A pamphlet, no matter how good, is never read more than once, but a song is learned by heart and repeated over… — Joe Hill Copy Share Image
Opera contains music that reflects a culture of poetry and aesthetic. Spirituals are no different. What separates a spiritual for me is… — Measha Brueggergosman Copy Share Image
“Because we knew that grunge was the sound of a screaming saw blade—a spawning salmon flicking gravel. It looked like a clearcut.… — Missy Anne Copy Share Image
I'm actually embarrassed by the idea of writing songs about myself - I imagine someone hearing them and thinking This guy is… — Max Tundra Copy Share Image
A lot of fans have been requesting that in-your-face song, a sense of feeling empowered. And 'Good Woman' is that: a relatable… — La'Porsha Renae Copy Share Image
If you say, 'I'm going to cut this song because I know the teenagers are going to love it,' well, then you're… — Jason Aldean Copy Share Image
I know a lot of people who make records, and when you meet them, it's not their personality or they're not what… — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
Sometimes you've got to draw a line between having all the options and being a slave to the things, using them every… — Joshua Homme Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a singer, of course, but there was something about the songwriting, then and now, that is the most… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
The classical guitar has a dynamic to it unlike a regular acoustic guitar or an electric guitar. You know, there's times when… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
Always from day one, we were the band on Warped Tour with a fog machine, and our backdrop had to be up… — M. Shadows Copy Share Image
I'm quite a particular singer, and I need to feel like I can bite into the song, in a way, to make… — Neneh Cherry Copy Share Image
I love fiction. I like reading short stories. Cupcakes, pop songs, Polaroids, and short stories. They all raise and answer questions in… — Laurel Nakadate Copy Share Image
The need to make music, and to listen to it, is universally expressed by human beings. I cannot imagine, even in our… — Lewis Thomas Copy Share Image
In those days, it didn't take much imagination to come up with something that required great lyric development skills. You just thought… — Phil Harris Copy Share Image
“At the next song switch, I hang back. I want to see this as well as be a part of it. I… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
I honestly don't know where the high voice thing came from in the first place. Why do people have high voices? Emotional… — Leslie Mann Copy Share Image
Rick Nielsen, Angus Young. Huge Eddie Van Halen fan when I was younger. Jimmy Page is an enormous one who impacts me.… — Tad Kubler Copy Share Image
Jazz is not background music. You must concentrate upon it in order to get the most of it. You must absorb most… — Horace Silver Copy Share Image
Louis Armstrong's 'What a Wonderful World' is my ultimate karaoke song. It is a wonderful world. People forget we only have a… — Dhani Jones Copy Share Image
If you are in a band like my brother, Rudolf, who is in the Scorpions, then you have a kind of umbrella… — Michael Schenker Copy Share Image
“When we were doing interviews for our bio, I described hearing that song for the first time to be like Sara was… — Tegan Quin Copy Share Image
I still vividly remember when I was working in 'Kashmir Ki Kali,' I had no idea about lip-syncing the song 'Diwana Hua… — Sharmila Tagore Copy Share Image
The album is a definite departure. I haven't written original material before, except for one song on my first album, but Elvis… — Diana Krall Copy Share Image
"Face Again" is actually the most George Saunders-y song. Basically the verses, I'm describing a world where love is being killed, and… — How to Dress Well Copy Share Image
I didn't realize until I was older what a huge music fan my daddy really was, and actually that my grandma played… — Alan Jackson Copy Share Image
Just like my career, I've sung the same songs night after night in so many ways. It's always different because every space… — Dar Williams Copy Share Image
I like to go for a certain over-the-top opulence when naming the drone pieces whereas the song titles are all about concision,… — David First Copy Share Image
Even successful musicians have had periods where people say they suck and no one likes them, even after they've had periods of… — K. Flay Copy Share Image
(Talking about her grandmother Marjorie Finlay)I can remember her singing, the thrill of it," she said. "She was one of my first… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
When we're putting out records that people are responding to, it's amazing. And it's obviously what we shoot for every time. It's… — El-P Copy Share Image
Words are poor interpreters in the realms of emotion. When all words end, music begins; when they suggest, it realizes; and hence… — Hugh Reginald Haweis Copy Share Image
Oh yeah - for sure - hardly a week doesn't go by when I don't hear something wonderful that someone has made… — David Knopfler Copy Share Image
We have big limitations by not having a drummer. It instantly informs a lot of our musical decisions when it comes to… — Ted Dwane Copy Share Image
Eventually I would like to reach the stage where I don't have to write about love and kisses and all that stuff.… — Eric Burdon Copy Share Image
No. Take the heart first. Then you don't feel the cold so much. The pain so much. With the heart gone, there's… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
I will make you brooches and toys for your delight Of bird-song at morning and star-shine at night. I will make a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If we can inspire a kid to pick up a guitar - and less and less kids are doing so these days… — M. Shadows Copy Share Image
I open up my violin case every day, and have one of the great creations. It is very inspiring. It makes you… — Joshua Bell Copy Share Image
I've seen a lot of people getting into Jazzmasters because of me, and, well, people don't know what they're in for. I… — Tom Verlaine Copy Share Image
