I think rock 'n' roll is very visual. All of the best bands, like The Stones, The Who and Small Faces, were… — John Waite Copy Share Image
We went for the best overall feel on each song. There are no musical overdubs at all. It's a true live record;… — Ben Harper Copy Share Image
When you listen to my songs, you hear messages and real stories. That's what's setting me apart. — Tink Copy Share Image
I've tried to make music that's more universal, but for me, it's most successful emotionally when it's most specific to what I'm… — Ben Lee Copy Share Image
The Beatles will never get back together and David Lee Roth will never again sing with Van Halen. — Alex Van Halen Copy Share Image
I don't really plan what comes out of my mouth, and that's what makes most of my lyrics entertaining. — Kesha Copy Share Image
I don't care if I get kicked out of every rich kid club on the planet. I will never sacrifice my integrity… — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
Growing up with music as a kid - I used to feel like artists were writing songs about me falling in love. — Becky Hill Copy Share Image
Because I feel like I can do so many different things, and people like my music for different reasons, I don't feel… — Lil Dicky Copy Share Image
Obviously, any living musician born after 1960 has been touched by rock and roll. It's the music of our time, and it's… — Bryce Dessner Copy Share Image
When you break into song, it's not about dialogue, it's not about how you would speak in a naturalistic sense-it's about expressing… — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
The first thing you realise very quickly when you decide to do an acoustic version of an electric song is your solo… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
Remember: It costs nothing to encourage an artist, and the potential benefits are staggering. A pat on the back to an artist… — Kevin Smith Copy Share Image
Musicians make up for the copies of their songs that get pirated by performing live. I don't think there will be as… — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
God, we thank you for this earth, our homes; for the wide sky and the blessed sun, for the salt sea and… — Walter Rauschenbusch Copy Share Image
The problem as you get older is, from my perspective, after a certain amount of songs, you tend to start writing something… — Robert Smith Copy Share Image
The conductor must make it possible to eliminate himself in the music. If the orchestra feels him doing that, then everything will… — Giuseppe Sinopoli Copy Share Image
I think ideas are still the most powerful things on the planet, and music is a great way to transmit them. — David Crosby Copy Share Image
I have been singing for the last 50 years, you know, so I deserve a break. Besides, there are talented singers around… — Lata Mangeshkar Copy Share Image
I've always had levity in my songs, so I like to turn things over, twist them around, and make fun of myself. — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
Music does communicate across language and racial and religious and philosophical barriers. It is one of the most distilled forms of human… — Lari White Copy Share Image
Great classic music that I've been turned on to has not only inspired and influenced me, but it has had an effect… — Scott Weiland Copy Share Image
The whole duty of a conductor is comprised in his ability to indicate the right tempo. — Richard Wagner Copy Share Image
At the age of 11 is when I took my love & interest for singing a bit more serious. — Dinah Jane Copy Share Image
Often a single experience will open the young soul to music for a whole lifetime — Zoltan Kodaly Copy Share Image
When directors tell me they want a song like one, I tell them no song should be like another. I don't listen… — Ilaiyaraaja Copy Share Image
Writing music on your own makes you think a lot about your life. Who are you? Would you change anything about yourself?… — Enya Copy Share Image
We wanna be on the frontlines of everything new and exciting. The old world order of putting out four singles before you… — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
People love Axl [Rose] with the original band, they love him on his own but they want to see him with the… — Steven Tyler Copy Share Image
We've been around about 20 years and we only have, what, two records? We're not terribly prolific. — Kyle Gass Copy Share Image
Writing a Metallica song is a journey and a process, and it takes time, but that's what's special about it. — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
I love vinyl, but I'm not a 'vinyl person'. I still collect, but most of my stuff is digital. — Tim Hecker Copy Share Image
As far as I'm concerned, there won't be a Beatles reunion as long as John Lennon remains dead. — George Harrison Copy Share Image
I compulsively reach for perfection in music, often at the expense of everything else in my life. — Stan Getz Copy Share Image
A guy called Arthur Brown... was a big influence of mine... and also Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull. — Bruce Dickinson Copy Share Image
“The music at a wedding procession always reminds me of the music of soldiers going into battle.” — Heinrich Heine Copy Share Image
“We are living in a cultural dark age of musical pollution. You put the radio on, and five minutes later you need… — Vangelis Copy Share Image
I suppose if you make enough money with one album, you can relax the rest of your life. I would rather go… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
I would always sing it (Take Me Out To The Ballgame) because I think it's the only song I knew the words… — Harry Caray Copy Share Image
Yeah I live of my music. Why does everyone ask me that? Is my music that absurd that nobody could possibly be… — Venetian Snares Copy Share Image
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