Musicians are affected by the audience just as much as audiences are affected by the musicians. The only problem is that often… — Hamid Drake Copy Share Image
I don't really believe in genres. I don't want people to have any preconceptions about me. I want the first impression to… — Hiromi Uehara Copy Share Image
For me, my favourite music was things like The Bee Gees, ABBA and 'The White Album.' The 70s is the period that… — James Righton Copy Share Image
My music is not always about getting my ideas heard, it's about letting other people feel empowered to have their ideas heard… — Julien Baker Copy Share Image
Live music is so powerful. You can really feel things that you will remember forever. I remember going to my first gig… — Becky Hill Copy Share Image
I can't stand any music that requires its singers to be so dumb they wear their baseball caps backwards. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
You can't stay the same. If you're a musician and a singer, you have to change, that's the way it works. — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
“Look up. Listen to the melody. If you want to dance, then you can’t fight the music; you have to flow with… — Jennifer Pharr Davis Copy Share Image
As a label I don't care about piracy. I want the music that we [my band] love to be heard by as… — Justin Broadrick Copy Share Image
There's something to be said about making music that has just some pure element that can communicate with everyone. I like when… — Alex G Copy Share Image
“God bless the rain, and the storm clouds that bring it. God bless the music, and the voices that sing it. God… — Dav Pilkey Copy Share Image
“Look into words for the tomb of space where beauties & stones & eternities untangle. (...) In them is the flood which… — MTC Cronin Copy Share Image
After that I won a prize, I was with a group of ancient music of Spain that they helped me a lot… — Victoria de los Angeles Copy Share Image
I have a lot of successful musician pals, and as I get older, I find that I'm lucky to be a writer.… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
When I was first writing, I used to sit at the piano and play songs - I'd write one or two a… — Kate Bush Copy Share Image
Music is a language of emotion. I'm passionate about it because I think it's the most direct way to connect to the… — Adrian Grenier Copy Share Image
We need musicians! We need them healthy - we need to dance and we need to escape - and none of that… — Finn Wolfhard Copy Share Image
I just hope that I'll stay around musically for as long as I can. I love to think that I will still… — George Michael Copy Share Image
It's nice to be recognized for what you do, but that doesn't satisfy what I wanted out of this music, which is… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
Gather quickly Out of darkness All the songs you know And throw them at the sun Before they melt Like snow. — Langston Hughes Copy Share Image
One thing that you hope for when you want to be a musician is that you have that recognizable sound. — Jerry Cantrell Copy Share Image
Music fills the infinite between two souls. This has been muffled by the mist of our daily habits. — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
I hear these melodies. I hear horn lines and string lines. That's what's fun about recording with an orchestra. — Barbra Streisand Copy Share Image
What I've picked up from working with the women in the Gori choir is that they don't have egos. All that matters… — Katie Melua Copy Share Image
It's good having a lot of different songs to choose from to do the show. It means you don't get bored of… — Bryan Ferry Copy Share Image
Art, music, and philosophy are merely poignant examples of what we might have been had not the priests and traders gotten hold… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
What makes a great song - you don't put it into words. You feel it. The perfect lyric. The perfect melody. It… — Diane Warren Copy Share Image
Some days I feel like a piano: kind of short, always in black & white, always expected to produce music. — Alber Elbaz Copy Share Image
... everybody has a different kind of talent and a different timetable as to when they develop .. — Itzhak Perlman Copy Share Image
It's quite a mistake to think that music fans don't work on major record companies. Sometimes, you know, you do find some… — James Dean Bradfield Copy Share Image
I think, in America, for a long time you had groups that wanted to be stars more than they wanted to make… — Tom Petty Copy Share Image
Actors are agents of change. A film, a piece of theater, a piece of music, or a book can make a difference.… — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
What I'm bringing to the pop table is that I'm not pretentious. I'm fighting this war against all that because pop music,… — Kesha Copy Share Image
The kind of head space that good songs come from is one of extreme emotion, extreme depth of feeling, which has an… — CMAT Copy Share Image
You don't need to be a performer in order to dive into the sensory experience of music. Simply get as close as… — Hilary Hahn Copy Share Image
I love being a dad, I love my wife and my kids are amazing to me and I love the challenge of… — Tim Commerford Copy Share Image
Art - be it painting, sculpture, music - they are all creations, they are creative acts. I consider a film, with everything… — Audrey Tautou Copy Share Image
She's a total professional, a diva, a mega-star, not just in music but in the entertainment industry. You always learn from the… — Bad Bunny Copy Share Image
I try to make all my songs good. I don't ever write one to finish one. A lot of protest songs end… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
I like to think that everything I do is tastefully done and doesn't come off necessarily like ratchet or something that tears… — Raheem DeVaughn Copy Share Image