“She was famous, and she was insane. Her voice soared out over the audience, holding them spellbound and enraptured, delivering their hopes… — Dianne Sylvan Copy Share Image
The reader's impression is one of a dream - the only thing that's left upon waking is the memory of a melody… — Dumitru Tepeneag Copy Share Image
“Music makes me forget myself, my real position; it transports me to some other position not my own. Under the influence of… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Today the most outlaw thing you can possibly do in Nashville, Tennessee, is play country music. — Marty Stuart Copy Share Image
Music falls on the silence like a sense / A passion that we feel, not understand. — Wallace Stevens Copy Share Image
Music often happens even faster than comedy in terms of the creation. — Harry Shearer Copy Share Image
I never went through a period where I didn't want to play music. I've always loved it and it's always been a… — John Legend Copy Share Image
Well, Neighbours wanted to do a song on the show, and they asked me what songs I had. I told them I'd… — Delta Goodrem Copy Share Image
Always focus on the music first. That's the big thing. Staying true to making good music and not sacrificing that for anything. — GRiZ Copy Share Image
Whenever I heard a musician do something that I could not explain, I went back to the theory in order to figure… — George Russell Copy Share Image
My responsibility is to the artist first. There's something that artists intrinsically know about their music and their fanbase that neither the… — Nile Rodgers Copy Share Image
The basic function of popular music is to create an environment for courting, lovemaking, and doing the dishes. It's useful because it… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
To me living and music are all the same thing. And I keep finding out more about music as I learn more… — McCoy Tyner Copy Share Image
What I envy about musicians is, they have this more direct relationship with the audience. They don't have to go through words.… — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share Image
“You can't kill a minuet de la coeur. You may shut up the music book... but surely the minuet-- the minuet itself… — Ford Madox Ford Copy Share Image
“A three-piece Mexican band was making the kind of music a Mexican band always makes. Whatever they play, it all sounds the… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
I think listening to real classic soul material made me learn how to feel music that's sung — Gavin DeGraw Copy Share Image
I was hearing music in my head and trying to play it on the clarinet, but it didn't match.' Then, literally the… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
New York City is a notoriously hard market to perform country music in. — Trace Adkins Copy Share Image
The important thing is to feel your music, really feel it and believe it. — Ray Charles Copy Share Image
I can play 'Guitar Hero,' most of the songs on Medium and some of the songs on Hard. No Expert. — Ryan Hansen Copy Share Image