“The melody drifted into an aching silence. Austin lifted his head, and she saw his tears, trailing along his cheeks, glistening in… — Lorraine Heath Copy Share Image
Yes, I've been down the pike and back. And through the years, I've heard different songs with scatting in it, and it… — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
Success came to me in my late 20s. I started touring when I was a teenager, so I had already seen the… — Joe Satriani Copy Share Image
I had no problem with Ritchie. Ritchie and I never argued. We never had a problem. I think I was always able… — Ronnie James Dio Copy Share Image
My dad was a composer and a musician, but he never finished high school. His formal education was rather minimal from the… — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
I think my legacy is important because my songs - perhaps more than those of any other songwriter I know - cover… — Donovan Copy Share Image
“You might call them the icing on “life’s cake,” but music, laughter and the enjoyment of eating are the toppings that flavor… — Wes Adamson Copy Share Image
His musical inspiration operates in a world uncluttered by conventional bar lines, conventional chord changes, and conventional ways of blowing or fingering… — Gunther Schuller Copy Share Image
I use music as a tool for my own personal sanity, one might say. After a long day or something, I can… — Michael Graziadei Copy Share Image
“They also keep a horned cow as proud as any queen; But music turns her head like ale, And makes her wave… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
I grew up watching old musicals and seeing Ginger Rogers wearing a beautiful fitted bodice that had ostrich feathers. I love how… — Gina Torres Copy Share Image
I loved a woman whose beauty Like the moon moved all the humming heavens to music till the stars with their tiny… — Peter Meinke Copy Share Image
People love to hear music on their personal devices, but the issue really becomes, if you're able to download music, you should… — Stevie Wonder Copy Share Image
People equate job titles to levels of creativity. We think that musicians are creative while accountants are not. Job title has nothing… — Josh Linkner Copy Share Image
Eventually I had so many little melodies and ideas that, you know, that they were all songs to me and I threw… — Petra Haden Copy Share Image
These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves. From each of them goes out its own… — Gilbert Highet Copy Share Image
“listening to music. When we get home, we have to wake her. So no, I wouldn’t recommend her.” Rasbach nods, makes a… — Shari Lapena Copy Share Image
Young children especially are receiving so much of the world through their ears and their eyes, particularly if they're pre-literate. So engaging… — Emma Walton Hamilton Copy Share Image
Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life. Although the spirit be not master of that which it creates… — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share Image
I love the music of Lauryn Hill and Erykah Badu and more recently the music of Laura Marling. All these women share… — Lianne La Havas Copy Share Image
Musical expression is never primarily national, but is personal and individual rather. It is so deep, so profound, that it goes beyond… — Ignacy Jan Paderewski Copy Share Image
He likes a day in the studio to end, he says, "when my knees are all skinned up and my pants are… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
All in all, I think that out of all musical genres, the world of metal is the most escapist one. Metal is… — Tuomas Holopainen Copy Share Image
I was essentially raised on blues music. My dad was a blues musician around Dublin when I was a baby, so the… — Hozier Copy Share Image
J.S. Bach was easily the greatest musical innovator in the history of the world. He was so advanced for his time. There's… — Brian Wilson Copy Share Image
Sometimes the music just has to tell the story without you trying to tell the story. It depends on the type of… — Tyga Copy Share Image
People have habits about what they think songs should be like. There's the folky thing of: "Poor me, I'm a sensitive person… — Robert Wyatt Copy Share Image
For me, pop culture is very fluid: it's music, it's movies, it's books, it's art, it's tech, it's so many things -… — Bozoma Saint John Copy Share Image
If you like my music and it brings you emotions whether Joy or Pain, I feel I have done my part to… — Sean Paul Copy Share Image
I think what a lot of people forget is that a lot of the music in the '60s and the '70s was… — Justin Adams Copy Share Image
There's a lot for us to achieve and a lot more music to explore. I'm not saying we want to start doing… — Jim Root Copy Share Image
My photography changed from being more documentary-like to arranging things more, and that came into being partly because I started doing music… — Anton Corbijn Copy Share Image
I recognise that my music is probably for your 1 A.M. alone time - and I'm ok with that because, the truth… — JP Saxe Copy Share Image
I was a musician and did moderately well at that. I made an enjoyable living as a very young man, but I… — Miguel Ferrer Copy Share Image
I just sang, recently, for the Prime Minister of Bangladesh - the 34th most powerful woman in the world, according to Forbes… — Robert Davi Copy Share Image
The thing is, I really can't relate to anyone my own age. Not in a superior way - an inferior way, if… — Michael Cera Copy Share Image
Richie Faulkner is very respectful to the songs that he plays from when [founding member] K.K. [Downing] was in the band. He… — Rob Halford Copy Share Image
Along the way, I've had different advice from different music producers. I've been told to tone it down, that the quiet parts… — Patty Griffin Copy Share Image
The journey homewards. Coming home. That's what it's all about. The journey to the coming of the Kingdom. That's probably the chief… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
I didn't like talking about my music in school, so I was trying to keep it very undercover. I don't know if… — Griff Copy Share Image