Music's been with me from the get-go. It was always around me as a kid. Dad got me my first guitar when… — Julian Lennon Copy Share Image
To George Gershwin, on refusinghim as a pupil: You would only lose the spontaneous quality of your melody, and end by writing… — Maurice Ravel Copy Share Image
You must take care of your family, respect the music, and work intensely. Health and family come first, and then you can… — Andris Nelsons Copy Share Image
In composition you have all the time you want to decide what to say in 15 seconds, in improvisation you have 15 seconds. — Steve Lacy Copy Share Image
Music begins where words are powerless to express. Music is made for the inexpressible. I want music to seem to rise from… — Claude Debussy Copy Share Image
“Success in the music industry isn’t something that you wait for or hope for. It is something that you create, day after… — Simon S. Tam Copy Share Image
Some things have never changed in India. Melody, for one. The sound has changed, the rhythm has changed, and lyrics have become… — Bhushan Kumar Copy Share Image
I wouldn't say it was difficult or challenging, but it was my personal favourite and getting a chance to be part of… — Tulsi Kumar Copy Share Image
It seems to me that the American popular song, growing out of American folk music, is the basis of the American musical… — Kurt Weill Copy Share Image
We did some shows - Soulfly played for the Marines twice and it was great meeting those guys. A lot of them… — Max Cavalera Copy Share Image
I always have felt that most people don't have the first idea about what musicians, in the traditional sense - I don't… — Ry Cooder Copy Share Image
I wish I could play music. I think I get as closeas possible with the editing of the films. Over the years… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
I lost my innocence with Johnny Cash. I used to watch the 'Johnny Cash Show' on television in Wangaratta when I was… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
“Music is another language, one so close to actual thought, strung together, sometimes staccato, flowing, and sometimes even nonsensical or harsh to… — Moryah DeMott Copy Share Image
The only thing I could see myself doing is music - songwriting or producing or something. I've never seen myself being in… — Demi Lovato Copy Share Image
People who talk of the spread of music in England and the increasing love of it, rarely seem to know where the… — Edward Elgar Copy Share Image
Music and comedy, musical comedy, specifically, really helped me through my childhood. I felt out of place, I felt lots of adversity,… — Randy Rainbow Copy Share Image
Music is the thing you can really get personal with without people really knowing what it's about. — Ava Michelle Copy Share Image
That's kind of the mission statement for the label: to try to do great music that touches people's hearts. — Ricky Skaggs Copy Share Image
I only had, like, 4 CDs when I was in college, and one of them was the soundtrack to 'Good Morning Vietnam'… — Keiko Agena Copy Share Image
Where there is a lack of other connections, of meaningful moments, in our lives, music can often full the gap. — Sena Jeter Naslund Copy Share Image
I'm a person who has always been clear about my love of music and vocal about trying to live in a way… — Kaskade Copy Share Image
“Frankly, our music has too often been shallow, discordant, or played with a wooden concern for technical correctness but without feeling and… — Brian McLaren Copy Share Image
I dropped out of school at 17 'cause all I wanted to do was play music. I had odd jobs on the… — Passenger Copy Share Image
I really worked with icons in the music business, which really had a strong effect on me. It wasn't just pick-up gigs. — Kevin Eubanks Copy Share Image
When I was younger and played acoustic guitar music, I got a lot of Sheeran comparisons, along with guys like Paolo Nutini… — Jack Garratt Copy Share Image
I like playing music because it's a good living and I get satisfaction from it. But I can't feed my family with… — James Hetfield Copy Share Image
I once sent him a song and asked him to mark a cross wherever he thought it was faulty. Brahms returned it… — Hugo Wolf Copy Share Image
I usually have a song in my head. I'm thinking music, I'm thinking lyrics. Music helps me get to those moments. The… — Charlie Sheen Copy Share Image
It is significant that one says book lover and music lover and art lover but not record lover or CD lover or,… — James Gleick Copy Share Image
Musicians are affected by the audience just as much as audiences are affected by the musicians. The only problem is that often… — Hamid Drake Copy Share Image
I don't really believe in genres. I don't want people to have any preconceptions about me. I want the first impression to… — Hiromi Uehara Copy Share Image
For me, my favourite music was things like The Bee Gees, ABBA and 'The White Album.' The 70s is the period that… — James Righton Copy Share Image
My music is not always about getting my ideas heard, it's about letting other people feel empowered to have their ideas heard… — Julien Baker Copy Share Image
Live music is so powerful. You can really feel things that you will remember forever. I remember going to my first gig… — Becky Hill Copy Share Image
I can't stand any music that requires its singers to be so dumb they wear their baseball caps backwards. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Look up. Listen to the melody. If you want to dance, then you can’t fight the music; you have to flow with… — Jennifer Pharr Davis Copy Share Image
You can't stay the same. If you're a musician and a singer, you have to change, that's the way it works. — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
We need musicians! We need them healthy - we need to dance and we need to escape - and none of that… — Finn Wolfhard Copy Share Image
As a child, I would say that I wanted to become a dancer to honour music. For me, dancing is the physical… — Sofia Boutella Copy Share Image
