Music doesn't have to sit within the confines of pop…

Before Dylan, before rock became art, it was a wonderful fusion of pop structure and personal statements.

— Steven Van Zandt

My favourite stuff is visual, and I always want to work with visual artwork. I think it depends on the person, but for me,…

— Neill Blomkamp

I've gotten to try on voices very different than my own, and I've become much more aware of structure than ever before. Also, you…

— Achy Obejas

Structure that really pays off is all based on emotion. I don't write down an elaborate plan. It's really done by feel. It's one…

— Graham Swift

Structure that really pays off is all based on emotion. I don't write down an elaborate plan. It's really done by feel. It's one…

— Graham Swift

You had better love the music... because sometimes the music doesn't love you.

— Zakk Wylde

I always find it funny when people say, "I don't really like classical music" or "it doesn't do anything for me." I tell them,…

— Joshua Bell

I think my music is a way of communicating very directly with people and with people's emotions. I try to make music that doesn't…

— Johann Johannsson

“I like great music, but who doesn’t? Oh yeah, deaf people.”

— Jarod Kintz

“We're queer, but music doesn't have a sexuality. Even if it was more clearly written to women, I still think that music is still…

— Sara Quin

I love pop music. Who doesn't?

— Shirley Manson

Sometimes memorable music doesn't necessarily have to be a hit.

— Henry Mancini

I am trying to change hip-hop music because I do feel there are places people can go with production and the structure of an…

— El-P

Music doesn't have to be so rule-based - and so strict in its structures, construction and perception.

— Stephen Mallinder

I think it's a bit of a myth that if you can read music you can write music. It doesn't work like that.

— Alison Goldfrapp