Everyone was saved once by music. So I decided to REALLY work on my songs and not just "play" - to make… — Marilou Copy Share Image
Cornelius Cardew's folk songs were very, very literal, and they were just about workers smashing their chains. It was like reading Das… — Alasdair MacLean Copy Share Image
Because of the attitude of a few mental dinosaurs intent on exploiting our initial success, Brian's huge talent has never been fully… — Dennis Wilson Copy Share Image
I've never felt anything that moves me as much as my piano. I'm an emotional player. I don't really like people. I… — Tori Amos Copy Share Image
There's songs that could either be taken as a conversation between two people, like "The Privateers," or "Why," from a much earlier… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
I started writing cheating songs when I was too young to have any idea what I was writing about - broken hearts… — Willie Nelson Copy Share Image
God's poet is silence! His song is unspoken, And yet so profound, so loud, and so far, It fills you, it thrills… — Joaquin Miller Copy Share Image
There is another sort of day which needs celebrating in song -- the day of days when spring at last holds up… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The bottom line is I love good music and I try to shy away from all these labels that people think are… — Brad Nowell Copy Share Image
A song is no song unless the circumstance is free and fine. If a singer sing from a sense of duty or… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Every time I write a song, it's different. I'm all about the rhythm of the words and the melody. Musically, you gotta… — Dan Bern Copy Share Image
What a good session musician does is listen to the song, to the artist, and to the other players. That way you… — Benmont Tench Copy Share Image
For me, music is a byproduct of this process - the human process - and the fact that I've managed to eke… — Devin Townsend Copy Share Image
Music is this medium to express who I am and what I've been through and my thoughts and what my feelings on… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
I think the music that's called 'future stuff' is the soundtrack to the few people who have the nerve and the courage… — Wayne Shorter Copy Share Image
“You have millions of fans. Everyone around the world loves your songs. How can that not be enough?" "Because music can't tell… — Bella Andre Copy Share Image
I think guitar-wise, Eric Clapton was a big influence on me. I got to spend time around him. He's kind of strange,… — Dhani Harrison Copy Share Image
I was fortunate enough to be living in Hollywood, CA, when the underground punk rock music scene started. It was a small… — Charlotte Caffey Copy Share Image
A song has to take on character, shape, body and influence people to an extent that they use it for their own… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
I mean, in 1979 I was seven. I do remember punk, though, as a playground phenomenon, and remember that it was exciting… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
...stories about [the German composer Johannes] Brahms's rudeness and wit amused me in particular. For instance, I loved the one about how… — Arthur Rubinstein Copy Share Image
I think that music has always been restricted to media. The LP is an antiquated form, and the CD is now an… — Sufjan Stevens Copy Share Image
“A violin?” I echoed, making a face. “Really? You’re calling in a favor for that? What, you don’t want to wait until… — Julie Kagawa Copy Share Image
People love to play 'Baby, I Love Your Way' at their weddings. They even play it for births and deaths - whatever… — Peter Frampton Copy Share Image
“That night, it wasn’t Dobie Gray,” I whispered. “It was this song. It was Ella Mae singing this to me when I… — Kristen Ashley Copy Share Image
I have more of a desire to write songs about being an independent woman than being in love, songs about getting up… — Kat Graham Copy Share Image
I don't miss playing guitar anymore. I'm sure that's out of necessity, but I am grateful for so much more. I am… — Jason Becker Copy Share Image
I always knew that sooner or later there would come somebody like Woody Guthrie who could make a great song every week.… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
When loud by landside streamlets gush, And clear in the greenwood quires the thrush, With sun on the meadows And songs in… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
If you go back to 'Pretty Fly,' it was a very popish song, but there was a satirical side to it, and… — Dexter Holland Copy Share Image
And for our fans, they're just crazy people anyway. I always look at people in a Green Day shirt, and I think,… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
It feels like we've grown enough as musicians over the last few years to go new places, and our conceptual and compositional… — Bent Saether Copy Share Image
One time, just passing by, I happened to see Jack White from the White Stripes. I'm a huge White Stripes fan, and… — Reid Scott Copy Share Image
Saturday morning was come, and all the summer world was bright and fresh, and brimming with life. There was a song in… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
You have to understand how lucky I feel. I was on 'Saturday. Night. Live.' I played with the Clash! On what planet… — Fred Armisen Copy Share Image
Its cool when I meet young guys from other bands who say how much an impact Aerosmith has had on them and… — Steven Tyler Copy Share Image
We must have song and dance in our lives; we've had it ever since the inception of cinema in India. Our stories… — Amitabh Bachchan Copy Share Image
“Music is where I feel loved. Past, present. Music is where I give love. Why do I continue to enter rooms of… — Robin Russell Gaiser Copy Share Image
If I don't write a song, I only record it when it's played for me for the first time and I connect… — Bea Miller Copy Share Image
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![“...stories about [the German composer Johannes] Brahms's rudeness and wit amused me in particular. For instance, I loved the one about how a great wine connoisseur invited the composer to dinner. 'This is the Brahms of my cellar,' he said to his guests, producing a dust-covered bottle and pouring…” quote by Arthur Rubinstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84f/arthur-rubinstein-17373_amused_stories-about-the-german-composer-johann_2777721.jpg)
