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
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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
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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
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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Just the other day I pulled out this old cassette of Ragged Glory and I popped it into my cassette player and… — Krist Novoselic Copy Share Image
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You need to understand that a skilled professional songwriter can accelerate your success as an already talented musician. These people are writing… — Kara DioGuardi Copy Share Image
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![“One song isn't going to ever change things, but I suppose it's the accumulation of music generally [that is]. If you can imagine a world that has no music in it, it would be a very different world, so music does change the world by virtue of all the music in it. Cumulative music of every kind…” quote by Mick Jagger](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/ce7/mick-jagger-1929_accumulation_one-song-isn-t-going-to-ever-change-thin_1095049.jpg)
![“[Thelonious] Monk is a subject in itself. I mean, most piano players in most big bands sit down and they play with the band, you know. But Monk would just sit there like this. And all of a sudden there'd be a pause from all the trumpets and everything and Monk would go 'plink!' like that. And…” quote by Ray Brown](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/7bc/ray-brown-34220_band_thelonious-monk-is-a-subject-in-itself-i_125504.jpg)
![“My father urged Alan [Lomax] not to repeat the mistakes of the European folklorists who, a century ago, had collected these peasant songs and then arranged them for part choir and accompanied them on piano, and then told the young people of their country, "Don't change a note, this is our sacred…” quote by Pete Seeger](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/7cb/pete-seeger-1942_century_my-father-urged-alan-lomax-not-to-repeat_2145424.png)
