I think that there's a lot of good will that exists between musicians and the people that support them and listen to… — Jeff Tweedy Copy Share Image
It was sad music. But it waved its sadness like a battle flag. It said the universe had done all it could,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The original 'Don't Let It Get to You' started with a beat. The drums came first. All the musical and lyrical elements… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
A surprising proportion of mathematicians are accomplished musicians. Is it because music and mathematics share patterns that are beautiful? — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
I don't like my music. I'll make a song, and if I do like it, I'll feel it, but after that 10th… — YoungBoy Never Broke Again Copy Share Image
I think the Flecktones are a mixture of acoustic and electronic music with a lot of roots in folk and bluegrass as… — Bela Fleck Copy Share Image
When they begin the beguine. It brings back the sound of music so tender. It brings back a night of tropical splendor.… — Beegie Adair Copy Share Image
I have a lot of friends with bad taste in music - some might say that I have bad taste in music. — Jonathan Levine Copy Share Image
I've never allowed my specific personal practice or belief to be overtly integrated to the music. Because that's crossing the line into,… — Ed Kowalczyk Copy Share Image
Our thoughts, our language, are always at a distance from whatever they're trying to describe. We have other kinds of languages, like… — John Edgar Wideman Copy Share Image
“In a poem, melody, or picture, we are forced with a mystery: quality in the metaphysical sense of the word. How could… — Alija Izetbegović Copy Share Image
There are, however, composers whose music can only be heard in a chromatic sense. George Perle, for example, wrote pieces that you… — Paul Lansky Copy Share Image
The first music-learning thing that I took seriously was piano lessons when I was a kid. I guess that was probably the… — Frankie Cosmos Copy Share Image
These magic moments when rhythms and harmonies extend themselves and jell together and the people become another instrument. These things are priceless… — Andrew Hill Copy Share Image
I think something for us that we're always interested in is how people interpret the music or the band for themselves, and… — Lizzy Plapinger Copy Share Image
I've been able to find just as much interesting, exciting music through the Internet and iTunes... The personal interaction is not the… — Colin Hanks Copy Share Image
Writing songs is kind of like a wrestling match to me. You have to pin it down and make it do what… — Tyler Joseph Copy Share Image
The bottom line is, if every single platinum song right now wasn't auto-tuned, then I would be like, "I can't be a… — Spencer Pratt Copy Share Image
I'm not going to ask musicians to sit there and pretend to play. It feels insulting to the musicians to me. — Chris Stapleton Copy Share Image
We all have music in us - your heartbeat is your drum, your voice is your sound - and music is supposed… — Randy Weston Copy Share Image
I can pretty much unwind anywhere as long as I have my iPod, music is the total unwinder for me! — Kat Von D Copy Share Image
I've always told the musicians in my band to play what they know and then play above that. Because then anything can… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
Once I figured out what I wanted to say in my music. As soon I recognized that and once I was living… — Rachel Platten Copy Share Image
I tend to avoid writing music about initial reactions to situations, like frustration or anger. I’d rather wait till I go through… — Yanni Copy Share Image
I've said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
Holy Ghost! wears its influences proudly: Look no further than the duo's video for 'I Will Come Back,' a shot-for-shot remake of… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
Music comes from the soul. It's a way to express yourself, so we always, always need to save the music. — Ashanti Copy Share Image
I made a good living for a teenager. And I had to learn all different kinds of music - jazz, swing, Motown,… — Idina Menzel Copy Share Image
Drugs have nothing to do with the creation of music. In fact, they are dumb and self indulgent. Kind of like sucking… — Courtney Love Copy Share Image
Europe was a very contentious subject in literature and yet jazz musicians still depended on Europe. Now it's not such a big… — Darryl Pinckney Copy Share Image
I knew from when I was six that music would be my life, and I used to spend most of my time… — Orianthi Copy Share Image
Popular music has always been rooted in the blues, whether it's Adele or Led Zeppelin or Sam Cooke. It's just the beat… — L.A. Reid Copy Share Image
Go out on the stage as a human being and do not be afraid to show struggle in your music. It's a… — Wayne Shorter Copy Share Image
With rock, you can write about anything. There are rock songs I still don't know what they're singing about, but you want… — Darius Rucker Copy Share Image
I wish I could be invisible and just play music and not have to worry about anyone looking at me. — Chelsea Wolfe Copy Share Image
Kind words are the music of the world. They have a power which seems to be beyond natural causes, as if they… — Frederick William Faber Copy Share Image
When you do music, your friends are writers, actors, painters. It's all under the sameroof. So anything creative is interesting to me. — Alison Mosshart Copy Share Image
I struggle every day with trying to be a better dad, a better husband, better musician, better artist. It consumes me, and… — Harry Connick, Jr Copy Share Image
Yes, for me audio-visual performance has its roots in my experience working as an improvising musician and composer. — Kurt Ralske Copy Share Image
Music is the most powerful form of communication in the world. It brings us all together. Even religion separates us, but a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
