When I was young, I was interested more in (singing the songs). ... I can't say I'm enjoying it more now than… — Tom Jones Copy Share Image
“The story of the rapper and the story of the hustler are like rap itself, two kinds of rhythm working together, having… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
I feel that when I listen to music - not that it's bad - it's not emotional. It has a gimmick to… — Linda Perry Copy Share Image
To him the stars seemed like so many musical notes affixed to the sky, just waiting for somebody to unfasten them. Someday… — Machado de Assis Copy Share Image
Action is the music of our life. Like music, it starts from a pause of leisure, a silence of activity which our… — Salvador de Madariaga Copy Share Image
Dancehall music is perceived as party music, which it is because of the rhythm, but there are messages that do come through… — Sean Paul Copy Share Image
I was always keen to get involved in the school drama productions and was a member of the school choir. I was… — Bronagh Gallagher Copy Share Image
I've always been one for show business. I like performing, and I used to get criticized for having production value. But now… — Barbara Mandrell Copy Share Image
'Something More' is a song that I wrote not necessarily about country radio, more so about a lot of songs that were… — Scotty McCreery Copy Share Image
I realize I've really been blessed with you know, with just being able to make great music and that's where it starts… — Ciara Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to a lot of player-piano music in my house and a lot of old Tin Pan Alley songs… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
When it comes down to the song writing, I'm just very slow - very slow. Because the songs are about my life,… — India.Arie Copy Share Image
In the same way that musicians inspire me, artists and photographers like David LaChapelle influence me with their visuals. A photographer like… — Charli XCX Copy Share Image
The Negroes have little invention, but strong powers of imitation, so that they readily acquire mechanic arts. They have a great talent… — Samuel George Morton Copy Share Image
I don't work with an outline, except a vague one in my head, a general idea of character, place, arc... I'm like… — Said Sayrafiezadeh Copy Share Image
“I miss being in Barbados in December, That is a time I always remember, The smell of varnish on the wooden floors,… — Charmaine J Forde Copy Share Image
In music industry they always want you to write something like the one that was popular. And that's something you kind of… — Benji Madden Copy Share Image
Twentieth century music is like paedophilia. No matter how persuasively and persistently its champions urge their cause, it will never be accepted… — Kingsley Amis Copy Share Image
In a studio situation, I'm able to dig deep and come up with stuff that all the guys think fits the vibe… — Synyster Gates Copy Share Image
The business of making music is changing so radically because of the Internet. It's become a lot more democratic in one respect,… — John Rzeznik Copy Share Image
In retrospect, the pace of change in the arts and industry in the nineteenth century seems pretty glacial. Painting, music, the novel,… — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
You are still lucky - you have a certain type of people who keep buying your music - but then you can… — Randy Bachman Copy Share Image
Like as a fan of music, I feel like everything that I listen to influences my writing, whether it's a song where… — Gracie Abrams Copy Share Image
I'm not a comedian. I'm not a show host. I'm a musician. That's why I've turned down offers to host the Grammy… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
When I'm on set, I do whatever I can to find my focus. One thing that stays pretty consistent for all my… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
“I need some time to myself by myself! There must be time for thought and music and peace and solitude! Also: No… — Pearl Cleage Copy Share Image
One of my favorite things about getting to act is that you dive into these different lives and you get to take… — Monica Barbaro Copy Share Image
Music's been around a long time, and there's going to be music long after Ray Charles is dead. I just want to… — Ray Charles Copy Share Image
I just don't believe in the old definition that a fan of music is: I find a band, I listen to all… — Neal Brennan Copy Share Image
Writing the songs at the cabin, I couldn't help but be drawn to the boom-chicka rhythms as much as I tried to… — Dale Watson Copy Share Image
Music has a great power for bringing people together. With so many forces in this world acting to drive wedges between people,… — Ted Turner Copy Share Image
“I find it impossible, therefore, to imagine a growing and maturing church or individual Christian doing without the Psalms. And that is… — N.T. Wright Copy Share Image
“What is there in music that it should so stir our deeps? We are all ordinarily in a state of desperation; such… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I change my mind about things - for a while I was punk rocker, and if you weren't a punk rocker you… — Moby Copy Share Image
So many of the sounds that contemporary composers were trying to create were to be found in the traditional musics of the… — Robert Morris Copy Share Image
“Knowing the songs - and I'm still learning - lets one envision birds you can hear but can't see. And as always,… — Carl Safina Copy Share Image
I used to be really into traditional meditation, but I found that creating new music is the best meditation. When I'm able… — Flying Lotus Copy Share Image
My buddies worked with me for weeks, and I went up to take my test, and started crying because I couldn't remember… — Barry McGuire Copy Share Image
“Maybe it is because music is about as physical as it gets: your essential rhythm is your heartbeat; your essential sound, the… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“I played a few rough versions of songs while Chad sat by, looking lost. Mia came in wearing black leather pants and… — Renee Carlino Copy Share Image
