I've always been trying to write songs like Lightfoot. A song of mine like 'Come Monday' is a direct result of me… — Jimmy Buffett Copy Share Image
I'm trying to just keep pushing on the things I've been wanting to do in my life and in music. And think… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
Bad music is the attempt to imitate something that has very strong rules and grammar. — Carlo Grante Copy Share Image
It was a great thrill just to know Roy Orbison, so to play, sing, write hit songs with him and have him… — Jeff Lynne Copy Share Image
“Mourning was its own kind of music—the sound of so many hearts, of so many breaths, of so many standing together.” — Victoria Schwab Copy Share Image
I started off singing in church as a child. The sound of voices coming together, that was my first moment of touching… — Florence Welch Copy Share Image
Music was our food... When we can play, it can't be so terrible. The music, the music! — Alice Herz-Sommer Copy Share Image
I'm not a folk or jazz singer, more a hard-edged pop singer - with some rock, and song hooks. — Phoebe Snow Copy Share Image
The music that I will continue to make will certainly draw upon those experiences of being a loner, of being an emo… — Princess Nokia Copy Share Image
No one can make the album they made 10 years ago with a straight face. There are two reasons: one is you… — Brad Paisley Copy Share Image
I'm always gonna be all over my CD the most, of course. My talent is my talent. I ain't really tripping off… — Meek Mill Copy Share Image
I was being musically mentored by a lot of people who were obviously more talented and skilled than I was, and I… — Katy Perry Copy Share Image
Perhaps I will die too, she told herself, and the thought did not seem so terrible to her. If she flung herself… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
For me, the most difficult thing is that I am learning melodies on guitar from some songs whose melodies were not meant… — Dweezil Zappa Copy Share Image
“Initially I had been attracted to punk and anarchism because I saw them as a means to make a positive change, where… — Laura Jane Grace Copy Share Image
Music. I could not go without that. My mind would not let me be without music. I hiked the trail in 1995… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
Maybe I'm a dreamer, but I think the ordinary guy has just as much right to say 'This is a good song'… — Kenny G Copy Share Image
I feel it's much easier to be honest or be myself in songs when I'm playing. That's why I felt, 'You know,… — Alice Merton Copy Share Image
“It’s one of those songs— like Eric Clapton’s “Tears in Heaven”— that everyone knows all the words to without ever having chosen… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
Some people are songwriters, and some people are just recording artists. I'm both. I write and record. — Frankie Ballard Copy Share Image
Being a kid myself, I loved playing and I loved playing with words, and making up things and riddles and songs and… — Malachy McCourt Copy Share Image
Artists get to step outside their comfort zone a 'lil bit and we get some great songs!! — Matt Squire Copy Share Image
I'm influenced in a million different ways by a million songs that I've heard and digested. — Dan Mangan Copy Share Image
People are still hearing your music. They might not be buying it, but they might be having it and you don't know… — Keith Sweat Copy Share Image
If someone says something good or bad, or whatever they have to say about your song, you've just got to embrace it. — Sarah Barthel Copy Share Image
When I write songs, I try to write in a way to reach as many people as I can, to be a… — Chris Tomlin Copy Share Image
My grandmother played the piano, and I used to toddle over there and pick out little things that sounded good to me. — Billy Strayhorn Copy Share Image
I was making the music and writing the songs which reflected the emerging consciousness of my generation. — Donovan Copy Share Image
In my music, I'm never going to force anything to try to recreate a moment or something. — Lil Nas X Copy Share Image
“I’m forever near a stereo saying, ‘What the fuck is this garbage?’ And the answer is always the Red Hot Chili Peppers.” — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
The first song is called 'London.' It's about two Russian soldiers who desert the Russian army and escape to London, where they… — Neil Tennant Copy Share Image
My goal for Tom Sandoval & the MOST Extras is for people to come out and listen to their favorite songs. — Tom Sandoval Copy Share Image
The most important thing to me as a songwriter is the breath. The most important thing I could say to somebody is,… — Tori Amos Copy Share Image
When a girl asks a guy to listen to a song, it's because the lyrics are all the words she's afraid to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I had a great time recording 'Mera Jee Karda' because I don't often get to sing in Punjabi, and I really like… — Jonita Gandhi Copy Share Image
The Stones without Mick. The Police without Sting. The Doors without Jim. It doesn't work. — John Densmore Copy Share Image
Dream Song of Thunders: Sometimes I go about pitying Myself, While I am carried by the wind Across the sky. — Frances Densmore Copy Share Image
I often play on the cello-bass side of the orchestra, because I prefer the deep sounds. I can't hear the violins well. — Evelyn Glennie Copy Share Image
Neurotic quarrels always have the same theme-song: Hate me and get it over with. — Mignon McLaughlin Copy Share Image
I don't have a special place or ritual for writing songs, basically I write songs whenever an idea hits me, in my… — Kelly Jones Copy Share Image
