There's no huge, deep message in any of the songs. We recorded a few months of being human. — Layne Staley Copy Share Image
If you want to put out a song that you wrote yesterday tomorrow, go on Twitter, type in a new URL, and… — Chrisette Michele Copy Share Image
My mom really wanted me to be a musician so she gave me a guitar for my fifth birthday, but I didn't… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
I think what really stays with me is the idea that you can write music about the texture of a wall, and… — Ludovico Einaudi Copy Share Image
With the launch of Big Machine Premium Vodka, we are now offering a superior product that perfectly complements the music we take… — Scott Borchetta Copy Share Image
My fans know to treat my lyrics like a T-bone steak - you know you can't chew on it unless you cut… — Bushwick Bill Copy Share Image
Antonio Sanchez is from Mexico City. I met him at a Pat Metheny concert. He did a solo, and I thought, 'This… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
My grandparents from the old country, Latvia, were all musical on my father's side. — Joel Grey Copy Share Image
The first songs I learned were 'It Takes a Worried Man' and Woody Guthrie's 'Grand Coulee Dam,' 'Rock Island Line' - those… — Rory Gallagher Copy Share Image
Backstage at the Grand Ole Opry, I got on my knees and told her that I was going to marry her some… — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
“The compact disc may now be outdated technology, but a lot of music albums are still released on CD. A standard 700-megabyte… — Matt Parker Copy Share Image
... Albert Lee and I have become real close friends, and he comes out anytime I'm in the L.A. area, and he'll… — Brad Paisley Copy Share Image
My songs have always been frustrating themes, relationships that I've had. And now that I'm in love, I expect it to be… — Kurt Cobain Copy Share Image
Being a singer, being a performer, you have tricks, somehow, to calm yourself when things feel a little overwhelming. I don't do… — Shirley Manson Copy Share Image
I always try to give my own albums space in between so I have time to create a new sound and give… — Akon Copy Share Image
In terms of breaking an artist traditionally, it was in the form of radio. You had to pop your record off there.… — B-Real Copy Share Image
The new solo album sounds like me: I'm singing about bad business transactions, bodily fluids, and courage. — Kevin Drew Copy Share Image
You knew after eight bars that you were hearing something just absolutely new and unique. — Jo Stafford Copy Share Image
I wasn't listening to that much classical music - not much more than anything else. I was really lucky to have parents… — Cecile McLorin Salvant Copy Share Image
Bach is thus a terminal point. Nothing comes from him; everything merely leads to him. — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
Every leading lady I work with, I'll see if I can get a song out of them and put it on an… — Idris Elba Copy Share Image
The world's music is at our fingertips, so if we like music, we kind of owe it to ourselves to check in… — Chris Thile Copy Share Image
... there are chords in every human heart. If we only knew how to strike the right chord, we would bring out… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Intimacy is really good. But then again, the first disk on the record is not intimate in the least. It's a really… — Scott Aukerman Copy Share Image
As a musician, I have always strived for my albums and live performance to render a sound as close as possible to… — Jean-Michel Jarre Copy Share Image
Nirvana is next level. The songs are really cool to connect with on a more mature level, and I don't think I… — Ashton Irwin Copy Share Image
I love rap. I love hip-hop. But something is wrong when every song, no matter what, has got a rap. — Shaun Ryder Copy Share Image
I remember when I went to see Led Zeppelin live in 1979 at Knebworth, there were certain songs that stood out to… — Jason Bonham Copy Share Image
It was a relief to be able to do my own band, because I was very responsible for all this amazing music… — Dhani Harrison Copy Share Image
My dad has a really great record collection that basically went up to the year I was born: 1984. — Ezra Koenig Copy Share Image
I definitely dislike pomposity and artifice. I hope that I'm not that. Once I write a song, it belongs to the world,… — Daryl Hall Copy Share Image
It is incontestable that music induces in us a sense of the infinite and the contemplation of the invisible. — Victor de Laprade Copy Share Image
I want to do all types of music, music for all people. I want my music to be encouraging, to help people. — Fantasia Barrino Copy Share Image
I think if I could ever write with someone, I'd love to write a song with Loretta Lynn or Dolly Parton. — Jamie Lynn Spears Copy Share Image
[My parents] worked hard all week long, and the way they celebrated and rejoiced in life was by making music on weekends.… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
Rock and Roll is simply an attitude. You don't have to play the greatest guitar. — Johnny Thunders Copy Share Image
I never think any song really feels like a 'hit' - a song either feels good or bad, in my opinion. — Astrid S Copy Share Image
Little Walter and Muddy Waters were incredible. And Bo Diddley was doing some great stuff, too. — Columbus Short Copy Share Image
But Dad and I are the only father-and-daughter acts who have both had No. 1 songs in England. — Lily Allen Copy Share Image
God sent his Singers upon earth With songs of sadness and of mirth, That they might touch the hearts of men, And… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image