Unfortunately, like, homework and school wasn't the thing that I was obsessing over. It was, you know, music and making music and… — Ad-Rock Copy Share Image
I don't really think there's a genre that we couldn't do, but it wouldn't sound like that genre, if that makes sense.… — Avi Kaplan Copy Share Image
The good thing about playing the guitar: You can take on different kinds of music. I'm always doing something different from the… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
Obviously, this is our first album [Begin], so this is our first big body of work that's out there in the world… — Jillian Hervey Copy Share Image
A lot of music doesn't do one thing or another. It just doesn't do anything. Then there are those pieces of music… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
I come from a very musical family. My dad taught me to play guitar. I play violin and drums as well. Violin,… — Amandla Stenberg Copy Share Image
Once I got to be about twenty-five, I got interested in the music of the time. I started smokin' dope, I started… — Gregory Hines Copy Share Image
I've been very lucky in that the studios really respect me and they give me all my creative freedom. But nevertheless, they… — Alfonso Cuaron Copy Share Image
The big stadiums get totally packed, and everyone knows the words, and it's screaming young girls. I met a whole bunch of… — Joe Walsh Copy Share Image
When writing songs, especially if they're kinda semi-true to you, a lot of people hide behind whatever their idea of themselves is… — El-P Copy Share Image
People don't buy music anymore; they're stealing it. But you can't steal a live show. There's no way to reproduce a real… — John 5 Copy Share Image
“Is it because the wild-wood passion still lingers in our hearts, because still in our minds the voice of Syrinx lingers in… — Jeanie Lang Copy Share Image
I’m in a band. I don’t go to church every Sunday. I love punk rock music. Sometimes I use swear words a… — Hayley Williams Copy Share Image
In terms of black music - the only music that we can call our own, that was really born here - I… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
Music is about communication, creativity, and cooperation, and by studying music in schools, students have the opportunity to build on these skills,… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
The music that really moves me is music that's written by people where there isn't a lot of money and they're really… — Anton Yelchin Copy Share Image
You have to change musically. Bubble gum pop was good for the first time you have sex. They didn't want to give… — Leif Garrett Copy Share Image
I spent two years making music in San Francisco for my first mixtape. Initially, I was not at all doing this to… — Lil Dicky Copy Share Image
It's true that we come from the electronic scene in the '90s, but maybe just two years before that we were not… — Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo Copy Share Image
“There was gray train smoke over the town most days, it smelled of travel, of transcontinental trains about to flash by, of… — Dawn Powell Copy Share Image
If I wrote something just for a musician and not for a soundtrack I would have no inspiration from scenes or from… — Claudio Simonetti Copy Share Image
“At the end of our visit, Fleisher agreed to play something on my piano, a beautiful old 1894 Bechstein concert grand that… — Oliver Sacks Copy Share Image
Music is a manifestation of the human spirit, similar to language. Its greatest practitioners have conveyed to mankind things not possible to… — Zoltan Kodaly Copy Share Image
I've been relying very heavily on my instincts as of late, and my songwriting has come to depend on my ability to… — Christine Anderson Copy Share Image
We are a band that stylistically crosses a lot of barriers and generational gaps. The heavier portion of the band, the modern… — Andy Biersack Copy Share Image
“You should be making music primarily because you love it. Most everything else is a bonus. If you have fans at all,… — Bruce Duff Copy Share Image
Yet, it ought to be obvious that good music generally occupies a higher plane that mere politics. Great writers can express moods… — Tony Snow Copy Share Image
Many great works of art, poetry, and music are inspired by astral memories. The desire to do noble, beautiful things here on… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
“Before everything happened I wished i had double voice box like a song bird so I could sing two songs at once,… — Karen Foxlee Copy Share Image
Comedy is the only form of entertainment where the audience doesn't know what to expect. In an evening, you might get ten… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
Nothing separates the generations more than music. By the time a child is eight or nine, he has developed a passion for… — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
In the music industry, you can't create success without having to engage a white man. It's just not possible. Whether it's executives,… — Kelela Copy Share Image
I have no shame in making music that maybe, if you listen to it long enough, you'll realize you've heard this or… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The music I like best is kind of frozen in my mind from the Sixties and Seventies. I still listen to the… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
“I love people who play guitars on roofs!" said Rose, hopping along the pavement in one of her sudden happy moods. "Don't… — Hilary McKay Copy Share Image
What I like about music is that you make a song, you've got your ideas in it, and people make that song… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
“She put on some music. Drum and flute, I think. She played it soft, because it was dreadfully late, a time when… — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Copy Share Image
It is more beautiful to trust in God. The beautiful in this world is all from his hand, declaring the perfection of… — Lew Wallace Copy Share Image
I'm not so arrogant to consider mine the only legitimate art form. I can't in one breath make a fuss about someone… — Brandi Carlile Copy Share Image
We've never met before and I start telling you how much I love your favorite musicians, how I watch the same TV… — Christopher Wylie Copy Share Image