It's a mystery to me why everybody doesn't love jazz. I've never been able to figure that out. — Walter Becker Copy Share Image
Pink Floyd was music for rich college kids, and we were the exact f**king opposite of that. — Ozzy Osbourne Copy Share Image
I can't immediately get all this coverage when my record comes out. The way I sell gold and platinum records is by… — TobyMac Copy Share Image
I remember sitting at home in West Texas listening to my 'Songs for a New World' CD over and over. — Michael Arden Copy Share Image
Growing up, my grandma was at home with us and there was a strong Afrobeat culture, she'd play all the riddims, and… — Raye Copy Share Image
Beats succeeded because, as music lovers, we knew oscilloscopes don't buy headphones - people do. — Jimmy Iovine Copy Share Image
I meet people every single day who have heard the music and incorporated it into their lives. I feel like I have… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
I like to write music that I feel like I would listen to. It's like my interpretation of what I want to… — Takudzwa Victoria Rosa Maidza Copy Share Image
I wanted to be different and original but still have it be something my fans could get into. There also are some… — Aaliyah Copy Share Image
The frequencies of the notes in a scale—do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do—sound to us like they’re rising in equal… — Steven Strogatz Copy Share Image
I wanted to be an actor. That was my real goal. But I wasn't any good at it, so I wrote my… — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
It's very important to have a good song - one where you can strip away all the production and just play it… — Lights Copy Share Image
I don't feel anything about it. I really like "Staring at the Sun" - I like that song a lot. I haven't… — Justin Vernon Copy Share Image
I don't know if I want to record together again. I go off and on it... In the old days, when we… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
I've never acted with my father, but we have always connected through music. He has been a great influence musically. He has… — Shruti Haasan Copy Share Image
“Well, also ask yourself this: do you know what Steve Miller looks like? No, you don’t. Nobody does. He could be standing… — It Books Copy Share Image
The most important thing is, when I do give the music, I'm satisfied with it, that it speaks for what I want… — Stevie Wonder Copy Share Image
I think Mozart, like you, is an example of someone who has the gods moving through him, and his religion was creation. — Hubert Selby, Jr Copy Share Image
Somewhere we went wrong Our love is like a song But you won't sing along Have you forgotten About us — Demi Lovato Copy Share Image
Heavy metal drives me bonkers, it makes me want to vomit, heavy metal really is a pile of puke. — Ian Gillan Copy Share Image
Music's something that I really wasn't pushed into, it was something I just kinda chose, I just kept pushing myself, and it… — Dizzee Rascal Copy Share Image
A singer doesn't sing at home: he or she wants his songs to reach out the audience. Audience always gives you your… — Himesh Reshammiya Copy Share Image
I want people to listen to my lyrics and be okay with themselves. The people who have it the roughest are homosexuals… — Ben Folds Copy Share Image
Thomas Dolby is part mad scientist, part nature boy, and entirely moved by the power of music. — Shawn Amos Copy Share Image
Anybody can write music of a sort. But touching the public heart is quite another thing. — John Philip Sousa Copy Share Image
Christ himself wrote nothing, but furnished endless material for books and songs of gratitude and praise. — Philip Schaff Copy Share Image
I write my lyrics the day I sing the song, so even when I have the basic things, I'm thinking what can… — Kirk Windstein Copy Share Image
Just no gentrified drum and bass music anymore, please! It's not good for your health. — Goldie Copy Share Image
Music and people are so diverse and I think it's ignorant to only associate with one genre. — Kalvin Valentine Copy Share Image
I make charts of songs that are good candidates, good targets, so to speak. Then I try to come up with ideas… — Al Yankovic Copy Share Image
The conductor of an orchestra doesn’t make a sound. He depends, for his power, on his ability to make other people powerful. — Benjamin Zander Copy Share Image
There were a few singers at home, one or two aunties. We did have a piano but I think that got put… — Elizabeth Fraser Copy Share Image
“The notes I can handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes-ah, that is where the art resides.” — Artur Schnabel Copy Share Image
I don't really know what inspires me to write the music I do, but usually, the music will set the tone for… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
I hope people hear my songs and realize that writing music is kind of easy, or that taking your sadness and turning… — Frankie Cosmos Copy Share Image
Since I was a kid, music has been a huge part of my life. My parents had a pretty solid vinyl collection… — Reid Scott Copy Share Image
The private little world that I create with my music is something that most people like to listen to alone and get… — Cat Stevens Copy Share Image
I don't disrespect the audience. I only sing very well-written, intelligent songs. — Tony Bennett Copy Share Image
“Songs are just novels that get to the point quicker. Though I don't imagine that Ke$ha's book would be clean YA...” — Inda Herwood Copy Share Image
Growing up, I was always around adult musicians who played for their entire lives. So that's what I wanted to do, and… — Steve Miller Copy Share Image
