“Words are most important. I never wanted to write a song about nothing. After all, the impulse towards music is at its… — Kevan Duke Copy Share Image
“Not every end is the goal. The end of a melody is not its goal, and yet if a melody has not… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
When you go to the Opry for a show or hear it on the radio, you get the whole circle of country… — Dierks Bentley Copy Share Image
“The universe is a symphony of strings. And the "Mind of God," which Einstein wrote eloquently about, is cosmic music resonating throughout… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
I love working and writing new songs. But sometimes you need to wait, to have something in your mind, and then you… — Yann Tiersen Copy Share Image
All my music is driven by an urge to connect with people, to share with them in the experience of being human… — Ananya Birla Copy Share Image
I always try, when I'm singing songs, to interpret them the way that I would've arranged them. I think about the melody… — Melanie Martinez Copy Share Image
“If you would understand a people, look at them through the eyes of the poet, the musician and the artist.” — Cynthia Pearl Maus Copy Share Image
“The act of making music, clothes, art, or even food has a very different, and possibly more beneficial effect on us than… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
Music has always been in my family, but it was mainly keyboards. I learned to play classical piano, but when I first… — Suzi Quatro Copy Share Image
I started listening to rap music in 2012 or something, because that was when I started becoming friends with American people, and… — Rich Brian Copy Share Image
We all have our daily prescription of yoga, football, religion, or whatever gets us through that day. My thing is music. It's… — Richard Ashcroft Copy Share Image
The L.A. rap scene is popping again because rappers stopped saying 'West Coast.' Nobody says that anymore. Fans of L.A. music were… — Schoolboy Q Copy Share Image
I had a studio session with Nipsey Hussle. We didn't record, but we just vibed and we talked. It was just good… — Fabolous Copy Share Image
Since my tour (in Japan) just finished, I started writing songs. I was inspired a lot while on the road and I… — Angela Aki Copy Share Image
When you make timeless music - and I like to think that's what I'm doing - the fun part is picking the… — Raheem DeVaughn Copy Share Image
Writing about music is like dancing about architecture - it's really a stupid thing to want to do. — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
I feel very fortunate to be in a position to where I can continue to make music and have people appreciate it. — Alissa White-Gluz Copy Share Image
The thing I love about music is that if a singer is good, let's say, you are instantly transported to that emotion.… — Carrie-Anne Moss Copy Share Image
Because the beauty of songs, I think, is if you do it right a lot of people can relate to it in… — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
There are a lot of things that are part of the music business that I'm very bad at. Organization, being on time… — Daniel Caesar Copy Share Image
I work very hard on getting the songs as direct and examined as I can before I go in the studio. — Nick Lowe Copy Share Image
I think people at most record labels really like music, but it's hard because everything is so subjective, and everyone's so creative… — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
You know, I'm the 1st black solo MC from Detroit. I didn't do the 50 Cent sales but hey... I got a… — Obie Trice Copy Share Image
I reckon that growing up, listening to so much different music, I think over time I just kind of sucked it all… — Courtney Barnett Copy Share Image
Nightingales are put in cages because their songs give pleasure. Whoever heard of keeping a crow? — Rumi Copy Share Image
I'm treating country music like it's a sport. I'm looking at where my competition is and realized I needed to work on… — Kip Moore Copy Share Image
I went to university (Brown), I worked as a designer, I competed in Olympic sport (rowing) ... and I ended up being… — Dhani Harrison Copy Share Image
I live my life and play my music, and I don't really seek out other people's approval or accolades or things like… — Kenny G Copy Share Image
I don't know many artists who've managed to go a career without bringing these things up. Saying the word 'God,' 'Jesus' -… — Ted Dwane Copy Share Image
I think we are children of technology ourselves, because we are not virtuosos in music or anything, we really are able to… — Daft Punk Copy Share Image
People come in your life not to be with you or love you, but to make you realize that you are worth… — Sushan Copy Share Image
If the lyrics have meaning to it and it gives me a certain emotion, I think that's the most beautiful part about… — Sarah Barthel Copy Share Image
“what I felt was inexpressible gratitude for the music, that in this horror there could be something as beautiful as that.” — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
When I was 18 and going to Berklee College of Music, I started singing in a 60-person gospel choir where almost everyone… — Susan Tedeschi Copy Share Image
I think it's more about trying to just focus exclusively on writing music and making that a viable, sustainable lifestyle. It's difficult… — Alan Palomo Copy Share Image
“They said her duck recipe and the Chinese music were so dramatic everything else sounded anemic.” — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
I've always felt that if I ever got cynical, I would have to stop making music because I'd just be poisoning the… — Glen Hansard Copy Share Image
I've written poetry since I was in the first grade, and it wasn't until I was a little bit older that I… — Jordin Sparks Copy Share Image
“We need to be the company that manages your relationship with the cloud—streams your music and videos from the cloud, stores your… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
