Some people might think that sex is the highest experience you can have. I tend to think that music is. — Brian Wilson Copy Share Image
My dad raised me on everything from his music to Stevie Wonder to A Tribe Called Quest. I learned the 'Midnight Marauders'… — Bibi Bourelly Copy Share Image
John Wesley: Sing lustily and with good courage. Beware of singing as if you were half-dead, or half-asleep; but lift up your… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
The constructive criticism that I take very seriously is from people I know and respect, and they don't have to be musicians.… — Chris Thile Copy Share Image
I think that's important to remember - That we're blessed to even be able to attempt to do this [music]. — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
If somebody for some reason, for music or for movie, becomes famous, it's because they have something, something special. — Roberto Cavalli Copy Share Image
Even today, skiffle is a defining part of my music. If I get the opportunity to just have a jam, skiffle is… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
Most comics worship music on some level. It's more rock-n-roll to get up there for an hour and make people laugh. — Greg Behrendt Copy Share Image
I was being ridiculed for going to school... But, you see, I had looked hard at the other musicians and the whole… — Donald Byrd Copy Share Image
[MTV] just wanted a regular person that knew a decent amount about music.I'm so used to doing solitary interviews. You have some… — Jancee Dunn Copy Share Image
I'd really started hating music. I'd started hating all the songs, hating being in the industry, hating doing the shows. So I… — Estelle Copy Share Image
“Teaching music is to develop a deeper understanding. It's teaching each pupil, in his or her own individual way, to know music… — Paul Harris Copy Share Image
A lot of rappers want somebody to always sing on their records. If you can hold a note, they're gonna' ask you… — Nicki Minaj Copy Share Image
It reset and mended my freshly damaged and distorted view of life, and made me recognize that this thing we call music,… — Bob Mould Copy Share Image
“For the first time in a long time, I drive with no music. I'm not happy-not happy about Jane and Mr. Randall… — John Green Copy Share Image
I just write what I write, produce the music I produce and try to give myself a chance to stay true to… — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
I actually really like DJ Assault - a Detroit a ghetto tech DJ, who's produced good music that's influenced me a bit. — Dizzee Rascal Copy Share Image
Nobody will ever take Maurice's place, and he'll go on with us and he'll go on our music. He'll go on with… — Robin Gibb Copy Share Image
I'm a very lucky guy. I get to write music that I love, and lo and behold, people seem to really like… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
You know, I love to sing and I don't find it difficult to read music, but no, I would never have been… — Princess Michael of Kent Copy Share Image
One thing I like about jazz is that it emphasized doing things differently from what other people were doing. — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
I'd be happy if people said that I did a little bit to raise the dignity and recognition of the greatness of… — Ahmet Ertegun Copy Share Image
Whatever it is, music should sound spontaneous, I've derived a great deal of pleasure from playing jazz and having the knowledge of… — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
I think, as a musician, or even as a citizen of the world, I just want to be a part of something… — Maggie Rogers Copy Share Image
“Develop your own skills and styles. In music, designing, electronics, etc., you may have a peculiar way of exposing your dreams in… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
For me, music is so passionate, I have to give it my all every time I go onstage. Onstage, it was always… — Elton John Copy Share Image
A lot of my songs are about things that concern me personally, not a heightened version of myself or any of the… — Matt Berry Copy Share Image
I love originating shows and originating songs - there is nothing better than being the first one to get to do a… — Alison Elliott Copy Share Image
I'm a busy girl, and I've been switching gears from telly and putting my heart and soul into music. — Ashley Roberts Copy Share Image
I have composed a very interesting dance number for 'Bhaijaan' and everyone knows Salman Khan and my combination songs are unique and… — Devi Sri Prasad Copy Share Image
Pop songs are not as graceful as they used to be. Performers today haven't gone through the regimen of learning how to… — Hal David Copy Share Image
I think to be successful at anything you have to put in a hell of a lot of effort. Pick your battles.… — Ed Sheeran Copy Share Image
Every day of my life has been a challenge - from singing a song that is not my type to being asked… — Asha Bhosle Copy Share Image
My music is simple stuff. Anybody can sit down, look at a set of symbols and produce sounds the music represents. — Chuck Berry Copy Share Image
AWe musicians can influence, and are responsible to influence, human hearts when we perform. We have to touch them. — Andris Nelsons Copy Share Image
With the Stray Cats at least, we really took the music somewhere else. First, we wrote our own songs. That's a real… — Brian Setzer Copy Share Image
I feel confident that the work I've put in will make people see me as a music artist before anything else. — FKA twigs Copy Share Image
To me, groups of musicians playing together, not fighting each other, but playing a groove together is one of the most exciting… — Phil Collins Copy Share Image
It's no accident that Op. 111 attracts literary attention. Though it's music, it doesn't quite behave like it. It seems to be… — Jeremy Denk Copy Share Image
I'm very blessed that I get to dabble in both music and movies, and as long as people are willing to accept… — Mandy Moore Copy Share Image