The Country Music Awards were held Wednesday night at Universal City. The best country songs are always about drinking and guns and… — Argus Hamilton Copy Share Image
I got signed with the songwriting deal when I was sixteen and they were really great - my publishers, who to this… — Lights Copy Share Image
So Nemerov showed us this picture, which is of Apollo flaying Marcius. You don't think of Apollo as being the sort of… — Larkin Grimm Copy Share Image
And there were other rocks that were like animals, creeping, horrible animals, putting out their tongues, and others were like words I… — Arthur Machen Copy Share Image
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As important as politics are to me, the life and the spirit of people's emotions are much more important. People live real… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
Every record from New Found Glory is a little different. We're a real band that writes songs about our everyday relationships -… — Chad Gilbert Copy Share Image
Rhythm and sex go together and that's where I come from as far as the music goes. Rag Doll and Love In… — Joe Perry Copy Share Image
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I actually wrote the song first as "well, it's 9 o'clock on a Saturday." That bit. Then I said, You know what?… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
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The little I am exposed to hurts my feelings. The only things I can really control are my songs and my behavior.… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
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It's just something I've always done. In South Texas, the first guitar you get is a Mexican guitar. And the first one… — Guy Clark Copy Share Image
Anyone who's an executive at a record label does not understand what the Internet is, how it works, how people use it,… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
I will never again play anything that does not have social significance. We American jazz musicians of African descent have proved beyond… — Max Roach Copy Share Image
Words cannot express quite a lot of feelings, whereas a noise or tone or drone or sound, an accordion falling down a… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
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every artist is both male and female, and ... sometimes, the two great elements are in conjunction with him, so that all… — Ruth St. Denis Copy Share Image
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It's taken folk a while to come around, hasn't it? Even the boys in the band weren't too sure about the whole… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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I think music for me, it's part of my life. I like music. I think I'm very emotional, so, you know, I… — Gael Monfils Copy Share Image
Songwriting becomes a conscious attempt to delve into the unconscious. Even those writers who scoff at the concept of a spiritual source… — Paul Zollo Copy Share Image
I don't wanna be Courtney Love, I wanna be Kurt Cobain. He's brilliant and his songs are genius. The Hole records are… — Taylor Momsen Copy Share Image
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I sang with a voice that was natural, and I liked the way I produced that sound. I thought of my other… — Danielle de Niese Copy Share Image
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