The Soviet Union had only one party. You couldn't express yourself freely; you couldn't admit belief in God. And yet this terrible… — Andris Nelsons Copy Share Image
For us, our musical journey has just been a progression. We're not trying to grow up too fast or anything, and I'm… — Kevin Jonas Copy Share Image
What I don't like is taking it to extremes and making all these intellectualizations about what basically is simple music. It's simple… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
What better job is there? There is no better job. You're actually getting out and playing music, and hopefully making a couple… — Alex Rogers Copy Share Image
Because of Billy Joel, I've been playing piano since I was knee high. The house was always full of music, so of… — Alexa Ray Joel Copy Share Image
My mother made me listen to Carnatic music saying that only then I will be able to appreciate any good music. But… — Y. G. Mahendran Copy Share Image
We are conjured voiceless out of nothing and must return to an unknowing state. What happens in between is an uncontrolled dance,… — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
“She was heading for the piano, and something told me that it was her intention to sing old folk songs, a pastime… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
That's why this generation is the least racist generation ever. You see it all the time. Go to any club. People are… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
“It is well known that great art, great music and great literature can emerge out of great pain. This does not lessen… — Christopher J.H. Wright Copy Share Image
And more than anything, I like the improvisation of jazz. That's the same thing with DJ-ing. There's so much improvisation you can… — DJ Jazzy Jeff Copy Share Image
I kept hearing all these rules: 'You can't say that in country music.' 'You can't use that kind of beat.' I became… — Sam Hunt Copy Share Image
“The presence in the living room called to her, summoning her in a hundred voices and none, a great dissonant harmony alien… — John Connolly Copy Share Image
The reason I stopped music for a while and concentrated on theatre was that it was more conducive to parenting; having the… — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
To remember love after long sleep; to turn again to poetry after a year in the market place, or to youth after… — Mary Stewart Copy Share Image
Having music in the schools, having art in the schools, having art in your life, should not be heroic. It should be… — David Lang Copy Share Image
The blues records of each decade explain something about the philosophical basis of our lives as black people. ... Blues is a… — Sherley Anne Williams Copy Share Image
Enya never writes a bad melody. That's first and foremost her secret. As she goes along, she'll start changing the dynamics, pushing… — Nicky Ryan Copy Share Image
People who like progressive music tend to sneer at the idea of a kind of punk aesthetic, and people who like alternative… — Steven Wilson Copy Share Image
“Well, what do you think? Avanti?" "Avanti," cries everyone, and, after a few quick re-tunings of our instruments, and re-initialisings of our… — Vikram Seth Copy Share Image
Michael Bloomfield came in after rock n roll started, and he was a great guitarist. He idolized me - I know that.… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
Love--what a volume in a word, an ocean in a tear, A seventh heaven in a glance, a whirlwind in a sigh,… — Martin Farquhar Tupper Copy Share Image
When I was a young teenager, it was all about The Clash for me and that sort of English punk stuff. Then… — Greg Kurstin Copy Share Image
Then about 12 years ago it dawned on me that folk music - the music of Woody Guthrie and Phil Ochs, early… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
My meaning of DJ is a basic bigginer type of thing just knowing how to spin a simple Disc, and taking other… — Deadmau5mcdub Copy Share Image
Like music or art, mathematical equations can have a natural progression and logic that can evoke rare passions in a scientist. Although… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
"Poetry" refers to the quite challenging and quite resistant sets of words put together to be admired and interpreted by people who… — Stephen Burt Copy Share Image
“Every night I used to pray that I’d find my people, and finally I did on the open road. We had nothing… — Lana Del Rey Copy Share Image
I was kind of, I would say, even obsessed with music. I wanted to start learning piano when I was six years… — Tarja Turunen Copy Share Image
Ravi Shankar was an incredible teacher. I sat on stage with Robby Krieger and studied at his school of Indian music here… — John Densmore Copy Share Image
I went to see 'Phantom of the Opera' with my grandma and my mom when I was very little. The stage, the… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
You think about people like Hank Williams, who stood on that spot of wood, and Mr. Acuff, and, of course, George Jones.… — Alan Jackson Copy Share Image
“Life is a song. Your heart is the beat, your word is the lyric, your move is the dance. And love, love… — Gkynwin Copy Share Image
I was sort of like a kid in a candy store, realizing it was fun making beats without the perceived burden that… — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
There is a kind of adventure- and risk-seeking audience in classical contemporary music that is really empowering and part of what draws… — Bryce Dessner Copy Share Image
Once you're in a particular country, and you're surrounded by musicians who are so adept at traditional music, you suddenly realize how… — Evelyn Glennie Copy Share Image
I think it's a tribute to the artistic importance of hip-hop culture and what hip-hop has brought into music and fashion and… — Simon de Pury Copy Share Image
I'd rather be entertained and go to a show and watch a drummer and have somebody that makes me actually smile. So… — Mike Portnoy Copy Share Image
How great musicians demonstrate a mutual respect and trust on the bandstand can alter your outlook on the world and enrich every… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
“the way the music was written seemed to be individualized, meaning that each person that listened to the music heard something different;… — Jamie Magee Copy Share Image
