I wanted to have a band that could rock as hard as the Who and sing like the Beatles and the Beach… — Eric Carmen Copy Share Image
Musical talent is maybe something, but there are no unmusical people. You're moved by music. It's total rubbish to say, "Oh, I'm… — Igor Levit Copy Share Image
I make my guitar scream with pain or pleasure or sensuality. It makes people move their feet and shake their bodies. That's… — Dick Dale Copy Share Image
'Boy,' 'October,' 'War,' 'The Unforgettable Fire' and 'The Joshua Tree,' those records, they're part of my musical DNA and structure. — Taylor Hawkins Copy Share Image
In terms of the music, it feels almost like trouble's a good thing - you never know when a song is going… — Bryce Dessner Copy Share Image
I laid my country music aside for quite a while... because bluegrass audiences didn't care to hear it. But it just kept… — Keith Whitley Copy Share Image
I live my daydreams in music I see my life in terms of music. I get most joy in life out of… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Musicals are so expensive to put on the stage that you have to have the backing of a corporate, you have to… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
I've met so many young women who are interested in being involved in music and I think, 'Why are you not actually… — Kate Nash Copy Share Image
Leonard Bernstein was probably the most significant formative influence on me - he was such an encompassing musician. I spent my teenage… — Jason Robert Brown Copy Share Image
From like 15 to 19, all I listened to was Elliott Smith. I started to appreciate the more human aspect of music… — Alex G Copy Share Image
To combat the confusion and depression that assault me when I come off the road in the middle of a tour, I… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
But I replied that what made being alive almost worthwhile for me, besides music, was all the saints I met, who could… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
What I envy about musicians is, they have this more direct relationship with the audience. They don't have to go through words.… — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share Image
As we grow up we learn that even the person that wasn't suppose to ever let you down you down probably will.… — Andy Copy Share Image
We see what music can do for people. Hell, we see what music does for us! When you see thousands of people… — Nancy Wilson Copy Share Image
I remember Iggy and the Stooges' song 'Search and Destroy' reaching out from my speakers to me like my own personal anthem. — Nikki Sixx Copy Share Image
I was someone who knew what they wanted to do for so long. I was always fascinated by music, always a student… — MNEK Copy Share Image
We're not getting paid. We have these great musicians with us and it gives us a real charge. And the audience gives… — Tina Weymouth Copy Share Image
“A sandwich and a cup of coffee, and then off to violin-land, where all is sweetness and delicacy and harmony, and there… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
Dance is the music of our body, sound is the rhythm of our feeling, silence is the symphony of our soul. — Nelly Mazloum Copy Share Image
I make songs all the time, I make 'em really fast, and I really felt when I made 'Don't Stop Rappin' in… — Too Short Copy Share Image
Remixes are so much fun. For me, it's like this great release of energy. I like producing stuff for myself, but I… — K. Flay Copy Share Image
It's a combination of melody and lyrics, not one without the other. It's a confluence of these different elements that makes something… — Michael Bolton Copy Share Image
The music has a very strong escapist quality to it. In the moment where you feel like you need to escape, or… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
The music like the sea, but there's only a few people can swim, and recognize how to Plunge with the wave sound — Black Son Beats Copy Share Image
If we are in tune with Nature, all her music can find a way into the heart. When bird music is rare,… — Frank Bolles Copy Share Image
I order that my funeral ceremonies be extremely modest, and that they take place at dawn or at the evening Ave Maria,… — Giuseppe Verdi Copy Share Image
That's the great thing about music. You can find some '60s pop record and feel completely invigorated by it, even though it's… — Kathleen Hanna Copy Share Image
I started off from a very early age listening to music - all the usual cheesy stuff that little kids like. — Iwan Rheon Copy Share Image
I'm hoping to knock down the walls and broaden the lane a little bit more for music that's pop music at the… — Santigold Copy Share Image
Whatever I'm doing, whatever comes along, this music is something that I've always wanted to do. — Tina Yothers Copy Share Image
I think that, when you're writing your songs, there's always a debate about whether, is that you in the song? Is it… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
“Occasionally I’d tune in to a music station, but I always preferred the sound of people talking, even if the subject was… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
I don't think music is the first thing I turn to. For me, I think visual art is more the thing. Sometimes… — Bat for Lashes Copy Share Image
My music has evolved to reflect that multigendered, multiracial, multigenre music. Whether I realized it before or not, I'm most influenced by… — Ricky Reed Copy Share Image
I don't think anybody is anybody else's moral compass. Maybe listening to my music is not the best idea if you live… — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
My parents had a pub and each Sunday there was an accordionist. They have told me that when I was in my… — Toots Thielemans Copy Share Image
Some people know me because of my music and come and see me in my concerts but you very rarely see me… — Richard Clayderman Copy Share Image
All is beautiful and unceasing, all is music and reason, and all, like diamond, is carbon first, then light. — Jose Marti Copy Share Image