Hard rock will always be hard rock, but you don't really know what is rock - and what isn't - anymore. I… — Alice Cooper Copy Share Image
A song must move the story ahead. A song must take the place of dialogue. If a song halts the show, pushes… — Dorothy Fields Copy Share Image
I miss your laugh even though your from a different country when u last talked too me I smiled I miss u… — Courtney Hood Copy Share Image
Rock n' roll was one thing, and then they chopped off the 'roll' and called it 'rock,' which became a sort of… — Tom Petty Copy Share Image
See, in the rock bands and stuff I was in, I'd always been a fairly animated performer, but when I played jazz,… — Jamie Cullum Copy Share Image
“This Boston voice squeaking out its song. The yellow light goes out the window on the stubs of windy grass and black… — J.P. Donleavy Copy Share Image
I had a guitar sitting around, and it just happened to have four strings on it, and I would sit around watching… — Bill Orcutt Copy Share Image
Songs are snapshots of what you’re going through, and mine involve questioning, searching for completion, joy, and truth, and desperation for relief.… — Melissa Ferrick Copy Share Image
They lyrical content has grown more introspective and less abstract. I don't know if that's good or bad... Sometimes it feels a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Jazz is like a big secret club. The mainstream media doesn't pay any attention to it, it's like 1 percent of the… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
There's two facets to writing a song. There's you sitting in your room writing the sentiments of the song; the lyrics, the… — Nuno Bettencourt Copy Share Image
I guess this song isn't about anything necessarily sad, but it makes me sad just because it makes me think about how… — Caroline Polachek Copy Share Image
It's a great honor when somebody takes your song and does something different with it. That's what music is all about: to… — Laurent Brancowitz Copy Share Image
Squeezing yourself to ooze out the last ounce of sex allure is terribly hard. I'd like to do roles like Julie in… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
I've been through a lot of heartache in my day, and you turn to music to prop yourself up. It's a healing… — Nancy Wilson Copy Share Image
Sam loved to listen to music and make his own songs, to wear soft velvets, to play in the castle kitchen beside… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I wanted the past to go away, I wanted to leave it, like another country; I wanted my life to close, and… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
Drums all have their own particulars - each drum has a place where they sound the best - where they ring out… — Chad Smith Copy Share Image
You just do you like when you're doing any other song. It's nothing different. Some people are like "How's it like working… — B.J. The Chicago Kid Copy Share Image
I just can't stand the sound of my voice sometimes, or how my face looks. There are always a few times at… — Carrie-Anne Moss Copy Share Image
I started studying music at the age of five and a half. My older sister was taking piano lessons. When her teacher… — Marvin Hamlisch Copy Share Image
I sang a song in Hindi; nobody even knew what that was. Singing about Native American issues, nobody did that... I had… — Buffy Sainte-Marie Copy Share Image
When you're writing songs for yourself, as all artists do, it's about 'me.' It's about what you feel and your emotions. You're… — Curt Smith Copy Share Image
Everybody's family plays them music, and my grandma used to play a lot of old-school stuff, like Ron Isley and Gladys Knight.… — Bryson Tiller Copy Share Image
It would have been better if the first album sold well, the second sold better and the third really took off. Maybe… — Jani Lane Copy Share Image
“He laughs and turns up the music so that I can hear it in the back. The speakers blast out: ‘Streets like… — Harry Shaw Copy Share Image
As a youngster when I started writing and stuff, I did actually write more from other people's perspectives. When I hit 18… — Sam Smith Copy Share Image
“I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to infuse strength… — Sarah Ban Breathnach Copy Share Image
Blues was my first love. It was the first thing where I said, 'Oh man, this is the stuff.' It just sounded… — Carlos Santana Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, you would put on a KISS record or a UFO or Aerosmith record and listen to it… — Steven Adler Copy Share Image
I just play the music that I love with musicians that I respect, and fortunately, I'm in a position where people are… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
What I find really interesting about our songs is that one part might sound completely different from another, but they fit together… — Fab Moretti Copy Share Image
The relationship in Pantera and with Damageplan is the opposite of the traditional rhythm section. It's me and Dime, not the bass,… — Vinnie Paul Copy Share Image
Milton, of all people, gave the most perfect definition of the state of mind required to play jazz: ' with wanton heed… — Paul Desmond Copy Share Image
Weirdly, by the way,[Bob] Dylan also managed to write several beautiful love songs, like "To Make You Feel My Love" (covered by… — Jay Michaelson Copy Share Image
Being associated with songs that push boundaries is amazing. If the rest of my career consists of a majority of songs that… — Sid Sriram Copy Share Image
After playing so many songs in churches for eight or nine years, I've learned what songs people react to. Then I just… — John Tesh Copy Share Image
I'm not the kind of guy who walks around with a notebook writing lyrics. For me, melody and song structure come first… — Cary Brothers Copy Share Image
I got thrust a guitar by my mum as a little kid and always played it. I sort of fell in and… — Ben Howard Copy Share Image
It is important for the musician to learn as much about the composer as possible and to study the music he has… — Vladimir Horowitz Copy Share Image