When I got my first Marshall amp, it was so empowering. No one ever forgets their first Marshall amp if you're a… — Kirk Hammett Copy Share Image
When I'm doing interviews, I'm doing interviews, and when I am writing, I'm writing. I sit there with a musician and I… — Lisa Marie Presley Copy Share Image
When I started, I faced a lot of hardships. People used to call me a Rafi clone because I used to sing… — Sonu Nigam Copy Share Image
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I am not one of those writers that just does songwriting one way. Personally, I think the best song will pop out… — Crosby Loggins Copy Share Image
I'm pretty excited for people to listen to the story of each song. It's definitely like a giant book with different stories… — Melanie Martinez Copy Share Image
When I was 9, I was into T. Rex, Gary Glitter, and Alice Cooper. I knew The Beatles because my nan introduced… — Ian Brown Copy Share Image
If I can help somebody as I pass along, if I can cheer somebody with a word or song, if I can… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
He was always part of her thoughts, and now that he was real, he was inescapably part of her life, but it… — Sarah Rees Brennan Copy Share Image
Songwriters always reminded me of that kid at school who would go around with his guitar, like, 'Yeah, songwritin' man,' looking wistful.… — Alex Turner Copy Share Image
If I'm not writing about myself, then I sit down with people I really dig writing with and throw 'em out and… — Kacey Musgraves Copy Share Image
We had an extreme reaction to Storm Corrosion. We were proud of it, but it divided the audience. The metal fans were… — Steven Wilson Copy Share Image
Thousands do benefit from love, support and comfort in their final chapter: I watched my dad slip away without pain as Bob… — Owen Jones Copy Share Image
Often people try and just consider music as music, in a musical context. People seem to forget that music is not just… — Herbert Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'm trying to communicate a feeling. Sometimes I can't piece it together into any kind of coherant thesis. I'm just trying… — A.C. Newman Copy Share Image
I've always gravitated towards those ultimate lines in songs, the line you grab on to. That line in 'Smells Like Teen Spirit,'… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
My dream as a child was to play with a bass player like Ray Brown, who played with the Oscar Peterson Trio.… — Diana Krall Copy Share Image
I collect many ethnic instruments, and as a guitarist, I'm usually able to play any sort of instrument - as long as… — Ramin Djawadi Copy Share Image
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This is sad. I just think it’s a little ridiculous we are still only looking at the surface of one another. Red… — Hayley Williams Copy Share Image
I'm not a culture snob. So while, of course, I think the Mozart 'Requiem' or, say, Beethoven's 'Ninth' are some of the… — Eric Whitacre Copy Share Image
When I make a song, I actually literally talk to one person on purpose... I don't focus on, are people in Chicago… — Too Short Copy Share Image
It seems to me like the Internet allows you to break that structure a little bit. You know, here's your CD that's… — Liz Phair Copy Share Image
Sometimes it's the mistakes that end up leading you into new territory .. like the guitar solo on 'Peelin' Taters' - I… — Junior Brown Copy Share Image
When one has been touched by the stellar power and ethereal playing of a sublime musician, one is lifted, if only briefly,… — Paul Keating Copy Share Image
I think a lot of bands would just make a dark, bleak album, which is why we wanted to do the opposite.… — Chad Gilbert Copy Share Image
I'm more of a songwriter. I love writing songs. I love writing my songs. It's always been writing for me, and it… — Jon Pardi Copy Share Image
It's the same at a rock-and-roll concert. You have an opening number with a strong entrance; then you go through a lot… — Marjoe Gortner Copy Share Image
At first, I didn't focus that much on the Internet. I was more, 'I'm going to write songs,' and I'd have sung… — Rag'n'Bone Man Copy Share Image
Regardless of its purpose, the humpback-whale song is the most complex piece of nonhuman composition on earth. Whether it's art, prayer, or… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
When I was about 15 years old, I used to have a lot of jam sessions at my house. And all the… — Masego Copy Share Image
As a drummer, I always approach things as, 'I want to play just enough to keep other drummers interested, but not enough… — Vinnie Paul Copy Share Image
I think that one of the things about music is it's supposed to be spontaneous, it's supposed to be real human beings… — Tod Machover Copy Share Image
“RESURRECTION OF DJANGO He was born in a gypsy caravan and spent his early years on the road in Belgium, playing the… — Eduardo Galeano Copy Share Image
If you are a cabaret artist and you are mostly singing other people's songs, you're asking them to rethink a song, listen… — Alan Cumming Copy Share Image
I thought it would be interesting to write a song about a lonely person who is scared to see the truth that… — Matthew Shultz Copy Share Image
Laughter, song, and dance create emotional and spiritual connection; they remind us of the one thing that truly matters when we are… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Sing of the nature of women, and then the song shall be surely full of variety; old crotchets and most sweet closes.… — John Marston Copy Share Image
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