Providing free access to research papers on websites like Sci-Hub breaks so-called copyright law that was made to taboo free distribution of… — Alexandra Elbakyan Copy Share Image
I'm not like a legend that - so I'm sort of in the middle in this sort of gray area where, you… — Brian McKnight Copy Share Image
I was raised with a ton of brothers and sisters where, obviously, the music running in and out of the house was… — Janet Jackson Copy Share Image
I'm having this disbelief and dissatisfaction with an establishment that feels like it's moving backward, and I think there's a similar feeling… — K. Flay Copy Share Image
I am a composer first and foremost, and have always believed that being able to write memorable melodies is what sets musicians… — Bradley Joseph Copy Share Image
“Mister Singer reminded her of this music. She wished there was some place where she could go to hum it out loud.… — Carson McCullers Copy Share Image
When I became a 'rock musician,' I assumed pop music was easy to write and that interesting rock music, or alternative music,… — Kevin Parker Copy Share Image
“In the end, it is your responsibility to read the small print, whether it is for gig contracts, record contracts, investors, management,… — Loren Weisman Copy Share Image
The guitar is the most unpredictable and least reliable musical instrument in existence...and also the sweetest, the warmest, the most delicate, whose… — Andres Segovia Copy Share Image
My songwriting process, and maybe loads of other people's, is just this sort of smashing together of emotions and stuff to make… — James Bay Copy Share Image
Looking back on it, now I can identify the points in my life when I wasn't playing, and music - and didn't… — Sturgill Simpson Copy Share Image
After I found out that I was playing music and that I'd have to learn how to read and write music, I… — Ornette Coleman Copy Share Image
it's important as a composer to sit in silence and imagine these complex musical worlds in your head, but it's also a… — Tod Machover Copy Share Image
I was in a music class when I was little, and they discovered I had a talent and could sing. From there,… — Vanessa Morgan Copy Share Image
I would find myself being inspired by things that I've heard as a kid: Nigerian music or African music, some French music… — Burna Boy Copy Share Image
I feel that music on the screen can seek out and intensify the inner thoughts of the characters. It can invest a… — Bernard Herrmann Copy Share Image
I played music practically my entire life. But the first time I ever really played music was with John and Robby and… — Ray Manzarek Copy Share Image
I'm very opinionated about movie musicals when they're adapted from live shows. You'll sit still for a three-minute song in a theater.… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
“Toward the end of the shift, when the orders from the waitresses had slowed to a trickle and the cleaning up of… — Katherine Applegate Copy Share Image
We [with Nimai Larson] listened to hardly any music except Hare Krishna music growing up and the occasional Garth Brooks that our… — Taraka Larson Copy Share Image
The vibrations on the air are the breath of God speaking to man's soul. Music is the language of God. We musicians… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'll write a song. When I've gone through something really hard in my life, sometimes it's other people's music. Other times… — Jack Johnson Copy Share Image
Shall I tell you what rock and roll is, Johnno, from someone who doesn't perform, but observes? It's restless and rude. It's… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
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We just made music that we liked and that people liked in Korea, and then people outside of Korea began to like… — Jin Copy Share Image
So long as we refuse to include lottery tickets among the symphonies, or medical bulletins among the overtures, we must refrain from… — Eduard Hanslick Copy Share Image
I understand that it's the music that keeps me alive... That's my lifeblood. And to give that up for, like, the TV,… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
Songwriters I've always been drawn to are people who deal with something of depth in the lyric writing. ...I've always been influenced… — Bruce Hornsby Copy Share Image
We've never been a band that gets up on stage and says, 'OK, we're going to play our entire new album.' Of… — Ed Kowalczyk Copy Share Image
Being able to say something lyrically, to say something that will do more than just be words, is really hard. It's easy… — Nikki Sixx Copy Share Image
“Something is always born out of too deep grief. Just when you grope for balance, art is born out of a compelling… — Jayita Bhattacharjee Copy Share Image
I can't listen to so much music at the same time. I think you really have to have a diet. You're just… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
My music is more like ghetto gospel; there's a message in my words, so people listen. Sometimes you might here different things;… — Young Jeezy Copy Share Image
There were country songs I connected to when there was pain, when I saw things my family were going through. It was… — Jessica Mauboy Copy Share Image
Back in 2000, I had come to a crossroads in my life, unsure about what career path I should pursue. Shepherd, bouncer,… — Dennis DeYoung Copy Share Image
Playing live is much more natural for me. The instant reaction and the feedback from the audience is great for me. I… — Rory Gallagher Copy Share Image
By the time you get into other kinds of music - R&B, country, or whatever - it becomes something that's romantic. It… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
“A three-piece Mexican band was making the kind of music a Mexican band always makes. Whatever they play, it all sounds the… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
I think what interests me the most is when the two things are developed at the same time, which certainly feels natural… — Matthew Barney Copy Share Image
I actually quit music and I thought maybe I chose the wrong career. But, I isolated myself in a cabin in the… — Skylar Grey Copy Share Image