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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
“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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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
I think 'Shade Room,' it's a different me. You know, I think it's more on the lyrical side, talking about my life… — Le'Veon Bell Copy Share Image
Reps once took chances on art, History's most treasured musicians were believed in and cultivated to reach their potential. Today, it would… — Steve Vai 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
What I like about music is its ability to be convincing, to carry an argument through successfully to the finish, though the… — John Ashbery Copy Share Image
It's also ironic that in the old days of tape and tape hiss and vinyl records and surface noise, we were always… — T Bone Burnett Copy Share Image
One song isn't going to ever change things, but I suppose it's the accumulation of music generally [that is]. If you can… — Mick Jagger Copy Share Image
[Thelonious] Monk is a subject in itself. I mean, most piano players in most big bands sit down and they play with… — Ray Brown Copy Share Image
I wouldn't specifically say rock n' roll is dead, but I don't see a lot of charismatic performers in the way of… — Tommy Lee Copy Share Image
I can write for weeks or months sometimes and edit it down to a song. I feel like it's a piece of… — Macklemore Copy Share Image
Formerly I believed books were made like this: a poet came, lightly opened his lips, and the inspired fool burst into song… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
That's a skill that I'm proud of: to be able to be a jazz musician and go a bit crazy sometimes and… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
The truth is, all products - mine included - will take you away from yourself. You can listen to this music and… — Willis Earl Beal Copy Share Image
If you don't believe in what you're doing, if you don't feel comfortable, or you're not meaning what you're saying, no matter… — Morgan Wallen Copy Share Image
We were definitely new to the whole music thing. The first album was a real collaborative effort between us, the writers, and… — Kevin Jonas Copy Share Image
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