I sense the world might be more dreamlike, metaphorical, and poetic than we currently believe--but just as irrational as sympathetic magic when… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
You need to get outside of your comfort zone to write songs that are interesting, songs that are compelling, songs that are… — Macklemore Copy Share Image
Of all the girls I ever knew some loved and some denied me And all the words I ever said have been… — Al Stewart Copy Share Image
There are a lot of musicians who are still desperately trying to pretend that it's 1998 and by having a huge marketing… — Moby Copy Share Image
We got the bubble headed bleached blonde comes on at five, She can tell you 'bout the plane crash with a gleam… — Don Henley Copy Share Image
“Displaced Person’s Song If you see a train this evening, Far away, against the sky, Lie down in your woolen blanket, Sleep… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
I can make a record with six-part string arrangements and the best musicians in the world and have it be not genuine.… — Julien Baker Copy Share Image
I started out in a professional choir at 13 years old. We traveled to different places, and I had a close relationship… — Yolanda Adams Copy Share Image
I can tell what inspired the songs for me, or what I was thinking and feeling at the time. But I don't… — Nicholas Thorburn Copy Share Image
Those two songs condense the two albums. They also show what the audiences wanted. I was desperate to keep the band together… — Randy Bachman Copy Share Image
“...music does not mean anything at all. You cannot ask it to speak to you in such concrete terms. It can evoke,… — Imogen Robertson Copy Share Image
I think that if people realize that with an mp3, you're only getting five percent of the sound that's there. But when… — Tom Petty Copy Share Image
I had to resign myself, many years ago, that I'm not too articulate when it comes to explaining how I feel about… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
I truly believed that tonight would never happen, that I would never sing these songs to you again. But then I'm a… — George Michael Copy Share Image
I don't write all my stuff. Everybody always thinks that. But in just about every album I've ever had has been about… — Alan Jackson Copy Share Image
There's a feeling that you get when you write songs where... it feels like it's destined to do something. Then sometimes you… — Bonnie McKee Copy Share Image
When you're in a band it's a 24/7 thing. If you don't get on or like each other things will fall apart… — Keren Woodward Copy Share Image
I think that we just take our time with everything. We don't feel that there's a rush to become something that we're… — Theresa Wayman Copy Share Image
I was raised in a musical house. Marvin Gaye. Boyz II Men. Jodeci. My mom always played that Toni Braxton song, 'Un-Break… — Lou Williams Copy Share Image
I write poetry because I can’t disobey the impulse; it would be like blocking a spring that surges up in my throat.… — Gabriela Mistral Copy Share Image
All I know is when I start getting serious about songwriting... it's like a playground. All responsibilities slip away and you're with… — Laura Nyro Copy Share Image
I love punk rock, The Clash, The Ramones, The Cramps. I love where it all came from, and music for my ears… — Imelda May Copy Share Image
The first record we made in three days. We literally stayed up for three days making the first album. It was crazy,… — John Rzeznik Copy Share Image
Because of my register, Miles Davis' trumpet playing has always been a big influence on my singing. I've always been intrigued by… — Philip Bailey Copy Share Image
Music can also be a sensual pleasure, like eating food or sex. But its highest vibration for me is that point of… — Terry Riley Copy Share Image
Before you worry about what genre it is, about whether it's a loop or a drum, it's about what suits the song.… — Beth Orton Copy Share Image
I was a huge Beatles fan. We could talk about who I listened to growing up and what my sources were, but… — James Taylor Copy Share Image
Usually, no one quite knew where Django Reinhardt was going to be, but I met his brother and about an hour later… — Charlie Byrd Copy Share Image
Right now the day length is exactly the same as in spring when birds key into it and begin singing. The birds… — Craig Thompson Copy Share Image
I mean even I don't know how to buy music online. I go on a music- streaming site or an online music… — Badshah Copy Share Image
People have often assumed that for music to be emotionally powerful it has to come directly from a human hand, whereas I… — Squarepusher Copy Share Image
I have been tied up with music for about as long as I can remember. By the time I was four I… — Mary Lou Williams Copy Share Image
I have always felt compassion for the planet. Sometime I just start to get emotional. I cry because I can almost feel… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
It depends who they are. If it's Mick (Jagger) or the Old Guard as I call them, yeah, they're the Old Guard.… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
I did not know what metal was, so I never headbanged before... I used to have muscle pain that lasted three days...… — Yui Mizuno Copy Share Image
I feel like there isn't as much mystery to music anymore. That could be a good thing or a bad thing. There… — Jason Wade Copy Share Image
I work a couple of hours a day with a guitar or pushing words around, so over time I have a lot… — Gord Downie Copy Share Image
My family is very musical, I was surrounded by it. And from four years old I was the one that asked my… — John Legend Copy Share Image
Funk could very easily be called jazz, but you call it funk. Does that really matter? People dig that they associate themselves… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
You know when I really realized like 'wow' what a gift this is was when I sang at camp and a girl… — Charles King Copy Share Image
