I know, deep down, that what makes my music what it is are…

I write line by line, by the sound and the weight and the music of the words.

— Jayne Anne Phillips

“It’s hard to hear the music behind the words when their meanings get in the way,” she told me once.”

— Ken Liu

Everyone who makes music is a good collaborator at their foundation because in order to make music, you have to connect to it in…

— Jay-Z

I have three siblings. My sister makes music. My older brother is a classical conductor, and my younger brother is a mixing engineer.

— Lisa Loeb

I want people to know that I'm more than just a pretty girl that makes music.

— Rubi Rose

I play the notes as they are written, but it is God who makes the music.

— Johann Sebastian Bach

I guess one thing that makes my music stand out is that it is quite hard to determine what genre it is.

— Seinabo Sey

My approach is to be part of a band that makes music, not hit songs.

— Adam Jones

It's the honesty you apply to your playing that makes music enjoyable. The style of the music has little to do with it. It's…

— Elvin Jones

It's the singer not the song that makes the music move along.

— Pete Townshend

When 'Aashiqui' released there was no social media, yet it was a hit. Today we have the Internet which makes music very accessible to…

— Ankit Tiwari

Sometimes, I know it's not me that makes this music. Like, when the Based God comes, he speaks to me. It's not me, even…

— Lil B

I even have nephews who make music, my daughter makes music. I don't know what advice to give them these days. It's really a…

— Martin Gore

I try to get the hip-hop aesthetic, most times without an MC. I don't use a rapper or a DJ to give it the…

— Robert Glasper

The life that I live and the experiences that I have always affect what comes out of me creatively. I think that's what makes…

— Josh Turner