There's a standard of songwriting that, when you start immersing yourself in those types of songs, it raises your own bar as… — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image
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What is at the higher levels of meaning consciousness is like a hyperspace in which each point is equidistant from the other… — William Irwin Thompson Copy Share Image
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I was bought an electric guitar when I was 12, but my guitar teacher beat me up. I didn't like guitar lessons… — Simon Cowell Copy Share Image
Musicians make up for the copies of their songs that get pirated by performing live. I don't think there will be as… — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
God, we thank you for this earth, our homes; for the wide sky and the blessed sun, for the salt sea and… — Walter Rauschenbusch Copy Share Image
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Remember: It costs nothing to encourage an artist, and the potential benefits are staggering. A pat on the back to an artist… — Kevin Smith Copy Share Image
The first thing you realise very quickly when you decide to do an acoustic version of an electric song is your solo… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
When you break into song, it's not about dialogue, it's not about how you would speak in a naturalistic sense-it's about expressing… — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
Obviously, any living musician born after 1960 has been touched by rock and roll. It's the music of our time, and it's… — Bryce Dessner Copy Share Image
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I still hear you humming, Mama. The colour of your song calls me home. The colour of your words saying, Let her… — Sonia Sanchez Copy Share Image
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Some people are the greatest people on Earth with good hearts and will get in the studio and make the most negative… — Lupe Fiasco Copy Share Image
There's a lot of griping and groaning about wanting to play half-baked new songs live, but you don't want it to just… — Travis Morrison Copy Share Image
Sometimes it's nice to try different instruments because they have a different sound to offer and therefore your approach changes a little… — McCoy Tyner Copy Share Image
[What I want to communicate] doesn't have a language with which I can communicate it. The things that I want to communicate… — Jeff Buckley Copy Share Image
I can play a bunch of instruments but drums? My brother's a drummer and I've always been jealous that he's such a… — Nat Wolff Copy Share Image
There is always, in the fine arts, a physical interface between the artist's esthetic vision and the material result he seeks. The… — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
The rawness and the richness of music on vinyl almost went away, but it still seems to be on a lot of… — Billy Gibbons Copy Share Image
I took the easy way, and to an extent I regret that. Still, though, the way we did it was honest. We… — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
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Money is important, but I gotta like the song to play it. I won't just jump on anything because someone asked me… — Juicy J Copy Share Image
The iPod has taken away the whole platinum record sales prospect. Sincerity and specificity are going to be the hot commodities in… — Eric Lewis Copy Share Image
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In itself, I spent a year writing, you know all these different songs and when it came to recording the record, I… — Wednesday 13 Copy Share Image
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Different phases of your life have different levels of deep, traumatizing heartbreak, and in this period of my life, my heart was… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
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