The stage is close to being in the middle of the hall, so that the performers are surrounded by the listeners. I… — Emanuel Ax Copy Share Image
I'm really good at melodic and sonic things, but I don't really think I have anything to say. But I really enjoy… — Meshell Ndegeocello Copy Share Image
Death lieth still in the way of life, Like as a stone in the way of a brook; I will sing against… — Sidney Lanier Copy Share Image
Well I was on the one hand, the more I played the guitar the more I began to really love the guitar… — John Fahey Copy Share Image
When I first started, my songs were the politics of anger. As I got older and hopefully wiser, I wanted to be… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
My music is a personal thing, and I feel like if I talk too much about the songs, or if there's too… — Washed Out Copy Share Image
In terms of creating new music, I'm willing to even branch out and take a slight gamble, but I'm not going all… — Keith Sweat Copy Share Image
Facing inward, join hands so as to form a small circle. Then, without moving from their places they sing the opening song,… — James Mooney Copy Share Image
Personally, I just think rap music is the best thing out there, period. If you look at my deck in my car… — Eminem Copy Share Image
We spent a lot of time on that record with the sound and recorded it on the Paramount sound stage which is… — Leo Kottke Copy Share Image
But acting is my main profession so it's about finding the right balance. I don't know how, if I went any further… — Iwan Rheon Copy Share Image
I talk about stuff like my Blackberry, Lost, the internet, music, etc. so I guess that leads to the "nerd" moniker. But… — Aziz Ansari Copy Share Image
Listening to music as preparation or background for your work brings you into a creative mood... choose one type of music to… — Nita Leland Copy Share Image
We just kind saw the images and knew the cliches, so to have the opportunity to go there and learn something about… — Marc Almond Copy Share Image
“Pop music does not throw the same cultural weight it once did; its ideas and challenges are no longer central to social… — Dan Fox Copy Share Image
“You know Victoria Beckham. She was in that girl group, and they were about to tell us what they really, really wanted,… — John Green Copy Share Image
It's not love for music, it's a passion, and it goes beyond liking, and beyond a hobby, it's about a way of… — Armin van Buuren Copy Share Image
Music, the word we use in our everyday language, is nothing less than the picture of our Beloved. It is because music… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
Music is a nice friend to have around, whether it is just for yourself or for other people. If you can enjoy… — Arlo Guthrie Copy Share Image
I like rock music. I also like classical, if you ask me. I'm very adaptable, they say that. But I have certain… — Tommy Wiseau Copy Share Image
It's easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and… — Johann Sebastian Bach Copy Share Image
There was a Yugoslav film about partisans that I've done the music for, and then I've promised to score a French film… — Mikis Theodorakis Copy Share Image
I've been able to make a good living as a musician, but now it's time to do all the other stuff. — Robyn Hitchcock Copy Share Image
I learn stuff from making music every time I go in the studio. I'm continuing to try to find new ways to… — Stone Gossard Copy Share Image
“The music coming from inside sounded like robots fucking. And complaining about it. In rhythmic monotone. European robots.” — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
I'm not really a strange person or anything, so if there's music I like, usually there's other people who like it too. — Ben Folds Copy Share Image
“Many contemporary composers have been building walls of sounds following their own clever devices. But then, who lives inside those rooms?” — Toru Takemitsu Copy Share Image
I'm glad I took that time to work really hard on the music. I feel the effects of that now in a… — Kenny Chesney Copy Share Image
Everything on this planet has something to do with music. Music functions in the realm of sculptured air. — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
Radio stations have constructed a narrow door[way], and that's because they don't understand how complex and paradoxical our snap judgments are. It's… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
We forget that this music, music made by my brothers and sisters, is still a baby. It's just beginning. When I think… — Barry White Copy Share Image
You go to a musical; you are deafened by them, with everything blown up. I remember musicals when they didn't use microphones. — Richard Bonynge Copy Share Image
By 1969, when I celebrated 45 years in the music business, I also had 45 people in our musical family. Lawrence Welk — Lawrence Welk Copy Share Image
I love getting to travel and perform to different crowds because you're exposing yourself to new music, new cultures and the atmosphere… — Hardwell Copy Share Image
If you can do something that doesn't rely on a major melody but still sounds immediate rather than being obtuse and devoid… — Alexis Taylor Copy Share Image
I'm very honest in my music and I'm often asked to explain the lyrics; as an introvert, I find that quite hard.… — Natasha Bedingfield Copy Share Image
I love writing every song I can like a little mini movie. I like to have a character, or some characters, and… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I like the idea of quietly putting music out there and seeing what it does for itself, to let it take it's… — Spencer Krug Copy Share Image
Music is the one universal language. It's your best friend when the chips are down, and it's better than any energy drink… — Dave Smalley Copy Share Image
I thought I'd be spending my life making brooms, mops, chairs and things. That's fine for some blind people, but I wanted… — Jose Feliciano Copy Share Image