I do original songs in the style of other artists, where I try to learn all their musical idiosyncrasies and try to… — Al Yankovic Copy Share Image
In America we're in this awful situation, and you know, I hardly get any royalties anymore because music is just stolen from… — Terry Bozzio Copy Share Image
Well, let's see: I started [in music] at nine and quit. Then got back to it when I was twelve. Then I… — Richard Manuel Copy Share Image
The X Factor' is great entertainment, but it doesn't prepare people for getting chewed up and spat out by the music industry. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't have a background in music... and I have a short attention span. If you put me in the studio every… — SZA Copy Share Image
Sometimes I want to listen to sad music, sometimes something fun and sometimes you're in romantic mode. — Anuel AA Copy Share Image
Music is not simply an orchestration of something, but it's also not something as trivial as honesty. — Sophie Hunger Copy Share Image
Late 20th century music was a really important thing. It changed the world, and I'm part of that, and now I'm part… — Daryl Hall Copy Share Image
“A waltz begins, that floating, sweet rhythm. The fiddle is plaintive. A few minutes ago she was at least pleasantly contented. Now… — Anna Keesey Copy Share Image
I definitely learned to communicate with other musicians better. I used to feel so intimidated by guys who can read notes, like,… — Flying Lotus Copy Share Image
Once you've changed who you are or who you've portrayed in your music, the fans, they'll catch it... Once I feel like… — The Weeknd Copy Share Image
“You can't kill a minuet de la coeur. You may shut up the music book... but surely the minuet-- the minuet itself… — Ford Madox Ford Copy Share Image
As a musician, you want the music in as many hands as you can get it into. More importantly, I want people… — Kid Rock Copy Share Image
Hip hop started in NY so it's important that New Yorkers realise that to talk about NY music and its sound should… — Nas Copy Share Image
My favorite moments are when the bass falls in the pocket with the drums, the guitar is on top just slicing it,… — Nikki Sixx Copy Share Image
With a musical, you kind of have to do a mind-meld with the book-writer, the lyricist, the composer, the director - sometimes… — David Henry Hwang Copy Share Image
When people ask me how they should approach performance, I always tell them the professional musician should aspire to the state of… — Yo-Yo Ma Copy Share Image
In my day-to-day, I do a bit of yoga, I go biking, I read, I watch shows, I go to music concerts. — Lizzie Brochere Copy Share Image
I'm not going to blurt out my whole life on the Internet and just be all crazy emotional. I'm not that type… — Justine Skye Copy Share Image
No one loves an archive better than I do. I can smell a good one half-a-block away - all that brittle papyrus… — Allen C. Guelzo Copy Share Image
Anybody can make 'good' music. I make terrible music, which is what makes it so different, and therefore better. — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
I've never been very good at creating absolute music, which has no non-musical dimension to it. I think that is why filmmakers… — Johann Johannsson Copy Share Image
“There was power in that music, a power which seemed to most rightfully belong to all the skinny kids, fat kids, ugly… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I just love music in general. I've been a fan of all different kinds of music since I can remember. — Ray Stevens Copy Share Image
I think when you love music, you love a lot of it. Now when it comes to jazz, it's very much in… — Charles Lloyd Copy Share Image
To be honest, when you grow up in the music business, people heard me sing from a young age, and you get… — Aubrie Sellers Copy Share Image
I wake up happy to go to work. I guess I'm lucky because I have the same experience in music that I… — John Dolmayan Copy Share Image
I hate this idea in the Cinematheque that you must watch silent movies with no music, like it's a piece of art.… — Arnaud Desplechin Copy Share Image
I'm not out there trying to change the world. I'm just out there trying to sing country music the best way I… — George Strait Copy Share Image
I'm not sure I know how to make music anymore. Maybe you're given a window into things for a time, and beyond… — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
I don't really enjoy cardio, but I find activities like cranking up the music and dancing around my house keep me energized… — Miranda Kerr Copy Share Image
We know what we like in music, and we got into music to try and give back what we got out of… — Winston Marshall Copy Share Image
I love the power of music and artistry and feel a responsibility having a platform to preach good things. — Fantastic Negrito Copy Share Image
Besides music, I was all school, school, school. And softball. I played the game since I was four, and I wanted to… — Dawn Richard Copy Share Image
Making music makes me feel vulnerable in the best possible way. It gives me a feeling of balance. — Neko Case Copy Share Image
When I write my songs, I'm writing about the pain, the joy, and the ridiculousness of being a human. — John Grant Copy Share Image
I already experimented with free jazz in the 1960s and, in my opinion, to play free jazz, you have to be a… — John McLaughlin 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
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