The songs sort of come out spontaneously and it'll take me awhile to figure out what exactly is happening lyrically, what kind… — Jeff Mangum Copy Share Image
“It was all of this: The beat and the heat and the neat repeat of the notes which poured from the congohelium—metal… — Cordwainer Smith Copy Share Image
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You can be born into a musical family and have an ear for music but being technically gifted, be it playing an… — Barry Zito Copy Share Image
There's an ancient connection between movement and music. Most languages don't make a distinction between the words 'music' and 'dance.' And we… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
“The “music of decline” had sounded, as in that wonderful Chinese fable; like a thrumming bass on the organ its reverberations faded… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
English has always been my musical language. When I started writing songs when I was 13 or 14, I started writing in… — Olivia Merilahti Copy Share Image
When I was in London I found house music and techno, and I love that s - t. It's my go-to music.… — Erik Hassle Copy Share Image
I'm enjoying the hell out of playing straight. It seems to be the case with everybody. We're having a lot more fun.… — Butch Trucks Copy Share Image
Most people know Serge Gainsbourg's 'Histoire de Melody Nelson' album, but what's interesting is that in the early '90s, he actually went… — Christine and the Queens Copy Share Image
James Brown was my favorite, my absolute idol. Every time I played with him was like a music lesson, and I never… — Paul Shaffer Copy Share Image
Mum left school at 15, and after a few years of modelling and dating jazz musicians, was married by 21 to my… — Natascha McElhone Copy Share Image
My favorite bands are Hank Williams Jr. and Led Zeppelin. When it's rock, it's '70s rock, and when it's country, it's '70s… — Shooter Jennings Copy Share Image
When I was a kid in the mid-'60s, I was what's known as a moddie boy, a prototype skinhead. You all had… — Graham Parker Copy Share Image
The more one studies the harmony of music, and then studies human nature, how people agree and how they disagree, how there… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
In their censures of luxury the fathers are extremely minute and circumstantial; and among the various articles which excite their pious indignation,… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
I love music in general. It's like girls and their clothes and shoes; when you love shoes, you love shoes. So, for… — Nadia Ali Copy Share Image
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Orchestras are not used to playing the kind of stuff jazz musicians like to play. It requires a lot of rehearsal and… — Eberhard Weber Copy Share Image
I've always been drawn to stories and telling them; whether it was through being a part of theater when I was a… — Ellen Page Copy Share Image
There is a silver lining to every cloud and there's some awesome songs that have come from some really like bad experiences,… — Joss Stone Copy Share Image
What songwriting does better than almost anything is empathy - it's incredibly empathetic. The reason people sat around in bars when they… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
But one day, when I was still young, I was parted from my family and left my native country. I hunted and… — Georg Solti Copy Share Image
I've created several musical trends, really. That's not because I'm so far out and fabulous. It's because most bands have no ideas… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
There's a lot of variety of musicians in Korea. I cannot say they are the best in the world, but I can… — PSY Copy Share Image
There tend to be two different drives that lead young people toward music. One is that music provides an escape; it takes… — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
Gothenburg's definitely a music city as well, but I think just because of the weather - it's so cold and miserable -… — Yukimi Nagano Copy Share Image
“Not all music should be functional. Any culture, and all cultural levels, need music that challenges conventions and pushes the boundaries. To… — Brian A. Wren Copy Share Image
I think that's really important, that kids get exposed to music as soon as they can - not necessarily to become musicians,… — Joe Perry Copy Share Image
It's been amazing to create with one another because we're so different when it comes to music. We love different genres. So… — Dinah Jane Copy Share Image
My audience went, 'Wait, why is she singing jazz? What's going on?' And then they went, 'Oh, because she can. Because she… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
[I]f we could have devised an arrangement for providing everybody with music in their homes, perfect in quality, unlimited in quantity, suited… — Edward Bellamy Copy Share Image
“I don’t want to know wreckage, dreck, and waste, but these are the materials and so are the slow lift of the… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
The only thing that I really want to do is just be respected in the music industry... And whether that means selling… — Kris Allen Copy Share Image
I listen to music when I write. I need the musical background. Classical music. I'm behind the times. I'm still with Baroque… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I think sometimes when you speak about something like 'Indian classical music' and 'ragas,' and all of that's new to people, it… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
We musicians, like everyone else, are numb with sorrow at this murder, and with rage at the senselessness of the crime. But… — Leonard Bernstein Copy Share Image
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