My father was a politician and I had no contacts in the music industry, but I could still do some good work… — Jubin Nautiyal Copy Share Image
I think it should be ambitious and good music does deal with life and art and all these wonderful things. — Jonny Greenwood Copy Share Image
Traditional songwriting, to us, is where the experimental nature comes in. We're all involved with so much outside activity with really hardcore,… — Thurston Moore Copy Share Image
When I moved to Los Angeles, I thought, 'Whatever hits, I'll go that direction. If it's music, fine; if it's acting, fine.' — Brian Stokes Mitchell Copy Share Image
I'd like to keep doing film and TV, and I definitely can appreciate a good theme song. If it's memorable, that's a… — James Iha Copy Share Image
When I need some energy in the morning I can put a metal CD in my player, because it gets me going!… — Tarja Turunen Copy Share Image
I listen to so much, I listen to a lot of reggae. Obviously I listen to hip-hop, that's what I make. I… — DJ Khaled Copy Share Image
Writing the songs is always emotional and most of the vocals on there are the first three takes from the demos, because… — Tove Lo Copy Share Image
When you're listening to club music, there's no reward. The reward isn't, 'Oh, here's the chorus, here's the lyric that makes sense.'… — Robyn Copy Share Image
She knew this music--knew it down to the very core of her being--but she had never heard it before. Unfamiliar, it had… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
Writing songs out of my faith was a real natural progression. I grew up singing in my dad's choir and singing with… — Steven Curtis Chapman Copy Share Image
“His performance was also intensely visual, with his volatile movements in front of the piano, and his cries and wild vocal accompaniment… — Ian Carr Copy Share Image
There was a time when I was fighting with the decision as to whether or not a Hasidic man could go out… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
Amid the discords of this life, it is blessed to think of heaven, where God draws after him an everlasting train of… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
When I was a kid in the late '60s and early '70s, my parents and their friends would play the records of… — Mark Lanegan Copy Share Image
All the music I listened to in high school that I loved and that moved me wasn't the same music other kids… — Mike D Copy Share Image
Directing music videos, especially ones that are concept/narrative driven is challenging in itself, but Directing a music video within a digital video… — Jon Jon Augustavo Copy Share Image
I'd like to see more crossover between white and black music. That's something I've been advocating for years. — Daryl Hall Copy Share Image
Who doesn't love classic Destiny's Child or Ace of Base? There's so much amazing music from that time period, so it makes… — Ricky Reed Copy Share Image
Hunter can write a melody and stuff like that, but his forte is lyrics. He can write a serviceable melody to hang… — Jerry Garcia Copy Share Image
When you pick up a House of Marley product, it's not just about the music; it's also about how it's created. — Rohan Marley Copy Share Image
I told Zollie Volchok we needed an ultrasound machine and he asked me why we needed music in the locker room. — Lenny Wilkens Copy Share Image
You know, as you compose music, you're just off in your own world. You have no idea where reality is, so to… — Roy Lichtenstein Copy Share Image
Music should be an integral part of one's life, but how one is able to access it or use it as a… — Anne Akiko Meyers Copy Share Image
“Well you, young man, need to learn about what is much more important than cool. And that is: what is beautiful.” — John Butler Copy Share Image
I have always tried with my shows - win, lose, or draw - to take the boundaries of music as far as… — Andrew Lloyd Webber Copy Share Image
I always know I'm a country singer, and regardless of where I've fallen into different places with my music, I know that,… — Ronnie Milsap Copy Share Image
To me, country music tells a story about, and deals with, the way people live their lives and what they do. — Randy Travis Copy Share Image
If it's a good song and it fits me, that's what I'm going to do, I'm not out there trying to change… — George Strait Copy Share Image
A lot of times when I record, I tend to care so much about the delivery, the tone, the melody, and everything.… — Jackson Wang Copy Share Image
I knew the words to 25 rock songs, so I got in the group. Long Tall Sally and Tutti-Frutti, that got me… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
I've always had a teenage thread running through my music. On my first album, I had a song called 'Confessions of a… — Bonnie McKee Copy Share Image
Lestining to my favorate song and when I began to analyse the lyrics I fugere out that the massege in them is… — Simphiwe Scientist Dumi Copy Share Image
I've never really been a big fan of comedy songs, frankly. I think I enjoy the emotional payoff that the best music… — Keith Murray Copy Share Image
We have a dance in bounce music called 'exercising' where you just open your legs and shake your butt a little bit… — Big Freedia Copy Share Image
When I first started recording music, I was actually singing about microphones, equipment, recording. — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
I think that you should just be yourself and make sure you pick a really, really good song, and make sure you're… — Cher Lloyd Copy Share Image
Studying music, everyone sort of has their own style - it's not like everyone's going for the same part. — Katy B Copy Share Image
“The sheet of life's music runs in front of us in endless reams, but without the ears that God grants us they… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
If you're writing songs by yourself, who's going to tell you if it's good or not? But if you're writing songs with… — Glenn Frey Copy Share Image
