I'm very objective about what I want to have happen to my protagonists and where that has to come from. On one… — Rita Williams-Garcia Copy Share Image
“She had always wanted to do every thing, and had made more progress in both drawing and music than many might have… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I'm not just influenced by the '60s - it's who I am. I grew up with Allen Ginsberg and Che Guevara. I… — Thom Mayne Copy Share Image
Books, books, books in all their aspects, in form and spirit, their physical selves and what reading releases from their hieroglyphic pages,… — Lawrence Clark Powell Copy Share Image
Music has always been important to me. Rhythm, in particular, features in most of the things I do. I stumbled recently upon… — James Nares Copy Share Image
Duane Allman was one of the best there ever was ... when you listen to him, you are hearing a truly gifted… — Richard Betts Copy Share Image
I would love to be able to say that due to my experience in the music industry, when it comes to the… — Ne-Yo Copy Share Image
I really liked punk music and experimental music that my brother was taking me to go see in the city, when I… — Frankie Cosmos Copy Share Image
We need bold leadership to bring America back to its first principles of diversity inclusion and opportunity for everyone in every ZIP… — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
When people say you're doing something radical in rock or dance music, I'm not sure how special that is. What we do… — Jonny Greenwood Copy Share Image
The group of guys I came up with in the 1990s were very innovative. I remember some of the older guys were… — Tracy Lawrence Copy Share Image
Bull riding isn't that much different than the life of a musician. You're trying to ride an uncontrollable force, there are no… — Ryan Bingham Copy Share Image
I love fantasy. I love horror. I love musicals. Whatever doesn't really happen in life is what I'm interested in. As a… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
“But it is the personal synthesis of elements taken from a wide variety of historical styles and periods that most strongly links… — Alain Frogley Copy Share Image
“You told me," he said, "that you love music because it isamoral. That's all right with me. But in that case you… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
When I was 20, I thought anyone in the music business over 25 is past it. Then at 30, you think anyone… — Vince Clarke Copy Share Image
Influences come from everywhere. I don't really feel like I had too many influences for the first record because I grew up… — Avril Lavigne Copy Share Image
I was introduced to lots of great music through my local record store. It was a place where people knew music and… — Peter Gabriel Copy Share Image
We feel more and more intensely about the music we make. It's unexpected, and not always what you would think of in… — Victoria Legrand Copy Share Image
Music is sound, vibrations, whereas paintings are vibrations of whatever you pick up. It's not actually an energy vibration you get from… — George Harrison Copy Share Image
It's weird with making music - you can have no vibe while you're working on something and recognize that the music was… — Yukimi Nagano Copy Share Image
I don't get anywhere meditating," she said. "I see people sitting there with their eyes closed, a smile on their lips or… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“I think you just complimented me," said Jane. "You should take better care next time." The music had started, the couples had… — Shannon Hale Copy Share Image
I don't find a lot of people actually saying things through music any longer. They are not trying to say anything with… — Robben Ford Copy Share Image
When music sounds, gone is the earth I know, And all her lovelier things even lovelier grow; Her flowers in vision flame,… — Walter de La Mare Copy Share Image
“Schools teach kids the greatest love story of all literature is the one where a 19-year-old guy and his 13-year-old girlfriend rack… — Mary Borsellino Copy Share Image
When I was between seven and 13, I hated music. I wasn't interested in music at all. I'd tried to listen to… — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
It's easy to get next to music theory, especially between your peers and music classes and so forth. You just pay attention.… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
“Grateful Dead performances were by design not consciously planned, often reaching their artistic peak when the collective stumbled upon something stunning, when… — Steven Gimbel Copy Share Image
I've had so many hot, cheesy, corny loves of music in my life. I had a very intense Billy Joel period. So… — Jack Black Copy Share Image
It’s like a language. You learn the alphabet, which are the scales. You learn sentences, which are the chords. And then you… — Stan Getz Copy Share Image
I like to believe a true fan of music or an artist has a genuine respect for what the artist does and… — Ben Howard Copy Share Image
Every day I receive a lot of messages on Facebook from people of A.P. and Telangana, mostly about songs from my Telugu… — Gopi Sundar Copy Share Image
Songs come to me and I hear them. At least in part, they are very complete; I hear the whole chorus, including… — Terence Trent D'Arby Copy Share Image
Even though I've been making electronic music since I was 14, it's hard for people to see you as a producer with… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
We seem so frightened today of being alone that we never let it happen. Even if family, friends, and movies should fail,… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh Copy Share Image
When I look at music, everything is blurred, and I like it that way. I grew up like that, hanging out with… — Travis Barker Copy Share Image
But the soul of Africa, its integrity, the slow inexorable pulse of its life, is its own and of such singular rhythm… — Beryl Markham Copy Share Image
“There was a pause. Maclintick, unable to bear the sight and sound of these negotiations, had taken a notebook from his pocket… — Anthony Powell Copy Share Image
When I listen to Airplanes record, it takes me back. I remember a lot of my thought processes when I was 20… — Ben Gibbard Copy Share Image
