and I've always known it, the way I love a song I hear for the first time, even before I know all… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
I still love 'The Cure' more than almost any other band. But they were really, truly like the first band that I… — Ben Gibbard Copy Share Image
The people wanted to believe that the Negroes couldn't learn to read music but had a natural talent for it. So we… — Eubie Blake Copy Share Image
“Keith Jarrett’s achievements and contribution are immense and unique and it is primarily the fact that he cannot be pigeonholed which has… — Ian Carr Copy Share Image
A lot of times you can write a scene with a specific song in mind, and then you lay it over the… — Harmony Korine Copy Share Image
People think first love is sweet, and never sweeter than when that first bond snaps. You've heard a thousand pop and country… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I wrote 'Actor' all on the computer. I didn't touch any instruments until I was in the studio. So while I had… — St. Vincent Copy Share Image
Perhaps many of the perplexing problems of the new music could be put into a new light if we were to reintroduce… — George Crumb Copy Share Image
In the end, I think musicians know that getting up in the morning and making music you love doesn't necessarily mean that… — Danger Mouse Copy Share Image
I'm not a big fan of guitar face: you know, when someone's playing guitar, and they make this really embarrassing face, like… — Lucas Till Copy Share Image
I write incessantly, I'm very productive, I write for a dozen publications and blogs and websites. A lot of very hardcore political… — Ted Nugent Copy Share Image
“He flipped through the music stations as he drove, searching for some nonexistent perfect song that would be, as Stevie Nicks might… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
“Live on, survive, for the earth gives forth wonders. It may swallow your heart, but the wonders keep on coming. You stand… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
When I hear a great country song, I get chills and I want to cry. You feel something. And just sometimes that… — Ashley Monroe Copy Share Image
I am very busy and don't have a lot of down time, but I write my best songs in those situations. I… — Kate Voegele Copy Share Image
There are producers that have been my friends for many years that I'm still a big fan of, from Boyz Noize to… — A-Trak Copy Share Image
I learned to play guitar on my lying back while I was bed-ridden. I only thought to record the songs because sometimes… — Melody Gardot Copy Share Image
The record [American Idiot ] felt special to us, when we recorded it, with all of the artwork and the concept behind… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
The best life's aren't composed of all sour notes. When life's composed of highs and lows they're truly symphony's. Don't ever lose… — Melchor Lim Copy Share Image
My dad was a musician, played on the road and played all of his life. And I grew up in a musical… — Rickey Medlocke Copy Share Image
The Nazz survived for 18 months - that was my first taste of fame on some level and of the overall experience… — Todd Rundgren Copy Share Image
That's all I ever wanted to do in my life was music. And because I was a failed artist, I was actually… — Troy Carter Copy Share Image
“In one study, psychologists Tim Wilson and Jonathan Schooler had participants listen to a piece of music, Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring. Some… — Eric Weiner Copy Share Image
If you came to my house and said, "Well, here's the new Katy Perry record," I would give it a listen, but… — John Seagall Copy Share Image
I think a whole lot of stuff gets by people - I could name half a dozen groups that do songs that… — Gil Scott-Heron Copy Share Image
Don't remember the moment I tried to forget I lost myself, is it better not said Now I'm closer to the edge… — 30 Seconds To Mars Copy Share Image
I had had eight hits on the Top 20 chart before 'Raindrops,' but they were soon forgotten and so was I. Before… — B. J. Thomas Copy Share Image
Like the Birth Of Venus, the song [Yello "oh, Yeah"] denotes the birth of the bro. The song just reminds me of… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
Jazz is so difficult. A lot of people think once they've learned these licks they can get up and play them for… — Lester Bowie Copy Share Image
I like books that aren't just lovely but that have memories in themselves. Just like playing a song, picking up a book… — Emma Watson Copy Share Image
Our music has always been instant reactive and I guess taking our time to absorb things and say what you really want… — Fred Durst Copy Share Image
There's a lot of different ways that a song would be a challenge to parody. There are a lot of songs that… — Al Yankovic Copy Share Image
Working with Yahoo! allows us to give our fans a chance to listen to our songs, check out the video, purchase our… — Isaac Hanson Copy Share Image
For hundreds of years people have talked about artists having inspiration, but often, some persons would say, write us a symphony or… — Tom Glazer Copy Share Image
“Radio One played “Ebony and Ivory,” a new song by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder. The breakfast DJ Mike Read played it… — Adrian McKinty Copy Share Image
“Music is an act of creation. A musician gives life to a song, even if he or she didn't write it. I… — Mark Delaney Copy Share Image
Hold your hands out over the earth as over a flame. To all who love her, who open to her the doors… — Henry Beston Copy Share Image
I write a song to be recorded. And to some extent to be performed, but definitely more to be recorded than performed,… — Will Oldham Copy Share Image
I don't think of them as teenage songs. The things that happen to you in high school are the same things that… — Mark Hoppus Copy Share Image
We set out with nothing but music as our dream, but we didn't know where we were going, whether we were going… — J-Hope Copy Share Image