Punk's influence on music, movies, art, design and fashion is no longer in doubt. It is used as the measurement for what… — Malcolm Mclaren Copy Share Image
We love what we do. We're passionate about making music and as composers; that's just who we are. — John Petrucci Copy Share Image
I'd say 99 per cent of the time I write on my own, just with my guitar, and then it's trying to… — Passenger Copy Share Image
“Music is when mind and body go on holiday and the soul pops open a bottle of champagne.” — Goldie Nanwani Copy Share Image
Time to write and sing, to laugh, to listen, to discover, to cry, to love music. — Jeff Buckley Copy Share Image
“We are the conductors of the beauty of the orchestra of our inner lives. Keep a Händel on it and don't hold… — Tom Althouse Copy Share Image
“There's nothing like a song about lost love to remind you how everything precious can slip through the hinges where you've hung… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
Our perception of songs that we've written... the meaning changes from day to day... to whatever stage we're at in our life… — Layne Staley Copy Share Image
The only person I have regrets about is Miles Davis. He and I had become good friends after we did a photo… — Nile Rodgers Copy Share Image
I think part of my job as a songwriter is to go back in my memory and pull up those pains for… — Gregory Porter Copy Share Image
I've never been one to think it was cheating to sample this or to loop the drum part there - I've always… — James Mercer Copy Share Image
You don't want the biggest record deal as far as money goes, you just want to make sure that the people at… — Adam Rich Copy Share Image
Springsteen's 'Thunder Road' and Carole King's 'It's Too Late' are examples of why I am a singer/songwriter. I practice these songs every… — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
“Two people, two hands, and two songs, in this case "Big Shot" and "Bette Davis Eyes." The lyrics of the two songs… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
I have to decide whether I'm just laying down a groove, kind of a bed and canvas for the lyrics and music… — Glenn Kotche Copy Share Image
Louie Bellson represents the epitome of musical talent. His ability to cover the whole musical spectrum from an elite percussionist to a… — Oscar Peterson Copy Share Image
Listen kid, take my advice, never hate a song that has sold half a million copies. — Irving Berlin Copy Share Image
I first got into music when I heard punk, and it was saying maybe it's OK if you don't live up to… — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
It's truthful - every single song is an extension of me and a truthful piece of inspiration from my past or something… — Bazzi Copy Share Image
Performing was easy because I believed that I could sing, but that was an outside thing. — Gloria Gaynor Copy Share Image
My songs emerge from my life, or wherever they do, unbidden and unplanned and completely on a schedule of their own. — David Crosby Copy Share Image
I've always expressed myself on guitar, and so I look at it as another voice that is available to say what you… — Frankie Ballard Copy Share Image
The biggest musical influence on me was my mum. We were both enraptured by music. — Johnny Marr Copy Share Image
We're musicians and despite that, we get more political questions than musical questions, which kind of irks me. — Shavo Odadjian Copy Share Image
I like them all. They're all pictures of me when I wrote them. I have no favorite songs. — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
There are many songs that have become popular and people sing along with it without knowing the meaning of its lyrics. — Gulzar Copy Share Image
We were a great family for singing. There were good voices on both sides and no reluctance to use them. — Vera Lynn Copy Share Image
When I first heard music, I thought it should be very clean, very precise. Something that people could understand, something that was… — Charlie Parker Copy Share Image
I still have a very nonintellectual, nonjudgmental relationship with melody and the music as I hear it all in my head. — Ariel Pink Copy Share Image
“We love music deeply, but why? Put simply: music makes lives, shapes lives, expresses all shades and stages of life - and… — Rasheed Ogunlaru Copy Share Image
The song and dance didn't stop us dying. It just stopped the fear of death swallowing us up while we were still… — Jackie French Copy Share Image
The goal as a musician, I think, is to be able to make music as a living for the rest of your… — Taylor Momsen Copy Share Image
I just write... I follow the melodies that I can't forget/the ones that pop up in my brain the most. — Lou Barlow Copy Share Image
I'm not against the Hanukkah songs. I like Hanukkah songs. I grew up with Hanukkah songs. I'm not opposed to Hanukkah or… — Howard Dean Copy Share Image
My musical taste is mainly summed up as like Bob Dylan, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin, with Zeppelin being… — Patrick Cantlay Copy Share Image
I think basically lables were more interested in a Richard Page record than a Mr. Mister record. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You don't know how long it's going to last. I don't know what's going to happen after I put out my first… — Sigrid Copy Share Image
We are more like vehicles, a part of our mensch machine, our man-machine. Sometimes we play the music, sometimes the music plays… — Florian Schneider Copy Share Image
You definitely get more of a band feel to a song if you've been playing a song live a bunch. — John Britt Daniel Copy Share Image
The songs started as a soundscapes, and then came the words and music; each song took at least a year to make. — Justin Vernon Copy Share Image
