There's this notion that music has to be confined to some small, simple place to be popular, something I never believed. — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
I like to make songs that are gonna be here for a long time, not for five months that they play on… — Ginuwine Copy Share Image
A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians. — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
What's the difference between the music of my generation and today s. Our songs were about Love and Romance, today's music is… — David A Vigilanti Copy Share Image
Creating art (music, books, films, etc.) can be beautiful and liberating, but trying to sell art, well, that is the movie business.… — Ronnie Apteker Copy Share Image
No yoga exercise, no meditation in a chapel filled with music will rid you of your blues better than the humble task… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I want to give the people a lot more, and be able to perform more than just my one single and all… — Juelz Santana Copy Share Image
“And here's to the blues, the real blues— where there's a hint of hope in every cry of desperation.” — David Mutti Clark Copy Share Image
“So many people died last year: the accidental overdose, the car wreck in East Hampton, the surprise illness. People just disappeared. I… — Bret Easton Ellis Copy Share Image
I grew up on 23, country music highway, which is a stretch of road where Ricky Skaggs and Dwight Yoakam and Loretta… — Tyler Childers Copy Share Image
I always listened to the radio a lot, and I've always tried to capture some of that stuff in my music. But… — Alex G Copy Share Image
I never look for music by genre. I look for an artist who puts a dependable trademark on things. Like Elvis Costello… — Todd Rundgren Copy Share Image
“No vision and you perish; No Ideal, and you’re lost; Your heart must ever cherish Some faith at any cost. Some hope,… — Harriet Du Autermont Copy Share Image
There's a lot of great, talented, passionate musical theatre practitioners and directors here. But it's very hard to suddenly start building great… — Tim Minchin Copy Share Image
Universality is the distinguishing mark of genius. There is no such thing as a special genius, a genius for mathematics, or for… — Otto Weininger Copy Share Image
My main interest in synthesizers when I was an older teenager was to escape from the spell of the 12-tone system or,… — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share Image
I love hip-hop music, ... It's rebel music is how I like to speak about it. Hip-hop and reggae come from the… — Damian Marley Copy Share Image
I had a good start. I did a record with Beyonce. I did a record with Lenny Kravitz. I put out my… — Saint Jhn Copy Share Image
Music became so commercialized that I just didn't want anything to do with it. I renounced the industry before it became the… — Billy Squier Copy Share Image
I have mainly come from a theatre background, I did 'Oliver' here I played the Artful Dodger and I did 'The Sound… — Ben Nicholas Copy Share Image
I always look at myself as a music lover rather than a music composer, so what happens is I love music, I… — Devi Sri Prasad Copy Share Image
All those rappers, they're the only glamorous people working in music now. They dress up in these chains of gold, cars, girls… — Bryan Ferry Copy Share Image
“I enjoy hating musicians far more than I enjoy appreciating them. As far as I'm concerned, when someone becomes a rock star,… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
It's all so beautiful . . . the spring . . . and books and music and fires. . . . Why aren't they enough? — Kathleen Norris Copy Share Image
What we do every day onstage, there's lights, there's lots of other musicians, there's an audience, there's a microphone and mic stands… — Black Thought Copy Share Image
“Playing the cello did feel nicely neolithic, or at least a civilized way to process the primitive.” — Eric Siblin Copy Share Image
I really want a relationship where we can act like idiots, Talk about the most random stuff, share music, and never get… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I like to drive nice cars; since I live in New York, and I don't drive there, it's a novelty to be… — Hannibal Buress Copy Share Image
When you're just singing a beautiful melody with a story that's true to the heart, you don't need a lot of embellishment. — Emmylou Harris Copy Share Image
If you do an item song, then you're categorized as an item girl; if you focus on acting, you're categorized as an… — Daisy Shah Copy Share Image
“What would the world be like without music or rivers or the green and tender grass? Would would this would be like… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
The coolest thing about the music industry is that it's super collaborative and based on relationships and mutual respect. — David Macklovitch Copy Share Image
My lyrics are more country - what I love is the storytelling and the structure, how tight the rhymes can be. But… — Maren Morris Copy Share Image
El Paso is where I started. I don't feel like I'd be making the music I'm making now if I hadn't gone… — Khalid Copy Share Image
You never know what the weather's gonna do. And the same with music, you never know if radio's going to play your… — Sara Evans Copy Share Image
The new material includes a Latin-flavoured song, some electric rock songs, and a ballad. Something strikes me, and I follow that. I'm… — Don Felder Copy Share Image
Certain songs just feel a way that's hard to put into words and it's not happy and it's also not really sad… — Elliott Smith Copy Share Image
I don't want learning, or dignity, or respectability. I want this music, and this dawn, and the warmth of your cheek against… — Rumi Copy Share Image
I'm definitely someone who's really picky about who I work with and how I want things to go, because I have a… — Natalie Prass Copy Share Image
I don't even like to sing in front of my own band members so it's easier for me if they send me… — Hope Sandoval Copy Share Image
