I used to watch my father play the guitar and sing when I was a little boy. By the time I was… — Trini Lopez Copy Share Image
Hanoi Rocks was our baby and we were the core and we started the band. All those years that went to waste… — Michael Monroe Copy Share Image
There's always a spot, any time we make a new record, where I literally go back to Judas Priest and Motorhead because… — Lzzy Hale Copy Share Image
Like everybody else, I love a good pop song. You know, there's nothing like it. I also just really like music that… — Lee Ranaldo Copy Share Image
Down is an incredibly important band to me. And there's one other project that may be a little tough for people to… — Phil Anselmo Copy Share Image
All my records were dance-oriented, and all the hassle with major labels about changing my records, release dates, videos - everything was… — Hardwell Copy Share Image
I'm obsessed with the science of music. I'm obsessed with the way you can string notes together and they can do something,… — Jason Pierce Copy Share Image
One has to completely humiliate oneself to be what the Beatles were . . . . It happened bit by bit, until… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
When I was in 4th, 5th, and 6th grade, Green Day was my formative entry to punk. I wish I could say… — Julien Baker Copy Share Image
Why are bands like Black Flag allowed to write a song about drinking beer, and they're cult and amazing, and then you… — Ellie Rowsell Copy Share Image
“You ease a record from its cover. It's years since you've held one but you do this without thinking. Slide your fingers… — Rachel Joyce Copy Share Image
When I start working on a batch of tunes - like roughly 10 solid tunes - I always know there'll be another… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
It was an honor to work with Samantha Morton on this Casablanca-esque, silent-film-esque, Americana photobooth Woolworth's hay day period piece of surrealism/… — Alison Mosshart Copy Share Image
I named it that because more or less each person from the band used to play in other bands and when we… — Roy Wood Copy Share Image
There are a few things that I will hopefully be credited for as a pioneer. One is my four-mallet playing. Another one… — Gary Burton Copy Share Image
I was really into Black Sabbath, but heavy guitars can really be very limiting, it's a great frequency and it's great fun… — Kip Winger Copy Share Image
I was working for Alan Lomax in the Library of Congress folk song archive, and starting to realize what a wealth of… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
When I sit down with a guitar to write a song, or when going into a recording studio, the focus is really… — Brad Paisley Copy Share Image
When I write in the studio, I tend to gravitate toward the ability to play really loud, aggressive, post-punk stuff, with big,… — Tom DeLonge Copy Share Image
“It's like the silence that follows the beautiful song. Or the darkness that follows the glitter in the air. He knew what… — Lisa Schroeder Copy Share Image
“Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They… — Charlie Parker 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… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
The morning is full of storm in the heart of summer. The clouds travel like white handkerchiefs of goodbye, the wind, travelling,… — Pablo Neruda Copy Share Image
You could say that too much time has passed for us to take up new styles so it's entirely up to us… — Seungri Copy Share Image
Of Montreal's early releases were loaded with playful but confessional acoustic tunes, but the band soon embraced glam-rock's freakier side on albums… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
Every single song I've ever written is sung by a character created by somebody else. Some might have a jaundiced view of… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
Depeche Mode have never got over their teenage awkwardness with each other. We're still like that. Mates but not mates. That awkwardness… — Dave Gahan Copy Share Image
I learned by transcribing songs out of the Library of Congress collection in Washington where I was working. I got a job… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
“The aim and final reason of all music should be none else but the glory of God and refreshing the soul. Where… — Johann Sebastian Bach Copy Share Image
I dont know, I guess weve never been one of those bands that makes most of their income from CD sales. We… — Medeski Martin And Wood Copy Share Image
I just write songs from the heart, and you never know who'll like the songs. I try to make sure that I… — Ester Dean Copy Share Image
I saw my dad doing it and thought to myself, 'I can do that.' I would be backstage watching him and running… — Andy Grammer Copy Share Image
In the old days, people shared music; they didn't care who made it. A song would be owned by a village, and… — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share Image
I think that the world is full of really, really good musicians, but that's not necessarily my motivation for having people involved.… — Devin Townsend Copy Share Image
We became friends as we became a band. Our friendship evolved as the band evolved. It had its ups and downs, but… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You know how kids will wait outside after a gig and try to get an autograph from the band? I would do… — John 5 Copy Share Image
If we could sell 100,000 units every album, that would rock. We'd have a big cult following, we'd have a built-in fanbase… — Dustin Diamond Copy Share Image
The stainless-steel frets were a major breakthrough, because of the amount of playing and bending that I do. I have to get… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
I have an independent record label called Favored Nations on which I released an album by an artist called Johnny A, who… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
Although I don't come from a musical background, I was given piano lessons along with my sisters, but I wasn't what you… — Vonda Shepard Copy Share Image
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