My parents listened to music in our house all the time when we were growing up. It was everything from Dolly Parton… — Clare Bowen Copy Share Image
There are some good songs, but not the kind of song-writing that I remember, that I like. Springsteen still does it. Paul… — Jackie DeShannon Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to an album start to finish, and you don't skip songs. You don't listen to a Paul Simon… — Ashley McBryde Copy Share Image
I studied Paul Simon's 'Slip Slidin' Away' and 'Still Crazy After All These Years.' I wanted to explore adult themes, portraying the… — LP Copy Share Image
Biggest musical influences would be people like Nina Simone and Tom Waits. A huge amount of writers like Leslie Feist and Paul… — Hozier Copy Share Image
When I was working on 'Night Falls Over Kortedala,' I was listening a lot to 'Graceland,' the Paul Simon record. I really… — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
One of the biggest obstacles I've overcome in my life was thinking I didn't deserve to be successful. Artistically I'm not as… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
“I never wanted to go back and relive the glory days; I just want to keep moving forward. That's what I took… — Paul Simonon Copy Share Image
There have never been a lot of female guitarists out there, so most of my influences were male. Acoustically, I followed Joni… — Nancy Wilson Copy Share Image
Paul Simon started piling up a lot of words, more than the bar could handle, and I stopped! — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
I'd asked for things like the 'Footloose' soundtrack and Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' for my birthdays, but I remember walking what felt like… — Pedro Pascal Copy Share Image
I didn't want to try and borrow kudos from Indonesian culture. I was trying to get a fresh perspective on these instruments.… — Squarepusher Copy Share Image
I want to grow up with my audience. I don't expect to be getting through to the younger pop crowd. I learned… — Joe Strummer Copy Share Image
I used to refer to my drug use as putting the monster in the box. I wanted to be less, so I… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
Im probably the only one in the world you can name thats worked with Billie Holiday, Louie Armstrong, Ella, Duke, Miles, Dizzy,… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
When the magazines talk about artists they talk about the Paul McCartneys, the Paul Simons, they never talk about me. So their… — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
I like songs to mean something as well as sound good, and Paul Simon is a maestro. While Art Garfunkel was a… — Tim Pigott-Smith Copy Share Image
I'm born and raised Long Island. Billy Joel, Paul Simon, Ben Gibbard - melody-driven guys... They shaped me, molded my music. — Jon Bellion Copy Share Image
In those years, when I came to the States, people were always asking me why I didn't sing anymore. I'd tell them,… — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
Paul Simon once said that a songwriter's supreme challenge was being complex and simple at the same time-writing songs with lasting depth… — Paul Zollo Copy Share Image
People ask how I think up my thoughts. Mostly I think them up while reading Paul Simon's lyrics. — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
It's funny: when I started playing bass in 1984, you had guys like Paul Simonon fron the Clash, John Paul Jones, Lemmy,… — Duff McKagan Copy Share Image
I'm a humorist. A guy like Paul Simon just makes my life so much simpler. When I was there, he had a… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
“I mean, that's at least in part why I ingested chemical waste - it was a kind of desire to abbreviate myself.… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
