“This song is for my Molly, who is the best fucking thing that´s ever happened to me. Also, for those suicidal idiots… — Nalini Singh Copy Share Image
I could name a few songs and say exactly what summer they came out and what boy I thought I was in… — Ann Beattie Copy Share Image
“It was a trap. Later, if I heard the song played on the radio or at a club, i would think of… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Not that I needed to make a dance record, but it dawned on me that I tend to write a lot of… — Uncle Kracker Copy Share Image
To this day, I remember vividly Missy Elliott, Ludacris, and my grandma riding in a golf cart to set. My grandma went… — Alyson Stoner Copy Share Image
The situation is not good with the record companies. It's just not working out, so I don't plan to record until it's… — Irene Cara Copy Share Image
You figure out how to create opportunities to make music, and then, if you take care of the music, audiences will come… — Vijay Iyer Copy Share Image
I was 20 years old. I had moved to Los Angeles from Columbus, Ohio. I was working as a piano salesman -… — Michael Feinstein Copy Share Image
I am so all over the place with my music taste, it's ridiculous. It is! I mean, I find myself listening to… — Taylor Lautner Copy Share Image
If I only have ten minutes, Sam, this is what I want to say. You're not the best of us. You're more… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Oftentimes, whenever I do interviews with guitar magazines and we discuss my influences, I mention people like Steve Morse, Alex Lifeson, Al… — John Petrucci Copy Share Image
Maybe someday there will be a song I write that I never let see the light of day because I don't want… — Maren Morris Copy Share Image
Videos come definitely after the music has been created, but I have always felt, and especially today, that videos are vital in… — Shakira Copy Share Image
What comes first? The melody, always. It's all about singing the melodies live in my head. They go in circles. I guess… — Bjork Copy Share Image
When I'm given an opportunity with music and goodness, then I want to do that [play that role]. I want to go… — Kelli O'Hara Copy Share Image
There are always young bands playing in their garages. A lot of punk rock is not going to be in the mainstream.… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
I always get frustrated when I hear someone talking about sweep arpeggios. Though there are plenty of licks and examples out there,… — John Petrucci Copy Share Image
I regard music therapy as a tool of great power in many neurological disorders -- Parkinson's and Alzheimer's -- because of its… — Oliver Sacks Copy Share Image
The only thing I can say that is not bullshit is that you do have to learn to write in a way… — Kevin Canty Copy Share Image
Music is still part of my spiritual life. Sometimes I sing my prayers. When I get audiences singing, I hope I'm helping… — Bobby McFerrin Copy Share Image
Bringing the individual into it music only distracts from the universal and makes it trivial. And then it's easy to wash your… — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
I keep these songs in my head until I get behind the microphone. I never spend more than 30 or 40 minutes… — Brian McKnight Copy Share Image
J_Doe032692 wrote: I am not a thin person. However this does not give people the right to taunt me, calling me ugly… — Julie Anne Peters Copy Share Image
I really do want to reiterate how grateful I am for everyone who's ever said a nice word about my music. But… — Ethel Cain Copy Share Image
I recall improvisational drummer and composer Michael Evans telling me a story of someone who had the opportunity to meet Cage and… — David Grubbs Copy Share Image
It's not like, I don't know, if Madonna has a new record out, then everybody from Bangkok to Birmingham knows what its… — Evan Parker Copy Share Image
When I try to explain to people the big influences in my life, or at least when I first started, the most… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
I'm not a poet. I'm not up onstage to get something off my chest. I'm making musical statements, or, most of the… — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
Every generation has their favorite Spider-Man television show. For a lot of us, it's the one that has the song, 'Spider-Man, Spider-Man,… — Jeph Loeb Copy Share Image
One of my earliest memories was me singing 'Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin' at the top of my voice when I was… — James Taylor Copy Share Image
“Song of myself Now I will do nothing but listen, To accrue what I hear into this song, to let sounds contribute… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
After I released 'Jesus, Take the Wheel,' people started saying, Oh, it's kind of risky. You're coming out with a religious song.… — Carrie Underwood Copy Share Image
Music is the basis of the whole creation. In reality the whole of creation is music, and what we call music is… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
I came into having an artist's career in this very sheepish and directionless way. It's hard to explain, but I was 18… — Porter Robinson Copy Share Image
I've never gotten over what they call stagefright. I go through it every show. I'm pretty concerned, I'm pretty much thinking about… — Elvis Presley Copy Share Image
The process of making music is very therapeutic; it's late at night and I'm wearing headphones a lot of the time, so… — Bonobo Copy Share Image
My father, Dennis Popham, was a very handsome, talented artist, and as my mother always reminds me, 'someone who had wonderful style.'… — Emilia Wickstead Copy Share Image
Anything that provokes a visceral or spiritual response and ignites my senses. Whether it's listening to the ocean, dancing to a song… — Grace Gealey Copy Share Image
Surely the hold of great music on the listener is precisely this: that the listener is made whole; and at the same… — Marya Mannes Copy Share Image
No matter what you do, it can't be perfect. I told Jack White, 'If I'd 'a sung that song more'n twice, it… — Loretta Lynn Copy Share Image