I feel like for me to write songs that I would be interested in as a listener, there has to be tension,… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
“And he discovered, finally, the source of the honey-sweet sound. The sound was music. The sound was King Phillip playing his guitar… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
This is our culture, and I don't care who the musician is, if he avoids black people, then he is scared of… — Betty Carter Copy Share Image
With recording, everything changed. The prospect of music being detachable from time and place meant that one could start to think of… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
I tried singing. I tried playing a musical instrument. I really wanted to be a musician, but I never could quite pull… — Bill Cobbs Copy Share Image
Every true-crime thing you see goes in with that kind of ominous music and low lighting, so to be able to talk… — Karen Kilgariff Copy Share Image
All of the great music ever written is based upon the Mass. I mean, it's pretty extraordinary stuff, and I think it's… — Kelsey Grammer Copy Share Image
I feel that humor, just like Fred Astaire dance numbers or these lightweight musicals, gives you a little oasis. You are in… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I always preferred to hang out with the outcasts, 'cause they were cooler; they had better taste in music, for one thing,… — John Hughes Copy Share Image
We must play music quietly, talk quietly, weep in private, because I am the all-powerful Zahir, who lays down the rules and… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“Why is music capable of inflicting such pain? Because it works on our feelings directly. No ideas interfere with its emotions. This… — Jonah Lehrer Copy Share Image
If you listen to people talk, when people actually talk, they talk in melodies. If they get angry, their voice rises, and… — John Prine Copy Share Image
I like the fact that a lot of people get to hear the music and I love performing with people cheering you… — Tove Lo Copy Share Image
If an ensemble - I don't care if it's a duet or a forty-piece orchestra - the musicians, the two of them… — John Densmore Copy Share Image
Bollywood music is definitely a big part of Indian music and can be a great way to introduce people to the sound.… — A. R. Rahman Copy Share Image
There's always going to be a fight between mainstream and underground because the mainstream is a very small bubble, and the underground… — Dawn Richard Copy Share Image
“Oh, a very sorry people, yes, Did I find here. Oh, they had no music, And they had no beer. And, oh,… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
For me, writing music is a way of processing the world. It's not a concrete thing, as in, "This piece is about… — Missy Mazzoli Copy Share Image
“I heard what I'd learned against my will to identify as new age music. Aimless and spacey, it meandered from unresolved keyboard… — Timothy Hallinan Copy Share Image
If you're a new artist, practice your art and share it. Set up shop somewhere, whether it's a street corner or a… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
What is it that we in the theatre give? Instead of images on canvas or in the form of statuary or music,… — Michael Chekhov Copy Share Image
With 'Acoustic Soul,' I saw my music as sparse. But I didn't do that because I was making a commitment to be… — India Arie Copy Share Image
Being on 'Nashville' and working with some incredible people like T-Bone Burnett and Buddy Miller - so many wonderful, incredible musicians that… — Jonathan Jackson Copy Share Image
Instead of the metaphor of scales in balance, I prefer the idea of a jazz quartet: you're trying to make music that… — Stewart D. Friedman Copy Share Image
I began thinking about the idea of a 24 hour concert. What if you tied songs to certain hours of the day… — Jon Foreman Copy Share Image
My people had used music to soothe slavery's torment or to propitiate God, or to describe the sweetness of love and the… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
There are a few musicians that I know who seem on the outside like very asocial or somewhat unemotional people, people who… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
I know it might be surprising to some, but anyone who knows me - especially those who shared a changing room with… — Chris Kamara Copy Share Image
Vocal music is an attempt to take the whole human being and project it into space. It is the ultimate gesture of… — Peter Sellers Copy Share Image
There is no roles. No one is keeping any roles. The drummer is also answering everybody and everything. So it is a… — Miroslav Vitous Copy Share Image
I'd rather not get into what I'm talking about lyrically. I think it's impossible not to demystify a song when saying what… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
We live in a country where movies, music, and sports are more important than God to a lot of people. It's why… — Shaun King Copy Share Image
But it's funny, I really was quite introverted as a child. I just liked music, so mum and dad bought me a… — Jane McDonald Copy Share Image
My main goal, and it's a big one, is that every child has a chance to get close to music - as… — Gustavo Dudamel Copy Share Image
“Art is the one place we all turn to for solace. We turn to it constantly, whether you are listening to music,… — Carrie Mae Weems Copy Share Image
Every day is a lesson in focus for me, and not buying into the world's concept of what you have to be.… — Lauryn Hill Copy Share Image
Australia is so cool that it's hard to even know where to start describing it. The beaches are beautiful; so is the… — Mary-Kate Olsen Copy Share Image
I'm just kind of sick of music. I don't know what I want to do. It's not that I feel suicidal or… — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
Adult life is dealing with an enormous amount of questions that don't have answers. So I let the mystery settle into my… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
Music can imply the infinite if enough things depart from the norm far enough. Strange "abnormal" events can lead to the feeling… — Morton Feldman Copy Share Image
