“Here's a song, here's another, here's a third...now go on and write a story.” — Johnny Marr Copy Share Image
The skin of all of us is responsive to gypsy songs and military marches. — Jean Cocteau Copy Share Image
“Well, I wrote that song for the village, but I wrote this one for the sky.” — Rich Mullins Copy Share Image
Everybody knows the story of The Smiths. You can still go and see Morrissey. — Jack Lowden Copy Share Image
The affairs of music ought, somehow, to terminate in the love of the beautiful. — Plato Copy Share Image
I'm a musical geek. It's like there's this big, wild universe in my head, and I love to express it. — Labrinth Copy Share Image
I want to cultivate my own sound in my own atmosphere, where the clock is not running. — John Rzeznik Copy Share Image
When you're remaking it, you shouldn't disrespect the original song. I think, that's why filmmakers want me to recreate songs, because I'm… — Tanishk Bagchi Copy Share Image
I think sometimes songwriting becomes diluted when you have lots of components to mask a lack of core. — Victoria Legrand Copy Share Image
I've realised that if it is to remain relevant, contemporary music needs to change. — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share Image
“I felt like a pianist who'd been forced to play on a few white keys in the middle, finally allowed to run… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
For a while, I felt a little self-impelled to write Lou Reed Kind of songs. I should have understood that a Lou… — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
I have not yet worked with A.R. Rahman and it is my hearty desire to do so. In Jugni both of us… — Rahat Fateh Ali Khan Copy Share Image
I love singing jazz. I don't like the idea that classical music should be over here and jazz should be someplace else.… — Jessye Norman Copy Share Image
“The Working Song by Breton Braley Oh, we're sick to death of the style of song That's only a sort of a… — Berton Braley Copy Share Image
We [My Chemical Romance] didn't push ourselves to that next level. I think we purposefully held ourselves back, feeling like maybe in… — Gerard Way Copy Share Image
'The Last Five Years' is this quintessential piece, and every song is an actor's song, and every song is incredibly difficult and… — Jeremy Jordan Copy Share Image
Musicians always want to sacrifice our creativity to get involved in environmental issues or political activism of some sort - to reduce… — Eyvind Kang Copy Share Image
My dad, who plays guitar and piano and was in cover bands, along with my older brother, Matt, taught me guitar and… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
What I really search for is something that I really love hearing, something that's my own private game: If I find a… — Tony Bennett Copy Share Image
When I grew up, my dad listened to all that stuff - Neil Young. Floyd. The Doors. The Beatles. Stones. So even… — John Morrison Copy Share Image
I've made music since I was a kid so I've always gotten joy out of that. — Randy Houser Copy Share Image
he signed his work .. you could always tell when it was Herb Ellis playing — Barney Kessel Copy Share Image
Charlie Parker lifted jazz music off the dance floor and into the stratosphere! — Joe Lovano Copy Share Image
“We're wretches but we're still capable of this - songs rising up inside us.” — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
Nobody really fights to backstage to see us; were just the opening band. — Gym Class Heroes Copy Share Image
Music is an ocean, but the repertory is hardly even a lake; it is a pond. — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
I'd like to play bass like Bootsy Collins. I'm serious. That would be my dream. — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
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