I probably owe as much to Jeff Beck as I do to Son House with connections to the blues. — Billy Gibbons Copy Share Image
I always prefer to write songs about emotional situations and heartbreak because I like getting into the character. — Pixie Lott Copy Share Image
People often think I'm expressing my opinion on things with my lyrics, but I'm really just asking questions and pointing toward things. — Matty Healy Copy Share Image
The way that music is approached in the temple is very call and response; it breaks down that barrier between performer and… — Taraka Larson Copy Share Image
Corporate America couldn't be more excited about the demise of the record companies. — Michael Rapino Copy Share Image
I want to experiment and include different elements of the music-making process in a song. — Harrdy Sandhu Copy Share Image
I went through a whole blues period in the Nineties, and that had some influence on 'Load' and 'ReLoad.' — Kirk Hammett Copy Share Image
Music's free and music's for everyone to enjoy and express and interpret. It transcends countries and times and decades. — Bat for Lashes Copy Share Image
Mozart resolved his emotions on a level that transformed them into moods uncontaminated by mortal anguish, enabling him to express the angelic… — Yehudi Menuhin Copy Share Image
The music that I make is pretty sincere; it's from my heart and I love it, and what just happened is more… — Esperanza Spalding Copy Share Image
I've been part of running a label since I was a kid, so I understand how it works. But the more and… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
I'd sell my soul just to see your face. And I'd break my bones just to heal your pain. In these times… — Florida Georgia Line Copy Share Image
Most songs have bridges in them, to distract listeners from the main verses of a song so they don't get bored. My… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
I'm always writing my own music, recording my own music, even if I am 9/10 of the time recording stuff for other… — John Carter Cash Copy Share Image
The E Street band casts a pretty wide net. Our influences go all the way back to the early primitive garage music,… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
I've never taken vocal lessons. My early trumpet training and a fortunate talent for singing has always been enough for me. In… — Ronnie James Dio Copy Share Image
The songwriting process is different on every record because you're never coming from the same place when you're writing. — Benji Madden Copy Share Image
The life of a rock & roll band will last as long as you can look down into the audience and see yourself. — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
With 'Wagon Wheel,' I loved the visual it painted, and it's a song I can truly say I look forward to performing… — Darius Rucker Copy Share Image
Music embodies feeling without forcing it to contend and combine with thought, as it is forced in most arts and especially in… — Franz Liszt Copy Share Image
I'm always walking around with headphones on, creating my own soundtracks to whatever the day is. I think I have a poppy… — Jonathan Levine Copy Share Image
The first album didn't become successful until the second was practically written. — Dolores O'Riordan Copy Share Image
I like all good music - rock, pop, country, classical - and when you sit down to write, it all comes out. — Eddie Rabbitt Copy Share Image
What makes Avenged so exciting to me musically is that people either love us or hate us, but nobody sounds like us. — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
Well, hello Mr. Program Director. You see what happens if you don't spin my records? — Cedric The Entertainer Copy Share Image
I am what I do, and that's partly why I don't want to give up singing. But when I can't sing well,… — Don McLean Copy Share Image
The first song I did was over a Chief Keef beat - 'Understand Me.' I did that in, like, 2011 or 2012,… — Fetty Wap Copy Share Image
No sir man, I don't like that crap. I'm a rocker, dude, through and through. Here's my favorite bands. AC/DC, Van Halen… — Joe Dirt Copy Share Image
If you pour your life into songs, you want them to be heard. It's a desire to communicate. A deep desire to… — Bono Copy Share Image
I want to experiment with my voice and music because people have type-casted me as a soft ballad singer. I have to… — Jubin Nautiyal Copy Share Image
I'm very involved in the production of my songs. I know what I like and what I don't like. — Astrid S Copy Share Image
Jazz really does try to include everything. It's always been popular music. But the wonderful thing about jazz is its willingness to… — Madeleine Peyroux Copy Share Image
Yes, I am obsessed with 'River of Dreams.' It's one of my favorite albums, my favorite song. — Iman Vellani Copy Share Image
It really sucks when music is so perfect you just don't need to hear it anymore. — Joe Satriani Copy Share Image
When you said it was over you sent a shot right through my heart eww I was so mad… Yeah beware beware… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I just like a good song, it doesn't matter. I mean, I am into girl groups and stuff like that. I listen… — Brian Fallon Copy Share Image
When sadness comes, accept it. Listen to its song. It has something to give to you. It has a gift which no… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
To just write one song to then go and play huge festivals all around the world it's exciting and it's never really… — Jade Puget Copy Share Image
“This next song is familiar—surprisingly gentle, like a kitten walking through high grass—and it seems so unlike Jake to create something this… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
It's important to me to be able to hit the notes and just be able to fly when I sing. — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
