'Money Changes Everything' is this terribly despairing, heartbreaking song. — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
The songs that are in 'Licorice Pizza' are all songs that I love so much. — Alana Haim Copy Share Image
I don't think I'd be able to flat-out write a pop song and make it satisfying to me. I'm ready to make… — Leon Bridges Copy Share Image
“You were sunrise to me rise and warm and streaming.' - Praise Song For My Mother by Charlotte Mew” — Charlotte Mew Copy Share Image
“What if instead of reading, you wrote? Instead of watching TV, you made videos? Instead of listening to music, you learned how… — Paul Jarvis Copy Share Image
Songs seem to take me a long time. I don't know why; they're not especially excellent for taking so long. — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
Everyone has this idea of Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin: the woman being pretty and prancing around while the guy writes all… — Kemp Muhl Copy Share Image
Paul forced the Beatles to work a lot harder than they would have otherwise, and he did the same thing with Wings. — Denny Laine Copy Share Image
The music aids the message, it's there to punctuate and abbreviate and shape the silence — Saul Williams Copy Share Image
I look at some of the songs I wrote years ago and I can't believe I wrote such crap. — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
“pulled out my Valery Gergiev trump card and said I would have to call him about getting another hotel. There are many… — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
Not too many songwriters, when they write songs go for broke. When someone does who's really good, it's astonishing. There's a reason… — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
With Spotify and all those streaming services, you don't get paid anything. You have to be, like, Madonna or something to actually… — Ty Segall Copy Share Image
“What is the song, the pop song? Is it a conduit to give out the feeling in a compact form, a short… — Brendan Fowler Copy Share Image
I had the lyric 'Chip Don't Go' and a few words, and my wife came in and said that it sounded like… — Mat Kearney Copy Share Image
If you take a band like Nirvana, their biggest hits are structurally the same as even a hair metal band's biggest hits.… — Buzz Osborne Copy Share Image
There's a lot of songs and songwriters out there - you have to make something stand out to pitch songs. Sometimes you… — Greg Kurstin Copy Share Image
Ornette Coleman is doing the only really new thing in jazz since the innovations in the mid-forties of Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker,… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
People used to say nobody can sing my songs but me - they're too personal. — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
“Music is ... A higher revelation than all Wisdom & Philosophy” — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share Image
We're best at doing pop music - we're not good at doing down, depressing music. — Keren Woodward Copy Share Image
Led Zeppelin was Led Zeppelin when John Bonham was on drums. It's timeless. — Jason Bonham Copy Share Image
Jazz is played from the heart. You can even live by it. Always love it. — Louis Armstrong Copy Share Image
Although music comes from a very personal place, talent is meant to be shared. — John Petrucci Copy Share Image
To be honest, there is no song in the world I want to hear 44 times on repeat. — Stassi Schroeder Copy Share Image
Inspiration for my music just comes from, you know, my life experiences. — Avril Lavigne Copy Share Image
I could just play my horn in my room for 20 minutes a day, and I will be happy. — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
Music is not supposed to rile you up. Music is something to bring you down. — Chi Chi Rodriguez Copy Share Image
