Out of my entire annual output of songs, perhaps two, or at the most three, came as a result of inspiration. We… — George Gershwin Copy Share Image
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Music... will help dissolve your perplexities and purify your character and sensibilities, and in time of care and sorrow, will keep a… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
I grew up singing since the age of three. Vocally trained since the age of eight. Fascinated by Mary Poppins and all… — Nikki Blonsky Copy Share Image
Metallica is like the phoenix rising from the ashes. We set everything on fire, and this is what has risen from it… — Kirk Hammett Copy Share Image
You hear a new song, it's your favourite Pretty soon you'll be changing the station And all your old shoes are looking… — Sam Hunt Copy Share Image
I can show bands how to produce themselves. In the same way, many bands think you can't make it without some fat… — Johnny Marr Copy Share Image
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I'm sure that the meaning of the songs that I've written will change for me over the years, the same way that… — Angel Olsen Copy Share Image
We're [with Robbie Robertson ] jazz musicians. The context may be rock 'n' roll but it's still jazz. It's jazz and that… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
Somewhere between this kind of cruising freedom, and this understated moment where all these little things intertwine to create a bigger sound.… — Adam Granduciel Copy Share Image
Anyone would be embarrassed of what they did at 15 or 16. I listen back to that first record, and I'm like,… — Mandy Moore Copy Share Image
My band, Miles Long, is a jazz-funk spoken word band. There's jazz sensibilities, but I'm a bass player, so I'm very much… — Malcolm-Jamal Warner Copy Share Image
And, so, when I picked up the guitar, suddenly, just playing a couple of notes really, really spoke to me. It was… — Slash Copy Share Image
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I was basically 18 when I got offered to join Mister Valentine band and go on tour and leave high school. I… — Brian Warren Copy Share Image
The number one success in music supervision is when you can satisfy everybody on every level, creatively and in terms of the… — Liza Richardson Copy Share Image
When it's a funky uptempo song, you're basically having the same kind of release you would have when you have sex, only… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
... I'd have to say that "Mr. Crowley" in my most memorable solo... I had spent hours trying to figure out a… — Randy Rhoads Copy Share Image
The piano is an instrument that can easily sound overly thick, and I love to think that I can work with textures… — Stephen Hough Copy Share Image
It's a very complex scenario, and certainly Dave was, and is, not the only person in Pearl Jam with personality flaws. Everybody… — Stone Gossard Copy Share Image
I've always felt that the game itself is pretty much a melody and I am there to provide the lyrics. You want… — Al Michaels Copy Share Image
It's a little bit more like I want to give this to the people that are really into it first - I… — Kip Winger Copy Share Image
No man who has not tried it can imagine what dreadful hard work it is to listen. Splitting gum logs in the… — Davy Crockett Copy Share Image
I don't like when bands write a record that sounds like the one they just did and they just keep doing that.… — 3 Doors Down Copy Share Image
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Maybe it's naïve, but I would love to believe that once you grow to love some aspect of a culture-its music, for… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
I've always appreciated people like Graham Parker or Loudon Wainwright III, who spend their entire lives writing songs and working their asses… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
My musical selections are a reflection of how I grew up. Because, back then, you could see Miles Davis and Ravi Shankar… — Dianne Reeves Copy Share Image
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Growing up, I wanted to be a musician. My mother, in typical Filipino-mom fashion, would always make me go up in front… — Jacob Batalon Copy Share Image
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It's cool that our stuff is received as it is, and our stuff is fairly long. But from a songwriter's purview as… — Adam Granduciel Copy Share Image
When I was performing the songs on 'Kiss Land,' it was a great singalong. But there were moments where I realized some… — The Weeknd Copy Share Image
In poor environment, I find great inspiration. Many of the men and women whom I admire as artists, the things they write,… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
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![“We're [with Robbie Robertson ] jazz musicians. The context may be rock 'n' roll but it's still jazz. It's jazz and that means improvization...you play a tune the way it feels and you play it differently every time. It can never be the same.” quote by Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/978/van-morrison-1192_feels_we-re-with-robbie-robertson-jazz-musicia_376618.jpg)
