The first tape I got was Madonna's 'Immaculate Collection.' I'm inspired by the way she started from nothing and didn't have a… — Lykke Li Copy Share Image
I really consider myself fortunate to have been of age during the musical revolution that came in the form of the Beatles.… — Todd Rundgren Copy Share Image
Diversity is its most consistent characteristic....The characteristics of freely improvised music are established only by the sonic-musical identity of the person or… — Derek Bailey Copy Share Image
It's nice for me to have a ballet as a kind of platform for creativity, because unlike modern dance or contemporary dance… — Sufjan Stevens Copy Share Image
I always had a knack for improvisation. I can write down the notes I play, but never really had a proper academic… — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
My mother encouraged me and was very great about me being gay, but she always encouraged me to follow my musical dreams,… — Elton John Copy Share Image
After a foreign invasion, there has to be a sort of feeling of musical inadequacy in the country. — Simon Le Bon Copy Share Image
My parents were always supportive of me in terms of expressing myself artistically. Art, musical instruments, singing - whatever I did, they… — Justin Chon Copy Share Image
You can't write the same book twice. Though I've been in historical musical situations, I can't go back and do that again.… — Max Roach Copy Share Image
I've always been a follower of silent movies. I see film as a visual medium with a musical accompaniment, and dialogue is… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
I know, it's weird that I've never done a musical. I turned down two of them. 'The Lion King' and 'The Producers.'… — Mario Cantone Copy Share Image
The main reason for the break was a combination of travel and going back to university, which drew me into theatre more… — Roy Montgomery Copy Share Image
When I was 4 years old my mother put me into an early music education school. That's where they taught you perfect… — Yoko Ono Copy Share Image
I've been traveling all over the world for 25 years, performing, talking to people, studying their cultures and musical instruments, and I… — Yo-Yo Ma Copy Share Image
“And if there come the singers and the dancers and the flute players, buy of their gifts also. For they too are… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
Vocals are not central to what I do, and I've never liked singing live. I've always been more inspired by rhythm, texture,… — Laurel Halo Copy Share Image
You might say that Richard Wagner was the Queen Victoria of Europe. He had musical children everywhere! — Zubin Mehta Copy Share Image
It's almost scary how amateur I am when it comes to musicals - I'm a musical goer, but I am not as… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
I don't ever balk at being considered a Motown person, because Motown is the greatest musical event that ever happened in the… — Smokey Robinson Copy Share Image
The essence of pop stardom is immaturity - a wretched little pseudo-musical gift, a development of the capacity to shock, a short-lived… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
Watching artists like Joplin perform, I felt that tingle down my spine; I experienced the wonders of a cultural and musical revolution. — Clive Davis Copy Share Image
My first strong musical memory is of the Villa-Lobos Sixth Quartet which my parents were rehearsing. I remember that it reminded me… — Leonard Slatkin Copy Share Image
Yeah, for me there are other challenges that aren't musical too. Like you just don't have as many people to feed off… — Stephen Kellogg Copy Share Image
Jazz is known all over the world as an American musical art form and that's it. No America, no jazz. I've seen… — Art Blakey Copy Share Image
