You can kiss my Kiss-loving ass because Kiss was never a critic's band. It was a people's band. — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
[My mother] is much more musical, and by the time I started writing songs - by the time I was about 17… — George Michael Copy Share Image
I was very aware of Jeff Buckley. My brother actually bought me The Mamas And The Papas and Jeff Buckley for my… — Imogen Poots Copy Share Image
You know, being an entertainer is partly being on the road, and a lot of your songs come from the road. — Mel Tillis Copy Share Image
People ask about why there's so much harmony in the band... it's because we've all grown together. We know everything about each… — Matty Healy Copy Share Image
You don't even know are we going to have a career? Are we going to be able to sell records? Are we… — Jim Root Copy Share Image
I used to like to set different film clips to classical music, not even my own songs, but make little movies. — Lana Del Rey Copy Share Image
I think the world likes to pick apart different songs and play doctor with songs sometimes and make them into this big… — Katy Perry Copy Share Image
If I look at my own recordings, I think generally there is a focal point within the song and often it's the… — Dean Wareham Copy Share Image
I listen to a lot of different kinds of music and rather than just doing one thing when I make an album,… — Jack Bruce Copy Share Image
It feels too simple that I've made music that I really care about, that I'm proud of, and it's connected with people.… — Noah Kahan Copy Share Image
They hear it come out, but they don't know how it got there. They don't understand that's life's way of talking. You… — Ma Rainey Copy Share Image
“You yearn to stay in this in-between place, where the beauty of the times you have freshly bade farewell to is still… — Agnes Chew Copy Share Image
There is a way of ordering our mental life on more than one level at once. On one level we can be… — Thomas Raymond Kelly Copy Share Image
Any musician - I would say 99% of musicians - needs some help along the way. Most people, even if they're self-produced,… — Washed Out Copy Share Image
The reality is people are going to steal the record instead of buying it. It's kind of a cancer in the industry… — Matt Snell Copy Share Image
Rock isn't a young music anymore. I don't think it's necessarily even a youth-oriented music. — Tom Petty Copy Share Image
Uncle Tom's Cabin' is another one of my favs as is 'Song & Dance Man'! I have favorites for different reasons. — Jani Lane Copy Share Image
I started learning the piano at the age of 4 or 5, so I think I already liked music then. — Yoko Shimomura Copy Share Image
When I first toured with Wings things that were said about me were true - I did sing out of tune. — Linda McCartney Copy Share Image
I came in with a completely new perspective. I would write songs and they would pick tunes they felt were in the… — Tommy Bolin Copy Share Image
The first time I saw Tom Petty, he was playing in a band called Mudcrutch with Tom Leadon. They were in a… — Mike Campbell Copy Share Image
Composers dialogue - and obsessively, bitterly argue - with other composers, often over the span of several centuries. — Brian Ferneyhough Copy Share Image
Your testimony doesn't mean anything if it is not your testimony. So every song that I write it happened at one point… — Mike Willis Copy Share Image
And though you want to last forever, You know you never will, You know you never will, And the good-bye makes the… — Cat Stevens Copy Share Image
In Britain, you know there are people waiting to tear your stuff apart, so it's important for me to know that my… — Calvin Harris Copy Share Image
I think Led Zeppelin must have worn some of the most peculiar clothing that men had ever been seen to wear without… — Robert Plant Copy Share Image
There are four qualities essential to a great jazzman. they are taste, courage, individuality, and irreverence. — Stan Getz Copy Share Image
Musicians can travel all over the world and have an audience, because there's no language barrier. — Tommy Chong Copy Share Image
I can't choose the most meaningful song that I've written. That would be like choosing one child over another. But first borns… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
My music is a reflection of my way of thinking, and I take risks because I know I must. If I win,… — Rosalia Copy Share Image
The thing that makes me want to proceed and finish a song is when it really touches me and makes me feel… — Porter Robinson Copy Share Image
My beats and my production aren't dark or emo by any means; it's basically the lyrics I think, and the melody sometimes… — Sarah Barthel Copy Share Image
There are thousands upon thousands of new Johnny Cash fans every year, inspired by the music, talent, and - I believe hugely… — John Carter Cash Copy Share Image
It's great to hear from people who have been touched by these songs. It has been good to know that the Lord… — Jim Cole Copy Share Image
I have a pet peeve about bands that don't play their hits. I think it's kind of selfish. — Art Alexakis Copy Share Image
I just never want to do anything that's going to compromise what I do. It would have to be a song where… — Trip Lee Copy Share Image
I don't know about the totally happy album, though. I don't know if that will ever come from me. — John Grant Copy Share Image
Most artists, you know, you spend their entire lives learning how to play music and write songs, and they don't really know… — Moby Copy Share Image
I love a lot of very sentimental music, but I shouldn't necessarily be the person who makes it. — Grimes Copy Share Image