One thing is certain: for many of those who came back from WWII, the music of Frank Sinatra was no consolation for… — Pete Hamill Copy Share Image
I often envy a filmmaker or a playwright or an author where people are like, "Yeah, I sat down every night and… — Dan Deacon Copy Share Image
I think the other thing that's important is getting to a place, which very, very rarely happens with improvising groups, where somebody… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
I thought, 'Okay, what's going to be my edge, and how am I going to define what I'm doing differently?' Once I… — Trip Hawkins Copy Share Image
I encourage film students who are interested in cinematography to study sculpture, paintings, music, writing and other arts. Filmmaking consists of all… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
I don't have one thing I go back to, but we listen to a lot of music in the bus, and we… — How to Dress Well Copy Share Image
Well I started out on guitar, so it is still the mainstay of my music. But I have recently been working very… — Livingston Taylor Copy Share Image
“Maybe it meant something. Maybe not, in the long run… but no explanation, no mix of words or music or memories can… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
The characteristics of a good musician can be summarized as follows: 1. A well-trained ear. 2. A well-trained intelligence. 3. A well-trained… — Zoltan Kodaly Copy Share Image
You can listen to music when youre feeling any emotion. Thats because theres a song for every type of emotion -love, hate,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think I kind of approached music with this sort of, like, weird thing where I kinda set myself up where I… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
I really tried to push every genre that I could into this record. I wanted every song to have this feel, where… — Cody Johnson Copy Share Image
“Ed began explaining this Yo La Tengo thing, how he was listening to a record of theirs, on vinyl he emphasized, and… — Catherine Lacey Copy Share Image
It's a video world now, you know? It's not a musical world. It's a video world. I can watch videos. I see… — Don McLean Copy Share Image
Deep inside I feel that this world we live in is really a big, huge, monumental symphonic orchestra. I believe that in… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
Surfing and music have always been two completely separate things in my life, and a lot of people, especially in the UK,… — Ben Howard Copy Share Image
The fun part, I will admit this much, there is a period when listening to my music is fun, and that's when… — RJD2 Copy Share Image
I've been moving a little to the music while I worked ...and then I realize I am actually dancing. It feels wonderful,… — Mark Doty Copy Share Image
“Things evolve into other things. Emotions do the same. Forever. Your best ally in all of these shifting seas is your faith… — Sara Bareilles Copy Share Image
“The things by which our emotions can be moved - the shape of a flower or a Grecian urn, the way a… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Little Wing is like one of these beautiful girls that come around sometimes ... you play your gig; it's the same thing… — Jimi Hendrix Copy Share Image
“Jeff Ament: The minute we started rehearsing and Ed started singing -- which was within an hour of him landing in Seattle… — Mark Yarm Copy Share Image
“He has heard, and causes those with ears to hear, even today, what we shall not see until the end of time… — Karl Barth Copy Share Image
All the good music has already been written by people with wigs and stuff...Basically what people want to hear is: I love… — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
When I listen to my songs, they seem like pieces of music or art, like a painting that you look at. The… — Martha Wainwright Copy Share Image
“Your violin has only two strings,” I say. “You’re missing the other two.” Yes, he says. He’s well aware. “All I want… — Steve Lopez Copy Share Image
“Many today insist that music is amoral, that there is nothing innately good or bad about music itself. They say it is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Today history is no more than a thin thread of the remembered stretching over an ocean of the forgotten, but time moves… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
I think all of us set out to try and reach as many people. That's the whole point of being in a… — Daniel Taylor Copy Share Image
Worship is not music. We can certainly worship Him without musicians and without a song. And by the way, God does not… — Steven Rice Copy Share Image
The Majesty guitar symbolizes the very reason why I am so proud to be a Music Man artist. I had the idea… — John Petrucci Copy Share Image
All those experiences were a chance to learn more about music. Playing with the Valley band is like such a "live" band.… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
My main influences - I loved art. I sounds a little pretentious to say I was into art but I liked drawing.… — Gavin Friday Copy Share Image
“Last month I was banging on about how books were better than anything—-how just about any decent book you picked would beat… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
Basically, there were three aspects of dub that influenced dubstep. The most important was playing the instrumental versions of vocal garage tracks,… — Kode9 Copy Share Image
As I've grown as an artist, I've learned that my mission statement is really self-expression. I don't want anybody to classify my… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
We are difficult. Human beings are difficult. We're difficult to ourselves, we're difficult to each other. And we are mysteries to ourselves,… — Geoffrey Hill Copy Share Image
Being able to hear a song that is so relevant to what you are feeling makes you feel as if your not… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My mom tells this story that even when I was in the womb, my father played the piano and she sang. So,… — Cyrus Chestnut Copy Share Image
If politically infused music is denied airplay, music reviews or festival stage time because it is considered "politics" rather than "art", then… — Moddi Copy Share Image
