Show me an orchestra that likes its conductor and I'll show you a lousy conductor. — Goddard Lieberson Copy Share Image
The first rock record I ever bought was 'Great Balls of Fire.' I was real little, and I went to Atlanta to… — Kate Pierson Copy Share Image
Geniuses are at work in the rock music field, and great popularity is no proof you aren't good. — Christopher Ricks Copy Share Image
Sometimes if I feel the songs are too much, it hurts, but then I open my eyes: people are singing along or… — Jessie Reyez Copy Share Image
You had to go to a different part of town from where I was to get Muddy Waters singles. I had him… — Warren Zevon Copy Share Image
Whether I make them or not, there are always sounds to be heard and all of them are excellent. — John Cage Copy Share Image
I think 'Shove It' hit at a time when people felt trapped in a dull, day-to-day job and rather than express their… — Johnny Paycheck Copy Share Image
My grandmother used to babysit us when I was younger, and would always play old-school music. It gets to me. Grandma had… — Virgil Green Copy Share Image
True perfection in all things is no longer known or prized - you must write music that is either so simple a… — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Copy Share Image
It's always good to go from a heavy song to a softer one. It helps having the attention of the audience for… — Neige Copy Share Image
When they're singing the guitar lines of songs in South America? Never heard that before. And in Canada, when they're singing all… — Mike McCready Copy Share Image
Once I've got something that I feel is strong, if I get long enough to think about it, it'll turn into something.… — Kevin Parker Copy Share Image
I find great beauty in songs with a creative interpretation, but most people generally don't get that, and go for the simple… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have a song that's called 'Rap Dreams, Hoop Dreams'. Besides education, everybody's got hoop dreams from day one in rap. Rap,… — Lil B Copy Share Image
I think there'll always be a kid with a guitar with a song in his heart that's going to turn me on… — Justin Hayward Copy Share Image
Why would you want to dictate somebody else's taste or happiness? Music is supposed to be joyful and move people, and however… — Chris Stapleton Copy Share Image
You are most certainly the inspiration for all of today's rock 'n' roll guitarists. Your music is timeless. — Smokey Robinson Copy Share Image
I am a person who sings. I know not everyone is, but that won't keep the Spirit from putting a song in… — James A. Forbes Copy Share Image
I think that's why I put my energy into making music. That's how I get my thoughts out, instead of being crazy… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
It's such a good feeling today when I can hear them from across the ocean singing this song. That the whole world… — Lucky Dube Copy Share Image
I regard myself as a true American musician, and I play every style that is my heritage. — Michelle Shocked Copy Share Image
Live your life, sing your song. Not full of expectations. Not for the ovations. But for the joy of it. — Rasheed Ogunlaru Copy Share Image
“Sooner or later you’ve heard all your best friends have to say. Then comes the tolerance of real love. The same holds… — Ned Rorem Copy Share Image
I am a person who thinks about the music first in trying to achieve something musically valid. — Sonny Rollins Copy Share Image
I don't think I've ever laid out a batch of songs that pick myself apart the way that these do. — Richard Marx Copy Share Image
But you have to give your whole life to a cello. When I realized that, I went back to the guitar and… — Ritchie Blackmore Copy Share Image
I feel like, at the end of the day, I always would try to make music that I wanted to listen to:… — Tinashe Copy Share Image
The thing I love about music... you can close your eyes and be transported back to a memory or a dream or… — Mandy Harvey Copy Share Image
Like Muse and Linkin Park, we are also striving to be the one and only to create a new genre called BABYMETAL.… — Suzuka Nakamoto Copy Share Image
To understand music, you must listen to it. But so long as you are thinking, “I am listening to this music,” you… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
I started writing songs in high school, so you had to write this stuff out and register it with the Library of… — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share Image
I'm not a pop song lyric writer. I can't just focus on one simple meaning or even a double entendre. — Julian Casablancas Copy Share Image
The finest singing, given a good voice to begin with, comes from the constant play of a fine mind upon the inner… — Ernest Newman Copy Share Image
You work your butt off and somebody says you can't have your record played because it offends them. Tyrants are made of… — Richard Pryor Copy Share Image
I often have an argument with people. I say name me a classic song that's not sad in some kind of way.… — Danger Mouse Copy Share Image
In the hierarchy of instruments, if you're a harpist, you're considered someone with a brain much more than if you're a singer. — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
I always saw songwriting as the top of the heap. No matter what else you were going to do creatively... writing songs… — Jakob Dylan Copy Share Image
Hear this Robert Zimmerman, I wrote a song for you, about a strange young man called Dylan with a voice like sand… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
You are made of bent coat hangers, honey, gravel, epoxy and handstands. I am made of lying on the floor, the same… — Dean Young Copy Share Image
Good lyrics don't solve your problems~ they embrace your shit and make it easier to continue~ knowing someone took the time to… — From My Left Ball Copy Share Image
