My mother is an amazing vocalist and a lot of my grounding in music has come from her. She was a student… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
I tend to think of all the songs the same - I give them all kind of equal rights. — Jules Shear Copy Share Image
Somehow, trumpet is the reference point for me - it was actually my first instrument. — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
I do quite like that Andrew Lloyd Webber song from 'Cats.' What's it called? 'Memory?' Sends shivers up your spine. — Lemmy Copy Share Image
A lot of people listening to music now don't listen to the songs or lyrics at all. They just go, "Good tones..."… — Alex Scally Copy Share Image
That's what we grew up with - the good songs, the good lyrics, the good big-band stuff. I miss that era. — Glen Campbell Copy Share Image
I just want to listen to a song that whatever I'm feeling at the moment, I can amplify that. — Alex G Copy Share Image
Most people get into bands for three very simple rock and roll reasons: to get laid, to get fame, and to get… — Bob Geldof Copy Share Image
My mother passed away when I was seven. She had a piano in the house that she was teaching my sisters how… — Ethan Slater Copy Share Image
It's weird to try to write lyrics for somebody else. They can't really get behind what you're saying or what you want… — Wes Borland Copy Share Image
“MY FATHER TRIED IT. In Daruvar, Croatia, he bought a piano, sat my oldest brother at it, and hired a teacher. Whenever… — Josip Novakovich Copy Share Image
Death Cab always gets right of first refusal on everything I write, but I tend to know early on. There's a song… — Ben Gibbard Copy Share Image
When punk began to be a genre, people were going to go out and try to mine it. Some of the better… — Iggy Pop Copy Share Image
“Stand like a beaten anvil, when thy dream Is laid upon thee, golden from the fire. Flinch not, though heavily through that… — Alfred Noyes Copy Share Image
Do you think Duke Ellington didn't listen to Debussy? Louis Armstrong loved opera, did you know that? Name me a jazz pianist… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
A lot of bands have intense names, like "Rigor Mortis" or "Mortuary". We weren't that intense, we called ourselves "Injured". Later on… — Mitch Hedberg Copy Share Image
All I can do is focus on staying true to the style of music I write and sing because that is the… — Kip Moore Copy Share Image
The invention of Bob Dylan with his guitar belongs in its way to the same kind of tradition of something meant to… — Robert Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
I feel the main advantage of being a singer is that you are providing happiness to others. — Sara Khan Copy Share Image
I've written a lot of songs in the last couple years, but writing a lot of songs doesn't always mean writing good… — Ben Gibbard Copy Share Image
I'm not an easy one when it comes to nostalgia - as long as I've got a new idea I'll always think… — Jim Kerr Copy Share Image
People talk about Bollywood being very kitsch, and just songs and dances, and over the top and colorful. — Shahrukh Khan Copy Share Image
After Silk Route disbanded I came on my own, and through the years, I have sung a few film songs while writing… — Mohit Chauhan Copy Share Image
I didn't want to play it boring and safe. I also didn't want to innovate too much. Second albums, man, they're even… — Kanye West Copy Share Image
Can you imagine a 6 year old banging all day on a drum kit. I do have photos of me in my… — Jill Sobule Copy Share Image
If I weren't musical, then I would have just published a book, you know? But I'm lucky enough to play piano, and… — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
They thought they were Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall. In fact, they were more like Tom and Jerry — Bob Geldof Copy Share Image
I kind of discovered my voice for the first time, and the more I did it, the better it got. — Krist Novoselic Copy Share Image
The Strat covers the complete spectrum of human emotion .. the tremolo enables you to do anything - you can hit any… — Jeff Beck Copy Share Image
Tell me I'm your National Anthem. Ooh, yeah, baby, bow down, making me so wow, wow. — Lana Del Rey Copy Share Image
Dilla was a John Coltrane-type dude. He was always on a higher level. He inspired my music to become looser and more… — Madlib Copy Share Image
I've been in two long-term relationships and - this sounds awful - they were really helpful for writing heartbreak. It makes good… — Mabel Copy Share Image
Being in a band, you become each other's best friends as well as each other's worst enemies. — Gina Schock Copy Share Image
Punk rock and metal has always been a home to me, it's where I cut my teeth; and those are the friends… — John Dyer Baizley Copy Share Image
I loved that song ["Don't Tell Me"], but man, it was dark. That song did nothing for Van Halen. — Sammy Hagar Copy Share Image
I just know that I'm a fan of all different kinds of genres. You're supposed to be free doing music, and that's… — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
Music is the pleasure the human mind experiences from counting without being aware that it is counting. — Gottfried Leibniz Copy Share Image
I tend to play covers when I'm gearing up for creating new song. Singing other people's songs is a way that I… — Scout Niblett Copy Share Image
I write all my own raps myself, 100 percent. And it feels good to be able to say that. — Chanel West Coast Copy Share Image
I saw all the suffering that Kurt Cobain went through. I saw this real vibrant person turn into a real shy, timid,… — Layne Staley Copy Share Image
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