The highly complex, almost mathematical, nature of music creates for it an ironclad protection against the microbes of dilletantism, which penetrate much… — Yevgeny Zamyatin Copy Share Image
My experience with being on a record label over the years has been when both of your agendas are in sync, and… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
My Chemical Romance is done. But it can never die. It is alive in me, in the guys, and it is alive… — Gerard Way Copy Share Image
The requests started coming in from other prisoners all over the United States. And then the word got around. So I always… — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
A cabaret song has got to be written - for the middle voice, ideally - because you've got to hear the wit… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
Music, the most abstract and uncanny art, is an eternal river of sound moving through time. We can free ourselves from whatever… — William Westney Copy Share Image
With most of the songs and music that I've composed, irrespective of the myriad videos made, I was always careful not to… — Serj Tankian Copy Share Image
I could play it safe by recording songs that are familiar, but am I expanding myself as an artist by doing covers?… — Donny Osmond Copy Share Image
I could write all songs all day long about what I think about the music industry or music in general. Sometimes I… — Laura Jane Grace Copy Share Image
I've had it for about 13 years, and I don't see any reason to change, I find that the violin just keeps… — Hilary Hahn Copy Share Image
I'm very lucky in the sense that I've got a voice that's distinctive. Not good, but distinctive. That's a very useful thing… — Gary Numan Copy Share Image
As rich as you think some of us are, for every $18.99 CD you buy, the artist usually sees a toonie or… — Steven Page Copy Share Image
A song can be a song where somebody thinks you're crazy. A song that gets released has got to be something that… — Schoolboy Q Copy Share Image
True love is like playing the piano; white keys are good memories and the black keys are bad memories. All of the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You can lose people without them dying, and I have, from moving, from traveling. The emotion is real, it just doesn't actually… — Jon Crosby Copy Share Image
I'm inspired to write songs in many different ways - it can come from a melody, a word or phrase or something… — Chris de Burgh Copy Share Image
The idea that rhythm is intrinsically human — not just primitive — that we all have hearts that beat at a steady… — Michael Torke Copy Share Image
Even though the mainstream doesn't recognize garage as much or as prevalently as those crazy huge bands, garage does get the privilege… — Fab Moretti Copy Share Image
We drank quite a lot and Tony Harrington said, "We're thinking of starting a record label at The Wire; how about you… — David Toop Copy Share Image
It is a bird-flight of the soul, when the heart declares itself in song. The affections that clothe themselves with wings are… — William Gilmore Simms Copy Share Image
My parents brought me up on all different styles of music, like my Mum would listen to Motown R&B and my Dad… — Ella Henderson Copy Share Image
People are always asking me what my lyrics mean. Does it mean this, does it mean that, that's all anybody wants to… — Freddie Mercury Copy Share Image
The Ganga, especially, is the river of India, beloved of her people, round which are intertwined her memories, her hopes and fears,… — Jawaharlal Nehru Copy Share Image
One thing I hear a lot is, 'Dude, my mom loves your record,' or 'I got it for my dad for Christmas.'… — Mac DeMarco Copy Share Image
When certain bootleg companies started off and they would take maybe ten per cent of whatever they got and help fuel new… — David Coverdale Copy Share Image
If we just stick to one kind of music, our creativity is limited. We wanted to extend the audience for the cello,… — Stjepan Hauser Copy Share Image
Even in the early stages, you can tell who thinks you're an idiot singing songs someone else has written for you. We… — Lauren Mayberry Copy Share Image
When I came home my parents were listening to Pakistani Qawwali music, like Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, they're listening to music from… — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
I would have to say Björk is my dream collaboration. She's just such a character and has such a spirit that is… — Kelcey Ayer Copy Share Image
Lyrics are very different. There is a clear line between that and a poem. Something that has been a source of great… — Joanna Newsom Copy Share Image
With DJing, there's still an art to it - you get two DJs and give them songs to play, one can play… — Havana Brown 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
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
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
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
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
