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If it's fast, no I don't have enough piano technique. In that case, it's probably been done on some kind of synthesizer… — Bill Bruford Copy Share Image
Barry White, Smokey Robinson and Curtis Mayfield are big influences for me. But I'm also a metal head. I was in a… — Mayer Hawthorne Copy Share Image
The old model of the industry was founded largely upon business folk trying to make money off artists. At EMP, we let… — David Ellefson Copy Share Image
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I have been able to tap into all the negative things that can happen to me throughout my life by numbing myself… — Chester Bennington Copy Share Image
I will always really work hard to write as much as I can, but I also love sitting back and waiting on… — Luke Bryan Copy Share Image
This isn't a mass-produced...instrument. Mike Lull Custom Guitars makes each bass right here in the NW. Over 20 years of collaborating, designing,… — Jeff Ament Copy Share Image
There's a standard of songwriting that, when you start immersing yourself in those types of songs, it raises your own bar as… — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image
To outsiders it probably seems like splitting hairs, but to me, Bright Eyes is a simply the collaboration between myself and Mike… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
One tries to be uplifting in one's songs, but occasionally a cloud appears in the sky and one's demeanor leads to songs… — Ron Mael Copy Share Image
Music is made particularly and principally to charm the spirit and the ear, and to enable us to pass our lives with… — Marin Mersenne Copy Share Image
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"Jazz" to begin with, is a really bad word... all the true musicians that really play jazz, jazz is the worst word… — Eldar Djangirov Copy Share Image
I had a melody and a rhythm and chords, but nothing to talk about. I remember reading about how the decline of… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
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I started being me about the songs, not writing objectively, but subjectively. I think it was Dylan who helped me realize that… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
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The first record i ever bought was the Blues Brothers' 'Briefcase Full of Blues.' I wanted to get into comedy, so I… — John Popper Copy Share Image
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![“[...] I saw the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show. As I watched them singing, it hit me: This is my ticket out. Here was the vehicle I could use to rise out of misery, to become famous, to be looked up to, to be liked, to be admired, to be envied.” quote by Paul Stanley](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/d25/paul-stanley-9031_ed-sullivan_i-saw-the-beatles-on-the-ed-sullivan-sho_3106501.jpg)
![“I wrote "Miner's Prayer" after [grandfather] died. I'd gone back to his funeral, and he died in 1979. And I came back to California, and I think a couple of weeks after that funeral wrote that song thinking about him, his life.” quote by Dwight Yoakam](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/7d3/dwight-yoakam-9632_california_i-wrote-miner-s-prayer-after-grandfather_2249586.jpg)
![“[I did impressions] of relatives because I heard so many different sounds. My dad was in the music business and of course my uncle was a giant [music producer], but my dad in particular had the house filled with these Dixieland jazz stars.” quote by Billy Crystal](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/c71/billy-crystal-6588_courses_i-did-impressions-of-relatives-because-i_2900630.jpg)
![“I got hit up for a tampon commercial and so I asked [JD and Jo] if they had anything. Jo sent that over and I was like, "I love this track. Oh my god. It's so upbeat. It's so positive. It would be so great for a tampon commercial." That commercial never came through, so then I just had it. I was…” quote by Kathleen Hanna](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/768/kathleen-hanna-1726_clinton_i-got-hit-up-for-a-tampon-commercial-and_68158.png)
