I don't know what the inspiration for most of songs really mean until I finish them. For the most part, I'm going… — Todd Rundgren Copy Share Image
I always loved music, and I always wanted to make a film about it, but I could never do it because of… — Bahman Ghobadi Copy Share Image
Music survives everything, and like God, it is always present. It needs no help, and suffers no hindrance. — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
My soul is always lifted up, and my spirit cheered and comforted, when I hear good music. I rejoice in it very… — Joseph Fielding Smith Copy Share Image
When I was younger, studying classical music, I really had to put in the time. Three hours a day is not even… — Alicia Keys Copy Share Image
My passion is more specific, in the sense that I've always liked doing comedy. I've always liked doing music. I like acting.… — Christopher Guest Copy Share Image
I knew I wanted to do something that wasn't just domestic and endless but I had no idea what and no inkling… — Vashti Bunyan Copy Share Image
I don't feel like I'm writing music for gay people. I'm a gay man who is writing music about one tiny little… — John Grant Copy Share Image
Everyone has a song in their heart. Everyone has a reason for being here and a season for making their highest, greatest… — Nate Copy Share Image
When I'm on tour, I'm in a new city every single night, and the energy and the crowds and the kids and… — Hilary Duff Copy Share Image
I'm interested in how memory and power come together in evil. These are obsessions of mine that appear throughout, like the theme… — Jaume Cabre Copy Share Image
I can remember various stages when I wanted to be an artist, a football coach, and a musician but never an actor.… — Fred MacMurray Copy Share Image
I think that metal has always been, in my opinion, the most passionate form of music, and it only makes sense to… — Alissa White-Gluz Copy Share Image
“They include conceptual artist and “environmental music” composer Annea Lockwood, who created a work entitled Piano Burning. Debuted in London in 1968,… — Stuart Isacoff Copy Share Image
One very important aspect of our contemporary musical culture - some might say the supremely important aspect - is its extension in… — George Crumb Copy Share Image
Each song had a different way of coming about. In some, the music was written first while others it was the lyrics.… — Elena Tonra Copy Share Image
I write songs because I have to write them, and if I didn't I'd be doing some other kind of music that… — John Frusciante Copy Share Image
“As a practical guide, music you can carry on a conversation over is safe. If you have to shout over the noise,… — William Sears Copy Share Image
You've really got to appreciate an artist that's really outspoken and feels like his music can change the world. — Rakim Copy Share Image
I feel like I know a lot of music stuff that most people my age don't know, because people that were slightly… — Vanessa Bayer Copy Share Image
Wherever we are, what we hear is mostly noise. When we ignore it, it disturbs us. When we listen to it, we… — John Cage Copy Share Image
Just look at the Old Testament. They didn't go out with the army first. They sent the musicians out. — Michael W. Smith Copy Share Image
I live a super-healthy lifestyle not because it's sensible or that I'm contrite, but because I need to keep my focus on… — Johnny Marr Copy Share Image
I don't really write songs. They're just there anyway, chiseling away at the atmosphere, and suddenly they're like, 'Oh, thanks for coming.… — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
I don't worry too much about the fundamentalist principles that are in almost any discussion about Jazz. — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
When 'Aashiqui' released there was no social media, yet it was a hit. Today we have the Internet which makes music very… — Ankit Tiwari Copy Share Image
If you have music that sounds like what you cover, people won't be able to differentiate who you are. — Sam Tsui Copy Share Image
You want to think about certain styles of music as being reflective of a certain culture or a certain time or a… — Robin Pecknold Copy Share Image
I think [Phil Wood] didn't suffer fools gladly, but he loved supporting young people that loved the music. — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
“He's become the one the songs are about, and while part of me knows he's probably worth that, another part is yelling… — John Green Copy Share Image
I labour over details and whether a song should be a straight pop song form or exploratory. This is the curse with… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
When I was younger and had made the decision to make a career in music, becoming famous was something that I dreamt… — Sid Sriram Copy Share Image
All my life I have studies the peculiar powers of music. It has a force of its own that few would deny. — Katherine Neville Copy Share Image
I feel there is love and confidence in me somewhere and I want to find it. So far, music is the only… — Wesley Eisold Copy Share Image
I usually start writing stories from tone and not from content - kind of like people who create music and invent the… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
I love dancing to the radio every morning, to start the day with such passion. Otherwise, life is too sad. My little… — Anna Mouglalis Copy Share Image
Nowadays heroines are doing everything from acting to item songs. They are jumping into the territory of item girls. — Rakhi Sawant Copy Share Image
What a frequency What a voice. I love Bilal. I couldn't imagine a music world without his voice. — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
The great musics of the world are great for very similar structural reasons: good melody, good harmony, and a balance of feminine… — Chris Thile Copy Share Image
I was fortunate to be connected with bands who later became pioneers for certain genres of music scenes. And my art went… — Arik Roper Copy Share Image