“Demon or bird! (said the boy’s soul,) Is it indeed toward your mate you sing? or is it mostly to me? For… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
I got my interest in Lotte Lenya and the Brecht-Weill canon from my parents. And I love classical music - I got… — Marianne Faithfull Copy Share Image
I definitely write about a lot of dreamy, surreal stuff. I do end up going to a surreal world with my music,… — Ellie Goulding Copy Share Image
“The limbo of life is like a song, a melody that comes around occasionally but that sticks in your head and never… — Leigh Hershkovich Copy Share Image
I am interested in politics but have stayed away from writing overtly political songs, or message songs, because I find it difficult… — Dean Wareham Copy Share Image
Even the greatest poets, I think, cannot quite get to the places that music can get to in the human - I… — Hugh Laurie Copy Share Image
You put so much of yourself out there as an actor. You show the many facets of who you are when you're… — Cameron Monaghan Copy Share Image
I pray that when people hear my music, they say at the very least 'man I'm glad that someone else feels that… — Jonathan McReynolds Copy Share Image
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
In eras past, mainstream culture was blandly, blindly complacent, so underground music was angry and dissatisfied. But now, mainstream culture isn’t complacent,… — Michael Azerrad Copy Share Image
I was really running a music school back then, because my band wasn't making any money. I keep talking about money, because… — Artie Shaw Copy Share Image
Growing up, I fantasized about being a rock musician and that somehow it would be really easy. I didn't realize that it's… — Sean Lennon Copy Share Image
There is nothing wrong in electronic music or synthesised music. — Shankar Mahadevan Copy Share Image
The problem is the following, black music is increasing encumbered by white elements, often pleasant but always superfluous, easily and advantageously replaced… — Boris Vian Copy Share Image
“I want to reconcile the violence in your heart. I want to recognize your beauty's not just a mask. I want to… — Matthew Bellamy Copy Share Image
There are so many talented Israelis - musicians and actors and everything. — Dennis Lloyd Copy Share Image
I just loved the guitar when it came along. I loved it. The banjo was something I really liked, but when the… — Doc Watson Copy Share Image
I don't read or write music in the traditional sense, so I have to figure it out on the fly while I'm… — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
The proliferation of new music groups and individual performers focusing on new music today is heartening. On the one hand the culture… — Michael Hersch Copy Share Image
“I believe that a person's taste in music tells you a lot about them. In some cases, it tells you everything you… — Leila Sales Copy Share Image
The corporations are shoving just the worst music down everybody's throats, and I think the result of that is that nobody has… — Natasha Leggero Copy Share Image
