That's what hip-hop is - it's about meeting the music where you are, and then you add on top of that. It's… — Daveed Diggs Copy Share Image
I thought I could get myself into the music business by doing paralegal work. I was just trying to get in any… — Ginuwine Copy Share Image
I've grown up a lot, I've experienced a lot, I'm in love, I'm super happy with who I am and comfortable in… — Jordin Sparks Copy Share Image
We come from New Orleans, so everything is emotional - for, once the music takes over, and we start blowing, we go… — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
The problem is the following, black music is increasing encumbered by white elements, often pleasant but always superfluous, easily and advantageously replaced… — Boris Vian Copy Share Image
I don't know if there is any specific way to handle emotional pain. Loved ones, music, and self-medicating seem to help me. — Mpho Koaho Copy Share Image
The way that I write is I just write a ton of music in the background of my life, and then I… — Devin Townsend Copy Share Image
You should quit trying only after two conditions have been met: 1.) You've given yourself a legitimate shot. 2.) Trying is no longer fun. — Terry Rossio Copy Share Image
“[upon hearing that the school received funding for the football field, but not for any of the arts] Well, we might never… — Chris O'Guinn Copy Share Image
They've pursued their own agendas, and they've done what they've wanted to do and not pursued traditional careers in the music industry.… — Neil Tennant Copy Share Image
“Words move, music moves Only in time; but that which is only living Can only die. Words, after speech, reach Into the… — T.S. Eliot Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'll have sections that I'm not quite sure how they fit in the puzzle of a tune, they'll get moved around;… — Gotye Copy Share Image
I always wrote music for my friends, but my focus was on playing piano. I didn't think I'd be quite good enough… — John Williams Copy Share Image
The goal with my music is to maintain a certain honesty and quality. That sounds pretty pretentious as if I'm trying to… — Milo Copy Share Image
However, I need to make music that represents my inner truth and inner voice. I've found myself more able to do that… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
“And I still have other smothered memories, now unfolding themselves into limbless monsters of pain. Once, in a sunset-ending street of Beardsley,… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
I just never gave anything else much thought after music. I just hope that I'm doing what God intended me to do,… — Aaron Watson Copy Share Image
If music is frozen architecture, then the potpourri is frozen coffee-table gossip... Potpourri is the art of adding apples to pears… — Arnold Schoenberg Copy Share Image
“Asking to hold a musician's instrument is roughly similar to asking to kiss a man's wife. Nonmusicians don't understand. An instrument is… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I did ballet, jazz and flamenco from when I was five years old. And my professional career started with dancing in musicals. — Jennifer Lopez Copy Share Image
But when it came to jamming and writing songs like we used to, we realized Brandon was a huge spirit in the… — Edie Brickell Copy Share Image
When I was starting out, there was a big gap between pop music and show music. But thanks to 'Hair,' theater songs… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
I make these songs for me. That's the truth. I make them because that's what I want to hear. Long before you… — Saint Jhn Copy Share Image
The nice thing about growing up in that kind of environment is you were exposed to so much -- music, plays, art… — Perrey Reeves Copy Share Image
Musically, I have little ambition. The only real ambition I have is to make music and do music whenever I feel like… — Floor Jansen Copy Share Image
There were eras of English music where people tried to rap in American accents and we lost our way. — Kano Copy Share Image
“Yeah a picture paints a thousand words it’s true, But it’s still not enough for how I feel about you. I wanna… — Keith Urban Copy Share Image
I didn't plan to go to Eurovision and I didn't plan on winning. I was a struggling musician, hoping for a couple… — Netta Barzilai Copy Share Image
I try not to worry about other people's music. But if there's one thing that I hear these days, it's that people… — Tim McGraw Copy Share Image
I'm open to making any kind of music, or maybe making no music ever again. That's also an option, always. Who knows… — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
Writing is the action of thinking, just as drawing is the action of seeing and composing music is the action of hearing. — Brenda Ueland Copy Share Image
A lot of women reach out to me and tell me my music has given them the courage and confidence to break… — Saweetie Copy Share Image
I knew for a fact it was special, but at the same time, every single song I make, I know it's special.… — Bazzi Copy Share Image
I've always believed food, like music, has the power to change our day and even shape our world. — Rza Copy Share Image
My parents used to talk about Sergio Leone films a lot. And I got really into them. I love Clint Eastwood. I… — Edgar Wright Copy Share Image
There's many different genres, and when you see R&B and pop and house, as well as electronic, come together, that's the reality… — David Guetta Copy Share Image
“We consume indie music and films, and generate our own online content. We “think different” (even if we got the idea from… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
I make music and hope people enjoy it - but when they do it's always a surprise. A nice surprise, but not… — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share Image
When I hear bluegrass today, I hear so many new sounds in it. It's almost like country music in a way. — Ricky Skaggs Copy Share Image
I never get tired of doing those Runaways songs. My mind is still that young girl up on stage, only a lot… — Cherie Currie Copy Share Image
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