I became Fantastic Negrito, and I felt like there was a rawness and an honesty in that music that I could relate… — Fantastic Negrito Copy Share Image
People have been rumouring that Queen are going to split up for the last eight years at least. I've got some great… — Brian May Copy Share Image
Recognizing that the world is governed by a minority, the sexually active, and that they hold sway of a huge majority of… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
The first thing I learned was the 'St Louis Blues' when I was eight. Both my grandmothers, my mother and uncle played… — Jools Holland Copy Share Image
To do a musical takes a tremendous amount of energy because you have to act and sing at the same time. And… — Alan Alda Copy Share Image
All the songs are written from the perspective of a person, being me, who had trouble with some of the big questions… — Sune Rose Wagner Copy Share Image
I prefer to feel uncomfortable by participating in projects were I am not the specialist. I am always the one who knows… — Gaspar Claus Copy Share Image
Most people like the sad songs. Some of the oldest songs known to man are sad. Listening to a voice singing something… — Patty Griffin Copy Share Image
Sometimes people come up and say, "You have this line in this song and it meant a lot to me." You don't… — Craig Finn Copy Share Image
Twelve years ago me and Allanah became really sick of writing pop songs, ... Eventually we dug a grave for the Thompson… — Tom Bailey Copy Share Image
I was picked on a lot as a kid because of the way I dressed. Metal and punk music got me through… — Machine Gun Kelly Copy Share Image
Jazz songs have always been quite literal because many of them are taken from musical theater and you only have a couple… — Laufey Copy Share Image
I only do private room karaoke where it's just me and one of my closest girlfriends. My mom always said I could… — Chelsea Peretti Copy Share Image
Well we usually just try to do a mix from all the albums so if somebody just has one they don't get… — Mason Jennings Copy Share Image
Due to people's health, and certain things that have happened to people's physicality because of their healthy, that would probably keep us… — Phil Ehart Copy Share Image
We live in a world with "free" content, and this freedom is not an imperfection. We listen to the radio without paying… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
“Why do we care about singers? Wherein lies the power of songs? Maybe it derives from the sheer strangeness of there being… — Salmon Rushdie Copy Share Image
“If you've got some hopelessly overmatched heroes fighting evil and some Imperial types marching, John Williams is your guy. You need a… — Kevin Hearne Copy Share Image
For us, the music is the most important thing that we're doing. But we also like to give that energy to the… — Tony Kanal Copy Share Image
I always have strong urges to sabotage myself. Whenever someone says they like something about my music, I tend to not want… — Mitski Copy Share Image
I'm Not Afraid of the Police' is the first song I wrote and recorded since moving back to Los Angeles. It's a… — Paul Gilbert Copy Share Image
One of the first places where I started to respond to song lyrics was in reggae music. A lot of what I… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
I was finishing up at High School of Performing Arts and finally, by the end of junior year and start of senior… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
I'm a huge Cure fan. I love the Cure. The scales being tipped to when they weren't on a major label compared… — Isaac Brock Copy Share Image
When people are feeling a bunch of feelings or there's something happening within the world, a lot of people get healing through… — Jasmine Cephas Jones Copy Share Image
I would point to a song like 'I'm Not A Loser', which I tried to evolve as best I could over the… — Milo Aukerman Copy Share Image
You truly need to witness me goo-gooing and coo-cooing and making up goofy little songs to glean a full appreciation of how… — Jim Goad Copy Share Image
I could be inspired by something I see or something I hear and write down or send to a friend or a… — Hailee Steinfeld Copy Share Image
When you grow up, you're told that rock 'n' roll is the only authentic way to express yourself. Live instrumentation, singer, live… — Matt Tong Copy Share Image
I think the most important thing about what musicians do is the music. You can be as big an arsehole as you… — Peter Hook Copy Share Image
What distinguishes a mathematical model from, say, a poem, a song, a portrait or any other kind of "model," is that the… — John L. Casti Copy Share Image
There is an unseen sweetness in the stomach’s emptiness. We are lutes. When the sound box is filled, no music can come… — Rumi Copy Share Image
Lina couldn't sleep at first, thinking of the old songs and what they meant. Someone, long ago, had hoped that at least… — Jeanne DuPrau Copy Share Image
And what unity is to be had, at a time when orchestras are dying out, and when opera houses are about to… — Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Copy Share Image
Eighty per cent of my time is spent on paperwork, hiring musicians, putting bands together, setting up concerts, and 20 per cent… — Colm Wilkinson Copy Share Image
Music is made of what we do when we move, and we can only move in certain ways, in certain ranges of… — Vijay Iyer Copy Share Image
Florence Foster Jenkins was born in Pennsylvania in 1868 and left home because her father refused to allow her to fulfil her… — Maureen Lipman Copy Share Image
Maybe its not the coolest thing when it comes to whats on top of the chart or whatever at that time, but… — Dimebag Darrell Copy Share Image
Any musician with a slight level of self-awareness can be taught to write a 'good' song. A great song is completely original.… — Greta Salpeter Copy Share Image
I could care less about ever having a No. 1 single. I would just like to be able to play and have… — Brian Fallon Copy Share Image
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