There's an easy way to tell if you have a good song. You get hit in the head with a message, and… — John Waite Copy Share Image
I think the best way to listen to my music is through recording. I would love to be one of those artists… — Willis Earl Beal Copy Share Image
Writing more and more to the sound of music, writing more and more like music. Sitting in my studio tonight, playing record… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
To be honest with you, I'm not sure what a pop tune is. I'm sure if I hear it on the radio,… — Stevie Ray Vaughan Copy Share Image
[John Coltrane] liked my qualities as a person and that's the reason why he let me play with him. It wasn't what… — Pharoah Sanders Copy Share Image
My mom, she got taken away from me when I was 14 years old. She is incarcerated. My sister was incarcerated. I… — Sean Kingston Copy Share Image
Joe Trapanese did our score, and when he was first brought on to the project, he and I met up at a… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
I lied a lot when I was a kid. Somehow, I still do this today, but maybe in another way - not… — Sophie Hunger Copy Share Image
I know there's a certain love and affection for the homemade on the Internet, and I'm all for that, too, and I… — Robert Englund Copy Share Image
There is no greater picture than that of 10,000 smiling children. No brighter music than their clear-ringing laughter. That I, with my… — P. T. Barnum Copy Share Image
“And now above and beyond the birds' song, Andy hears a more distant singing, whether of voices or instruments, sounds or words,… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
I don't think about whether it's gonna be a dance record or a ballad or anything when I'm making music. I sit… — Sam Smith Copy Share Image
“Also there was something vampiric about rock music. It must have sounded supernatural even to those who don’t believe in the supernatural.… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
“Whenever a noise exceeds our processing abilities—we can’t decipher all the different sound waves hitting our hair cells— the mind . .… — Brian Boyd Copy Share Image
When I perform, I simply follow the music, and my heart; everything comes from me in a very natural way - it's… — Lang Lang Copy Share Image
Liquid, flowing words are the choicest and the best, if language is regarded as music. But when it is considered as a… — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
If Woody Guthrie set the bar for American songwriters, Bob Dylan jumped right over it. No one I know will ever come… — John Mellencamp Copy Share Image
My songs are the reflection of how I think and how I feel in that moment. But I'm conscious of the fact… — Shakira Copy Share Image
“Modern party-dance is simply writhing to suggestive music. It is ridiculous, silly to watch and excruciatingly embarrassing to perform. It is ridiculous,… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
There's times, in certain songs, that I might be in my own world, and who cares about who's out there, you know?… — Jimmy Scott Copy Share Image
There are people that bring artists to me to look at it and it's a question of whether I like their music… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I love Stone Sour. I love the music that we created. and it was a fun ride. But if I'm going to… — Jim Root Copy Share Image
“…and I smile and know why people write music and paint and dance, lifted as if they can fly, because this ache… — Pat Mora Copy Share Image
“What about you, Ellen?' he asked. 'What does music mean to you?' It was a while before she answered. 'When I was… — Eva Ibbotson Copy Share Image
What gives my art the most meaning is when I can connect with others through it. When people say that my music… — Lindsey Stirling Copy Share Image
“You know, just because you think bubblegum pop on the radio represents all that is wrong with society, that doesn’t mean there’s… — Hannah Harrington Copy Share Image
There is no music more powerful than hip-hop. No other music so purely demands an instant affirmative on such a global scale.… — Saul Williams Copy Share Image
No, nothing at all. I am the sort of person who immerses himself in something completely. I cannot do many different things… — Unknwon Copy Share Image
Most songs I write are spur-of-the-moment-type things. I have to be spontaneous. If not, songwriting can bore me. There is no pre-design… — Anthony Hamilton Copy Share Image
“Music has the power to stop time. When I listen to songs, I'm transported back to the moment of their birth, which… — Questlove Copy Share Image
I think looking at as, "Bands that release their music for free online only make their money from playing live," is not… — Jeff Rosenstock Copy Share Image
The white music was melodic and pretty, and you had beautiful women's voices like Gogi Grant and even the Andrews Sisters. Then… — Joan Baez Copy Share Image
“I would often sit in the corner of the room wearing Dad's massive headphones, carefully replaying the records time after time. It… — Simon Pegg Copy Share Image
When you play the old songs, it's awesome and I love it, but it's not work because everyone already knows it and… — Shwayze Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to an album start to finish, and you don't skip songs. You don't listen to a Paul Simon… — Ashley McBryde Copy Share Image
... Aqualung was a difficult and very tense album to record... while I was playing the solo, Jimmy Page walked into the… — Martin Barre Copy Share Image
The important thing is that while heroin and cocaine and tobacco and every drug and junk food cause dopamine release, there are… — Neal Barnard Copy Share Image
We are all human, and we are all able to listen to music that we cannot understand. I used to listen to… — Stromae Copy Share Image
I believe that music is about making quality things, making quality art, and no matter who you decide to work with, you… — Common Copy Share Image
There's a variety and depth to the song topics I get to write about in children's music and books: being able to… — Lisa Loeb Copy Share Image
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