“It's sad how things devolve, how if you hear just the early part of Freddie and Veronica's story, this romantic romp between… — Michele Young-Stone Copy Share Image
I think you have to satisfy yourself first and foremost. There have been records I've been really, really pleased with that haven't… — Paul Weller Copy Share Image
If I wanted to make a quick buck, there's far easier ways of doing it. What I want is to provoke people.… — Avicii Copy Share Image
The songs are not necessarily autobiographical. A lot of songs are a combination of influences. It might be some part of my… — Tracy Chapman Copy Share Image
There's a variety and depth to the song topics I get to write about in children's music and books: being able to… — Lisa Loeb Copy Share Image
I've always thought that a lot of really good writers go wrong by getting so into the craft and the technique and… — Patterson Hood Copy Share Image
When you play the old songs, it's awesome and I love it, but it's not work because everyone already knows it and… — Shwayze Copy Share Image
But when I was 12 or 13, I found the acoustic guitar and got into guitar music ultimately, like Black Motorcycle Club,… — Jade Bird Copy Share Image
My first love in music was jazz, but I like it all," "I reacted emotionally to Art Blakey and, of course, to… — Larry Carlton Copy Share Image
As soon as one of my records goes on, it makes a vast portion of the public nervous. They get spooked by… — Nick Lowe Copy Share Image
I always write to the moment. I've always been that kind of emcee. I don't wanna come in with all the paperwork… — Raekwon Copy Share Image
One of the songs that stayed in my head that I really considered a lot was an old folk song called 'John… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
It's challenging to open for someone: You've got to prep the audience, get them in the mood, and get their attention if… — Dua Lipa Copy Share Image
Tis a morning pure and sweet, And a dewy splendour falls On the little flower that clings To the turrets and the… — Alfred Lord Tennyson Copy Share Image
I mean, I wasn't fortunate enough to have ever experienced starting out with a band and sticking with them, so that would… — David Berman Copy Share Image
Albom with Trent Willmon is the first project that I haven't had to scrap money together for. The is the first time… — Curtis Grimes Copy Share Image
“So sweet is this song that no one could resist it. For in it is all the passionate ache for the moonlight,… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
I just find that with music I've always felt a sort of comfort."Paranoid Android" was the saddest song I'd ever heard in… — Aaron Bruno Copy Share Image
Every modulated sound is not a song, and every voice that executes a beautiful air does not sing. Singing should enchant. But… — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
I think each album does have a different energy, otherwise you'd be doing the same thing again and not experimenting anew... Albums… — Kate Bush Copy Share Image
“The hand on my hair moved to my back, and I realized someone was singing softly. The voice was familiar, and something… — Rachel Hawkins Copy Share Image
He was my North, my South, my East and West, My working week and my Sunday rest, My noon, my midnight, my… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
The fourth album encapsulated some remarkable music that was really groundbreaking. We were able to have something like 'When the Levee Breaks,'… — Jimmy Page Copy Share Image
Mortal City was really influenced by geography. [The song] "The Ocean" is the Pacific Northwest. Southern California and New York also figure… — Dar Williams Copy Share Image
The humor of jazz is rich and many-sided. Some of it is obvious enough to make a dog laugh. Some is subtle,… — Bix Beiderbecke Copy Share Image
Baking is more like chemistry, following certain instructions and knowing what comes out in the end. It's almost reassuring! Songwriting is a… — Alice Merton Copy Share Image
If there is a record I don't have, I haven't heard it yet. My collection is always growing, but I can't really… — Grandmaster Flash Copy Share Image
I'm very expressive. Expressing my emotions and experiences through music has always been an important outlet for me. Many of my songs… — Avril Lavigne Copy Share Image
One good thing about a good book or a good film, or maybe even a song, I'm not a musician but I… — Kleber Mendonca Filho Copy Share Image
Truth of the matter is, jazz is American music. And that doesn't mean bebop. Jazz is really about improvising. All the music… — Jaimoe Copy Share Image
“I thought I could let you go I thought that you could leave and know The time we took would fade But… — Kylie Scott Copy Share Image
People wonder if the Pearl Jam audience will get into The Buzzcocks. Eddie Vedder is a big Buzzcocks fan. He used to… — Steve Diggle Copy Share Image
It's funny because you do often read in recounts of very famous albums, people tend to focus on mistakes in really positive… — Zach Condon Copy Share Image
I don't think there's any way it could have failed. We don't know failure in this band. We didn't know failure. We… — Roger Daltrey Copy Share Image
To say that the Afro American created jazz doesn't mean anything bad about Anglo Americans, and I always teach my younger jazz… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
I breathe you in with smoke in the backyard lights. We used to laugh until we choked into the wasted nights. It… — She's_gone Copy Share Image
Looks like my baby dont live here no more...thats alright, ive still got my guitar..I might as well go back over yonder,… — Jimi Hendrix Copy Share Image
“What did you do in your songs? I don’t know, I’ll never know, you say. Someone else will write them about me,… — Alice Notley Copy Share Image
I love melody, and that's what I love about pop music. The words can become what they are through a special melody.… — Anna Ternheim Copy Share Image
I don't physically put Appetite For Destruction in and listen to it, but I hear it on the radio or at sporting… — Slash Copy Share Image