“Good music is a king or a queen; when it visits a place, all rise to their feet!” — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
Being a songwriter does not rely on an audience or other band members or a camera. I can just sit in a… — Rick Springfield Copy Share Image
O flower-de-luce, bloom on, and let the river Linger to kiss thy feet! O flower of song, bloom on, and make forever… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
Quoting lyrics because I don't know how to express my feelings to the ones that don't really listen. — Kat Copy Share Image
Even when we were at that point when we had very few fans, we never felt like a small band. We always… — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
Anyone who says rock 'n' roll is a passing fad or a flash-in-the-pan trend along the music road has rocks in the… — Alan Freed Copy Share Image
I would like to do something autobiographical, set to music. I don't know how I'm going to do it, but I'm going… — Phoebe Snow Copy Share Image
Only to the rude ear of one who is quite indifferent does the song of a bird seem always the same. — Rosa Luxemburg Copy Share Image
For a movie, you have to make sure the lyrics are consistent with the rhythm that is given to you. But, at… — Kapil Sibal Copy Share Image
The real challenge of writing songs isn't just writing a bunch of parts - like a verse, chorus, verse - but making… — James Mercer Copy Share Image
I call it "being interrupted by success." We had done The Soft Bulletin, which came out in 1999, and we knew we… — Wayne Coyne Copy Share Image
“of the Led Zep rarities 145 words Led Zeppelin (1969) 'Heartbreaker' (Live). Few meaningful alternative takes exist for the band's quickly assembled… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If all experienced God in the same way and returned Him an identical worship, the song of the Church triumphant would have… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think all the songs [at Moth] are about different things, but if we were to speak about it as a whole,… — Caroline Polachek Copy Share Image
I would never sit and write a song in front of anyone, because you're so vulnerable. I don't know at what point… — Laura Marling Copy Share Image
You don't have to just hit nails with hammers, you know; you can use a hammer to beat somebody's brains in, to… — Stephen Bruner Copy Share Image
I just don't see myself as a songwriter or a country singer or any of those things anymore. It's more trying to… — Sturgill Simpson Copy Share Image
With so much of music blurring the lines between ersatz and authenticity, at least the 'Rock Band' game is a tribute to… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
Punk rock is being honest, believing in yourself and doing what you gotta do. That's all. — Marky Ramone Copy Share Image
There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is,… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
Once I went into songwriting, I figured I had to - I couldn't be a hellfire rock 'n' roller. But I could… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
Chromamatic' is actually about changing the strings on my guitar and tuning my guitar. — Wayne Static Copy Share Image
If you observe, all classic love songs have a tinge of melancholy that comes naturally with the composition. — Vidyasagar Copy Share Image
All throughout Cash Money, I never abandoned the SP 1200. At the end of the day, I still use my SP 1200… — Mannie Fresh Copy Share Image
When Sonic Youth wrote music, we would rehearse for months before anybody heard anything. — Lee Ranaldo Copy Share Image
With Rahman, I worked on 'The Humma Song.' It is a song that I have loved since I was a child and… — Jubin Nautiyal Copy Share Image
When I get inspired, I give out free music. If you look at my track record from the beginning, that's always what… — Dawn Richard Copy Share Image
It's really hard for me to finish a song unless I have a strong visual in my head while I'm writing it. — Melanie Martinez Copy Share Image
When I was in fourth grade, I made a song about the part in Stockholm where we come from. — Yung Lean Copy Share Image
The first 'Charlemagne' album is metal, of course, but what I sang was more symphonic. — Christopher Lee Copy Share Image
It's great for me to have something I can get excited about besides music and my kids. — Josh Freese Copy Share Image
The success of our operas rests most of the time in the hands of the conductor. This person is as necessary as… — Giuseppe Verdi Copy Share Image
However, in modern conceptual frameworks there is a more sophisticated view. I would say that the act of music exists in several… — Robert Fripp Copy Share Image
Miles Davis was doing something inherently African, something that has to do with all forms of American music, not just jazz. — Cassandra Wilson Copy Share Image
You need better technique than I have to play jazz, but what you have to do is the same thing, isn't it? — Charlie Watts Copy Share Image
But that is a valid, continuing service that that music - which is, in some cases, 80 or 90 years old -… — Dwight Yoakam Copy Share Image
If The Beatles or the 60's had a message, it was 'Learn to swim. And once you've learned - swim! — John Lennon Copy Share Image
Contrary to most people’s beliefs, music is in me, forever. I can recall it at any moment with utter precision. — Shayan Italia Copy Share Image
ahhhh...organic and rich like good soil... makes me want to listen and hear it grow. the songs are honest and dimensional. it's… — Amy Ray Copy Share Image
I've literally become comfortable with approaching whatever style of music at any time. — Jonny Lang Copy Share Image