“Somewhere outside, a goldfinch was singing. Or maybe it was a song sparrow. My dad tried to teach me different kinds of… — Jenny Han Copy Share Image
I've found that little kids show a more distinct reaction when the songs are ones that everyone can enjoy together. Because people's… — Yunho Copy Share Image
This is a catastrophic universe, always; and subject to hidden reversals, upheavals, changes, cataclysms, with joy never anything but the song of… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
When I was 16 or 17 I heard the Count Basie band with Jo Jones and Lester Young and Herschel Evans and… — Illinois Jacquet Copy Share Image
It's like being in the position of - in half of the industry's mind, you're kind of a cult-following, independent rocker. And… — Ben Folds Copy Share Image
In my bachelor days, I had a small upright piano in my kitchen. It cost £10 from eBay plus £70 delivery. It… — Jamie Cullum Copy Share Image
And then all the host of Rohan burst into song, and they sang as they slew, for the joy of battle was… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Learning to play the guitar is a combination of mental and motor skill acquisition. And to develop motor skill, repetition is essential...… — Howard Roberts Copy Share Image
Jazz is an endless source of ideas, because you can use anything. You can play operatic arias. You can incorporate them into… — Sonny Rollins Copy Share Image
I dont like to waste notes, not even one. I like to put the right note in the right place, and my… — Johnny Marr Copy Share Image
What is it that makes you want to write songs? In a way you want to stretch yourself into other people’s hearts.… — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
My own introduction to music came quite early. My father didn't have much of an education, but he was keen for me… — Roger Taylor Copy Share Image
Kurt Cobain was Nirvana. He named the band, hired its members, played guitar, wrote the songs, fronted the band onstage and in… — Courtney Love Copy Share Image
Song writing is about the male-female relationship. Yes, there are songs of, of brotherhood and politics but very rarely do we write… — Jeff Barry Copy Share Image
“I want to create moonglasses, and then write a song called, "I Wear My Moonglasses at Noon." Hopefully, with a little lunar… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
If anything, my problem is, I'm not a genius, it's just that I can write songs very quick. I have a lot… — Gary Louris Copy Share Image
When I was 6, 7 years old, I was raised on all the old-school stuff. My momma used to play oldies in… — Jay Rock Copy Share Image
If I could express the same thing with words as with music, I would, of course, use a verbal expression. Music is… — Jean Sibelius Copy Share Image
“It was generally believed, said Theophilus, that Orpheus learned his music from the birds. His small voice, piping after theirs, filled with… — Ann Wroe Copy Share Image
I remember singing around the house to records that were playing. All kinds of music. And the great James Cleveland was often… — Aretha Franklin Copy Share Image
It's nice to know that you're worth something and music really does put that kind of light back into you. Well, it… — Joss Stone Copy Share Image
Usually, I create tunes that are fragmented. I think the biggest obstacle for people with their creativity is that they feel they… — Jeff Mangum Copy Share Image
“Wenner’s unabashed idol worship had so often embarrassed them—starfucker, they grumbled behind his back—but now here he was with an actual Beatle.… — Joe Hagan Copy Share Image
I moved to Naples, Florida, and by 15 I was into punk: Green Day, Rancid, NOFX, Operation Ivy. Along with the classic… — Laura Jane Grace Copy Share Image
When I was small, my parents came back from Tijuana, and my dad bought me a very small acoustic guitar. I loved… — Diane Warren Copy Share Image
Look how the smaller birds greet the sun, with so much merry chirruping and so much outpouring of song! It is their… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
I had always sung, as far back as I can remember, for the pure love of it. My voice was contralto, and… — Enrico Caruso Copy Share Image
My family, my fans and yes, romance is always there in one way or another. Life is full of these emotions and… — Marc Anthony Copy Share Image
I'm a co-writer, publisher of that song ["Right Now" ], so for it to get accepted, we had to sign off on… — Sammy Hagar Copy Share Image
For the record, I am not an admitted homosexual, nor am I a homosexual, though I do know the lyrics to every… — John Podhoretz Copy Share Image
To evade such temptations is the first duty of the poet. For as the ear is the antechamber to the soul, poetry… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
To do a musical takes a tremendous amount of energy because you have to act and sing at the same time. And… — Alan Alda Copy Share Image
The first thing I learned was the 'St Louis Blues' when I was eight. Both my grandmothers, my mother and uncle played… — Jools Holland Copy Share Image
All the songs are written from the perspective of a person, being me, who had trouble with some of the big questions… — Sune Rose Wagner Copy Share Image
Recognizing that the world is governed by a minority, the sexually active, and that they hold sway of a huge majority of… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
People have been rumouring that Queen are going to split up for the last eight years at least. I've got some great… — Brian May Copy Share Image
I became Fantastic Negrito, and I felt like there was a rawness and an honesty in that music that I could relate… — Fantastic Negrito Copy Share Image
I always write the lyrics first. There are one or two exceptions over the years, but that's pretty much the way it's… — Bruce Cockburn Copy Share Image
A songwriter's heart is pure when they have the desire to keep digging deeper into music. And invariably, when you dig deeper… — Jack White Copy Share Image
I find it interesting when I look back at songs and it's what I've been thinking and feeling for the past two… — Elena Tonra Copy Share Image
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