I think I have some anger-management issues, and they end up coming out in these passive-aggressive songs that sound happy. — Sara Bareilles Copy Share Image
The music, for me, doesn't come on a schedule. I don't know when it's going to come, and when it does, I… — Prince Copy Share Image
The music industry is up and down. Sometimes the people love you, and sometimes they don't. I wanted to be the owner… — Kandi Burruss Copy Share Image
When I do my music, I don't even go to the studio. It's just me and my engineer in a dark room… — Rod Wave Copy Share Image
A lot of musicians put diamonds on things to show they had money. I on the other had felt that Daytona showed… — Brian McKnight Copy Share Image
Before I even became a guitar player, I wanted to be a Beatle. That was my first dream as a musician, was… — Paul Gilbert Copy Share Image
TLC was so real and authentic. And that's music as a whole. When it's an artist, and it comes from the heart,… — Drew Sidora Copy Share Image
I go to my fair share of festivals and gigs and I know that there are great musical talents out there. — Rhod Gilbert Copy Share Image
When it comes to songwriting, I grew up in the Seventies listening to AM radio. So I've all these pop songs running… — Paul Gilbert Copy Share Image
I guess I kind of don't like how there's such a pedestal for music culture and especially for band culture. It just… — Jack Conte Copy Share Image
I really admire songwriters or any kind of writer, painter or artist that says, "I'm going to get up at 8 o'clock… — Langhorne Slim Copy Share Image
The way streaming is going, this movement in the market of music would suggest that doing a long-form project, especially for a… — Mura Masa Copy Share Image
Sometimes, those formulas that fit for pop and radio and TikTok and the Internet, you're making music for moments. Instead of making… — Doechii Copy Share Image
A lot of blues music seems like it's moving away from God, or the center, and Gospel music is moving towards it.… — Dion DiMucci Copy Share Image
In a sense, the music business and I haven't always been the best of bedfellows. Artists often have to fight their corner.… — Annie Lennox Copy Share Image
Jazz is not a game of chance. Its sonorous disorder is only an appearance. It is an organized force obeying obscure laws,… — Wanda Landowska Copy Share Image
I really wanted a guitar. As A little boy I used to tell people I was going to be a musician. They… — Steve Young Copy Share Image
“sentimental music has this great way of taking you back somewhere at the same time that it takes you forward, so you… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
It's hard to believe the life that 'Someone Like You' has taken on. It's proof that people hunger for great songs -… — David Nail Copy Share Image
There is a big, beautiful world that could be destroyed by selfishness and foolishness. We musicians have it within our power to… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
“Even your misstatement makes language play harmoniously within our ears to initiate a melody of newness.” — Sarah Chergui Copy Share Image
The movie industry is one big collaboration. Music gives me that freedom to create things straight from my heart and my mind. — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
The great artist, whether he be musician, painter, or poet, is known for this absolute unexpectedness. — Loren Eiseley Copy Share Image
It was kind of sort of the heavens opened up and I realized that Bach, at least, you know - out of… — Chris Thile Copy Share Image
When I went down to London in '67, I had three things in mind: To survive, to find peace of mind, and… — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
Writing songs is like capturing birds without killing them. Sometimes you end up with nothing but a mouthful of feathers. — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
Just imagine. He'll stride into the room. Light will glow from him. I'll hear music. He'll bring me flowers. — Minnie Mouse Copy Share Image
Obviously, the emotions I want to convey through music are streamed through the way I interpret life. — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
Doo-wop is special music to me because it's so straightforward and melody-driven and captures emotions. — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
I remember when I got into movies, the only way singers could be heard was to through playback singing in movies. Then… — Dalip Tahil Copy Share Image
After playing now for 60 years, it's still very challenging for me to play a simple melody and have it clean and… — Lee Konitz Copy Share Image
I'm a songwriter. I need silence to hear the melodies, so I don't fill the days with a lot of sound. — Mike Love Copy Share Image
I think in music and a lot of creative fields, people's egos get in the way of their ability of seeing the… — John Oates Copy Share Image
The truth of it is that every singer out there with songs on the radio is raising the next generation, so make… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
I don't care about making anything new. I make music to express an emotion, and if the emotion is nostalgic, so be… — Mitski Copy Share Image
I loved TV, and I watched anything with music - 'Hee Haw,' 'Happy Days,' anything like that. So I loved the Monkees. — John 5 Copy Share Image
I am also interested in music expanding consciousness. By expanding consciousness, I mean that old patterns can be replaced with new ones. — Pauline Oliveros Copy Share Image
It's funny when people just assume I sit in my bedroom listening to rock music slicing away at my skin. like really? — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I want to write my own thoughts and make my own music. I need to experiment with my sound and style. — Neha Bhasin Copy Share Image
Poetry keep her honest, these readings. Stevie could draw up Dont see this deeper than music, dont hear it but feel the… — Wale Copy Share Image