The reason I connected with music was because of the stories that people were telling and making me feel when I listened… — Amber Liu Copy Share Image
Jazz, I mean, music will always move, because it can't become stagnant. Because if it becomes stagnant, it's like a river, it'll… — Art Blakey Copy Share Image
In Harlan, Kentucky, we told stories the way some people play music. ... In the mountains, storytelling is truly an art form,… — Maxine Cheshire Copy Share Image
I got my interest in Lotte Lenya and the Brecht-Weill canon from my parents. And I love classical music - I got… — Marianne Faithfull Copy Share Image
I have been long associated with British music. I have favoured it as my alternate music next to American. — Leonard Slatkin Copy Share Image
In songs, you have to tell people about something they didn't see and weren't there for, and you have to do it… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
I'm grateful to the LGBTQ community for giving me the courage to write music about who I am and not just about… — Hayley Kiyoko Copy Share Image
I think in the world of rock music or whatever it's called - anything outside of Nashville - there's a lot more… — Lucinda Williams Copy Share Image
With 'Acid Rap,' I allowed myself to be really open-minded and free with who I allowed into my musical space. I wanted… — Chance The Rapper Copy Share Image
These people that worked with my dad doing landscaping were in a grunge band so the music on the cover of Rolling… — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
With Sumthin Else Music Works, I wanted to spread the love and give newcomers a chance to make it because something that… — Nile Rodgers Copy Share Image
Everyone has a struggle in life, and the question is do you allow yourself to be overcome by it or do you… — David Draiman Copy Share Image
When I first started acting, I was actually working with the National Youth Theatre in London doing anti-knife crime workshops, so I… — Joe Cole Copy Share Image
I figure I wrote 37 songs in 20 years, and that's not exactly a full-time job. It wasn't that I was writing… — Tom Lehrer Copy Share Image
I always wanted to play music, but my family was more interested in handing me paints and markers. Art was always my… — Kathleen Hanna Copy Share Image
When it came to using elements of your personal life in your work, my mother was the master, or the mistress. There… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
The honor to me has less to do with the award. To me that translates in the relationship that I have with… — Lauryn Hill Copy Share Image
No music is so charming to my ear as the requests of my friends, and the supplications of those in want of… — Julius Caesar Copy Share Image
Simple music can make you sing, a simple hug can make you feel better, simple things can make you happy. I hope… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
Music must never offend the ear, but must please the listener, or, in other words, must never cease to be music. — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Copy Share Image
Drugs don't have to be a part of that to me, so if somebody says - your music takes me to that… — Panda Bear Copy Share Image
I mean as long as I have been doing music I know I am only 30% of what I could be and… — Tim McGraw Copy Share Image
I have no desire to make money off musicians. I just want to promote them because I want to share music. — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
I love comedy. I like to think that there's a sense of humor in some of my music - obviously not all… — Kate Bush Copy Share Image
I think I go with the Duke Ellington view on music. He said, 'There's two kinds of music - there's good music,… — Kevin Young Copy Share Image
I'm going to be a superstar musician, kill myself, and go out in a flame of glory. I want to be rich… — Kurt Cobain Copy Share Image
I didn't just want to be Frank's daughter who sang Boots. I take my music very seriously and studied very hard. It's… — Nancy Sinatra Copy Share Image
I realized that I wanted to get better in every way. As a person, as a friend, as a songwriter, as a… — Kenny Chesney Copy Share Image
“The musician may sing to you of the rhythm which is in all space, but he cannot give you the ear which… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
Being a rapper as a woman is not a good thing in Afghanistan. I kind of put my life in danger whenever… — Sonita Alizadeh Copy Share Image
There are reasons that bands and musicians make demos and outtakes - because they are not good enough to make the record.… — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
For me it's always contingent on getting a sound-the sound always suggests what kind of melody it should be. So it's always… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
I'm not terribly happy about rock and roll. Certain rock music is uninspiring, numbing; it makes you feel like an idiot. — Manuel Puig Copy Share Image
Music has been my outlet, my gift to all of the lovers in this world. Through it - my music, I know… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
I love church buildings, particularly cathedrals, and I like living in spaces that remind me of music or evoke that creative energy. — Laura Mvula Copy Share Image
I found that when I was putting my own music out, with my Twitter feed as the pure marketing budget, I'm preaching… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
But why is it that in music, anything more than 5 years old - apart from a few hits - is never… — Bill Wyman Copy Share Image
I feel that I belong to the 19th century. Some composers' music is very topical. It almost says, 'This is about what… — Gordon Getty Copy Share Image
Sometimes my work needs to be photographic, sometimes it needs words, sometimes it needs to have a relationship to music, sometimes it… — Carrie Mae Weems Copy Share Image
Everyone I talk to says stuff like, 'Music sucks today,' and I'm going to try and change all that. — Tom DeLonge Copy Share Image
