I'm kind of a geek when it comes to talking about chord structures or melody, so I always loved in-depth conversations with… — M. Shadows Copy Share Image
When you think about musicians who are reading music, my contention has always been the energy that you're using deciphering what the… — Cecil Taylor Copy Share Image
In 'Spinal Tap,' there's the fake historical quality of 'Stonehenge.' It's something the musicians look at with a mystical reverence. In folk… — Christopher Guest Copy Share Image
Conservative voters will put up with a lot of things in the culture that disagree with their views. They have proven time… — Ben Domenech Copy Share Image
I've scrubbed many, many landmarks. I scrubbed the Kremlin back in '98. We had a mandatory-toothbrushing parade; we had the text of… — Vermin Supreme Copy Share Image
The story of Rod Stewart, the story of Carlos Santana is so inspiring to young musicians because it shows in this trendy… — Clive Davis Copy Share Image
The town I grew up in, there were no musicians to play with; it was just me. The town I grew up… — Tom Walker Copy Share Image
Please, no matter how we advance technologically , please don't abandon the book. There is nothing in our material world more beautiful… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
France has always had a special place for Apple. This is the best place to discover and chat with all musicians, graphic… — Tim Cook Copy Share Image
In my eyes, I think it's important that if you're doing something you're proud of and that is genuine and authentic, you… — Chet Faker Copy Share Image
It's an endless proving of myself, that I really am a musician, that I have something to offer in the room. That… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
Same with anyone who's been flying for years and loves it still... we're part of a world we deeply love. Just as… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
There has to be an interaction of musicians on stage. Otherwise I feel too alone up there. When performing is really good,… — Dave Gahan Copy Share Image
Many of us writers tour like a literary Bachman Turner Overdrive. We ain't pretty, but we're on the road. Many of us… — Luis Alberto Urrea Copy Share Image
There are plenty of millionaires who would pay millions to hang a Van Gogh painting on the wall, but hardly one that… — Derek Sivers Copy Share Image
The only problem is, that the musicians, the guys, their careers can go from the time they're 18 'till they're 50 years… — Gina Schock Copy Share Image
It's a weird thing where, especially in jazz, you have to totally mention cutting sessions and people one-upping each other and people… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
I do value the respect I get from my contemporaries, but to have Oasis cover my song, to have Puff Daddy cover… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
I think it's very common that scientists or technical people have an artistic side. Sometimes they are very accomplished musicians. Sometimes they… — Hope Jahren Copy Share Image
The value of streaming platforms is estimated at a few billion dollars, and creators can only afford a pizza without pepperoni at… — Jean-Michel Jarre Copy Share Image
“Musicians are some of the most driven, courageous people on the face of the earth. They deal with more day-to-day rejection in… — David Ackert Copy Share Image
Honestly, I envy painters, who can have a masterpiece in one morning. Or musicians, who can write something in 30 minutes and… — Barry Hannah Copy Share Image
All it takes to become president is money and a certain kind of power. Being president is the first thing I can… — Todd Rundgren Copy Share Image
“… A wonderful collection of truths, and almost all are inconvenient’. ‘… Something here to offend everyone’. ‘… Everything from burlesque to… — Patrick Brislan Copy Share Image
I love live performance and have huge admiration for people who can really do it. It's the same with music: I'll play… — Helen McCrory Copy Share Image
I can't get very excited about a musician who can do Art Tatum because I've got the Art Tatum records. I want… — Gary Giddins Copy Share Image
I don't know why I keep saying this, and I don't know why I keep using their names... And I'm not dogging… — Sharon Jones Copy Share Image
So now, thirty years, forty years later, I mean, I could find a whole orchestra of a thousand to put these things… — Gunther Schuller Copy Share Image
There were definitely bands and musicians I liked that drove my mother insane. I probably liked them all the more for it!… — Gillian Jacobs Copy Share Image
James Ralston, my guitar player, has performed with Tina Turner for about 22 years. Jim Hanson on bass has played with Johnny… — Vonda Shepard Copy Share Image
The trouble with most musicians today is that they are copycats. Of course you have to start out playing like someone else.… — Lester Young Copy Share Image
A great conductor is an alchemical force: someone who can absorb the historical weight of a famous melody, the expectations of an… — Sue Perkins Copy Share Image
Users socialize to figure out what they're going to do on the weekend. They use MySpace to discover new music and post… — Chris DeWolfe Copy Share Image
When it comes to independent music albums, you cannot put in 50 lakhs or a crore in each and every song to… — Neha Kakkar Copy Share Image
The record company started as an adjunct to that, to give young composers their first recorded performances; to give young musicians their… — Gunther Schuller Copy Share Image
Rooney was like marrying a high school sweetheart. And then you're like, 'I think we need some time to see other people,'… — Robert Coppola Schwartzman Copy Share Image
I'm sure there's a subconscious 'go for it' thing with turning 50. You want to do as much as possible and there… — Paul Weller Copy Share Image
It's not an accident that musicians become musicians and engineers become engineers: it's what they're born to do. If you can tune… — Jack Canfield Copy Share Image
For me, actresses are constantly chameleons, and so they are taking a backseat to their own personality. I don't feel like we're… — Jeremy Scott Copy Share Image
I've always written about people who have very abstracted in a certain way. I write about scientists and artists and musicians. I… — Andrea Barrett Copy Share Image