My attitude towards my time as a musician, is that I really wanted to completely reinvent myself and not be one of… — Kurt Ralske Copy Share Image
It's very easy for me to keep a low profile because the focus I feel is always on the music. Success and… — Enya Copy Share Image
Growing up, music was an important part of my childhood. I see it being just as important in my children and all… — Ziggy Marley Copy Share Image
What is it that makes you want to write songs? In a way you want to stretch yourself into other people’s hearts.… — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
I went to art school, and I studied drawing and video art, and I've always approached music so visually as a result… — Caroline Polachek Copy Share Image
I've always argued that all Tame Impala melodies are pure pop. It's just that 'Lonerism,' for example, is a completely rumbling, fuzzed… — Kevin Parker Copy Share Image
“musicians, athletes, and chess players, among others, know all about deliberate practice, but knowledge workers do not. Most knowledge workers avoid the… — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
During the writing process, I tend not to listen to too much music. I obviously wear a lot of influences on my… — Jay Reatard Copy Share Image
“Cause when I hear your name I can not stop cheesing I love you so much that my heart stops beating when… — Tyler The Creator Copy Share Image
He was dancing to some music No one else had ever heard He'd speak in unknown languages She would translate every word… — Harry Chapin Copy Share Image
You search for images and stories and movies and music from people that look like you and sound like you and speak… — Kelly Marie Tran Copy Share Image
There's always something going on, and people need that 45-minute-to-an-hour-and-15-minute break, where they just escape and not worry about bills, health care… — Pitbull Copy Share Image
When I would play pop music at underground shows, it was offensive to some people. I wasn't doing it to piss people… — Girl Talk Copy Share Image
Radio has changed, there was a little bit of difference around the country and now that is gone and everything is uniform.… — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
If you have feelings about reading, you feel the rhythm of prose or of a poem like music. It awakens something in… — Maria Kodama Copy Share Image
'Aqualung' marks the point at which I had the confidence as a songwriter and as a guitar player to actually pick up… — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image
I think in Baroque music, especially in the case of Bach, what really transformed Bach's musical language, what changed it for him… — Mahan Esfahani Copy Share Image
I'm very fussy about how my records sound, but I'm very aware that because of the way they sound, I will never… — Nick Lowe Copy Share Image
I do it when I'm a preparing for a role quite a bit - I sit with music. It helps influence the… — Rami Malek Copy Share Image
I studied music all the way through college, but as soon as I graduated from university, I got straight into London and… — Steven Price Copy Share Image
You think about how we could do better to serve humans and to live happier and more constructive lives - to live… — Declan McKenna Copy Share Image
It was just cool to see my friends so inspired, and I'm by no means the biggest rapper in the world, but… — Big Sean Copy Share Image
“(We loved Mother too, completely, but we were finding out, as Father was too, that it is good for parents and for… — M.F.K. Fisher Copy Share Image
The border between music and noise is always culturally defined—which implies that, even within a single society, this border does not always… — Jean-Jacques Nattiez Copy Share Image
“Just then, a singly firefly flashes its light, then another. Within a minute the darkness is filled with fireflies, twinkling their silent… — Dominique Paul Copy Share Image
Classical music and pop are two different universes, each with its own difficulties, peculiarities, depth and artistic dignity. In Italy, I think… — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
I don't love performing, because it's nerve-racking and it's time - consuming to rehearse a whole set - and my time can… — Sia Furler Copy Share Image
“Marko pressed the creased paper flat against the note stand, rested the pads of his fingers lightly over the top of the… — Vanessa Garden Copy Share Image
Acting is a growing tick muscle. I really believe that it's similar to being a musician in that the more you practice… — Katie Lowes Copy Share Image
When I first started doing stuff outside of Hot Chip, I got the impression that Joe Goddard was a bit concerned. But… — Alexis Taylor Copy Share Image
Despite the fact that Starbucks has grown to be a large company. We've always played music in our stores and has always… — Howard Schultz Copy Share Image
I don't consider myself very principled. As a travelling musician, you have to adapt and adjust to different contexts every day. It… — Moddi Copy Share Image
Beyond that, it gets down to the nuts and bolts of discipline - not a tradition or genre, I don't care about… — Vijay Iyer Copy Share Image
When I think about a Chicago sound, I think about the Great Migration from the South. Many of Chicago's black artists are… — Rhymefest Copy Share Image
I had a dream that Louis Armstrong was playing the 'Swept Away' melody. I have no idea where it came from. But… — Scott Avett Copy Share Image
I can't say what people use the experience of listening to songs for, but I would never tell somebody what it is… — Mark Lanegan Copy Share Image
Any music star would be singing about his lost love. A movie would be about a relatable incident; it wasn't an untouchable… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
There is no one part of the brain which recognizes or responds emotionally to music. Instead, there are many different parts responding… — Oliver Sacks Copy Share Image
Football really was my salvation in high school. For some kids it's art. For some it's music. For me, it was strapping… — Rudy Ruettiger Copy Share Image
To be an artist, you don't have to compose music or paint or be in the movies or write books. It's just… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
