I really liked 'Blk Girl Art.' It's like a manifesto saying why I create, whether it's poetry or music. — Jamila Woods Copy Share Image
A lot of singers find a musical genre people like and stick with it. That's being a conformist. I sing ballads, rock,… — Thalia Copy Share Image
The greatest productions of art, whether painting, music, sculpture or poetry, have invariably this quality-something approaching the work of God. — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share Image
Always in the black spirituals there's that promise that things are going to be better, by and by. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Even when I take the path to go be a CEO for a month, or a CEO for a day- music is… — Michael Nesmith Copy Share Image
Man, y'know, I'm a music guy. I like a lot of different things. It depends on the time of the day and… — LaMarr Woodley Copy Share Image
I first started writing music when I was 15 and at 16, I was playing in different cities in Australia. When I… — TyDi Copy Share Image
I try to write from a really honest place when I write pop music and carry the song into a more deep… — Lady G Copy Share Image
The work ethic at art school is completely different than the work ethic amongst people who get into music. People who paint,… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
The music has gotten thick. Guys give me tunes and they're full of chords. I can't play them...I think a movement in… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
“For trust was not assumed these days, even among long-standing neighbors, and one of Fire’s jobs as she gave music lessons was… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
It's really hard to maintain a band as a democracy. Again, I think there's been a shift. There's a lot of emphasis… — Ed Droste Copy Share Image
The rustle of the leaves in summer's hush When wandering breezes touch them, and the sigh That filters through the forest, or… — John Gardiner Calkins Brainard Copy Share Image
My favourite dish is pollo ajillo; my favourite drink is a good Rioja with it. And as for my favourite music, oh… — Stephen Lang Copy Share Image
I'll write for a while and then I'll find an appropriate song and in a weird way the music will keep me… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
I make the music as if I was scoring it. I do my best that the sounds will fit the theme of… — DJ QBert Copy Share Image
He revolutionized music videos. Before Michael Jackson, MTV refused to play African-American artists. — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
My music's doing things, out there in the world, and that's a very positive feeling, you know? I haven't had a job… — Aldous Harding Copy Share Image
Music is part of history, and our history has lessons that cannot be separated from our greatest music. — Mstislav Rostropovich Copy Share Image
Modern music and artistry would look and sound completely different if not for the groundbreaking contributions Michael Jackson gifted to the world. — L.A. Reid Copy Share Image
Rhythm was a very strong element in KVM's music. He used to be called Udukkadi Mannan, because of his wide use of… — Y. G. Mahendran Copy Share Image
I won't lie - when you're first bringing out music and you want people to notice, you probably overdo it, especially as… — Jessie J Copy Share Image
I progressed through so many different styles of music through my teen years, both as a player and a vocalist, particularly the… — Jeff Healey Copy Share Image
I describe things in terms of body movements. I dance a bit to describe what sort of movement it ought to make,… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
Country music... doesn't bend notes in the same way, so I suppose it's very English, really. Even though it's been very Americanized,… — Mick Jagger Copy Share Image
The Smythe-Smith musicale. Thankfully, it came around just once per year, because Hyacinth was quite certain it would take a full twelve… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
I discovered that the most interesting music of all was made by simply lining the loops in unison, and letting them slowly… — Steve Reich Copy Share Image
I really do seek to create music that is timeless, ... Each project takes on its own life, and the songs from… — Stevie Wonder Copy Share Image
I can't work on something if I don't believe in it. I love music, and I am inspired to work harder and… — Carolina Kostner Copy Share Image
I have to perfect my beard every morning and it takes a long time. I think a lot of musicians are into… — Craig David Copy Share Image
In the range of music that we play - roughly 300 years' worth-there really are more similarities than differences. — Esa-Pekka Salonen Copy Share Image
Music is powered by ideas. If you don't have clarity of ideas, you're just communicating sheer sound. — Yo-Yo Ma Copy Share Image
I never even went to high school because I went straight from middle school into the music business. I don't really know… — Cheyenne Kimball Copy Share Image
Yoga introduced me to a style of meditation. The only meditation I would have done before would be in the writing of… — Sting Copy Share Image
I grew up loving country music from a young age and wanted to sing more than I wanted to sit in school. — Carly Pearce Copy Share Image
Music is a very big participant in everything I do, from the moment I wake up to the moment I go to… — Zoe Saldana Copy Share Image
As a musician, I have sung, composed, and played instruments, and a lesser-known fact is that I have composed 20-30 ad jingles… — Fawad Khan Copy Share Image
Distrust your religion unless it is cheerful, unless it turns every act and deed to music and exults in attempts to catch… — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
My two favorite musicals growing up in were 'Annie' and 'Sweeney Todd,' and my best friend and I would sing all the… — Katie Finneran Copy Share Image
There are certain sounds that I've found work well in nearly any context. Their function is not so much musical as spatial:… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
