The term "black metal" has become a lot looser, or can include a larger range of sounds and extra-musical aesthetics, not just… — Colin Marston Copy Share Image
Every time I finish a song... most of the time it's in my own head, like this sounds too much like a… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
So I concentrated on the rhythmic side of things, and therefore left a lot of holes. I didn't want to use big… — Midge Ure Copy Share Image
Talk health. The dreary, never-changing tale Of mortal maladies is worn and stale. You cannot charm, or interest, or please By harping… — Ella Wheeler Wilcox Copy Share Image
Pete Townsend for me was a huge influence. Because essentially they were a three-piece band and the way he structured his chords… — Alex Lifeson Copy Share Image
I learned to play by ear before I learned music theory. For me, that makes sense. After all, children learn to speak… — Jools Holland Copy Share Image
I don't write poetry and then strum some chords and then fit the words on top of the chords. — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
I always think of each night as a song. Or each moment as a song. But now I'm seeing we don't live… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
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… — Cee Lo Green Copy Share Image
I don't want to discredit people's opinions of me, but you talk about the violin or the cello or lead guitar where… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
There are no rules or certain methods. I usually start with the guitar or piano and sing melodies over the chords. The… — Jason Reeves Copy Share Image
I like really sparse electronics, lush arrangements, and interesting chord structures. — Josh Klinghoffer Copy Share Image
When I came to the United States in 1975 I was eleven, and within a few months my voice broke. I recited… — Andrew Lam Copy Share Image
Sometimes it's tough because I've got to sleep 15 hours to sing the way I want to. It's not easy because my… — Mariah Carey Copy Share Image
You see people you identify with, and you take pieces of people you like and shape who you are. Like, I sound… — Damon Wayans, Jr Copy Share Image
I grew up with a piano, and my aunt taught me chords. I played with bands in high school and I could… — Cristin Milioti Copy Share Image
There are certain parts of chords that resolve things and tie a bow, and others that keep things open and unanswered. — Feist Copy Share Image
I got started at a really young age. I was about two years old when I started playing the piano and around… — Jackson Guthy Copy Share Image
I was a big fan of Jim Hall as well. I liked his comping style, his accompanying. And that he played, generally,… — Gary Burton Copy Share Image
I can hear the library humming in the night, a choir of authors murmuring inside their books along the unlit, alphabetical shelves,… — Billy Collins Copy Share Image
Vanity is easily forgiven, for we are all vain, and even as we laugh at the weakness of others we feel that… — Arthur Lynch Copy Share Image
Writing is a perpetual choice between a thousand expressions, none of which satisfies me, none of which, above all, satisfies me without… — Marguerite Yourcenar Copy Share Image
It's tough to play the right chord on the instrument when there's someone out there who wants to kill you. — Darrell Hammond Copy Share Image
Truth is not only stranger than fiction, it is more telling. To know that a thing actually happened gives it a poignancy,… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
