“if the main reason we listen to music in the first place is to hear passion expressed- as i've believed all my… — Lester Bangs Copy Share Image
Mainly, I don't like it when music is made solely to impress people or in order to please business people; it doesn't… — John Frusciante Copy Share Image
There was a moment when Prince did rock & roll with a sponge-y seductive sound. I think that's what was in our… — Bono Copy Share Image
Clive [Davis] tried to tell me that saying certain words in a song- or as he says, ‘putting some balls into it'-… — Clay Aiken Copy Share Image
Every individual's listening is as unique as his or her fingerprints because we all listen through filters that develop from our personal… — Julian Treasure Copy Share Image
The holy grail for a music fan is to hear music from another planet, which has not been influenced by us whatsoever.… — Aphex Twin Copy Share Image
This is a tradition of resistance to the term that's as old as the term itself, especially because that term has been… — Vijay Iyer Copy Share Image
“Music expresses both in lyrics and in tune something of the orientation of the composer and author as to what the truth… — Robert Godfrey Copy Share Image
I used to have these reoccurring dreams that I played guitar, which I thought was so bizarre. It all sort of fit… — John Petrucci Copy Share Image
I solidify his [ Riccardo Tisci] vision and what he is trying to manifest, make it a crystal or solid thing because… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
I don't want another 'It Wasn't Me.' I've been asked that question so many times. Do I want a song of that… — Shaggy Copy Share Image
If I had to pick one guitar to take to a desert island, I'd pick my '67 Rickenbacker 12-string, which I bought… — Mike Campbell Copy Share Image
By the time I was ten or eleven, I had a song-book and I was writing everything down. It used to just… — Ella Henderson Copy Share Image
Without the emotion and willingness of Spirit, our music becomes dry and dusty—without life. Without doctrinal bones as a skeleton, the Body… — Marva Dawn Copy Share Image
At the moment we're trying to keep what we've learnt. Because we learnt a terrific amount with 'Deep Purple In Rock,' it… — Jon Lord Copy Share Image
I've not been an admirer of contemporary music since punk rock went off the boil in 1977, but once a year I'll… — Billy Childish Copy Share Image
I've always been making stuff. I had a very free upbringing, and very encouraging parents. I just found that it was a… — Ida Maria Copy Share Image
“My soul would sing of metamorphoses. But since, o gods, you were the source of these bodies becoming other bodies, breathe your… — Ovid Copy Share Image
When I was a kid in the late '60s and early '70s, my parents and their friends would play the records of… — Mark Lanegan Copy Share Image
“For you, a thousand times over." "Children aren't coloring books. You don't get to fill them with your favorite colors." "...attention shifted… — Khalid Hosseini Copy Share Image
The music and the philosophy feed off of one another on a subconscious level, though I've never really integrated my academic teaching… — Steve Weinstein Copy Share Image
I'm a musician, so for the most part I've always thought that the musicians were equally as inspiring to listen to -… — Vince Gill Copy Share Image
The first music you really fall in love with is more than just music. It's something that clicks in you beyond the… — Taylor Hanson Copy Share Image
“Find yourself a local,” she advised, “and have cake by the ocean.” When I gave her a blank look, she smacked her… — Mia Sosa Copy Share Image
We were number one most added at radio, when the single came out and that's much different. It took like eight months… — Jon Crosby Copy Share Image
The frequencies of the notes in a scale—do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do—sound to us like they’re rising in equal… — Steven Strogatz Copy Share Image
I wanted to be different and original but still have it be something my fans could get into. There also are some… — Aaliyah Copy Share Image
I don't feel anything about it. I really like "Staring at the Sun" - I like that song a lot. I haven't… — Justin Vernon Copy Share Image
I wanted to be an actor. That was my real goal. But I wasn't any good at it, so I wrote my… — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
It's very important to have a good song - one where you can strip away all the production and just play it… — Lights Copy Share Image
I knew that going on 'One Tree Hill' was going to be an incredible vehicle for the record. What is amazing about… — Kate Voegele Copy Share Image
Then when we did the untitled record, we just didn't feel like putting joke stuff on it, so we didn't. It wasn't… — Mark Hoppus Copy Share Image
Language must resound with all the harmonies of music. The writer must always, at all times, find the tremulous word which captures… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
There is a need to find and sing our own song, to stretch our limbs and shake them in a dance so… — Barbara Lazear Ascher Copy Share Image
Since I was doing all of it myself, I had to decide where I wanted to go with the songs, how to… — Utada Hikaru Copy Share Image
I've never acted with my father, but we have always connected through music. He has been a great influence musically. He has… — Shruti Haasan Copy Share Image
“Well, also ask yourself this: do you know what Steve Miller looks like? No, you don’t. Nobody does. He could be standing… — It Books Copy Share Image
I don't know if I want to record together again. I go off and on it... In the old days, when we… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
“Recent breakthroughs in the field of neuro-science have shown that playing the piano is good for your brain. Dr. Gottfried Schlaug of… — Stuart Isacoff Copy Share Image
It's just a lot of fun to be able to see your ideas come into fruition. And to see people translate the… — Rico Love Copy Share Image
![“Clive [Davis] tried to tell me that saying certain words in a song- or as he says, ‘putting some balls into it'- isn't bad, it's just strong emotion. Well, there are certain words and emotions I don't want kids hearing, and I'm not changing because they think it's going to sell better. This is…” quote by Clay Aiken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3c/clay-aiken-7720_balls_clive-davis-tried-to-tell-me-that-saying_2530739.jpg)
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