Some musicians are a bit humourless about their art: they lose sight of the fact that as well as exercising their muse,… — Bill Bailey Copy Share Image
I don't just write music to esthetically satisfy somebody. The reason I write music is that I feel it's a vehicle or… — George Russell Copy Share Image
There's beautiful things about tour - you're seeing the world, spreading music and I'm able to call that what I do. But… — Borns Copy Share Image
I loathe most crossover music. Yet I like to think when it comes to Code it's something different. — Mat McNerney Copy Share Image
The Mary J. Blige song is called 'My Life.' It's kinda like an autobiography song, stating what I'm about and what I'm… — Fabolous Copy Share Image
“What a shitty way to go through life, hiding your love for music so that people don't think the wrong things about… — Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson Copy Share Image
Within pop music, within three-minute songs, the exciting thing is to see how you can reshape the formula and still come up… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
Taylor is a musician who does things under her own name and tells her own stories-her songs and her albums are her. — Emma Stone Copy Share Image
When I was eight, my mum found me humming to myself and scribbling on a scrap of paper. When she asked me… — Neil Jackson Copy Share Image
A lot of people ask me, 'How did you have the courage to walk up to record labels when you were 12… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
They understand what their market is and who they should be selling records to, and most importantly, they know the kind of… — Simon Cowell Copy Share Image
The more I come to understand music, the more I feel like a numbskull because there is always more to learn. The… — Cliff Martinez Copy Share Image
Kids today aren't listening to music audio-only. They're picking up a CD and looking at the lyric sheet and wondering why the… — will.i.am Copy Share Image
For me, music always leads. Lyrics are only about how they sing. It is wonderful if they read well, too. In the… — Chris Thile Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I used to say, 'I'm not making music. I am getting catharsis for emotion.' For me, vulnerability is… — Arca Copy Share Image
... Jeff Beck is my idol .. sometimes he finds notes that I just do not have on my guitar. Frank Zappa's… — Ritchie Blackmore Copy Share Image
We got sick of interviews and performances - for a long time, it came back to doing 'Take on Me.' It became… — Morten Harket Copy Share Image
I've always predominantly listened to American music, so when I've made records, I do always think 'It's a shame this isn't being… — Jack Savoretti Copy Share Image
I did the marching band all throughout junior high and high school. Music was one of my favorite things in school. — Tommy Lee Copy Share Image
My other friends are in music relaxation class, which I do not attend, because smooth jazz makes me angry sometimes. — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
It's always Jazz. You can put a new dress on her, a new hat, but no matter what kind of clothes she's… — Lionel Hampton Copy Share Image
When I wasn't working, I was learning how to use production software on YouTube and making music. — Shura Copy Share Image
My music is rather abstract and maybe even strange-sounding for some people, so maybe that's why it's been used in so many… — Krzysztof Penderecki Copy Share Image
The most important thing in a piece of music is to seduce people to the point where they start searching. — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
I feel like music itself is inspirational enough. Especially with the Internet. Not to sound like a shut-in. — Thundercat Copy Share Image
“As far as we were concerned, we were just a blues band that had decided to write some scary music.” — Ozzy Osbourne Copy Share Image
So many policy decisions that effect musicians are being made without any input from musicians at all. — Erin McKeown Copy Share Image
House music has always been about peace, love and unity - and I'm bringing the 2012 version of it. — Laidback Luke Copy Share Image
“Music? Music is life! It’s physical emotion - you can touch it! It’s neon ecto-energy sucked out of spirits and switched into… — Isaac Marion Copy Share Image
I'm not meant to sit on the couch and not play music. But I never want to feel like I have to… — Sturgill Simpson Copy Share Image
Go 'head girl, shake that butt. Make me freakin' bust a nut. Crank that music, let's get wasted, super uhn! — Blood On The Dance Floor Copy Share Image
My own musical background is based in the blues, and in classical composition. I grew up listening to Muddy Waters, John Coltrane,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Let us pick up again these lost strands and weave them again into the fabric of America, sort out the music from… — Eugene McCarthy Copy Share Image
My kind of music is probably not going to shoot to the top, but I'm fine with that. There's still enough rock'n'roll… — Adam Granduciel Copy Share Image
Music is a very integral part of the film, but it will not be as full of music as a Bollywood film. — Roland Joffe Copy Share Image
The kind of music or the kind of arrangements that I do, the kind of musicians I choose, is just what I… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
A lot of the songs are very rock-oriented. My voice makes them country, and a lot of people think that is a… — Aubrie Sellers Copy Share Image
I have done songs here and there. But I have never scored a film. That is something I would like to do… — Harry Connick, Jr Copy Share Image
That's where people go wrong in the music industry: they get all these fancy things and think that they deserve them, but… — Justine Skye Copy Share Image
Music, photography, media, film - it's all going to be free on the Internet. We have to accept it. — Jean-Michel Jarre Copy Share Image
