Most of the music you hear on the radio today is developed for making money. It doesn't feel true or honest. You… — Iris Dement Copy Share Image
“The chef who cooks without a song on his lips cannot hope to infuse the right carefree improvisatory note into his art.” — James Hamilton-Paterson Copy Share Image
Our dad played us a lot of old country songs by The Carter Family and he would sing along to it. I… — Petra Haden Copy Share Image
In the end, the sign of Aretha Franklin's artistry is that she always leaves her mark - first, on the music, then… — Jon Landau Copy Share Image
MTV essentially killed 'American Bandstand' and 'Solid Gold,' because music videos are an easier way for pop artists to gain television exposure. — Don Cornelius Copy Share Image
I want to throw my voice more, I want to manipulate melody more... I want to be less deliberate and mechanical... I… — Sufjan Stevens Copy Share Image
I like a strange, wide range of stuff. I like classical music and industrial noise bands. John Waters films and Peanuts cartoons.… — Brian Pinkerton Copy Share Image
If our kids want to do music, they are going to have to have a hard row to hoe just like any… — Isaac Hanson Copy Share Image
If a man, in a lifetime of 50 years, can point to six songs that are immediately identifiable, he has achieved something.… — Sammy Cahn Copy Share Image
Finding out that Ray Charles sang country songs but it sounded as soulful as any rhythm and blues record that kind of… — Michael Kiwanuka Copy Share Image
My mom is very heavily school-focused and is more of a nerd. She signed us up for any art stuff we could… — Katy O'Brian Copy Share Image
... I don't like to go into the studio with all the songs worked out and planned before hand ... you've got… — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
Music, great music, distends the spirit, arouses profound emotions and almost naturally invites us to raise our minds and hearts to God… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
CSPS is a breath of musical fresh air. With a whale sized hooks and neck wrenching riffs you’ll have more than you… — Brett Hestla Copy Share Image
I had the opportunity, as a child, to grow up in a community center where I was exposed to theater, music, art,… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
In some ways I believe music is the more convincing communicator of ideas than words. For instance, we can hear of Kordaly… — Leonard Slatkin Copy Share Image
I never feel that I have to adopt a character. It's more the way I choose to present the music and that's… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
I can only write songs when somebody gives me some water to swim in. Otherwise, I'm a fish on the beach. — Matt Berninger Copy Share Image
I want to connect music to its highest power - which is heightening consciousness and affecting people's reality. That can't be done… — Saul Williams Copy Share Image
Rock music is a funny thing: You can actually take it too far sometimes, and then it's not rock music anymore -… — Joe Satriani Copy Share Image
I want to expose myself to different streams arts - music, cinema and dance - and allow myself to grow. — Akshara Haasan Copy Share Image
The love of Christ is not a pretend love. It is not a greeting-card love. It is not the kind of love… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
It's beyond my wildest dreams to come out, represent my family, my father and the music of Led Zeppelin. — Jason Bonham Copy Share Image
If this were all to go away tomorrow, all the big success, I would still be very happy going from bar to… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
In college, I interned at a production company and spent a lot of time on sets. I love music videos and felt… — Melina Matsoukas Copy Share Image
As an artist, I would never let myself get boxed in. I'm a human being, too, and like most humans, I have… — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
Ever since we started, we've been trying to give people music that is pop music where you could just get into the… — Ed Kowalczyk Copy Share Image
Soul lyrics, soul music came at about the same time as the civil rights movement, and it's very possible that one influenced… — Ahmet Ertegun Copy Share Image
I think my type of personality has all music inside of it, so I am full of music, without even knowing it,… — Ziggy Marley Copy Share Image
Music is an art form that doesn't need to be explained. It needs to be performed; it needs to be felt; it… — Roberta Flack Copy Share Image
I think that my sensitivity to music has actually deepened and expanded as I've gotten older. You add more life experience. — Rosanne Cash Copy Share Image
The silencing of the rainforests is a double deforestation, not only of trees but a deforestation of the mind's music, medicine and… — Jay Griffiths Copy Share Image
I definitely love music that's coming out now, there's some really exciting fresh artists coming through which is really cool. I guess… — Ella Henderson Copy Share Image
I worked as a head cook at courthouses and high schools. I left it behind when I started getting into my music… — Flavor Flav Copy Share Image
You've got to realize. In the western world, regardless of what color you are, what title the music is, it's all played… — Ornette Coleman Copy Share Image
Dance music is no longer a simple Donna Summer beat. It's become a whole language that I find fascinating and exciting. Eventually,… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
What Public Enemy and Underground Resistance had in common was a rejection of the idea of music as entertainment. — Mark Fisher Copy Share Image
Music is one of those things that brings great joy to people, singing is a sort of unifier of people, no matter… — Brian Viglione Copy Share Image
Singing rock n' roll - they called it singing for the devil. But we all wanted an opportunity to compete in the… — Dennis Edwards Copy Share Image
If we can listen to English music without understanding nothing, and dance on it, and feel the groove, feel the feelings, I'm… — Stromae Copy Share Image
