I always listen to a lot of different music when I am working on a project. — Bill Wyman Copy Share Image
It's not that music is too imprecise for words, but too precise… — Felix Mendelssohn Copy Share Image
I make my living writing songs and, you know, I'm not a show biz kind of guy. — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
Tones sound, and roar and storm about me until I have set them down in notes. — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share Image
I rarely listen to music while writing. I wish I could, but it distracts me. — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
That young man that I was in 1988 - I was insecure. Besides making good music, I wanted to be cool; I… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
I feel like there are a lot of bands or musicians that probably think improv is corny, because I think that's a… — Matt Besser Copy Share Image
I had to learn my faith and look after my family, and I had to make priorities. But now I've done it… — Cat Stevens Copy Share Image
'The X Factor' is like music camp. It's invaluable what in a short amount of time 'The X Factor' can do to… — Redfoo Copy Share Image
My idea is to take the improvisational excitement that takes place with Carnatic music and juxtapose that in different sonic contexts. — Sid Sriram Copy Share Image
I don't want to be labeled as a certain style producer; I just want to be producer and musician in general. — Murda Beatz Copy Share Image
My teachers said, 'Always keep a Beethoven sonata under your fingers.' I always have. I still play chamber music, and I always… — Neil Sedaka Copy Share Image
I can't really say enough about Chris Potter. He is one of the greatest musicians I have ever known, and every second… — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
The concept of what I want to do as an artist has not changed at all. When I was seven years old,… — Grace Kelly Copy Share Image
I've been a musician and a songwriter for years, since I was a teenager, and made my living doing that on and… — Rachel Parris Copy Share Image
“So no one told your life was Gonna be this way Your job's a jokey broke Your love life's D.O.A. It's like… — The Rembrandts Copy Share Image
Literature is the noblest of all the arts. Music dies on the air, or at best exists only as a memory; oratory… — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
“… A wonderful collection of truths, and almost all are inconvenient’. ‘… Something here to offend everyone’. ‘… Everything from burlesque to… — Patrick Brislan Copy Share Image
Hey you know I like the way we move but I'm not in love with you I'm in love with the music… — Lyrics From Shar-rae Copy Share Image
I think hip-hop is actually one of the most challenging things that's happened in music in a long time. The people who… — Mos Def Copy Share Image
I had originally planned to do musical theatre and be on Broadway, but then my love for poetry also set in. Once… — Khalid Copy Share Image
I got by as a musician since day one. I don't live beyond my means. I have real cheap tastes. — Chris Isaak Copy Share Image
Finding a good bus driver can be as important as finding a good musician. — Reba McEntire Copy Share Image
There's music for when you're sad or happy or in love; there's music for every moment in life. — Haley Pullos Copy Share Image
I've always said there aren't great composers- there are great songs. — Vicente Fernandez Copy Share Image
When someone gives you a piece of music, they are really giving you a piece of themselves. — Gord Downie Copy Share Image
Movies affecting music has caused me to collaborate a little bit better. — Teddy Geiger Copy Share Image
You've got to want to put out good music. You've got to give the people their money's worth. — Hank Williams Jr Copy Share Image
Most of my friends in London are musicians, but the ones in Scotland have proper jobs. — KT Tunstall Copy Share Image
I don't think people hear my songs and think, "Well this is a way to make a bunch of money." — Greg Brown Copy Share Image
