All the forms of popular music from jazz to hip-hop, to bebop, to soul [come from black innovation]. You talk about different… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
It's horrible for someone to listen to someone learning any instrument - when I was first learning the banjo, I used to… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
I have a real soft spot for flying saucer songs and Frenkenstein songs. When I was a kid the first record I… — Tom Verlaine Copy Share Image
I kept hearing that metal is dead and Ozzy's dead and people that like Ozzy are dead. I have never had an… — Ozzy Osbourne Copy Share Image
“Just as music is a natural way to empathy, music can also be a way to open you to compassion. Have you… — Will Jelbert Copy Share Image
There's definitely something broken in the music industry clearly. Partly from downloading and partly the obstacles for discovery and listener choice and… — Doug Walters Copy Share Image
I believe music should reflect yourself in some way and not just yourself at the given time. I feel that when you… — Lil Wayne Copy Share Image
I don't think I wrote my first song until I was 25. And then everything I wrote ended up becoming my first… — Perfume Genius Copy Share Image
I'm kind of lucky in the fact that I can take something that's in my head and write it down, or I… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
He [Benny Carter] is all that every jazz musician the world over wants to be. He's performed 20,000 nights. How many shoes… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
“Take the name of Jesus with you, Child of sorrow and of woe, It will joy and comfort give you; Take it… — Robert J. Morgan Copy Share Image
They [ Factory Records] are always looking for the next group, the next big thing, to bring the record sales in and… — Ian Curtis Copy Share Image
It's one of the craziest feelings to be on stage and know that you were sitting on your bedroom floor when that… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
The lyrics are a lot about those big questions: why are we here, how did we get here, what's the point, and… — Tyler Joseph Copy Share Image
We're real people and we're a band that's been playing on the scene for a long time. We've made a lot of… — Dan Hawkins Copy Share Image
As a songwriter you have an umbilical cord to the song and it's hard to expand on your understanding of the lyrics.… — K. D. Lang Copy Share Image
The only album that I listen to upon recording a new one is my 'Cry' album, because sonically, I think it's my… — Faith Hill Copy Share Image
I do not think men have more talent. There are a great many women in the arts; novelists, painters, sculptors, poets-but the… — Dorothy Fields Copy Share Image
I'm still secretly a bit of a punk. Love The Clash and a bit of the Pistols. I guess as I've got… — Iwan Rheon Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter if it's jazz or not. It's about how we listen, how we interact, how we guide our attention when… — Vijay Iyer Copy Share Image
I really like LIMP BIZKIT. I mean, I've said it for years - I don't know if anyone actually hears it -… — Lars Ulrich Copy Share Image
I think at times the very strong feelings I have about my country coincide with my musical ability, and I'm able to… — John Fogerty Copy Share Image
Ray grew up in Chicago so he had the blues, Muddy Waters and all that. He also had classical training. That was… — John Densmore Copy Share Image
“An essential difference between British and American punk bands can be found in their respective views of rock & roll history. The… — Clinton Heylin Copy Share Image
“Everybody sing like it's the last song you will ever sing Tell me, tell me, do you feel the pressure now? Everybody… — Hayley Williams Copy Share Image
I feel like it's a necessary part of musical development to go through that phase where you think that your favorite style… — Julien Baker Copy Share Image
“Money Chiefs, loud and long notes are not songs. Silent snow wets Earth, seeds grow, flowers' honey purses seek neither wealth nor… — Frederic M. Perrin Copy Share Image
Unquestionably, our contemporary world of music is far richer, in a sense, than earlier periods, due to the historical and geographical extensions… — George Crumb Copy Share Image
Like my best friend, I asked for drums for Christmas, and got them. But when he moved on to guitar, I realized… — Greg Iles Copy Share Image
I did enjoy singing the song, called "The Count", which is Count Olaf's big song that he sings to the kids when… — Neil Patrick Harris Copy Share Image
I get inspiration from things that have nothing to do with painting: caricature, items from newspapers, sights in the street, proverbs, nursery-rhymes,… — Paula Rego Copy Share Image
I spent a fair amount of time editing the lyrics and allowing the song to kind of evolve. ... anytime there's anything… — Jeff Tweedy Copy Share Image
In jazz, you listen to what the bass player is doing and what the drummer is doing, what the pianist and the… — David Amram Copy Share Image
All say they love you, with hearts full of hate. The song of disguise,sing different fates. Singers are not all, still sing… — Senoraroy Copy Share Image
A true music, that is to say, spiritual, a music which may be an act of faith; a music which may touch… — Olivier Messiaen Copy Share Image
You might pick up some influences from another type of music that you wouldn't normally think of, but, you know, maybe as… — John Petrucci Copy Share Image
“Well, also ask yourself this: do you know what Steve Miller looks like? No, you don’t. Nobody does. He could be standing… — It Books Copy Share Image
I made a point when I made the Ugly Casanova record to not write a song and then say, 'This is a… — Isaac Brock Copy Share Image
Because of things like 'The X Factor' and 'Autotune', the real art of communicating a song is not treasured any more. But… — Katie Melua Copy Share Image
“Jimi Hendrix often spoke about being a messenger. His hope was that his music might somehow pierce our hearts and heal our… — Pamela Des Barres Copy Share Image
![“All the forms of popular music from jazz to hip-hop, to bebop, to soul [come from black innovation]. You talk about different dances from the catwalk, to the jitterbug, to the Charleston, to break dancing -\-\ all these are forms of black dancing...What would [life] be without a song, without a…” quote by Michael Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/d17/michael-jackson-411_bebop_all-the-forms-of-popular-music-from-jazz_1942800.jpg)
![“He [Benny Carter] is all that every jazz musician the world over wants to be. He's performed 20,000 nights. How many shoes have been shined? How much mascara put on? Rouge? How many of those impossible bowties have been tied? How many love songs have been sung? How many dances have been danced?…” quote by Wynton Marsalis](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/6ff/wynton-marsalis-1721_art_he-benny-carter-is-all-that-every-jazz-m_2002120.jpg)
![“They [ Factory Records] are always looking for the next group, the next big thing, to bring the record sales in and for them to promote and everything, but Factory just sign who they want to, put records by who they want to out, package it how they want to, how they like doing it. It's just run…” quote by Ian Curtis](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/bb5/ian-curtis-23678_big-things_they-factory-records-are-always-looking_3152182.jpg)
![“I get inspiration from things that have nothing to do with painting: caricature, items from newspapers, sights in the street, proverbs, nursery-rhymes, children's games and songs, nightmares, desires, terrors. ... That question [why do you paint?] has been put to me before and my answer was, 'To…” quote by Paula Rego](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/8a7/paula-rego-32940_answers_i-get-inspiration-from-things-that-have_1514162.jpg)
