If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted? — George Carlin Copy Share Image
Jazz is not background music. You must concentrate in order to get the most out of it. You must absorb it. — Horace Silver Copy Share Image
I always work with the same composer, his name is Ali Helnwein. I don't have a musical background. — Alex Prager Copy Share Image
There are a shitload of songs about being in love with someone who doesn't love you back and I talk about weed… — Bethany Cosentino Copy Share Image
I work to loud music - hard-rock stuff like AC/DC, Guns 'n Roses, and Metallica have always been particular favorites - but… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“I close my eyes, letting the calm wash over me, and putting my bow against the cello's strings, I play.” — Samantha Armstrong Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter the kind of music, it doesn't matter whether it's a cowboy hat or a yarmulke. I don't care if… — David Lee Roth Copy Share Image
For me, it's never been about being famous. I just want to be a successful singer. I wanna work hard If I'm… — Shane Filan Copy Share Image
“You are the only beautiful thing that has ever come close to me. You came line an angel out of the sky.… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
“And then the finale, its four modest notes. Do, re, fa, mi: half a jumbled scale. Too simple to be called invented.… — Richard Powers Copy Share Image
“If I had my life to live over again, I would make it a rule to read some poetry, listen to some… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
I have had moments of anxiety, so to speak. Just starting my music career and not knowing what to do next. Or… — Koffee Copy Share Image
Early on, before rock 'n' roll, I listened to big band music - anything that came over the radio - and music… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
“What is the use of composing if it is to confine the product within the precinct of the concert or the solitude… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
I always felt really alone because no one wanted to talk about the things that I enjoyed, and that was really rap… — Iggy Azalea Copy Share Image
Always when I write my music, I take my guitar, and I improvise always with a melody, you know, lyrics in Spanish.… — Juanes Copy Share Image
I learned about music by hearing the same song 50 times a day. I had some ability in music. It wasn't in… — Redfoo Copy Share Image
I'm constantly trying to grow as a musician, so when I listen to different things, I'm like, 'That'd be cool to do… — Tiffany Darwish Copy Share Image
You can't save the world with music. But I can try. I have the same job as Bruce Springsteen. I have to… — Brandon Flowers Copy Share Image
I would enjoy sitting in a rocker... listening to soft music and contemplating the things of the universe. But such activity offers… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
The songs started as a soundscapes, and then came the words and music; each song took at least a year to make. — Justin Vernon Copy Share Image
We are more like vehicles, a part of our mensch machine, our man-machine. Sometimes we play the music, sometimes the music plays… — Florian Schneider Copy Share Image
Sales have never been a source of joy for me in terms of my music. It's really about who's turning up at… — KT Tunstall Copy Share Image
I just don't like to be called a 'woman' or a 'lady' because I don't feel like either a woman or a… — Gina Schock Copy Share Image
When I was a mailman, writing songs was my escape from the regular world, and now writing songs is my job. And… — John Prine Copy Share Image
I want to write orchestral music. I want to get a group of singers together and sing William Byrd songs. — Jacob Collier Copy Share Image
I think of a playlist like a setlist at a concert. The first song is crucial, that establishes the vibe. — Guy Sebastian Copy Share Image
The music industry is an unforgiving place, and it shall unceremoniously show you the door if you can't perform to high standards. — Asha Bhosle Copy Share Image
I'd like to do more comedy, but i think my forte is still in the heavy. I'd love to do a comic… — Lee Van Cleef Copy Share Image
Quit playing, you didn't love me from the start.. You're the reason why I feel this way, you broke my fucking heart...… — Drake Copy Share Image
I strapped an MP3 player to one of those floor-cleaning robots. Call him DJ Roomba - little guy cruises around and plays… — Aziz Ansari Copy Share Image
There's just so little mystery left in music or film. It was all that was magical to me as a child. — Mark Lanegan Copy Share Image
Girl I cant help but wait Til you get that with him, it dont change Cant help but wait Til you see… — Trey Songz Copy Share Image
I will say that a lot of songs that I've written are from my own personal experiences which are special to me. — Victoria Justice Copy Share Image
If you take the creation of music and the creation of your own life values as your overall goal, then living becomes… — Cecil Taylor Copy Share Image
Judy Henske, who was the then reigning queen of folk music, said to me at The Troubadour, 'Honey, in this town there… — Linda Ronstadt Copy Share Image
I get to go make music, and I get paid to do it, and this is what people love me for. I… — Trey Songz Copy Share Image
I make my music at night when there's no noise... Just me, my headphones and the silence. But I'm always making music… — Marilou Copy Share Image
My mom, Peggy, was a free spirit. She loved music and liked to paint. She had received her degree from Chouinard Art… — John Densmore Copy Share Image
I will probably be remembered as someone who bastardized classical music, but apart from that I like to be someone who injected… — Vanessa Mae Copy Share Image
