When you are happy, you enjoy music, when you are sad, you understand lyrics — Frank Ocean Copy Share Image
I can't bear a trite lyric: sometimes this can be overlooked, but rarely. — Liza Tarbuck Copy Share Image
It's a hobby for me, but I'm never alone if there's a guitar there. — Alex O'Loughlin Copy Share Image
Deny yourself! You must deny yourself! That is the song that never ends. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Between my brother and a family of musicians/writers who constantly blasted Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello and Tom Petty, I was a mutt. — Matthew Koma Copy Share Image
My favorite piece [piece of music] is the one we hear all the time if we are quiet. — John Cage Copy Share Image
Everything for you, for you dear Ani Lorak everything you wish but first sing a song of wish — Oksana Serdyuk Copy Share Image
I had to learn chord shapes. I bought books with chord charts. I used to listen to all kinds of pop music. — Mick Taylor Copy Share Image
My parents were what I like to call proper musical fans. Lots of Sondheim was played in the car. — Daniel Radcliffe Copy Share Image
When it comes to lyrics, I just write down a lot of things, and only a very tiny fraction of it, I… — Matt Berninger Copy Share Image
You don't really hear a female perspective on the radio, because so many of the songs are being written by men. — Shirley Manson Copy Share Image
Karl Johnson, my first piano player at Milt Trenier's, he just swung really hard and gave me a sense of really belonging… — Kurt Elling Copy Share Image
First of all, I've been having a wonderful run of luck with cover albums, songs I didn't write. I had five pop… — Barry Manilow Copy Share Image
People have always been resistant to change. If you go back to the 17th, 18th century, playing guitar was frowned upon. When… — Moby Copy Share Image
Jonas' music is inspiring, energizing, and spiritually uplifting. A brilliant songwriter, he writes music that reaches deep into the soul and awakens… — Marci Shimoff Copy Share Image
“In music, recording, writing, photography, design, film-making and any other creative endeavour, it may be true that anyone can do it, but… — Marcus Gray Copy Share Image
I love writing with Colbie [Caillat]. We have something very magical together that's difficult to describe. We're very comfortable with each other,… — Jason Reeves Copy Share Image
I like to make people dream and think and imagine and learn and study. Nowadays, music is so literal - it's telling… — Dawn Angelique Copy Share Image
A label's typical plan would be to put something out that's safer and get fans, and then push buttons, but my idea… — Kacey Musgraves Copy Share Image
My ultimate, ultimate go-to is 'The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill.' I grew up on that. I feel like it's an anthem for… — Naomi Ackie Copy Share Image
My earliest memory of music has to be watching my mother play the santoor. — Ananya Birla Copy Share Image
You write a lot of bad songs before you write good ones. It takes time! — Taylor Momsen Copy Share Image
Normal people listen to music, people with broken hearts listen to lyrics :) — Karan Paul Copy Share Image
You must remember I grew up around music. Three of my family were musicians. — Lori Singer Copy Share Image
The 'Jonny Quest' theme had a huge influence on me while I was growing up. — Michael Giacchino Copy Share Image
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