I'm in my father's car at age 9 or 10 crying to Leonard Cohen's 'Famous Blue Raincoat,' thinking that you could write… — Lou Doillon Copy Share Image
I do my best to make music spontaneously. It's very personal in a way. It's really a direct connection between me and… — Jamie Lidell Copy Share Image
Amy Winehouse was not a person I ever met, and I can't say that I am overly conversant in all of her… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I had a period after touring the first record where I didn't agree with the way things worked in the music industry… — Lykke Li Copy Share Image
So no one should rely on television either for their knowledge of music or for news. There's just more going on. It's… — Kurt Loder Copy Share Image
We set out with nothing but music as our dream, but we didn't know where we were going, whether we were going… — J-Hope Copy Share Image
I grew up singing Mexican music, and that's based on indigenous Mexican rhythms. Mexican music also has an overlay of West African… — Linda Ronstadt Copy Share Image
I believe that from the earth emerges a musical poetry that is by the nature of its sources tonal. I believe that… — Leonard Bernstein Copy Share Image
I've been working to define my individual style and vision and I believe it is reflected in the music. I feel better… — Chingy Copy Share Image
The most intelligent inspection of any number of fine paintings will not make the observer a painter, nor will listening to a… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
“Music is an act of creation. A musician gives life to a song, even if he or she didn't write it. I… — Mark Delaney Copy Share Image
“you're @ home?"She could hear him moving around..."I'll let you go then." "What if I dont want you to?"he said. She heard… — Melissa Marr Copy Share Image
“like it when I hear this process called “montage.” It seems to convey the hope that the whole will add up to… — Cybill Shepherd Copy Share Image
My dad was a musician, played on the road and played all of his life. And I grew up in a musical… — Rickey Medlocke Copy Share Image
About 13-14 years ago, I went back to my alma mater, Fairfax High School, and ran into the music teacher. She invited… — Flea Copy Share Image
I think the Gen Z audience has such a versatile palette. With streaming services and with the Internet, music isn't so boxed… — Laufey Copy Share Image
The first record I made, when I listen to it, I understand. I understand perfectly well why certain musicians were unhappy with… — Cecil Taylor Copy Share Image
May, queen of blossoms, And fulfilling flowers, With what pretty music Shall we charm the hours? Wilt thou have pipe and reed,… — Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow Copy Share Image
The record [American Idiot ] felt special to us, when we recorded it, with all of the artwork and the concept behind… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
'The bigtime for you is just around the corner.' They told me that first in 1952 - boy, it's been a long… — Ronnie Hawkins Copy Share Image
I love acting. I can't imagine anything else that I would do. I know a lot of actors that really want to… — Edward Furlong Copy Share Image
Music was my first love, and at Marlborough we put bands together and sang the pop songs of the day. Although I… — Chris de Burgh Copy Share Image
I think it all comes back to the individual. My instrument's just a pile of metal and wood! If you listen to… — Stefon Harris Copy Share Image
I don't wait on the music industry to qualify me or give me my paycheck. I go about my business as an… — Perry Farrell Copy Share Image
Oh my God, if you're talking terrible theme songs, you have to mention Matt Hardy. I can't understand what they're even saying.… — Mark Henry Copy Share Image
When I grew up in Ireland in the seventies there was no such thing as therapy...I mean we didn't even have cappuccinos… — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image
I do have a big problem with the idea of music as a form of communication unless it's political - and that's… — Julia Holter Copy Share Image
Don't be lazy. Learn your instrument and the kids should be learning that stuff. We have to get back to the musicianship… — Warryn Campbell Copy Share Image
The people wanted to believe that the Negroes couldn't learn to read music but had a natural talent for it. So we… — Eubie Blake Copy Share Image
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Folk music isn't owned by anybody. It is owned by everybody, like the national parks, the postal system, and the school system.… — Utah Phillips Copy Share Image
I've always been a huge fan of theatre and performance. The idea of just the human voice and just this night. Live… — T.C. Boyle Copy Share Image
The Rolling Stones were an inkling towards an appreciation of the unity of music, dance and words. Any of the black R&B… — Allen Ginsberg Copy Share Image
I am definitely pro-European, even pro-global, and house music and electronic music has developed a network all over the world, between record… — Thomas Bangalter Copy Share Image
“He flipped through the music stations as he drove, searching for some nonexistent perfect song that would be, as Stevie Nicks might… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
“Some people look like they sound better than they actually sound, because they look confident and have good posture," once musician, a… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
“I had grown up on Folkway's Nonesuch field recordings and the stuff Lomax had done for the Library of Congress, but the… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
I was always screwing around with music, but I really wanted to go to film school when I was in high school.… — Oneohtrix Point Never Copy Share Image
For a while, I thought I would maybe be a writer. But with music, I was such a nerd; I was really… — Perfume Genius Copy Share Image
Growing up, I listened to a lot of everything - I fell in love with music, when I discovered people like Lauryn… — Banks Copy Share Image
![“The record [American Idiot ] felt special to us, when we recorded it, with all of the artwork and the concept behind it and it being a rock opera, but we didn't really know where it was going to go. It's like I always say, you just follow the music. Not only was American Idiot a special moment for…” quote by Billie Joe Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49e/billie-joe-armstrong-1888_artwork_the-record-american-idiot-felt-special-t_2567873.png)
