His musical inspiration operates in a world uncluttered by conventional bar lines, conventional chord changes, and conventional ways of blowing or fingering… — Gunther Schuller Copy Share Image
I use music as a tool for my own personal sanity, one might say. After a long day or something, I can… — Michael Graziadei Copy Share Image
People do think I was a one-hit wonder, that I'm maybe not the kind of singer that I can really be -… — Tiffany Darwish Copy Share Image
A family friend was staying with us once and had brought over a ukulele. I just loved the way she played it.… — Grace VanderWaal Copy Share Image
I loved a woman whose beauty Like the moon moved all the humming heavens to music till the stars with their tiny… — Peter Meinke Copy Share Image
As cheesy as it sounds, I feel like I do write a lot, not necessarily for a message to be taken away.… — Thomston Copy Share Image
People love to hear music on their personal devices, but the issue really becomes, if you're able to download music, you should… — Stevie Wonder Copy Share Image
I would like to be remembered as a - somebody who could rock your soul or make your cry with a song.… — Gregg Allman Copy Share Image
I just think that's more exciting. When people used to cut records live, there were mistakes all the time that stayed in.… — John Britt Daniel Copy Share Image
Eventually I had so many little melodies and ideas that, you know, that they were all songs to me and I threw… — Petra Haden Copy Share Image
Men are so inclined to content themselves with what is commonest; the spirit and the senses so easily grow dead to the… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
What do you think my brain is made for? Is it just a container for the mind? This great grey matter, Sensei… — Frank Ocean Copy Share Image
Kurt [Cobain ]was a feminist. A lot of the bashing against Courtney [Love] I think has to deal with gender bias and… — Brett Morgen Copy Share Image
Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life. Although the spirit be not master of that which it creates… — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share Image
I just look at music as a retreat from organizing. It's like a tug-of-war with me. Music can be effective, but it's… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
Musical expression is never primarily national, but is personal and individual rather. It is so deep, so profound, that it goes beyond… — Ignacy Jan Paderewski Copy Share Image
It's not really difficult to go from one voice into the next. It's like asking you to sing a line of Happy… — Hank Azaria Copy Share Image
Usually bands would make a song to record for an album, but what happens with the deejays you say "Well the album… — DJ Spooky Copy Share Image
Yes it is,' said the Professor. 'Wait—' he motioned to Richard, who was about to go out again and investigate— 'let it… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
All in all, I think that out of all musical genres, the world of metal is the most escapist one. Metal is… — Tuomas Holopainen Copy Share Image
I was essentially raised on blues music. My dad was a blues musician around Dublin when I was a baby, so the… — Hozier Copy Share Image
J.S. Bach was easily the greatest musical innovator in the history of the world. He was so advanced for his time. There's… — Brian Wilson Copy Share Image
I used to buy vinyl. Today, if you do put out a record on a label, traditionally, most people are going to… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
People have habits about what they think songs should be like. There's the folky thing of: "Poor me, I'm a sensitive person… — Robert Wyatt Copy Share Image
I've always thought that "punk" wasn't really a genre. My band started in Olympia where K Records was and K Records put… — Kathleen Hanna Copy Share Image
Pure entertainment is not an egotistical lady singing boring songs onstage for two hours and people in tuxes clapping whether they like… — Andy Kaufman Copy Share Image
If you like my music and it brings you emotions whether Joy or Pain, I feel I have done my part to… — Sean Paul Copy Share Image
Music is, for me, like a beautiful mosaic which God has put together. He takes all the pieces in his hand, throws… — Jean Sibelius Copy Share Image
I went to a radio station on Long Island in 1982, and thank goodness for me, it was so new that there… — Jon Bon Jovi Copy Share Image
I recognise that my music is probably for your 1 A.M. alone time - and I'm ok with that because, the truth… — JP Saxe Copy Share Image
You have to pretend that you're not bothered by your record leaked early. So that's the tack that I'm taking. It's like… — Will Sheff Copy Share Image
I have always thought it was important to maintain some connection for myself to what it takes to make a song work… — Jeff Tweedy Copy Share Image
If I sing "you broke my heart, you left me flat," everyone knows exactly what that means - they know the story.… — Bobby McFerrin Copy Share Image
A collection of bad love songs, tattered from overuse, has to touch us like a cemetery or a village. So what if… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
The rest of the band tend to notice things like the door getting opened for the lead singer. And the door shuts… — Shaun Ryder Copy Share Image
Richie Faulkner is very respectful to the songs that he plays from when [founding member] K.K. [Downing] was in the band. He… — Rob Halford Copy Share Image
Living composers writing for big band are very few and far between. There are not a lot of them, and I have… — Carla Bley Copy Share Image
Being in the space that I am as a writer, and just as a black dude in America, there's this push to… — Chance The Rapper Copy Share Image
Right away, I knew I didn't want to have that look of other guys with long hair and bell-bottom pants, because everybody… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share Image
I've been training myself and listening to other artists and seeing where their emotion comes from, singing a heartbreak song when they're… — Jessica Sanchez Copy Share Image
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