Writing music always happened for me in periods when I wasn't under the influence of mind-altering substance. — Anthony Kiedis Copy Share Image
I'm literally am home making my own music unless I'm asked to be in somebody's house writing music for them. — PartyNextDoor Copy Share Image
It's nice being friends over a period of time with people whose music you like so much, or other filmmakers, seeing people… — Noah Baumbach Copy Share Image
I've been on the songs of all these rappers that put out an album, and my music is still better. — Future Copy Share Image
I don't think that there's much that sets me apart from other musicians, but I think there are definitely things that set… — Ed Sheeran Copy Share Image
For more than 300 years Qawwali music and Sufism have been deeply anchored in my family's roots and we spread it around… — Rahat Fateh Ali Khan Copy Share Image
Non-film music is a different world together, and unlike films, usually there are no actors, actresses or other superstars to help you… — Amaal Mallik Copy Share Image
Most singers begin with a band and then go solo. I started making music on my own and subsequently chose to carry… — Natalia Lafourcade Copy Share Image
“And I hear music. The kind you can dance to. The kind that drowns out the rest of the world. Because when… — Jessica Brody Copy Share Image
I'm writing new songs for a Broadway version of Tarzan, which is very interesting. I think what I learned from the Brother… — Phil Collins Copy Share Image
“Make your own path, your own rules. Be your own king or queen. Don't let anyone tell you how to live, when… — R. M. Drake Copy Share Image
With electronic music it's often a little more hidden - the relationship between gesture and sound - which makes it confounding for… — Vijay Iyer Copy Share Image
I'M FRUSTRATED, because pop culture, music and movies glorify these types of police citizen altercations and promote an invincible attitude that continues… — Benjamin Watson Copy Share Image
Self-discovery in songwriting, bringing something forth that's instructive to yourself - some of the best songs that you will ever write are… — Jackson Browne Copy Share Image
When I first started at 17 in Los Angeles, the hit song was 'Complicated', and everyone wanted me to write a 'Complicated',… — Katy Perry Copy Share Image
An upbeat song, for example, means one thing, but when you hear it with really vibey, mellow ambience around it, suddenly the… — Lights 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
1000 miles seems pretty far but they've got plains and trains and cars. I'd walk to you if I had no other way. — Plain White T's 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
Though I'm not the first king of controversy, I am the worst thing since Elvis Presley. To do black music so selfishly,… — Eminem Copy Share Image
Many of the African musicians are well-schooled and well-versed...what they do takes a high level of musicianship. — Jake Holmes 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
I think about Marvin Gaye and 'Sexual Healing.' What a radical idea that sex was healing. I learned my politics through that… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
Music's supposed to come from the heart. I felt like that if it ever got mechanical, I was going to back away… — Kenny Chesney Copy Share Image
Always, a form of self-equilibration, a soul or psyche, is trying to assert itself, to continue the melody of its self-realized life. — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
Most of the greatest albums in the history of music are one producer. It's just a fact. Or one collective. — No I.D Copy Share Image
I like the idea of the objecthood of music being destabilized by process and things like improvisation. That's what empowers us; that's… — Vijay Iyer Copy Share Image
I grew up with a heavy diet of gospel, folk, and blues because those are kind of the cornerstones of traditional American… — Ben Harper Copy Share Image
I fell in love with music because it gave me an escape, it gave me strength, and it gave me confidence. — Amber Liu Copy Share Image
Music is an artform, and I always though art was beyond censorship. I thought this was a common view. Apparently, I was… — Varg Vikernes Copy Share Image
I wanted to talk about how stupid music is. I wanted to talk about how awesome music is, and how depressing it… — Phoebe Bridgers Copy Share Image
I am always grateful for what I have, and I think it is important to continue having a passion for music. — Hardwell Copy Share Image
