I used to look at composing music as problem solving. But as I get older, it's not about problem solving anymore. There… — John Zorn Copy Share Image
The bottom line is I love good music and I try to shy away from all these labels that people think are… — Brad Nowell Copy Share Image
I think that music has always been restricted to media. The LP is an antiquated form, and the CD is now an… — Sufjan Stevens Copy Share Image
I was fortunate enough to be living in Hollywood, CA, when the underground punk rock music scene started. It was a small… — Charlotte Caffey Copy Share Image
When we play music we describe the echo the tableau of natural forms, their shapes and arrangements, as uncovered by the composer's… — Russell Sherman Copy Share Image
“You have millions of fans. Everyone around the world loves your songs. How can that not be enough?" "Because music can't tell… — Bella Andre Copy Share Image
Back in the day, music imitated life. Now it's the opposite way around: life is imitating music. It's like whatever the rappers… — Rakim Copy Share Image
Another thing that I like and that's fun for me is to try and talk and play music at the same time,… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
For most of us, there is only the unattended Moment, the moment in and out of time, The distraction fit, lost in… — T. S. Eliot Copy Share Image
It's always been about the songs for us. It doesn't matter about all the image stuff. We're really about making songs that… — Chuck Comeau Copy Share Image
People don't really talk about falling in love anymore. And yet falling in love is the great engine that drives all the… — Joanna Coles Copy Share Image
Everyone was saved once by music. So I decided to REALLY work on my songs and not just "play" - to make… — Marilou Copy Share Image
Everybody in Lynyrd Skynyrd loves different styles of music, and our minds are very open when it comes to writing our songs… — Johnny Van Zant Copy Share Image
Cornelius Cardew's folk songs were very, very literal, and they were just about workers smashing their chains. It was like reading Das… — Alasdair MacLean Copy Share Image
Love. The world is so full of love. Love fills the sky. Love is spread all over the ground. Music is love… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I no longer sought skill, flexibility, strength, endurance, muscle tone, and quick responsiveness as means of imposing my will on the instrument,… — Stephen Nachmanovitch Copy Share Image
When I wrote 'Monsoon,' I always imagined the music video being shot in India. The song had so much to do with… — Amber Mark Copy Share Image
Music itself is a great source of relaxation. Parts of it anyway. Working in the studio, that's not relaxing, but playing an… — Jackson Browne Copy Share Image
I was just a freak and really shy and self-conscious and modest. The pendulum swung so far when I started writing pop… — Chappell Roan Copy Share Image
Which is more musical, a truck passing by a factory or a truck passing by a music school? Are the people inside… — John Cage Copy Share Image
There's songs that could either be taken as a conversation between two people, like "The Privateers," or "Why," from a much earlier… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
I'm always weary of connotations. I don't want people to listen to the music I make presently because they liked my previous… — Dev Hynes Copy Share Image
For me people are people, without meaning to sound corny, it's a plain natural fact, music is a universal language and I've… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
By the combination of lines and colors, under the pretext of some motif taken from nature, I create symphonies and harmonies that… — Paul Gauguin Copy Share Image
I'm not a boots/heels type of person,I love sneakers.I'm not a dress kind of a person,I love T-Shirts and a jacket..I'm the… — Jazzy Copy Share Image
I think that one of Elvis' charms was that he could sing almost any kind of music. I am sure that in… — Patti Page Copy Share Image
I think most people get hit by the music first and you can be singing along and realize a song has this… — Yukimi Nagano Copy Share Image
The classical music scene was completely unfamiliar to me. It was something that I didn't have the most fun associations around. A… — Lola Kirke Copy Share Image
I think there are lots of things that people think are so different but they're not. People think there is a huge… — Jim James Copy Share Image
What's missing is the music. I'd like to rant on and on about the music, the mechanics of it. It's what I… — Brian Molko Copy Share Image
If you're a fan of American roots music, you won't want to miss 'Awake My Soul--The Story of the Sacred Harp.' Filmmakers… — Eric Zorn Copy Share Image
“Music can be a powerful adjunct to the healing process. And music is one of the safest medicines you'll ever find. You… — Allan Hamilton Copy Share Image
“Like most music that affects me deeply, I would never listen to it while others were around, just as I would not… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
I love making music, but if you make something that inspires somebody else to make something, without getting too airy-fairy, you've contributed… — Hozier Copy Share Image
There was always music in my house when I was a kid. On Saturday mornings, my mother would clean house to 45s… — Steve Kazee Copy Share Image
I had no idea I would become a musician; I fell into it. First, I had a band called Fancypants Hoodlum. It… — Peaches Copy Share Image
If people stop being interested it's because you haven't written a good enough album. Music will always be the most powerful thing.… — Tom Odell Copy Share Image
It's a magical thing, the guitar. It allows you to be the whole band in one, to play rhythm and melody, sing… — David Gilmour Copy Share Image
We are a spectacular, splendid manifestation of life. We have language. . . . We have affection. We have genes for usefulness,… — Lewis Thomas Copy Share Image
I think my parents are the first influence on me music-wise. My dad was into Motown and soul, and my mom was… — Clairo Copy Share Image
