I just feel that music is a great life because it's very rewarding. It's a gratification. You do this for yourself, and… — Ry Cooder Copy Share Image
That deep silence has a melody of its own, a sweetness unknown amid the harsh discords of the world's sounds. — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
For me, that's always been one of the great charms of the first person: we gain access to a very personal, private… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
Time and rhythm are the most important elements in music. If both aren't well conceived, organized, and executed, no amount of notes… — Anthony Davis Copy Share Image
I didn't know Michael Jackson albums like 'Off The Wall' or 'Bad' when they came out because I was listening to a… — Naughty Boy Copy Share Image
I've liked country music for forever. And Buck Owens is just one of many country guitarists I like. I think Buck's Sixties… — Buzz Osborne Copy Share Image
I mean, I can sit down with a guitar, and in fact, we do two, three songs with just guitar and percussion. — Jackie DeShannon Copy Share Image
A lot of people think that the music was responsible for a lot of changes in the Sixties, but I think the… — Steve Winwood Copy Share Image
There is something tenderly appropriate in the serene death of the old. . . . When the duties of life have all… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
The fun thing about song writing is that it's just creative. It can be whatever you want it to be. For me,… — Kelsea Ballerini Copy Share Image
My life has had a lot of fits and starts: before I studied literature at all I was a musician, and began… — Garth Greenwell Copy Share Image
Ideally, each week, I'd like to have rad, intelligent, creative, funny guests with different takes on the world of music. I will… — Mark Hoppus Copy Share Image
The world I live in is benefiting from things like satellite radio. Jazz and blues fests are everywhere now, and Americana is… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
...I think it was a modest thing I did (Fahrenheit 9/11) ... this is an election year ... I'm not telling them… — Linda Ronstadt Copy Share Image
I believe that the art market is in a place similar to the music industry in 2005. Big changes are coming and… — Mark Edward Copy Share Image
After a while, another voice said: One, two, three, four- And the universe came into being. It was wrong to call it… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
A grandmaster must memorize thousands of chess duels in his head, as these are for him what words of the mother tongue… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
“Nowadays, people no longer know Beethoven's Ninth from concerts, but form the for lines of the 'Ode to Joy' that they hear… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
I found when I started getting serious about writing music, that my writing was country songs. It was basically country subject matter,… — Lari White Copy Share Image
I think there's probably really wonderful music that has been lost due to the lack of preservation methods way back in the… — Chris Thile Copy Share Image
I think that art, and making music or comedy, is a way of positing yourself on the map and then trying to… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
I want to paint. That is probably going to sound so pretentious coming from someone who's been a musician. — Juliana Hatfield Copy Share Image
Do not categorize about music. You take each musician at the time and open yourself to that musician. — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
Our music is constantly evolving and changing, and when this band put out an album we always try to offer something different. — Chad Gilbert Copy Share Image
I was just tapped on the shoulder from above and told to write these songs, as opposed to wanting to be a… — Townes Van Zandt Copy Share Image
Even the most jingoistic person would have to admit that even American cultural music comes from Europe. That's what classical music is,… — Sonny Rollins Copy Share Image
In 10 years, I'm gonna be all over. I'll still be doing mad music, I'll be doing a couple movies, maybe some… — Shwayze Copy Share Image
I will say that maybe me being young, it enabled me to have a more youthful approach to making music, and a… — Ravyn Lenae Copy Share Image
Love and music have a very deep relationship ... because both are born from the heart ... and the fate of both… — Anmol Andore Copy Share Image
Neighbors Knockin' on the door, asking can we turn it down I say, Ain't no music on she said, Naw, that weed… — Smoochy01 Copy Share Image
Turn up the music, cause I feel a little turned on. Turn up the music, dont you try to turn me down. — Rihanna Copy Share Image
“It's music as wallpaper, utilitarian, music as Prozac or Xanax to control how you feel. Music as aerosol room freshener.” — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
I think that any way that we are able to express ourselves as people is valuable and valid - whether it is… — Aimee Lou Wood Copy Share Image
The moment you're not worried about adult problems and you get to just make music, then I've made it to some extent. — Masego Copy Share Image
I'm not really a musical family, like none of my sisters or my parents sing or play anything, but they're all very… — Ruel Copy Share Image
You can hear songs that are technically great, songs that tick all the boxes. But for a song to be felt, you… — Max Martin Copy Share Image
I feel like there are things that inspire the music, and then there's the music itself. I don't feel like I always… — Thundercat Copy Share Image
I've no grand designs to conquer the music industry, but I'd love to be able to tell my mates that I'm playing… — Luke Treadaway Copy Share Image
Obviously when you're making music, you want it to get out to as many people as possible. You want to reach as… — Jason Aldean Copy Share Image
I had a friend who had been teaching music for a long time, and he knew a bunch of teachers, so I… — Flea Copy Share Image
