I've been collecting some more high-end guitars. I have an old Martin D28 from the '60s, a beautiful, classic Martin that I… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
Signing up to be an organ donor should be at least as easy as downloading a song to your iPhone. — Richard Thaler Copy Share Image
Coming from Puerto Rico and having that be my musical universe for the majority of my life no doubt strongly impacts my… — Pedro Capo Copy Share Image
Every time I do a cover, I completely... pick apart - I take apart the entire song and really reconstruct it. I… — Alexa Ray Joel Copy Share Image
When I released 'Songs From My Bedroom'... that's the one that people started actually listening to. — Soccer Mommy Copy Share Image
It's easier to write about a celebrity, a personality, than it is to dig in and write about the music. — Lee Ranaldo Copy Share Image
Sometimes the song title comes with the songs, other times you just sorta make something up afterwards. — Wayne Coyne Copy Share Image
A classic song is timeless. You'll never outlive a classic song. I'll never put The Beatles 'In My Life' on one day… — Richard Ashcroft Copy Share Image
Brian Eno records and music became a huge obsession of mine in college, in a way that a pop song can provide… — Greg Mottola Copy Share Image
It is good to be different, because difference is great; that's what this music is based on. But lose that energy between… — Andrew Hill Copy Share Image
And at the time, for one of the few times in my life I didn't have a band, I just had myself… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
“I love my fans [and] Slayer fans,” wrote Lombardo. “But the fact is: Today's Slayer is not SLAYER. They can play all… — D.X. Ferris Copy Share Image
I can't say that I'm always writing in my head but I do spend a lot of time in my head writing… — Stevie Wonder Copy Share Image
Songs are like my children, from the concept phase, to writing, to recording, then editing and all of the work that went… — Granger Smith Copy Share Image
A lot of time when I'm creating songs, they're in real time. When I'm writing the song, I feel what I'm feeling… — Jhene Aiko Copy Share Image
The melody will tell me what the song should be about, the tone of the song. That's when the intellect comes in.… — Sia Copy Share Image
I was a really camp child! In the 70s, an age of all these amazing musical subcultures, I was sitting in my… — Zoe Ball Copy Share Image
It really does take a lot of time to make records, to be in the studio and do all that stuff. — Vince Gill Copy Share Image
Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try. — Mary Kay Ash Copy Share Image
I started with the piano-accordion and rebelled against it, but I could not afford piano lessons. — Richard McCabe Copy Share Image
When albums gave way to CDs, people re-discovered their collection through their CDs. — John Oates Copy Share Image
For me, the most trustworthy vehicle for spirituality had always proven to be music. — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
Nobody wants to experience sad events but people like to listen to sad songs. That's the beauty of music. — Hiromi Copy Share Image
Maybe one day a song might make you feel completely different than the next, but I like to have a lot of… — Sarah Barthel Copy Share Image
If you get a song right for its usage at the time, it can be useful to others. ...Those songs are more… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
I started writing and playing piano age 12, releasing at 18 and have been pretty prolific with my output since. — Lola Young Copy Share Image
Punk rock seems like my childhood, the glorious, very exciting naivete of rock n' roll. Stenguns and guitars seem very idealistic when… — Tony James Copy Share Image
When I was 6 my dad taught me the blues scale, and I started writing songs and improvising. — Jack Conte Copy Share Image
In whatever form it takes, life sings because it has a song. The meaning is in the lyrics. — Robert Lanza Copy Share Image
For all things turn to barenness In the dim glass the demons hold The glass of outer weariness Made when God slept… — Loreena McKennitt Copy Share Image
If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph: THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDED FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Everyone has his own sound. I'm not going to presume how to tell anybody how to write. — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
What I'm dealing with is sound. I don't pretend to be dealing with music. I'm just dealing with sound elements, textures and… — Bill Laswell Copy Share Image
If your too afraid to express your thoughts, your feelings, too scared to sing your song, scream out your symphony, your f**ked... — Eric Nickel Copy Share Image
Singing was probably my first love, and song writing. I write a lot of love songs and heartbreaking songs. — Nolan Sotillo Copy Share Image
Cheryl Cole, if you're reading this, I may not be as prety as you but at least I write my own songs. — Lily Allen Copy Share Image
Music is there to get you through life's ups and downs, good times and not so good times. — Rob Halford Copy Share Image
Music played at weddings always reminds me of the music played for soldiers before they go into battle. — Heinrich Heine Copy Share Image
Music has no subject beyond the combinations of notes we hear, for music speaks not only by means of sounds, it speaks… — Eduard Hanslick Copy Share Image
I am a self-taught guitarist. I just try to piece together passages that have some melodic value! — Sam Palladio Copy Share Image