“After the funeral, my life changed. I felt as if time were suddenly precious, water going down an open drain, and I… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
I didn't plan on rock-n-roll. I wanted to learn jazz; I got to know some people doing rock-n-roll with jazz, and I… — Robby Krieger Copy Share Image
I was raised playing music in coffeehouses and I feel that was the foundation for my career. I think it is important… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
I'm prepared to spend the rest of my life playing clubs, if that means I'm playing music that I believe in. — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
I saw this DJ playing music and saying things to the kids. They would answer him back, and I say, 'That's a… — Sylvia Robinson Copy Share Image
At 16, I was going to church and playing music for church, and Dad would only pay for piano lessons so I… — Lizz Wright Copy Share Image
My family was always playing music; I always enjoyed it. My cousin, who is a little older than me, he started playing… — Kurt Vile Copy Share Image
I started playing music when I was 18. My heart was just broken so badly that I decided that I really wanted… — Lola Kirke Copy Share Image
Usually, I'll just sit down at a piano or with a guitar, and I'll just be relaxed and playing music. Because that's… — Cat Power Copy Share Image
“This girl wasn’t tapping her fingers restlessly, though. Her movements were methodical. Synchronized. Sitting far enough to the left of her to… — Tammara Webber Copy Share Image
The first year I moved to Nashville, I started playing these songwriter nights with people like Nickel Creek, Duncan Sheik, and even… — Mat Kearney Copy Share Image
I just like playing music and doing it with people that I care about. It doesn't really matter where. It's like, 'Why… — Josh Klinghoffer Copy Share Image
All deep things are song. It seems somehow the very central essence of us, song; as if all the rest were but… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
Shortly after I started in bluegrass, Ricky Skaggs and I got together and the bluegrass career just snowballed. Being 15 or 16… — Keith Whitley Copy Share Image
There's something in me that loves to inspire people: when I'm playing music, I imagine all this sparkly stardust going through everyone.… — Bat for Lashes Copy Share Image
Most people define themselves by what they do - 'I'm a musician.' Then one day it occurred to me that I'm only… — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
“Death is never more than a breath away from the act of playing music. Each note on a guitar represents a small… — Andy Summers Copy Share Image
I was 21, and I was like, "Man, am I really gonna start over and try this whole thing over again? Do… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
I went to engineering school, I went to physics class. I said, 'Screw this, I don't want to be here. I'd much… — Huey Lewis Copy Share Image
Music is so much a part of me: my parents told me that when I was an infant, I wouldn't eat unless… — Neil Sedaka Copy Share Image
The first thing I think about is music, and the last thing I think about is music. I'm like some Monk. I… — Hans Zimmer Copy Share Image
I would look at older blues musicians who just keep going into their seventies. They keep doing it until they drop dead.… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
You've got to look at yourself as what I call a lifer. You're going to be out there playing music your whole… — Perry Farrell Copy Share Image
