I don't write poetry and then strum some chords and then…

I spent many years trying to write a lot like Ben Folds or John Lennon or Rivers Cuomo. I think that's healthy when you're…

— Andrew Dost

Since in music we deal with notes, not words, with chords, with transitions, with color and expression, the musical meaning always based on those…

— Anonymous

There are no rules or certain methods. I usually start with the guitar or piano and sing melodies over the chords. The lyrics seem…

— Jason Reeves

I don't want to discredit people's opinions of me, but you talk about the violin or the cello or lead guitar where you have…

— Bonnie Raitt

It's a double-headed coin, because technology is a convenience but it's stifled our attention spans. At one time, albums had songs that were like…

— Cee Lo Green

I always think of each night as a song. Or each moment as a song. But now I'm seeing we don't live in a…

— David Levithan

My course is about really working on a sheet of music. You work out the chords, which note complements the other, and how they…

— Catriona Gray

I learned to play by ear before I learned music theory. For me, that makes sense. After all, children learn to speak before they…

— Jools Holland

“Wild Horses" started in a B-minor chord, and Stu didn't play minor chords, "fucking Chinese music.”

— Keith Richards

Pete Townsend for me was a huge influence. Because essentially they were a three-piece band and the way he structured his chords and took…

— Alex Lifeson

There's four chords in every song. That's the fun part - trying to make that your own.

— Olivia Rodrigo

Talk health. The dreary, never-changing tale Of mortal maladies is worn and stale. You cannot charm, or interest, or please By harping in that…

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

So I concentrated on the rhythmic side of things, and therefore left a lot of holes. I didn't want to use big pad chords…

— Midge Ure

Every time I finish a song... most of the time it's in my own head, like this sounds too much like a Townes Van…

— Conor Oberst

The term "black metal" has become a lot looser, or can include a larger range of sounds and extra-musical aesthetics, not just Satan and…

— Colin Marston