The first music I ever got into was the '80s alternative bands that my brother listened to, like The Cure and The… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
“Music is a moral law. It gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a charm… — Plato Copy Share Image
I love music so much that I have to try to make my own music. And not copy music. If I hear… — Gustav Ejstes Copy Share Image
Music was important in our childhood. It wasn't something that we had to do. My father's attitude was, 'If you want to… — Cedella Marley Copy Share Image
I've honestly always been an overly analytical, highly observant person. I was playing music but thinking about it at same time, which… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
“And I remember when I met him. It was so clear that he was the only one for me. We both knew… — Lana Del Rey Copy Share Image
I was an absolute idiot, wearing polo-necks, reading Kerouac, watching Woody Allen movies, and jazz fitted right into all of that. My… — Jamie Cullum Copy Share Image
When I was a teeny little girl, I was in dancing school, and I sang. We had to put a dance to… — Doris Day Copy Share Image
The main thing about the character [in the Ordinary World] is that he loves music, and he shares it with his daughter.… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
“Only when waves fall on the shore do they make a harmonious sound; Only when breezes shake the woods do we hear… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
“There was Eru, the One, who in Arda is called Ilúvatar; and he made first the Ainur, the Holy Ones, that were… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
A lot of rappers nowadays will say they don't listen to anybody, but I like to hear what's going on. I don't… — Fabolous Copy Share Image
I don't understand how a musician can play 90 minutes on stage and then not dedicate a little bit of time to… — Aaron Watson Copy Share Image
The best thing for me is the amount of DMs and people hitting me up every day saying, 'Your music is providing… — Yungblud Copy Share Image
I have periods where I listen to regular rap, Jay-Z, Eminem and Lil Wayne. The next day I might have some Christian… — Steve Blake Copy Share Image
A lawyer's relationship to justice and wisdom is on a par with a piano tuner's relationship to a concert. He neither composes… — Lucille Kallen Copy Share Image
I've often called the lighting for the stage the "music for the eye", because it has the same way of making an… — Jennifer Tipton Copy Share Image
And what does the rain say at night in a small town, what does the rain have to say? Who walks beneath… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
For a decade, Emma-Lee Moss has been steadily making weird, moody, melancholic music under the moniker 'Emmy the Great' that has been… — Jenny Zhang Copy Share Image
Music and football are two industries where black people excel, because talent is undeniable. You can't deny an amazing voice. You can't… — Santan Dave Copy Share Image
“And he won her freedom by playing beautiful music,' Roland added. 'I think he played a lute. Or maybe it was a… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I'm learning how to work my voice. I got some songs that you probably wouldn't even know it's me singing on there.… — Dreezy Copy Share Image
I think the Grammys are nothing more than some gigantic promotional machine for the music industry. They cater to a low intellect… — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share Image
When I reflect that the task which the artist implicitly sets himself is to overthrow existing values, to make of the chaos… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
We called the head of CBS and said, 'We know how network television feels about musicals. Would you even consider doing 'Gypsy?''… — Craig Zadan Copy Share Image
Playing sport was somewhat frivolous, but I liked it. I rebelled a little bit, and wouldn't go to music lessons and things… — Mike Krzyzewski Copy Share Image
“Let me put it another way. Most people are what they sense and if all you see day after day is a… — Kathy Acker Copy Share Image
“Well," he said with equanimity, "you see, in my opinion there is no point at all in talking about music. I never… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Let me create great music, go in the studio, and possibly become a memory and a time stamp in people's lives -… — Craig David Copy Share Image
I've done bits of writing for other people but when I'm writing music as Years & Years, I'm using my life and… — Olly Alexander Copy Share Image
Music is something that, I mean, I think most people just, there's something about connecting with music that's unlike anything else, and… — Ariana Madix Copy Share Image
“When everything broken is broken, and everything dead is dead, and the hero has looked into the mirror with complete contempt, and… — Robert Hass Copy Share Image
We wanted to incorporate lights and the like to really accentuate the music. We play mostly small venues, so we don't use… — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
Music is everything. Evidence of the divine. The possibility of man to be good. The possibility of improving our surroundings and expressing… — Julien Baker Copy Share Image
I can't stay mad very long. I get grumpy when I read a bad review. I say, 'How could he say that… — Julian Lennon Copy Share Image
You want your parents to say, "Hey, I'm proud of you." When you don't hear that, you learn to compensate. You say,… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
“It’s not that we have to quit this life one day, it’s how many things we have to quit all at once:… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“The room was two-tiered, its marble balconies filled with rams and water nymphs in fancy dress; a kaleidoscope of colours swayed in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Why should sinners prosper and sins suffer? It is ignorant; don't think that the poorer you are the quicker you will see… — Patience Johnson Copy Share Image
I don't feel super attached to a certain time when I hear the music. Some of the songs I still play live… — Angel Deradoorian Copy Share Image