I'm moved by song lyrics, particularly Tom Waits' 'Take It With Me.' It's about a man on his deathbed, wanting to take… — Paul Young Copy Share Image
One of the biggest wake-up calls of my career was when I saw a record contract. I said, 'Wait - you sell… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
My father was a part of that generation, and my mother, too - the late-'30s, early-'40s big-band generation. Frank Sinatra, Art Blakey,… — Donovan Copy Share Image
My music has a high irritation factor. I've always tried to say something. Eccentric lyrics about eccentric people. Often it was is… — Randy Newman Copy Share Image
Sometimes an idea from six years ago will come to me out of the blue. And maybe I haven't even seen the… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
All my earlier awards were for a particular film or a song. Even the Oscar or the Grammy was for a particular… — Gulzar Copy Share Image
My favorite song I ever wrote is 'Yeah 3x' because it was my first placement. It was with a great artist, Chris… — Sevyn Streeter Copy Share Image
A lot of people are like, "How are you going to re-do it?" I'm not worried about what people are going to… — Justin Vernon Copy Share Image
Belly made me aware that you could write songs that were mysterious or vulnerable. Their guitar-led music was in some ways very… — Corinne Bailey Rae Copy Share Image
“Death is never more than a breath away from the act of playing music. Each note on a guitar represents a small… — Andy Summers Copy Share Image
I suppose my job is to describe spaces that are honest to me. And the goal, I suppose, is that the listener… — Jacob Collier Copy Share Image
I know my fans look up to me and that's why I make my songs so personal; it's all about things I've… — Avril Lavigne Copy Share Image
At heart I've always been a music fan. That part of me has never changed since I was a little kid, sitting… — Elton John Copy Share Image
I just found out last week - my sister told me - that my father had some Beatles records. So I must… — Sheryl Lee Copy Share Image
A lot of my songs, they're like puzzle pieces, and there's just one way to put them together. You could, if you… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
I had success. I had a number one record. I had a number one album. I have to make this kind of… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
I'm just trying to make my favorite music. That's how I work; I just do things based on the way they feel… — Rick Rubin Copy Share Image
“Poem of the Song About Hope" I. Give me lilies, lilies, And roses too. But if you have no lilies Or roses… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
The thing I loved about my old punk band, it wasn't really about being vulnerable, it was about shouting and being fun… — MO Copy Share Image
There's always stuff to write about. So it's very gratifying on a lot of levels. This is stuff I got asked over… — Lucinda Williams Copy Share Image
I don't know how old I was when I first started going to shows, maybe 14 or 15, but very quickly, I… — Beto O'Rourke Copy Share Image
“All the proper bands from then, when we were kids, yeah? The Rubettes and Mud and Chicory Tip. Yeah. Not like the… — Stewart Lee Copy Share Image
I wrote a song about how I hated Wednesdays, and I played it at my school talent show. It definitely made people… — Noah Kahan Copy Share Image
I think songwriters are more related to fiction writers. The Odyssey was a story in song. To me, that's so beautiful, all… — Regina Spektor Copy Share Image
“Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed and in such desperate enterprises? If a man does not keep pace… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I usually speak with all my drummers so that I write my songs with them in mind, and we'll have bass sounds,… — Bat for Lashes Copy Share Image
I was thinking a little bit about this very thing - poetry and music - the other day when I was listening… — Matthew Zapruder Copy Share Image
It's not all that different with the orchestra. There are orchestras that seem to be encased in dough, so that first you… — Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Copy Share Image
I would imagine after the first recording session with Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller and Atlantic Records I began to realize that… — Ben E. King Copy Share Image
“I hope that one day, I can again believe in you and sing a song for you while holding you in my… — Bhuwan Thapaliya Copy Share Image
All power is God's power; we are only vehicles. He pulsates in our hearts. He breathes through us. He sings a thousand… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A lot of people are promoting records that are just throw-it-agains t-the-wall-see- if-it-sticks meaningless bullshit. Everybody has the responsibility to do the… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
When I've met people that work in any walk of life they say, "If it wasn't for punk I wouldn't be doing… — Steve Diggle Copy Share Image
Between childhood, boyhood, adolescence and manhood (maturity) there should be sharp lines drawn with tests, deaths, feats, rites, stories, songs, and judgments. — Jim Morrison Copy Share Image
My dad was into the 1950s doo-wop era. If you look at those groups, or at James Brown, Jackie Wilson and the… — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
The creation of art is not the fulfillment of a need but the creation of a need. The world never needed Beethoven's… — Louis Kahn Copy Share Image
I fell for her in summer, my lovely summer girl, From summer she is made, my lovely summer girl, I’d love to… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
I started playing ukulele first for 2 years from age 9 to 11 and got my first guitar and got inspired by… — Johnny Winter Copy Share Image
Classical musicians do this all the time. They want perfection. So they piece things together. Eight bars of this and six bars… — John Abercrombie Copy Share Image
When I was 15, I begged my grandfather to give me this guitar he'd always had in the back of his closet.… — Valerie June Copy Share Image
