When you write or sing a song that means something to you, you are saying, 'You know what? This is who I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
He that divines the secret of my music is freed from the unhappiness that haunts the whole world of men. — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share Image
If you look back into the Superlatives' body of work, we've always included instrumentals. — Marty Stuart Copy Share Image
In the under-wood and the over-wood there is murmur and trill this day, For every bird is in lyric mood, And the… — Clinton Scollard Copy Share Image
The snow has quietness in it; no songs, no smells, no shouts or traffic. When I speak my own voice shocks me. — Anne Sexton Copy Share Image
Sometimes, I ask myself how any other singer could substitute the inspiration of god in their songs — Shakira Copy Share Image
“She had a sickly sweet smile on her face and she looked like she was a few seconds away from bursting into… — Danielle Paige, Dorothy Must Die Copy Share Image
I had to make different kinds of music for everybody but still keep it classic T-Pain at the same time. — T-Pain Copy Share Image
My house was full of music. My main memories are of the record player at home: it was all Beatles and Rolling… — Steven Price Copy Share Image
I can never tell what's going to end up being on an album until it's all finished. I'm reading the news everyday,… — Jack Johnson Copy Share Image
I write these songs and I like the idea of letting the band interpret it as they will. This band is like… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
I wanted to emulate music from America - young punks playing rock n' roll is what it was. I read part of… — Jimmy Page Copy Share Image
What we've noticed is that people latch onto our music, and are very, very supportive of it, even almost defensive about it.… — Jez Williams Copy Share Image
The mixtapes, and a lot of our music, it comes from a place of fandom and appreciation and of respect and of… — Dan Smith Copy Share Image
“And now, because of a song, Vimes, a simple piece of music, Vimes, soft as a breath, stranger than a mountain, some… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The more settled I've become, the more problematic my characters have become. There was a period when I wrote sensitive and gentle… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
There's so much stuff that you see every day that you want to talk about, but I'm not the type to open… — Polo G Copy Share Image
Stuffing birds or playing stringed instruments is an elegant pastime, and a resource to the idle, but it is not education. — John Henry Newman Copy Share Image
As long as I can remember, growing up we had a guitar around our house, and I was always plucking on it. — Adam Jones Copy Share Image
The first 'Blackout!' just started out with us doing the first song, 'How High' - I guess it was 'How High' -… — Redman Copy Share Image
I'm staying busy & focus you guys but know that you all are the reason I'm on my grind to get you… — Fantasia Barrino Copy Share Image
I feel like when you make an album, it really has to hold its ground. It has to make a stamp. — Smokepurpp Copy Share Image
I listen to a lot of different things. I'll be listening to prog rock, then the next couple of hours - Indian. — Madlib Copy Share Image
I still think that I'm doing grunge collections, for lack of a better way to say it. But it's not perceived that… — Marc Jacobs Copy Share Image
F.U.B.U.' is one of my favorite songs ever. It just like touches me - I almost like cry when I heard that… — Amine Copy Share Image
You put the right artist on the right track in the studio and leave the door open to let God in. — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
That's the nature of the business. You can have a hit and then nothing happens all of a sudden. But I don't… — Leo Sayer Copy Share Image
Being in a band is far more than playing an instrument. It's surviving. It's getting an album together. — Josh Silver Copy Share Image
Conductors' careers are made for the most part with 'Romantic' music. 'Classic' music eliminates the conductor; we do not remember him in… — Igor Stravinsky Copy Share Image
The reason I stop playing songs is usually because I get sick of them, and then they find themselves back into the… — Ben Folds Copy Share Image
I draw the line at letting people into my songwriting cave. To me, that's where the alchemy happens and where the mystery… — Amanda Palmer Copy Share Image
We have the freedom to either play a tempo or not to play a tempo; to play a note or not to… — Lester Bowie Copy Share Image
The best songs are stories, and the best singers storytellers. Great singers can make you care about what they're feeling. You have… — Steve Ross Copy Share Image
Queen were the first western band I got hooked on. I got a bootleg - there was hardly any legal buying of… — Katie Melua Copy Share Image
You can't imagine parlor ballads drifting out of high-rise multi-towered buildings. That kind of music existed in a more timeless state of… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
I have never been more physically tired than after that first song of my first concert. — Lil Dicky Copy Share Image
Selling MP3s or physical copies, it's still cool, but I think it's slowly becoming outdated to where people just want to build… — Diplo Copy Share Image
I kinda taught myself how to play guitar, and I still play to this day. It's become a pretty big part of… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
We turned what is virtually a glorified independent label into one of the powerhouse labels in the town. — Toby Keith Copy Share Image
But the music business is no more about truth on the outside of the Christian ghetto than it is on the inside. — Mark Heard Copy Share Image