Monk encouraged me to emancipate the drums from their subservient role as timekeepers. — Max Roach Copy Share Image
“Lord Jesus, teach me to sing songs of thankfulness and praise. —Julia Attaway” — Guideposts Copy Share Image
“MOST DAYS MY LIFE CAN BE SUMMED UP IN MOVIE QUOTES AND HIP HOP AND R&B LYRICS ” — Qwana Reynolds-Frasier Copy Share Image
A lot of the music that I grew up loving has a really political bent to it. — Patterson Hood Copy Share Image
“I will fucking kill you and anyone else who gets in the way of me and my tunes.” — Bradley Sands Copy Share Image
There's always been anger in the making of music or literature or dance. — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
I love music, and playing ukulele and singing makes me really happy. — Colleen Ballinger Copy Share Image
I am the first instrument. I am the voice. I do not imitate other instruments. Other instruments imitate me. — Abbey Lincoln Copy Share Image
I do like that idea that music can work on two levels, and you only pick up on the second one after… — Alasdair MacLean Copy Share Image
“The changes in her are like music missing the refrain. The song's transformed, though what's left remains familiar.” — Corrine Jackson Copy Share Image
I had no direction. I thought, 'I need to make a difference in my life,' and music was my answer. — Gerard Way Copy Share Image
We came along at a time when people were really focused on music. We were part of the second generation of bands… — Dennis DeYoung Copy Share Image
Baseball fans! Good lord! I feel like sports fans get mad at you easier than country music fans. It scares me. I'm… — Ashley Monroe Copy Share Image
Honestly, I've just made music so long by myself, in some ways I don't feel I'm a very good collaborator. — Washed Out Copy Share Image
I guess now music is so saturated and so microwaved. It's, like, 15 minutes in the microwave and boom, you've got something.… — Young Jeezy Copy Share Image
“Evolution has no foresight. Complex machinery develops its own agendas. Brains — cheat. Feedback loops evolve to promote stable heartbeats and then… — Peter Watts Copy Share Image
There is an old Arabic proverb, 'When the king puts the poet on his payroll, he cuts off the tongue of the… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
I got serious about performing, and I got serious about acting. It's very funny; singing has always been a very separate thing… — Barrett Wilbert Weed Copy Share Image
I've had some parents ask me to do private birthday parties for their students, which I can't do, but it's an honor… — Raheem Jarbo Copy Share Image
For the music business, social networking is brilliant. Just when you think it's doom and gloom and you have to spend millions… — Simon Cowell Copy Share Image
I'm not sure it's a better music world of appreciation and performance. I think the listener is a different guy, and listening… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
I strenuously object to the very word "grotesque" which has become hackneyed to the point of nausea...I would prefer my music to… — Sergei Prokofiev Copy Share Image
It's taken a long time but eventually when I had the songs in place and demos right and I found myself a… — James Blunt Copy Share Image
You must always believe that life is as extraordinary as music says it is. — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
There are all kinds of mix tapes. there is always a reason to make one. — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
As far as when I'm writing a song, I think I'm writing first and foremost for myself. — Jon Foreman Copy Share Image
Their savage eyes turned to a modest gaze by the sweet power of music. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
So that I saw music as a way of documenting realities from the urban cities of Latin America. — Ruben Blades Copy Share Image
I've always loved music. I listen to music the way a lot of actors watch movies. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The music that I listened to when I was growing up was the most important to me forever. — Finneas Copy Share Image
With any band, there's two sides - there's the image, and there's the music. — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
I have known the fruits of strikes. The bitter and the sweet. Hunger and music. — Merle Travis Copy Share Image
There are two genres of music: there's good music and there's bad music. — Chris Thile Copy Share Image
I seem to be very attracted to strong female personalities in acting and music. — John Grant Copy Share Image
