Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule. Nevertheless one had better know the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I was talking to my spiritual advisor. I got a letter from somebody who said that they were about to kill themselves,… — David Friedman Copy Share Image
I've gone through too much, from beefs to divorce to my mom passing which I always expressed in my music, so there's… — Nas Copy Share Image
... Jeff Beck is my idol .. sometimes he finds notes that I just do not have on my guitar. Frank Zappa's… — Ritchie Blackmore Copy Share Image
The reading of the song is vital. The written word is first always . . . first. Not belittling the music, but… — Frank Sinatra Copy Share Image
“It was going to be embarrassing regardless of what music they chose, but Honoria didn’t have the heart to say it to… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
“The thing about this music is that if you just stand here and listen, you’ll never appreciate it. You’re supposed to be… — Christina Lauren Copy Share Image
I've been here so long Maybe I should runaway Try to find a summer day What is love Love is pain Love… — Mgk Copy Share Image
Mozart often wrote to his family that certain variations or sections of pieces were so successful that they had to be encored… — Emanuel Ax Copy Share Image
Instruments fascinate me because they're completely awkward. When I picked up a guitar for the first time I was like, "What is… — Brie Larson Copy Share Image
Very similar experience happened last year when we released this album, North. It was on Deutsche Grammophon, it was very, very honest.… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
As an artist it's exciting to know that you've made someone's life decision after them listening to your song. To get married… — Kelly Price Copy Share Image
When I was really little I would sit in the back of my dad's car when he'd be playing old-school music. He'd… — Leona Lewis Copy Share Image
I love rock-n-roll. I think it's an exciting art form. It's revolutionary. Still revolutionary and it changed people. It changed their hearts.… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
Only two to three per cent of an audience is interested in words and pays attention to lyrics; most of the rest… — Al Stewart Copy Share Image
When I go onstage, I'm going to work ...I feel like my performance is about an emotional connection. I want to connect… — Boy George Copy Share Image
I met people that I couldn't talk to - they didn't speak Spanish or English - but they knew my songs. That's… — Prince Royce Copy Share Image
I read someplace that when I was signed to EMI, they reeled in the 'hit-makers.' The presumption is that 'cause you're a… — Corinne Bailey Rae Copy Share Image
You can get too bogged down in technology and you can sort of forget what it is you were trying to do.… — Chris Lowe Copy Share Image
Operation Peter Pan spanned from 1960-62 whereby over 14,000 children were sent away from their families in Cuba, some never to reunite… — Tori Amos Copy Share Image
Music, when turned to a good account, is a blessing. When abused, it leads the unconsecrated to pride, vanity, and folly, and… — Ellen G. White Copy Share Image
We love great melodies and great songs that have great hooks and melodies, so we start a little bit more on that… — Dave Haywood Copy Share Image
If I ever hear "Power to the people" again, I'llà I just found out that John Lennon wrote that song, "All we… — Garry Winogrand Copy Share Image
I do feel songwriting is a bit of its own creature and the writerliness of it...it's freeing. It's good for people who… — Mirah Copy Share Image
If someone says to me that 'Horizon' is an anti-feminist anthem, I have to tell them, 'No, that's not right.' But I'm… — Aldous Harding Copy Share Image
I really consider myself fortunate to have been of age during the musical revolution that came in the form of the Beatles.… — Todd Rundgren Copy Share Image
The point is, I can’t tell you how to succeed. But I can tell you how not to: Give in to the… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
The idea of making music from an imaginary culture was to give ourselves a set of restrictions and parameters within which to… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
'Better Than Home,' the song, is about getting out of your hiding place and having the courage to live as loud as… — Beth Hart Copy Share Image
Hunting Bears is a complex song. A bear, as you know is another term for a chubby chaser. The guitar line is… — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
Is it possible Hanukkah doesn't inspire folksy songs? Plot lines may be a part. The Christmas story has a lot of material… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
As a kid, I was always listening to music. I would just go in to my room and put on an album,… — Andrew Hollander Copy Share Image
“The beach was empty, no footprints in the sand, and yet they were all there: the dead, the night and the sea.… — Nina George Copy Share Image
I think I had heard Al Di Meola on the radio when I was a kid, that acoustic record, 'Friday Night In… — Paul Gilbert Copy Share Image
You can make records from now 'til doomsday, and there are something like 50,000 records released every year, but the public gets… — Ry Cooder Copy Share Image
I think, now that I've been writing songs in general, whether it's for the group or for me, I definitely feel like… — Kirstin Maldonado Copy Share Image
My guitar style was developed during that 10-year period. That's me. That's the way I play, and I don't wish to play… — Jimmy Page Copy Share Image
Is there someone who can play guitar better than me technically? One hundred percent. But does anyone look better playing a guitar… — Machine Gun Kelly Copy Share Image
We all know how funny Morrissey is. Actually, you know what? I say that sarcastically. His songs are some of the funniest… — Zach Galifianakis Copy Share Image
The devil, the originator of sorrowful anxieties and restless troubles, flees before the sound of music almost as much as before the… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
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