Putting out the things that I like best hasn't been the easiest way to run a label, and it still isn't because… — Greg Ginn Copy Share Image
Creating a record on my own and deciding who plays and how the songs were structured, it was fun to do. — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
When I first heard Ray Charles, he was a flop artist on a small label in California. He hadn't sold any records.… — Ahmet Ertegun Copy Share Image
It would be great to do a rock opera, but using more low-fi technology. I love shitty-sounding records. — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
Thanks to the greatest invention of recent years, the MP3-playing alarm clock, I can now choose the song that wakes me up… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
When people saw us for the first time they were just open-mouthed. Then they really got into it and started wearing Babymetal… — Suzuka Nakamoto Copy Share Image
Hendrix inspired me, but I was still more into Wes Montgomery. I was also into the Allman Brothers around the time of… — Ritchie Blackmore Copy Share Image
On the song 'Dangerous,' it feels like a teenager picking up a new instrument and writing something with all of that naive… — James Blunt Copy Share Image
Simplest of blossoms! To mine eye Thou bring'st the summer's painted sky; The May-thorn greening in the nook; The minnows sporting in… — David Macbeth Moir Copy Share Image
“I Don’t Want to Miss A Thing” is a hard song to perform, I was worried that I was not going to… — Jessica Sanchez Copy Share Image
I just want Aerosmith to always give me a hard-on, that's all I ever ask for, for it to be the most… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't feel that all the great songs have been written. I do feel that where we are now, certainly with rock… — Ben Gibbard Copy Share Image
This artistic uprising we had the other night in Washington Square park: there was poetry, there was dance, there was song, there… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
I should attempt to write a love song, I have written lots of poetry about love so I could turn those into… — Drew Barrymore Copy Share Image
This is a turf battle. They are saying, 'The songwriters aren't getting paid.' Baloney. Songwriters are getting paid. They're paid sync rights… — Jonathan Potter Copy Share Image
I've been writing music since 4th grade, and I love putting words together and expressing things in a way that you can… — Adam Hicks Copy Share Image
The only thing better than one of my songs is one of my songs with a glass of scotch. — Jackie Gleason Copy Share Image
Music is a very powerful thing. If I'm angry, I can write a song about it, and it seems to make everything… — Natasha Bedingfield Copy Share Image
I understand that transposing a song a half step can effect the believability of a lyric. — Trey Anastasio Copy Share Image
“I want to write a song about retaliation called, "Oh Yeah, and I Faked Every Orgasm...While You Were Out of Town.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
I try not to write two songs about the same thing, although, on occasion, it happens, so I guess it kinda helps… — Teddy Geiger Copy Share Image
I'm more of a 5 Live man. But I might listen to a bit of Coldplay or The Smiths. — Gary Lineker Copy Share Image
I think most of the work of songwriting is thinking of great phrases - I'm addicted, always on the hunt for a… — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
I got more songs with Gunna than anybody - that's like the only person who I'm around! — Lil Baby Copy Share Image
When you sign with a major label there is no guarantee that they are going to release it either unless you have… — Michael Sweet Copy Share Image
I think what's hard for me is not that I don't get downtime to chill, it's that I don't get time to… — Mitski Copy Share Image
I've been ripping the Rolling Stones off with every song I write in some form or another. — Brad Paisley Copy Share Image
I enjoy melancholic music and art. They take me to places I don't normally get to go. — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
We haven't always been boy scouts, but we never lost sight of the music, Let me remind you that this ain't the… — Tom Petty Copy Share Image
I listen to other people's stuff and, more and more, you realise how much is layered and how many different guitar parts… — Ben Howard Copy Share Image
I write songs simply because I get a kick out of making them exist. I'm also sort of addicted to the recording… — Wooden Wand Copy Share Image
My songs are the door to every dream I've ever had and every success I've ever achieved. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I just like writing lyrics. I find a little satisfaction in performing live, making records. But primarily, I just try to write… — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
Songwriting is hard - it's so easy to fall into the same traps. It's not like I wake up and songs flow… — Julian Casablancas Copy Share Image
When I sing a song, I want someone to recognize 'Now that's Dianne singing that song.' — Dianne Reeves Copy Share Image
Music makes lifes events more bearable and explains some destinations before we even get there. — Nontobeko Sibiya Copy Share Image
Billie Jean was a negative dance song, and that was one of the best dance songs ever. — Theophilus London Copy Share Image
I got about 6037 songs I wrote myself and I'm trying to get them on the market and I just wish people… — Hasil Adkins Copy Share Image
I think that's the great thing for us - we're a band full of songwriters, and we're capable of writing all kinds… — Matthew Ramsey Copy Share Image
'Swing' is an adjective or a verb, not a noun. All jazz musicians should swing. There is no such thing as a… — Artie Shaw Copy Share Image
