I don't want to make music that is hot now; I want to make music that is hot forever. — Sam Smith Copy Share Image
My whole life, I've sung and listened to music, and since the beginning, I've had iTunes and used Apple Music for streaming. — Billie Eilish Copy Share Image
In 2018, streaming companies know with precision how many people are listening to what song. — Sarah Jeong Copy Share Image
'Free Fallin'' is a very good song. Maybe it would be one of my favorites if it hadn't become this huge anthem.… — Tom Petty Copy Share Image
You can't play a backbeat in Black Sabbath. You can if you want to; it's going to ruin the song. — Bill Ward Copy Share Image
To own your song is very special. Now that I have a platform and so many people watching me, I have an… — Bhuvan Bam Copy Share Image
From when I first started listening to music, M. S. Subbulakshmi has been one of my biggest influences. She poured her heart… — Sid Sriram Copy Share Image
I will play around with an idea for a very long time until it's found it's feet and it's good enough to… — Hozier Copy Share Image
...in song the words tend to lose their significance, do often lose it, while at the other extreme, in current prose it… — Paul Valery Copy Share Image
I love making people sing. I love group singing, sacred harp singing, choral singing, recordings of people singing sea shanties, work songs,… — Matana Roberts Copy Share Image
I usually get my lyrics when I let my mind wander, when you're not really awake, but not yet fully asleep. I… — Brie Larson Copy Share Image
I listened to a lot of The Stooges when I was writing "Oscillate," imagining our hero moving through his days naturally embodying… — Travis Mathews Copy Share Image
I think the good thing about the Internet is to give something away and to sell something else. Get a business model… — Roger McGuinn Copy Share Image
Yeah, if someone's selling downloads and collecting money for our songs I would be unhappy about that but if they're trading it… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
When you're writing a song with someone, it's a very personal process. The music has to be an organic experience, it can't… — Jarryd James Copy Share Image
When you work with Drake, you don't really work with Drake. You send him the song, he rap on it, then y'all… — Zaytoven Copy Share Image
The emotional attachment you get with a client or the music fan allows you access to do a lot of things. — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
“There are no words to this music, and that makes me sad. Every song deserves lyrics. Deserves a story to tell.” — Courtney C. Stevens Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be a singer - my whole life, all I ever did was sing around the house. — Liv Tyler Copy Share Image
I ended up writing songs by taking stock of all the different events in my life, but all those songs were bad. — Owen Pallett Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, you release music because you believe in the songs and believe that they're honest. That's all… — Wade MacNeil Copy Share Image
The 'Billionaire' song is what my kids tease me with. They sing it to me. It's funny. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
That's part of the curse: If you're gonna play the song, you better play it. I've tried to phone in 'Jeremy' a… — Eddie Vedder Copy Share Image
I don't make solo albums for the masses and the millions of radio fans out there, I make music for people that… — Inspectah Deck Copy Share Image
Nothing is ever a barometer. Nothing is ever for sure except that this band has been around forever. — Steven Tyler Copy Share Image
Most of the songs that I write have nothing to do with the stuff that I used to sing about since I… — Tevin Campbell Copy Share Image
I started making records and touring when I was 15, first with Frank Zappa's son Dweezil. — Josh Freese Copy Share Image
Music has always been a large part of my life, and I'm very fortunate to be able to start a career doing… — Armaan Malik Copy Share Image
Friday' is about hanging out with friends, having fun. I felt like it was my personality in that song. — Rebecca Black Copy Share Image
The one thing the Allman Brothers Band does not do is phone it in. They bring it every night and that's something… — Derek Trucks Copy Share Image
When I set out to write, I want to write something that will rip your heart out and connect with you. Great… — Mat Kearney Copy Share Image
I wrote the Brotherhood song for no money out of my deep feelings about humanity, and because I was flattered that whatever… — Tom Glazer Copy Share Image
Everybody should have his personal sounds to listen for - sounds that will make him exhilarated and alive or quiet and calm. — Andre Kostelanetz Copy Share Image
I like to capture the spirit of what the writers intended but find my own nuances. That comes from jazz - the… — Brian Stokes Mitchell Copy Share Image
My thesis statement would be—Bach didn't write Baroque music. He wrote great music. — Chris Thile Copy Share Image
“Grown-ups everywhere are learning the instrument to relieve stress, focus their minds – and for the sheer joy it brings.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Typically I go in the studio and whatever I'm contemplating that day will wind up being a song. I don't come in… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
I do know the effect that music still has on me - I'm completely vulnerable to it. I'm seduced by it. — Debbie Harry Copy Share Image
My dad and I used to play Prince, Lauryn Hill, Stevie Wonder, The Parliaments, and a lot of older funk bands while… — Gabriella Wilson Copy Share Image
I guess, like, the whole thing with music is - you're a little bit in control but not fully in control. Which… — Andrew Wyatt Copy Share Image
