“But I am thinking now of your favorite of whom you have talked to me sometimes, and read me, too, some of… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
The creative process is just a process and you can't really separate it from life. Growing your hair is a creative process.… — Antony Hegarty Copy Share Image
The song Dakota was first written in Paris. I was doing a promo trip. It was snowing and the hotel room was… — Kelly Jones Copy Share Image
What I like to do with music is make people feel better. Make people realize that all humans have the same problems,… — Jack Johnson Copy Share Image
I've had a lot of folks tell me that my songs weren't quite country because they didn't really sound like anybody that… — Sam Hunt Copy Share Image
Many of my fans often tell me that they listen to my songs to get through things. And therefore, obviously, I hope… — Aurora Copy Share Image
If you're going to go the way of 'American Idol,' then you better be able to do what you want musically, because… — Beth Hart Copy Share Image
I've found that there isn't any correlation whatsoever between the hours put in and the quality of what comes out. Most of… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
To me, a song is not finished. To me, there's no such thing as a finished anything. All of Beethoven's nine symphonies,… — Wayne Shorter Copy Share Image
“Everyone thought in the early days of punk, certainly once English punk got going, and even American punk, everyone thought it was… — Legs McNeil Copy Share Image
In my spare time, I’ve been playing a lot of piano. I’m trying to learn classical piano, Mozart and Beethoven and stuff.… — Evan Peters Copy Share Image
The artistic side of our family was very important because one person encourages the other. It was a vey enlightening place to… — Dave Davies Copy Share Image
My dad had his own business and was extremely busy, but on a very rare occasion, he would play guitar and sing… — Natalie Prass Copy Share Image
Today, if you do put out a record on a label, traditionally, most people are going to hear it via a leak… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
A more interesting question is not 'Why did they break up?' but 'Would they have gotten back together?' ... There's always a… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
And this shall be for music when no one else is near, The fine song for singing, the rare song to hear!… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
I can play a song for somebody, and when certain parts come on, I cringe. I might not like my vocal or… — T. Mills Copy Share Image
“But wether I am faking on a player piano, or striking the chords with the power of my own mind and hands,… — Eric Berne Copy Share Image
My mother always took my brothers and me to music lessons. There were six children. Our parents attended our concerts and encouraged… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
At a certain age I just stopped arguing. I realized that there was no way [my father] could see, because for him… — George Michael Copy Share Image
When I was five years old, me and my cousin got into a fistfight because when "That's the Way (I Like It)"… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
One of the first things electric I ever saw was a guitar. I was living in a house with no electricity until,… — George Benson Copy Share Image
I was really fearful that I was going to lose my record deal. It's really scary as a female to not have… — Lauren Alaina Copy Share Image
I'm still learning a lot as a songwriter. I try to write down and make a note of ideas that I cross… — Sam Hunt Copy Share Image
I am not a Ph.D. in economics or a doctorate in literature that I can afford to take my singing lightly. Even… — Kailash Kher Copy Share Image
I've been touching instruments since the day I was born. My mother is Brazilian, and she listens to Brazilian music. My father… — Linda Perry Copy Share Image
I was brought up with beautiful music - Nat King Cole and Glen Miller from my dad, and my mum loved Judy… — Imelda May Copy Share Image
I think the music business is changing. Artists that don't want to tour and just want to collect royalty checks and stay… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
“Fold your arms round me close and strain me so that our hearts may break and our souls go free at last.… — Joseph Bedier Copy Share Image
I also thought of playing improvisational jazz and I did take lessons for a while. At first I tried to write fiction… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
A jazz musician can improvise based on his knowledge of music. He understands how things go together. For a chef, once you… — Charlie Trotter Copy Share Image
Anyone who's ever read the lyrics of an already cherished song has most likely encountered that hollow sensation of something missing, the… — Jonathan Miles Copy Share Image
I worry a lot about what people think. I worry people think I'm not helping them enough, that they don't like my… — John Tesh Copy Share Image
I'm pretty sure the first album I bought was a CD of 'Electric Ladyland' by Jimi Hendrix when I was about nine.… — Declan McKenna Copy Share Image
My songs form a kind of biography or diary of my life as they are about people I have loved and people… — Justin Hayward Copy Share Image
I've been making music for so long, and the main hurdles I've run when dealing with any public exposure is that many… — Devin Townsend Copy Share Image
We needed to make a sound that's not gonna fit in with everything else - we wanted to make something that was… — Zayn Malik Copy Share Image
The thing that really stands out in my mind about Aerosmith is that we're still fucking together. Whatever we've done together and… — Aerosmith Copy Share Image
New songs are why artists go on the road. That's why I go on the road. It's a three-prong play. Writing: You're… — Jon Bon Jovi Copy Share Image
The first time that I appeared on stage, it scared me to death. I really didn't know what all the yelling was… — Elvis Presley Copy Share Image
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