A strong concept is the most important thing in creating a record. When you can listen to it and see a whole… — Flying Lotus Copy Share Image
If I was writing a song one night, I would leave the studio and come back the next day, and if I… — Trentemøller Copy Share Image
I always say it took me 10 minutes to write 'Cars,' but if I am honest it could have been even less… — Gary Numan Copy Share Image
I've been writing songs all along, and since moving to Nashville in the late-'80s, I'd begun writing something like 15-20 songs a… — Bernie Leadon Copy Share Image
I think I've always been extremely conscious of the kind of empowerment that comes from realizing that you're in a position to… — J. Robbins Copy Share Image
Mrs. Nixon and I share the sorrow of millions of Americans at the death of Louis Armstrong. One of the architects of… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
Most songs I write are spur-of-the-moment-type things. I have to be spontaneous. If not, songwriting can bore me. There is no pre-design… — Anthony Hamilton Copy Share Image
I think looking at as, "Bands that release their music for free online only make their money from playing live," is not… — Jeff Rosenstock Copy Share Image
Our dad was a singer and keyboardist and was in bands throughout his whole life. He was in a band called Sweathog… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
“Music has the power to stop time. When I listen to songs, I'm transported back to the moment of their birth, which… — Questlove Copy Share Image
Precisely because we do not communicate by singing, a song can be out of place but not out of character; it is… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
“I would often sit in the corner of the room wearing Dad's massive headphones, carefully replaying the records time after time. It… — Simon Pegg Copy Share Image
There's times, in certain songs, that I might be in my own world, and who cares about who's out there, you know?… — Jimmy Scott Copy Share Image
My father had left behind an old piano. My sister was already going to school, my mother was out working, and I… — Michel Legrand Copy Share Image
Whither away, Bluebird, Whither away? The blast is chill, yet in the upper sky Thou still canst find the color of thy… — Edmund Clarence Stedman Copy Share Image
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Even now, when you get love, you see Radha. Become Radha and be saved. There is no other way, Christians do not… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
When I perform, I simply follow the music, and my heart; everything comes from me in a very natural way - it's… — Lang Lang Copy Share Image
“Whenever a noise exceeds our processing abilities—we can’t decipher all the different sound waves hitting our hair cells— the mind . .… — Brian Boyd Copy Share Image
It was my 16th birthday - my mom and dad gave me my Goya classical guitar that day. I sat down, wrote… — Stevie Nicks Copy Share Image
You can only release music so often. You have albums and the whole cycles and everything like that, so covers are a… — Chrissy Costanza Copy Share Image
My songs are the reflection of how I think and how I feel in that moment. But I'm conscious of the fact… — Shakira Copy Share Image
You can't walk into Wal-Mart and just walk out with a TV - you can't just download a TV. So don't go… — Scarface Copy Share Image
I think the best way to listen to my music is through recording. I would love to be one of those artists… — Willis Earl Beal Copy Share Image
There's an easy way to tell if you have a good song. You get hit in the head with a message, and… — John Waite Copy Share Image
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It disturbed me that the music industry had gone down the drain, even though people were listening to more music than ever… — Daniel Ek Copy Share Image
You're always moving and thinking about a whole bunch of things. But those traits work well for me in studios and in… — will.i.am Copy Share Image
My character on 'I'm In the Band,' Derek Jupiter of Iron Weasel, is definitely one of the crazier ones. That's completely on… — Steve Valentine Copy Share Image
[John Coltrane] liked my qualities as a person and that's the reason why he let me play with him. It wasn't what… — Pharoah Sanders Copy Share Image
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I don't think about whether it's gonna be a dance record or a ballad or anything when I'm making music. I sit… — Sam Smith Copy Share Image
“And now above and beyond the birds' song, Andy hears a more distant singing, whether of voices or instruments, sounds or words,… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
I'm not a fan of the Eagles, but I've watched their documentary numerous times and everyone who's watched it with me has… — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
I have to feel connected before I record and the song has to spark something inside me. Very few songs do that.… — Britney Spears Copy Share Image
Listen to the great guitarists of the Fifties. They didn't do that nasty sort of industrial distortion. They played musical compositions as… — Jeff Beck Copy Share Image
I really look forward to revisiting this body of work which has been such a huge part of my life and bringing… — Danny Elfman Copy Share Image
You got to look the part. You have to look like all the successful rock bands look. This is what they do.… — Sonny Sandoval Copy Share Image
“Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the… — Plato Copy Share Image
Music critics have made it quite clear that any composer who ever contributed a four-bar jingle to a film was to be… — Andre Previn Copy Share Image
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