I think all my albums have concentrated on songs, I've never taken the typical Van Halen route to try and become a… — Gary Moore Copy Share Image
Where most people looked forward to the weekend to go out and yie one on, my idea of a good time was… — Warren DeMartini Copy Share Image
I like '1989,' the whole album. 'Welcome to New York,' 'Blank Space,' 'Bad Blood' - all of it! — Damian Lillard Copy Share Image
('Stairway to Heaven' is) a nice pleasant, well-meaning naive little song, very English. It's not the definitive Led Zeppelin song. 'Kashmir' is. — Robert Plant Copy Share Image
The three greatest composers are Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms. All the others are cretins. — Hans von Bulow Copy Share Image
When somebody turned me on to a Coltrane record around seventh grade, I took up saxophone. — Tom Verlaine Copy Share Image
I think if you can affect somebody's life with one song, that's such a powerful tool to reach millions of people on… — Chord Overstreet Copy Share Image
I can't believe that I get to stand on the stages I stand on every summer, and get to sing the songs… — Kenny Chesney Copy Share Image
I still play but for some reason, I am having so much fun playing guitar and singing that I don't really miss… — Tommy Lee Copy Share Image
Gene Krupa was my big hero, and I used to play on my mother's flour cans and sugar cans with the kitchen… — Dick Dale Copy Share Image
I write a lot of songs people don't hear. I really just enjoy the process. I finish 'em all. I don't think… — Bob Seger Copy Share Image
No, I don't go along with everything they say or do. For example, I'm probably the only one in the band who… — Randy Meisner Copy Share Image
The whole 'I Told You,' there's nothing written. That was all out of the feeling. That's why the album is so incredible… — Tory Lanez Copy Share Image
It's rather like attending a university seminar where you are talking to a few gifted specialists who deliver a paper to an… — Gavin Bryars Copy Share Image
“The song was about a girl who didn't fit in and she didn't care and she was different than everyone else. I… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
When I started college, I wrote a song 'Pee Jaun,' with a friend. I never intended to make mainstream music, but that… — Momina Mustehsan Copy Share Image
My first guitar was an Ibanez semi-hollowbody, I think it was called the Artist, from the early '80s. — Kim Shattuck Copy Share Image
When you write a song like 'Forrest Gump,' the subject can't be androgynous. It requires an unnecessary amount of effort. — Frank Ocean Copy Share Image
Being a songwriter requires versatility while being an artist requires you to create a cohesive body of work. I truly enjoy both. — Wendy Starland Copy Share Image
“Music is the hidden arithmetic of the soul, which does not know that it deals with numbers. (Paraphrasing Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz)” — Ellen Klages Copy Share Image
II know very, very little about the ukulele, but I actually grew up playing the viola from 4th grade through high school. — Kris Allen Copy Share Image
I started performing in musical events after the success of 'Victory' and fans demanded the song 'Khaali Quarter' in every show. — Arjun Janya Copy Share Image
When you're songwriting, it's like talking about your own life experience. When you're with a band, you have to compromise. — Timothy B. Schmit Copy Share Image
My music is about a joyful experience. I've learned that if you can affect other people, you should. — Cyndi Lauper Copy Share Image
Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is. — Malcolm Arnold Copy Share Image
Once you have a hit song and people recognize you the moment you start into it is a big thrill! — Porter Wagoner Copy Share Image
It's easy to get into an easy routine but the problem with that is you can tend to write the same song… — Georgia Nott Copy Share Image
Composing is what drives me; it's not the pursuit of fame. My songs are like pages in a diary. — Mick Hucknall Copy Share Image
I identify more as a musician than as a singer, because I play piano and percussion, and I engineer and produce everything… — Janina Gavankar Copy Share Image
My mom has pictures of me at four years old at the turntable, reaching up to play the records. I feel like… — Dr Dre Copy Share Image
I kind of always wanted my own music to just sound like, like me, I suppose, like if I was music it… — Lianne La Havas Copy Share Image
“The voice sang on, “I am ready, I am ready, I am fine. I am fine, I am fine, I am fine.”… — Kimberly Novosel Copy Share Image
The point of being in a band, for instance, isn't to get big; it's about enjoying playing shows. — Craig Finn Copy Share Image
As a member of Guess Who, I think 'No Time' was the best thing we ever did. It was a pivotal song… — Burton Cummings Copy Share Image
My voice adapts itself to the music. I can do a lot more than you hear in Portishead. — Beth Gibbons Copy Share Image
We grew up with a different gauge on what pop is. Pop for us was INXS and John Farnham. — Jessica Origliasso Copy Share Image
It kind of renews my faith in humankind that there's long attention spans left out there that can listen to a 12-minute… — Danny Carey Copy Share Image
All the music we know that's popular is actually commonly shared music that takes things that are similar about all of us. — Tod Machover Copy Share Image
Live music is the most primal form of energy release you can share with other people besides having sex or taking drugs. — Kurt Cobain Copy Share Image
“Her name was a silent song on his lips. Her love was like a circle in the water, radiating ever outward, inevitably… — Susan Wiggs Copy Share Image
