The songs that I like are the ones that you can't visualize, that are just cries from the heart - those very… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
I dream of instruments obedient to my thought and which with their contribution of a whole new world of unsuspected sounds, will… — Edgard Varese Copy Share Image
I believe that from the earth emerges a musical poetry that is by the nature of its sources tonal. I believe that… — Leonard Bernstein Copy Share Image
I've been working to define my individual style and vision and I believe it is reflected in the music. I feel better… — Chingy Copy Share Image
The thought about changing my genre of music does cross my mind, but then I remember why I started making music in… — Badshah Copy Share Image
I heard Smokey Robinson was singing one of my songs on the radio the other day. Being in the presence of Mavis… — Gregory Porter Copy Share Image
One thing that was frustrating to us, always, was having to do so much press building up an album, and you're asked… — M. Shadows Copy Share Image
I know when I sit with my band members and we're playing back a song that we've done, I know that they're… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
A song playing comprises a very specific and vivid set of memory cues. Because the multiple-trace memory models assume that context is… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
When it seems like the night will last forever, And there's nothing left to do but count the years, When the strings… — Robert Hunter Copy Share Image
Grief is a solitary journey. No one but you knows how great the hurt is. No one but you can know the… — Helen Steiner Rice Copy Share Image
When I lived in a little flat in Pimlico in 1981, I'd write in the hallway. As you walked in, there was… — Paul Weller Copy Share Image
. I did an interview earlier and somebody asked me if I [knew I] was onto something back when I was first… — Page Hamilton Copy Share Image
If I don't think about anything and just sing sincerely, it could be the best, but at the same time of singing… — Daesung Copy Share Image
Music is the soundtrack to your life. It's not going to go anywhere. But the way people are purchasing music has changed.… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
My grandmother got me recordings of the 'Goldberg Variations,' in addition to the 'Brandenburg Concertos,' the Mozart string quartets and Beethoven's 'Seventh… — Chris Thile Copy Share Image
Music cannot be called otherwise than the sister of painting, for she is dependent upon hearing, a sense second to sight, and… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
I am very grateful to punk because I was a girl, and I felt like if I got in a band, I'd… — Chrissie Hynde Copy Share Image
I stay up night after night looking at new software, seeing new trends, what music's happening you know you've just got stay… — Jonas Blue Copy Share Image
My mom had wild records, like Luther Vandross, Michael Jackson and the Whispers. But the first record I bought was 'Rapper's Delight.'… — Jadakiss Copy Share Image
Music just runs in my family. My dad and my uncles are a gospel quartet, Latimore Brothers. They've been doing their thing… — Jacob Latimore Copy Share Image
Back in the early days like for the Temptations, Supremes and Four Tops, artist development was alive in record companies. Every artist… — Laurieann Gibson Copy Share Image
I would spend about eight months on a song, leaving it alone and going back to it later on. I just kept… — Adam Granduciel Copy Share Image
Growing up, I listened and was influenced by a lot of those around me. I have a big family, and my dad… — Ella Henderson Copy Share Image
Seeing what kinds of songs work in other cities and other parts of the world was pretty eye-opening. I know it changed… — Andy Grammer Copy Share Image
Brian Hyland just happened to be playing in our town and that song [ "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini"] was… — Cassandra Peterson Copy Share Image
It frustrates and fascinates me that we'll never know for sure, that despite the best efforts of historians and scientists and poets,… — Isaac Marion Copy Share Image
“they can also be as manipulative as a James Taylor song. Sure, they're calming and bring you to a good place-but at… — Brad Meltzer Copy Share Image
I think the most important thing about singers was that they were passionate and they did it on purpose and they meant… — Lacey Sturm Copy Share Image
I find that Bach is appealing to a lot of different audiences. It really hits people at their core in different ways,… — Hilary Hahn Copy Share Image
I'm not like other guitar players. In fact, I'm not even like most acoustic players because I use the nylon-string acoustic. I… — Jose Feliciano Copy Share Image
I do feel pressure internally and externally to put out music, but that excites me because I love songwriting, and this brings… — Sam Hunt Copy Share Image
The first music I bought when I was nine or 10 was pop music from the '50s and '60s, like The Everly… — Will Oldham Copy Share Image
I don't think you should feel too pressured about a mixtape. Just do what you want to do and show the music… — J-Hope Copy Share Image
People usually complain that music is so ambiguous, and what they are supposed to think when they hear it is so unclear,… — Mendelssohn Felix Copy Share Image
But I think that any young drummer starting out today should get himself a great teacher and learn all there is to… — Buddy Rich Copy Share Image
When I sing a tune, the lyrics are important to me. Most of the standard lyrics I know well. And as soon… — Sarah Vaughan Copy Share Image
Don't try and tell me Green Day are punk. They're not, they're plonk and they're bandwagoning on something they didn't come up… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
I'm trying to separate myself from other people by having songs that would be considered - technically - original things. I don't… — Girl Talk Copy Share Image
Instead of taking the 'I'm cool, I hope you adore me' path (with my music), I chose the path of how to… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image