To be strong, and beautiful, and go round making music all the time. Yes, she could do that, and with a very… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
When it came to slaughtering sacred cows with such crude yet perfect musical precision, there was no one better than Frank. I… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
Rip Rig + Panic that I joined, they were really influenced by jazz and blues and punk. So I think what happened… — Neneh Cherry Copy Share Image
If we are able to get inside the music and inhabit it convincingly enough, it will cause everyone to find each other… — Michael Tilson Thomas Copy Share Image
Honestly, musicals? I just can't. What if this was real life and I was just walking down the street on Rodeo Drive… — Miley Cyrus Copy Share Image
It doesn't take long to sum up the major theses of most popular music: he loves me; he left me; I need… — Holly Near Copy Share Image
In the media, a reviewer has his personal vision but it's passed along to a million readers or whatever. He might think… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
Lyrically and thematically, the title 'Doctor Faith', that song is about therapy, psychotherapy, and that song is about emotions and personal insight.… — Christopher Cross Copy Share Image
I should mention that I took piano lessons beginning when I was four. My mother was my first teacher, and it was… — Barbara Harbach Copy Share Image
People paying attention to vibratory activity, not in reaction to a fixed ideal performance, but each time attentively to how it happens… — John Cage Copy Share Image
Hey there's not a cloud in the sky It's as blue as your goodbye And I thought that it would rain On… — Wendy Matthews Copy Share Image
I played violin from when I was about eight to thirteen, so I could read a little bit, but if you put… — Petra Haden Copy Share Image
Music is a spiritual doorway its power comes from the fact that it plugs directly into the soul, unlike a lot of… — Peter Gabriel Copy Share Image
...and then of course the music sprang up, lousy rock as bold and dull as a giant potato. “Love this song,” Todd… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
“I am going to sing for you, a little off key perhaps but I will sing. I will sing while you croak,… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
As far as my solo record, I don't want a gold record or anything, I'm happy to be small and to have… — John Frusciante Copy Share Image
People will always have the desire to make rock and roll records, and they'll always have the desire to sell rock and… — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
There's the usual suspects in there, Green Day and The Clash and The Smiths, yeah, but there's also Ella and Frank, even… — Rachel Cohn Copy Share Image
I got a chance to work with Miles Davis, and that changed everything for me, 'cause Miles really encouraged all his musicians… — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
I have so much music that I do. Just like how a visual artist is always sketching something but they might not… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
I like a very dark house, just black. I sit there and just think. Once I'm still and quiet inside, I'll begin.… — Bobby McFerrin Copy Share Image
I became really creative around the time I started understanding that people could be creative with music and that that was allowed.… — Michael Angelakos Copy Share Image
I go by the "Miles Davis school of production and band-leading", where you pick the best musicians you can, you provide them… — Jose James Copy Share Image
I have an office full of product from brands trying to be in videos and an inbox full of songs from artists,… — Adam Kluger Copy Share Image
Speaking of WAMU, [bluegrass and old time music DJ] Ray Davis did a lot of work there. I've know Ray, I guess… — Ralph Stanley Copy Share Image
Here are some funny songs, there are some songs that we didn't even remember. I heard this song that Ringo is singing,… — George Harrison Copy Share Image
I'm a Beatles fan, and I remember in the mid-1980s, when CDs first came out, there was a sound of vinyl and… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
I first started playing in piano bars for three reasons - to make money, to be in the company of my friends… — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
I've liked country music for as long as I can remember, especially the songs of Dolly Parton. Her lyrics are similar to… — Vera Lynn Copy Share Image
We are slowed down sound and light waves, a walking bundle of frequencies tuned into the cosmos. We are souls dressed up… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I wanted to do a summary of my life and career. There’s been so many different looks, and so many types of… — Shania Twain Copy Share Image
I went into the house. I put on Jimi Hendrix's 'Red House' at full volume, filled the glass to the brim with… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My childhood neighbor played piano, and he told me we'd get all the girls if I learned how to play-and I was… — Christian McCaffrey Copy Share Image
So I am one of those bass players who can do something and musically, it was back then and now it is… — Miroslav Vitous Copy Share Image
[As a conductor] there has to be, between me and the orchestra, an unshakable bond of trust, born out of mutual respect,… — Charles Hazlewood Copy Share Image
My Auntie CeCe - I can kind of joke and say all I need to do is pray. But that's literally what… — Deborah Joy Winans Copy Share Image
Over thirty-plus years, a certain myth has grown up around the band. And the last thing I ever wanted to do was… — Eric Carmen Copy Share Image
I think as an over-protective parent of my songs: I always feel like none of them get enough attention. There are the… — Sam Roberts Copy Share Image
“And you listen to some of that meticulous Mozart stuff and Vivaldi and you realize that they knew that too. They knew… — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
A friend of mine introduced me to Thurston Moore because she thought I would like him. He was playing with the tallest… — Kim Gordon Copy Share Image
![“Speaking of WAMU, [bluegrass and old time music DJ] Ray Davis did a lot of work there. I've know Ray, I guess for 50 years - 40, or 50 years. And, he plays a lot of my records.” quote by Ralph Stanley](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/b10/ralph-stanley-21787_bluegrass_speaking-of-wamu-bluegrass-and-old-time_1594979.jpg)
![“[As a conductor] there has to be, between me and the orchestra, an unshakable bond of trust, born out of mutual respect, through which we can spin a musical narrative that we all believe in.” quote by Charles Hazlewood](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/64a/charles-hazlewood-15398_believe_as-a-conductor-there-has-to-be-between-m_1879413.png)
