I grew up in a home filled with music and had an early appreciation of jazz since my dad was a jazz… — Molly Ringwald Copy Share Image
No, it was so hectic just writing everyday and like, just doing bullshit everyday, it was kind of nice to just get… — Oliver Sykes Copy Share Image
“Music is powerful; it transforms emotions and experiences into something tangible. Every time you hear a familiar song, the feelings from it… — Michelle Madow Copy Share Image
I felt like there was a void in the marketplace in girl groups. Musically, there is something truly exciting about harmonies in… — Kelly Rowland Copy Share Image
I would say the main themes are love, loss and life. Although a lot of the songs represent hard times and situations… — Roxanne Emery Copy Share Image
“Well, there's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the price of a memory is the memory of… — Counting Crows Copy Share Image
Twenty-seven people sang 'Wind Beneath My Wings' before I got around to it. A lot of people saw the movie that I… — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
I think I wanted to sing, but I just couldn't because I was so shy. I didn't really know how to begin… — Doja Cat Copy Share Image
What Jimmy Page did was pretty inspiring for guitar players. He married a lot of acoustic elements into hard rock. The kind… — Nancy Wilson Copy Share Image
Sometimes I feel like I finish a song, and there's another song that I have to write in response to that song.… — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
The primary purpose of prayer is not to make requests. The primary purpose is to praise, to sing, to chant. Because the… — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
It's no longer necessary to slave over the vocals. I don't sing the lyrics until I write them, and singing is the… — Todd Rundgren Copy Share Image
“Dear Alexis, Last week at our debate, I talked about the essential unfairness that my friend and colleague Levon Helm had to… — Jonathan Taplin Copy Share Image
Back when we were more in the industrial vein, it was almost like I had to hide the fact that I could… — Jason C. Miller Copy Share Image
Being a better songwriter, that's top of the list because I think that is a very intimidating, difficult task. I really admire… — Morgan James Copy Share Image
One of the things that sells music is when the artist is looked at as someone who's come up from the streets.… — Geoffrey Canada Copy Share Image
If I spent my time wondering about what genre I wanted to be in or where I was on the charts, I… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
..the fields might fall to fallow and the birds might stop their song awhile; the growing things might die and lie in… — Susanna Kearsley Copy Share Image
The bird, the pin, the song, the berries, the watch, the cracker, the dress that burst into flames. I am the mockingjay.… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“Tonight I want to forget all your insecurities. Tonight I want you to reject anyone or anything that has made you feel… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
My piano has not yet arrived. How did you send it? By Marseilles or by Perpignan? I dream music but I cannot… — Frederic Chopin Copy Share Image
The measure of success was writing a song, recording it and for it being in the hit parade in England. Success was… — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
I think there are some things in music that work and don't work. That's learned from counterpoint and rhythm and theory, and… — Jeanine Tesori Copy Share Image
Soundgarden signing to a major, then Mother Love Bone, and seeing the same happen to Alice in Chains. We were all suddenly… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
I learn tons of John Frusciante's licks from the Red Hot Chili Peppers. I'm never going to play like the Chili Peppers,… — Brian Fallon Copy Share Image
With words alone, Gail Godwin has created an important piece of music about a love which death can only increase and deepen.… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I think the thing I've always tried to do is - and I didn't plan it, it just started to come out… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
You learn new song until you're comfortable with it to where you can record it blindfolded, but then when it comes out… — Chuck Ragan Copy Share Image
As someone who listens almost exclusively to contemporary hip-hop and R&B, I definitely like "No Bullshit" by Chris Brown, and melodically I'm… — How to Dress Well Copy Share Image
It'd be negligent to say that I don't want to be at the top of the charts. Of course I do, it's… — Brandy Norwood Copy Share Image
My heart thump not from being nervous Sometimes I'm thinking God made me special here on purpose So all the while 'til… — Anwar Saicha Copy Share Image
I am not insecure enough to count the bouquets I receive on my birthday, I don't assess my popularity by the number… — Shahrukh Khan Copy Share Image
I want to be just a musician and songwriter, and hopefully known as a very good one. I love a lot of… — Langhorne Slim Copy Share Image
“I think often of this song in contrast to “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” and how Beyoncé was right, as she… — Alana Massey Copy Share Image
I used to download a lot of music, and I understand it in this economy, but personally I buy my music. It… — Max Bemis Copy Share Image
Christian music, gospel music, sometimes you'll fall asleep at church but music wakes you up, the song can speak to you in… — Kirk Franklin Copy Share Image
You can only write so many pop songs before they all sound the same. I got to a point where something overtly… — Dylan Baldi Copy Share Image
Too many bands practice in their garage, play a couple of shows locally, and expect opportunities to appear from the sky. Bands… — Mark Hoppus Copy Share Image
I grew up with my dad's music, so my introduction to rock was Alice Cooper and Cinderella and Dio and Black Sabbath,… — Lzzy Hale Copy Share Image
I come from a place of darkness when I write because I'm always trying to figure things out. It's kind of like… — Skylar Grey Copy Share Image