of us will bring a song to the group that they think we could arrange and perform well. If the… — Mitch Grassi Copy Share Image
I'd rather see us sponsor culture by pushing more money to music education, and facilities for your people to create music. It… — Peter Sunde Copy Share Image
With the backdrop of The Salvation Army's century and a half of service to the world's poor, these songs and reflections are… — Sara Groves Copy Share Image
I think, with age, you learn that it comes in bursts and you've got no control over it. I'm not one of… — Paul Weller Copy Share Image
We all grew up with Black Sabbath. I mean, there's no secret there. Any of us, any of the members of any… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
Music has always been in my family down to my dad through my uncle. I'm just the next generation, since it's always… — Jacob Latimore Copy Share Image
Springsteen's 'Thunder Road' and Carole King's 'It's Too Late' are examples of why I am a singer/songwriter. I practice these songs every… — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
You don't want the biggest record deal as far as money goes, you just want to make sure that the people at… — Adam Rich Copy Share Image
I've never been one to think it was cheating to sample this or to loop the drum part there - I've always… — James Mercer Copy Share Image
“Two people, two hands, and two songs, in this case "Big Shot" and "Bette Davis Eyes." The lyrics of the two songs… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
I have to decide whether I'm just laying down a groove, kind of a bed and canvas for the lyrics and music… — Glenn Kotche Copy Share Image
Louie Bellson represents the epitome of musical talent. His ability to cover the whole musical spectrum from an elite percussionist to a… — Oscar Peterson Copy Share Image
Legends of the Silver Stallion had been told for years now, whenever mountain stockmen met round the campfires or on the winding… — Elyne Mitchell Copy Share Image
You give me a song now, I will give my judgement, and 90 percent of the time I will be right. It… — Bhushan Kumar Copy Share Image
Through it all, the words of John Peel echo strongly within me: you have support the music that's being made now. You… — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
I just want to play like Jimi Hendrix. I love other forms of music and wish I could play classical piano, or… — Joe Satriani Copy Share Image
In death metal, a lot of guys are Eddie Van Halen disciples, but they take his style to really expressionistic places. It's… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
“He has such musicality, darling. There were mistakes, he must find discipline, but the musicality, this is a gift.” And my heart… — Gilly Macmillan Copy Share Image
The only person I have regrets about is Miles Davis. He and I had become good friends after we did a photo… — Nile Rodgers Copy Share Image
It would be easier to say, what was the difference in style from many years ago. Many years ago, the old violinists,… — Ruggiero Ricci Copy Share Image
I think part of my job as a songwriter is to go back in my memory and pull up those pains for… — Gregory Porter Copy Share Image
Just the other day I pulled out this old cassette of Ragged Glory and I popped it into my cassette player and… — Krist Novoselic Copy Share Image
I remember I was really into this British band, The Vapors, with that song "Turning Japanese." I thought that they were really… — Craig Finn Copy Share Image
I did not initially take to the music of the Ramones, because I had never really heard of them before. Allan Arkush… — P. J. Soles Copy Share Image
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