I am a songwriter. I do get to put my personal experiences in song. — Melissa Etheridge Copy Share Image
I love deejaying, of course; that's where my heart and my passion is. — Little Louie Vega Copy Share Image
The great songs just come out. If it comes quick, just leave it that way. — Marty Robbins Copy Share Image
You want songs to sound cohesive with the other songs on the record but when you first start writing you just want… — Jon Foreman Copy Share Image
You can tell the difference between songs that were created in a garage and songs that were created in the studio. — Gary Cherone Copy Share Image
“I asked for the music, then invited it to enter my body and find the broken and sore places and restore them” — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
The experimentation that I do has a lot to do with tunes and pitches and ways that melodies are put together. — Paul Lansky Copy Share Image
“Clive remained behind Simon’s knees. Simon’s Knees . . . What a great name for a band.” — Alice Clayton Copy Share Image
My childhood was full of Salil Chowdhary, R.D. Burman and Madan Mohan sahab. My father used to play with them and I… — Jeet Gannguli Copy Share Image
Every time you write a song, you're looking for some sort of perfection, and you never quite reach it. You're always looking… — Alex Turner Copy Share Image
I didn't really know what I was doing when I started. I just started writing songs. After two songs I just continued… — Neil Young Copy Share Image
Berry Gordy has always been this hazy legendary figure that I've known about in my childhood that was responsible for everything that… — Brandon Victor Dixon Copy Share Image
Every song is a piece to the puzzle. On my album theres no shoot em up bang bang, no partying all crazy… — Yung Berg Copy Share Image
I read every book there was on jazz, about the original players - King Oliver, Buddy Bolden and all those groups. At… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
After my mother passed away, I felt as though I would never have a relationship as strong as the one that I… — Amber Mark Copy Share Image
Perhaps within the next hundred years, science will perfect a process of thought transference from composer to listener. The composer will sit… — Raymond Scott Copy Share Image
Give me bitter years of sickness, Suffocation, insomnia, fever, Take my child and my lover, And my mysterious gift of song This… — Anna Akhmatova Copy Share Image
Sometimes if the point of a piece of music is to open a conversation with other people, it's really hard to open… — Hilary Hahn Copy Share Image
I used to listen to so much doo-wop, and I've talked a lot about gospel music, but I realised a lot of… — Jason Pierce Copy Share Image
Band of Skulls is joining Cage the Elephant as my new musical caffeine. — Michael Koryta Copy Share Image
Penitentiary songs have been a love of mine for years. They are so wonderful. — Marianne Faithfull Copy Share Image
There's always people who came 600 miles to hear the song you didn't play. — Dar Williams Copy Share Image
I'm not putting pressure on myself, all I know is I want to do music. — Melanie Brown Copy Share Image