I fear that I won't get better and that I won't have time to practice. To be called a "jazz musician" -… — Esperanza Spalding Copy Share Image
Acting in film, you know, I hear all the time, people say 'You did so much better than I thought you would.'… — T.I Copy Share Image
I want a long career in music, so you've gotta keep trying things out; it's gotta get progressively better. — Gin Wigmore Copy Share Image
I wasn't making music for the sake of music but rather making music in the context of other music. At the same… — Kevin Shields Copy Share Image
A mantra is a very powerful word. It vibrates like music does, only not on this plane but on other planes of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to a lot of different types of music, and R&B in particular was something that I loved -… — Yuna Copy Share Image
“I am not one of the “slower” talents, like Reason or Mathematics. I am Music. If I bless you singing, you can… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
Basically, I’m a musical vocalist, but I do voiceover stuff as a sideline, like plumbing or something. — Iggy Pop Copy Share Image
“The carillon is, after all, the music of the people. Elsewhere, in the glittering capitals, public festivals are celebrated with fireworks, that… — Georges Rodenbach Copy Share Image
I have very diverse tastes in music, and I don't, like, make distinctions between what I can't and can't listen to. In… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
“God has prepared for Himself one great song of praise throughout eternity, and those who enter the community of God join in… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
You certainly don't hear any country music on pop radio today. But for a while you did, and it was a lovely… — Jimmy Webb Copy Share Image
I want to use songs that everybody knows or thinks they know. I want to show them a different side of it… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
With millions of people creating songs and uploading them to the web internationally, most artists know they need to dismantle the monetary… — Josh Garrels Copy Share Image
Every pioneer and musician who could carry a musket went into the ranks. Even the sick and foot-sore, who could not keep… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My formula is not thinking about what I'm doing; it's about still having fun and making music. I don't go into the… — Zaytoven Copy Share Image
Music videos were this lucky career opportunity. They were assignments. I was providing a service, and they were meant to be punchy… — Mark Romanek Copy Share Image
When alternative music - which is supposed to be the standard-bearer of where white rock is headed - becomes either too cute… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
You know what I want, above all things? I want people who are aware of my music right now, to believe in… — Lizzo Copy Share Image
A movie like Mercury' is a once in a generation opportunity for me. It doesn't come easily to a music director and… — Santhosh Narayanan Copy Share Image
There is a great temptation with songs, melodies and lyrics to overcomplicate them but in fact, you find that the most enduring… — Ken Hensley Copy Share Image
As cliched as it sounds, music is my only form of expression. So I have to be honest with myself, and with… — Little Simz Copy Share Image
The Delmore Brothers is hit music - very, very popular - and it still retains that rural flavor and simplicity. I always… — Ry Cooder Copy Share Image
I know the music I hear and what I want. But sometimes I have to let that go and not try to… — Van Hunt Copy Share Image
She's Jenny from the block! I love her music and her movies. And she goes back to where she grew up in… — Tecia Torres Copy Share Image
Ever since I was a child I've always been very attracted to melodies. Whether I hear Jeff Beck, a choir, an ocean… — Carlos Santana Copy Share Image
Sometimes this fellow's music was like little colored pieces of crystal candy, and other times it was the softest, saddest thing she… — Carson McCullers Copy Share Image
Some of the songs I wanted to be really full, [but] there's something to be said for just a voice and a… — Ingrid Michaelson Copy Share Image
I work so I don't need to make rent through my songs, and I think if more people engaged with music without… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
It's the best marriage of songs and production. But I have to say, I have an affinity for Bossanova. — Joey Santiago Copy Share Image
I was raised in an intensely religious household and I think the influence shows through my music. — Daniel Caesar Copy Share Image
Education in music is most sovereign because more than anything else rhythm and harmony find their way to the innermost soul and… — Plato Copy Share Image
I personally think Beyonce's a strong feminist. What she's done in music and for women is unprecedented. I love her. She definitely… — Sam Smith Copy Share Image
Whether it's soundtracking a moment in my life or just motivating me to hit the gym, I constantly have music playing. Even… — Reid Scott Copy Share Image
The music is key. It has the power to transport you. I go from being a slightly insecure, shy kind of a… — Neil Diamond Copy Share Image
It just sort of happened. I wrote like what I'd always read and what was in the movies... I'm sure popular music… — Warren Zevon Copy Share Image
The way I do that is to keep coming up with good songs and when I do a concert, I make sure… — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
Nowadays the audience has changed. No one can anticipate the audience. That's what I think musicals will come to. No backstage stories,… — Vincente Minnelli Copy Share Image
A name doesn't make the music. It's just called that to differentiate it from other types of music. — Art Blakey Copy Share Image
When I was a teen, I thought I would have to choose between my writing or my music or my art, but… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image