I would never take part in one of those Eighties nostalgia tours, although I've been asked many times, because it's like admitting… — Gary Numan Copy Share Image
I certainly think there are things that impressed me as a child about the church. The smells and the sounds and the… — Jonathan Meiburg Copy Share Image
“Scattered among these things are reminders that sound once existed: a metronome, a drumming pad, a guitar pick, a trumpet mouthpiece, a… — Geoffrey O'Brien Copy Share Image
John McCutcheon is not only one of the best musicians in the USA, but also a great singer, songwriter, and song leader.… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
“The feedback from the speakers changes and begins blasting death metal music so loudly into the sky that I swear the bridge… — Susan Ee Copy Share Image
I think the main objective is to move people, make people think in their heart. I personally am not interested in appealing… — Joe Satriani Copy Share Image
A composition is always more than the sum of its parts. In other words, a really good piece of music is more… — Yo-Yo Ma Copy Share Image
Of course I have bills to pay, but at the same time, it's more about the passion and the love, and I… — Ludacris Copy Share Image
The point of my music? The point I just want to get across is I'm me and I exist. Just letting people… — D-Pryde Copy Share Image
Our world is enriched when coders and marketers dazzle us with smartphones and tablets, but, by themselves, they are just slabs. It… — Nicholas Kristof Copy Share Image
I can't sit and compare my trouble to Brian Wilson but I came from a blue-collar family of fishermen. Music was an… — Michael Buble Copy Share Image
The music is used as a backdrop. I take the kundalini and I play against the notes with it. I do a… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I listen to the summer symphony outside my window. Truthfully, it's not a symphony at all. There's no tune, no melody, only… — Jerry Spinelli Copy Share Image
I was raised in an Indian household - singing classical music and eating south Indian food. But the second I went to… — Vidya Vox Copy Share Image
“It was, as the song said, ‘call to arms music,’ and seemed to have little to do with Scotland and New Year.… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
“if you don't first accept the gift as it is—if you change what you hear, or change what you learn—doesn't that make… — Robert Holdstock Copy Share Image
The Beach Boys have always been a part of the '60s spectrum, with The Beatles and that kind of thing. They were… — Brian Wilson Copy Share Image
I felt I had nothing more to say. Everything would have had to be a replay of the previous two or three… — Richard Pinhas Copy Share Image
What keeps me motivated to create new music is the joy of songwriting. The joy of being creative. The joy of writing… — Nick Heyward Copy Share Image
I do feel like my music, in some weird way, is probably better suited for cinema than for anything else - I… — Zach Condon Copy Share Image
I do feel like I'm a survivor because the music industry is still a boys' club. I really respect all the women… — Nelly Furtado Copy Share Image
“Linguistic and musical sound systems illustrate a common theme in the study of music-language relations. On the surface, the two domains are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My first song was 'So Sick,' which was my first number one as an artist, and I turned the mic around to… — Ne-Yo Copy Share Image
I think the hardest thing about making music now is being a great dad at the same time. There's an insanity that… — Eddie Vedder Copy Share Image
Since I've been in this industry, it's been a constant fight; "Oh, he's white, he's Cuban." "He's tryin' to do hip-hop and… — Pitbull Copy Share Image
“A talented pianist, he toyed with the idea of pursuing a career as a professional musician. Unsure, he sought advice and was… — Manjit Kumar Copy Share Image
“What do I sound like?" I asked, more breathily than I intended. God, so predictable. He considered his answer for a moment… — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image
There should be more love in Toronto when it comes to the music and entertainment scenes instead of keeping that Screwface Capital… — PartyNextDoor Copy Share Image
When I first put out music, people didn't know what I looked like. They called it a new type of something; they… — FKA twigs Copy Share Image
I think the purpose of a piece of music is significant when it actually lives in somebody else. A composer puts down… — Yo-Yo Ma Copy Share Image
“Along with people in other creative professions, such as artists and musicians, many scientists experience this transcendence. I do so every day.… — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
When I was sixteen, I danced before an audience without music. At the end someone suddenly cried 'its Death and the Maiden'.… — Isadora Duncan Copy Share Image
With The Brood, it was cool because it had the music, it had the different look and at the time reality-based characters… — Christian Cage Copy Share Image
Clipping is a very specific, concept-y thing. We have all these rules: we don't sample drums. We create all our own sounds.… — Daveed Diggs Copy Share Image
I just think that pop music is very interesting in how it can reach so many people. I like that I can… — Melanie Martinez Copy Share Image
That's where all good music comes from, I think - anything that's likely to have an impact on pop culture comes from… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
What I can say is that for may years jazz musicians had to go to Europe, for instance, to be respected and… — Sonny Rollins Copy Share Image
“Jungle's sound-world constitutes a sort of abstract social realism; when I listen to techstep, the beats sound like collapsing (new) buildings and… — Simon Reynolds Copy Share Image
Reggae has a philosophy, you know? It's not just entertainment. There's an idea behind it, a way of life behind the music,… — Ziggy Marley Copy Share Image
Words created divergencies between beings, because their precise meanings put an opinion around the idea. Music only retains the highest and purest… — Nadia Boulanger Copy Share Image
