Part of jazz is the illusion of spontaneity and Monk…

He [Thelonious Monk] played each note as though astonished by the previous one, as though every touch of his fingers on the keyboard was…

— Geoff Dyer

I was really affected by 'The Piano.' Had I not seen that movie, I wouldn't have gone to film school.

— Paul Schneider

My parents were not musical, and they were not effervescent people; everything was very quiet. The music that I played was loud; it used…

— Don McLean

There were songs that we cut out after we chose the name, because 'Praise Break' turned out to be an underlying concept that I…

— Daniel Caesar

I do a lot of vocal exercises and drink hot tea, which I hate.

— Darci Lynne Farmer

Eric Clapton's scales - when he comes off a high note and it's time for a refrain or a little bit of a rest,…

— Chris Rea

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

I feel very grateful to be alive and well enough to make music.

— Adam Ant

There is something magical about being able to feel somebody. And that is something that has always moved me with music.

— Maria Brink

I want people to hear my lyrics and my melodies and say, 'That dude's in pain.'

— Ivan Moody

I've been writing songs since I was 10 years old and always had a penchant for rhyming. I started listening to hip hop through…

— Hoodie Allen

“Downloading's the same as what I used to do. I used to tape the charts of the songs I liked [off the radio]. I…

— Liam Gallagher

I understand that it's the music that keeps me alive... That's my lifeblood. And to give that up for, like, the TV, the cars,…

— Bruce Springsteen

When you step out and do a song in a musical, the easier thing to do is make it funny. But when those transitions…

— Kelli O'Hara

Whatever meaning 'Annie's Song' had for me on a personal level, there was also a larger context. It could just as easily have been…

— John Denver