I really focused on rhythm guitar playing at first because it was important to know the song and chords first before taking… — Susan Tedeschi Copy Share Image
The simple fact was that if the song wasn't about me, I couldn't see how it could possibly be about anybody else,… — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
There is no one part of the brain which recognizes or responds emotionally to music. Instead, there are many different parts responding… — Oliver Sacks Copy Share Image
I can listen to the same song back-to-back for two to three hours straight. I'm not psycho; I swear. There are some… — Rami Malek Copy Share Image
When Kevin Brockmeier says, "Everything, given the possibility, would choose to be a song," I recognize the implicit truth of such a… — Jack Driscoll Copy Share Image
I had a dream that Louis Armstrong was playing the 'Swept Away' melody. I have no idea where it came from. But… — Scott Avett Copy Share Image
I can't say what people use the experience of listening to songs for, but I would never tell somebody what it is… — Mark Lanegan Copy Share Image
Beyond that, it gets down to the nuts and bolts of discipline - not a tradition or genre, I don't care about… — Vijay Iyer Copy Share Image
If you really want me to be safe, maybe it's time." "I'd just feel safer if you'd start sleeping in a coffin."… — Ellen Schreiber Copy Share Image
Despite the fact that Starbucks has grown to be a large company. We've always played music in our stores and has always… — Howard Schultz Copy Share Image
I don't consider myself very principled. As a travelling musician, you have to adapt and adjust to different contexts every day. It… — Moddi Copy Share Image
Lately, my mind is like an orchestra. If you don't have the conductor, you don't know what to do. One guy is… — Goran Ivanisevic Copy Share Image
I know there's bands that might write something that sounds like The Smiths, and they'll go, 'Oh, it sounds like The Smiths,… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
Music is an individual pursuit - it is made to please yourself first. The pleasure of other people is a byproduct of… — Greg Dulli Copy Share Image
It's my responsibility to show people that this music is something they can trust in and believe in, and it's not a… — Andrew W.K Copy Share Image
“To be a jazz freedom fighter is to attempt to galvanize and energize world-weary people into forms of organization with accountable leadership… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
“Unbelievable,” I said when it was done. And Brilliant and Audio crack and That one will be everyone’s breakup song, and so… — Kelley Eskridge Copy Share Image
When we first started playing shows, we were all 17. Everybody started somewhere. There were guys throwing shows in condemned houses and… — Sonny Sandoval Copy Share Image
But touch me, and no minister so sore. Whoe'er offends, at some unlucky time Slides into verse, and hitches in a rhyme,… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
I don't sleep with a violin in my bed, but there is something very magical about the instrument. You open up the… — Joshua Bell Copy Share Image
Everything comes from one thing, everything comes from the Spirit. Jazz would not exist had it not been for gospel music, the… — Ramsey Lewis Copy Share Image
But I think I'm on track to do something even bigger. I liberate minds with my music. That's more important than liberating… — Kanye West Copy Share Image
Dad wouldn't let me fool with his guitar much, because I'm left-handed, and I'd pick it up upside down. But I remember… — Don Everly Copy Share Image
Thanks to music I have found a deeper connection to an otherwise elusive God. Thru music I get to commune directly, and… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
In the earlier days I did most of the song writing by myself, and I got to a place in my life… — Jason Wade Copy Share Image
'Sixth Street' is probably a new chapter for me. All of the songs were written in my apartment where I'm most comfortable,… — Yuna Copy Share Image
More than any other drummer, Ringo Starr changed my life. The impact and memory of that band on Ed Sullivan Show in… — Max Weinberg Copy Share Image
Roaring like a tiger turns some children into pianists who debut at Carnegie Hall but only crushes others. Coddling gives some the… — Ayelet Waldman Copy Share Image
It was easy for people to be derisive about our music because they saw what we were doing as retro. But we… — Eric Carmen Copy Share Image
'Lucky Man' I wrote when I was twelve years old. I wrote it when I first was given a guitar by my… — Greg Lake Copy Share Image
In hip hop, it's a lot more about lacing a hot track. I start it, I help mix it, I help write… — Benny Blanco Copy Share Image
I'd break out in hives if I had to sing ('Stairway to Heaven') in every show. I wrote those lyrics and found… — Robert Plant Copy Share Image
I have always said that it is completely about the music, and I have never been interested in anything else. I think… — Amy Macdonald Copy Share Image
My duty moves along with my song: I am I am not: that is my destiny. I exist not if I do… — Pablo Neruda Copy Share Image
“Music makes me forget my real situation. It transports me into a state which is not my own. Under the influence of… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
I love Aerosmith. I love Guns N' Roses, AC/DC, anything from that era, Led Zeppelin. So my guitar style is very much… — Billy Unger Copy Share Image
I find myself improvising a lot. But, sometimes I'll come us with a chorus or just one line and it will sort… — Kate Brown Copy Share Image
The music business is about people. And I think thats why I disregard the business aspect of it so much, because I… — Hayley Williams Copy Share Image
Labels want to capture a certain market of kids and blah blah blah, and it's true, I just never think about that… — Marnie Stern Copy Share Image
I think a lot of times, artists and albums can become formulaic. You're known for a certain thing, and you continue to… — Eric Church Copy Share Image
