I feel like I really tapped into a pretty honest emotional place for myself as a lyricist. There's a broad spectrum of… — Sarah McLachlan Copy Share Image
Queen songs tend to be about very personal things: personal dreams and personal ambitions. — Brian May Copy Share Image
Man, I was tame compared to what they do now. Are you kidding? I didn't do anything but just jiggle. — Elvis Presley Copy Share Image
It is very important to me that my songs can sound amazing with a big band or orchestra, but just as powerful… — Tessanne Chin Copy Share Image
The thing about the banjo is when you first hear it, it strikes many people as what's that? There's something very compelling… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
When I perform in another country. The local people there sing along to my song in Korean. — Taeyang Copy Share Image
Now they have banging guitar and no bass and call it rock, but that's not what I call rock. — Little Richard Copy Share Image
The songs that are on my playlist find themselves there because I can identify with the lyrics, or they have some magical… — Hilary Knight Copy Share Image
“The step-by-step matching of our internal rhythms—circulation, respiration—to the deliberate universal rhythms that surround, lull, rock, yoke us, is renounced when we… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I tried to make a 'When Doves Cry' in a rap version. I used a lot of instruments and I broke it… — Chuck Inglish Copy Share Image
Sarah turned her narrow-eyed gaze on him, making me glad once more that Antimony's comic books got it wrong, and telepaths can't… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think going away and disappearing for a couple of years - or a few years, or whatever - definitely changed the… — Elly Jackson Copy Share Image
Music is the art of all the invisible things that are real. Art, emotion, spiritual essence, consciousness - these things are hard… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
Music has changed a lot over the past few years so I believe it's necessary to adjust in order to make music… — Chingy Copy Share Image
For the most part I write very stream of consciousness. I basically need to be recording an entire writing session because it's… — Beth Moore Copy Share Image
I'm a drummer. I've been playing since I was three. I was in college bands when I was in elementary school: you'd… — AraabMuzik Copy Share Image
I feel like when the songwriting slows, I'd love to help others with their records. If it's something I really believe in,… — Mark Kozelek Copy Share Image
For most people who have or who do identify as or with [song] Straight Edge, I feel like for most people, they're… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
The digital world is so convenient and nice, but just playing back a vinyl record is a much warmer, hotter, more present… — Steve Miller Copy Share Image
Believe me when I say that some of the most amazing music in history was made on equipment that's not as good… — Jol Dantzig Copy Share Image
We know how fickle the music industry is and that you have to focus on the things you can control-writing songs and… — Tony Kanal Copy Share Image
Well, I think at first, songs were sort of the vehicle which allowed me to be on the stage and get to… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
When the words come, they are merely empty shells without the music. They live as they are sung, for the words are… — Hildegard of Bingen Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a concert pianist at Carnegie Hall; that is what I wanted to do from really early on. — Kirsten Nelson Copy Share Image
Songwriting is like working on a jigsaw puzzle, and it doesn't make any sense until you find that last piece. It has… — Chrissie Hynde Copy Share Image
'Rainy Dayz' and 'Glaciers of Ice,' those two songs - I mean, I just love those songs. — Rza Copy Share Image
Even if it's the same song, making our performances different, new or more fun is the greatest challenge. — Kim Tae-hyung Copy Share Image
And I been waiting for this time to come around But baby running after you is like chasing the clouds — Zayn Malik Copy Share Image
Since I was 9 years old, I knew how to make a song. But when I got older, I used it as… — Polo G Copy Share Image
The trouble with women in an orchestra is that if they're attractive it will upset my players and if they're not it… — Thomas Beecham Copy Share Image
My mother was the only one who encouraged and inspired me for singing. She was singing all the time in the house,… — Bonnie Tyler Copy Share Image
The Internet has killed the traditional record business, but it's given back in the way of instant access. — James Young Copy Share Image
Words are more powerful than some noises. Noises won't last long. Lyrics are so important, and people don't realise that. — Billie Eilish Copy Share Image
We do scales, vocal exercises every day. I run the voice up and down, get as high as I can and as… — Joe Buck Copy Share Image
You've got Lil Uzi Vert - you do a song with him, you ain't doing nothing but gaining new fans. You gotta… — Lil Durk Copy Share Image
TV ads let people know you're still around. Not only do they sell albums, they give you a high profile. They let… — Anne Murray Copy Share Image
The criticism people could have of my music maybe is that it's somewhat schizophrenic at times. And if you don't like that,… — Mat Kearney Copy Share Image
Punk rock wasn't a career choice. It was a hobby that we did for fun. We never thought we'd get as big… — Dexter Holland Copy Share Image
But most of all, the train that kept rollin' all night long of rock n' roll you cannot kill. It will live… — Steven Tyler Copy Share Image
'Konnichiwa,' to me, is a classic because I don't make music for today where everyone is going to judge what I did… — Skepta Copy Share Image
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