We have a lot of fun. There are no holds barred when it…

The blogosphere rewards no-holds-barred smartassery.

— Dana Stabenow

Comedy is a very rough beat. It's no holds barred, as it should be.

— Joan Rivers

The old god with the all gold gold card, when hes on a roll its no holds barred - no lard, in the record…

— MF Doom

Must not fight simply to win; no holds barred is not the way; you must win by the rules.

— John Graham Chambers

When you come to my show, it's like a no-holds-barred, underground Royal Rumble.

— Travis Scott

Everything from the lyrics to the production, solos to the writing - it's all democratic. At the end of the day, you know, when…

— Synyster Gates

Writing music and lyrics, you tend to become a control freak - sitting alone in your room with a bare light bulb over your…

— Jason Robert Brown

I'm never going to stop writing music as Porter Robinson and I see 'Virtual Self' as more of a tangent.

— Porter Robinson

Most people define themselves by what they do - 'I'm a musician.' Then one day it occurred to me that I'm only a musician…

— Herbie Hancock

I think there are a lot of similarities between writing and music. Music is much more direct and much more emotional and that's the…

— Karl Ove Knausgard

We want to be good at our craft, whether it's writing music or playing it live.

— Ryan Ross

I'd always loved poetry and I'd always loved writing music and composing music, but I hadn't thought of putting the two together until around…

— Bruce Cockburn

For all forms, writing dialogue is almost like writing music. I pay close attention to rhythms and tones.

— Sefi Atta

I, as a young guy getting out of music school, I didn't like the prospect of spending my life writing music for about 200 people.

— Philip Glass

I like the challenge of writing music without being the coolest guy or band in the room.

— John Gourley