My mother insisted that I pursue music. I rented out my father's musical equipment and earned some money. As a child, I… — A. R. Rahman Copy Share Image
So far as musical pedagogy is concerned - And by extension of musical creation - Nadia Boulanger is the most influential person… — Ned Rorem Copy Share Image
On the grounds of prestigious musical organizations that come and go, New York has the edge. — Jeffrey Tate Copy Share Image
I played Jonathan Livingston Seagull in a musical version of 'Jonathan Livingston Seagull' in Austin, TX. It was pretty special. — Lauren Worsham Copy Share Image
Music can move us to the heights or depths of emotion. It can persuade us to buy something, or remind us of… — Oliver Sacks Copy Share Image
When I was 14-15 years old I was able to earn a little money from time to time but I'm not complaining… — Richard Clayderman Copy Share Image
Believe me, I love commerce as much as the rest of the readers of 'Businessweek.' But in art, you have to be… — Lionel Richie Copy Share Image
I actually got to write with one of my musical heroes, a guy named Raine Maida from Our Lady Peace. I got… — David Cook Copy Share Image
It's true that my mom loved it when I played Joanie Cunningham in the musical 'Happy Days,' but I think she finally… — Christine Lakin Copy Share Image
I believe I love my guitar more than the others love theirs. For John and Paul, songwriting is pretty important and guitar… — George Harrison Copy Share Image
If you remove tone from music, you have something, but what? I find it difficult to call it music. — Tamas Vasary Copy Share Image
Punk rock has never really had much patience with musical virtuosity. Actually, it'd be more accurate to say that for most of… — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
Folk melodies are the embodiment of an artistic perfection of the highest order; in fact, they are models of the way in… — Bela Bartok Copy Share Image
Music is one of the closest link-ups with God that we can probably experience. I think it's a common vibrating tone of… — Marvin Gaye Copy Share Image
The idea of a musical comedy was something we had had in mind for many years, but the project 'Igudesman & Joo:… — Aleksey Igudesman Copy Share Image
Monk taught me more about music composition than anyone else on 52nd Street. — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
'Modern Love' completes the EP as an intricate musical piece weaving in and out of complex rhythms. There is even a beatless… — Subb-an Copy Share Image
Jazz does not belong to one race or culture, but is a gift that America has given the world. — Ahmad Alaadeen Copy Share Image
Look, I'm 40, I'm single, and I work in musical theater - you do the math! — Nathan Lane Copy Share Image
I love to sing! To be in a movie with musical number is the coolest thing ever! — Ashley Tisdale Copy Share Image
Hell, nobody knows where jazz is going to go. There may be a kid right now in Chitlin Switch, Georgia, who is… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
I was born in love with music. My mother is a singer, many of my aunts and uncles on my mother's side… — India.Arie Copy Share Image
If it is true that the violin is the most perfect of musical instruments, then Greek is the violin of human thought — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
We cannot doubt that animals both love and practice music. That is evident. But it seems their musical system differs from ours.… — Erik Satie Copy Share Image
Follow your musical instincts. Do what you feel is right. Don't be relegated to a certain category. — Glenn Frey Copy Share Image
Her sister [June Havoc] said the musical portrayed who Gypsy [Rose Lee] wanted to be before the burlesque thing happened she wanted… — Karen Abbott Copy Share Image
If I can't play music, what am I gonna do? Music keeps people sane. When you enjoy yourself, most of the time… — Zoot Sims Copy Share Image
I'm not a huge musical fan. It's like when people just jump out singing; it's not real. — Keke Palmer Copy Share Image
Opera is musical theatre, and the music can teach you so much about the theatre. Very often I use musical terms to… — Toni Servillo Copy Share Image
I'm not really a big musical fan. I enjoyed 'West Side Story' when it came out, but it gets a bit tired… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
Opinion in all parts of the world would agree that Rachmaninoff is the most complete of living masters of the instrument; his… — Sergei Rachmaninoff Copy Share Image
If the composer withholds more than we anticipate, we experience a delicious falling sensation; we feel we have been torn from a… — Levi Strauss Copy Share Image
I try to listen attentively to musical sounds around me. You can think of the sounds of daily life as being musical.… — Tom Harrell Copy Share Image
Dave Rocha is a mature and eminently musical improviser. His sumptuous tone and cafefully chosen notes embody real musical thought. His performance… — Frank Hanny Copy Share Image
I'm passionate about music, and I feel that theatre has an extraordinarily musical ability in the way it operates on the audience. — Simon McBurney Copy Share Image
There are right and wrong reasons for doing solo projects, and this album was done for the right reasons. At the time… — Glenn Tipton Copy Share Image
I took the name originally as a kind of disguise because I didn't want people to know I was about to embark… — John Wesley Harding Copy Share Image
Young girls aren't marketed science-y stuff, or techy stuff, or even musical stuff. — Lights Copy Share Image
I would only listen to certain things, like a lot of teenagers do. But the Tragically Hip is a ribbon that's been… — John K. Samson Copy Share Image
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