When I get all focused on songwriting, I get into all the marketing and promotion that we do to make it happen.… — Ronnie Dunn Copy Share Image
It always starts as journaling for me. I find if I try to write a song, it doesn't feel as sincere as… — JP Saxe Copy Share Image
For me, I want to create a environment for the songs to live in. So one song by itself only tells a… — Jon Foreman Copy Share Image
“This next song goes out to anybody who’s ever been told that the way that they think or the way that they… — Alex Gaskarth Copy Share Image
Mrs. Nixon and I share the sorrow of millions of Americans at the death of Louis Armstrong. One of the architects of… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
I think I've always been extremely conscious of the kind of empowerment that comes from realizing that you're in a position to… — J. Robbins Copy Share Image
I've been writing songs all along, and since moving to Nashville in the late-'80s, I'd begun writing something like 15-20 songs a… — Bernie Leadon Copy Share Image
I always say it took me 10 minutes to write 'Cars,' but if I am honest it could have been even less… — Gary Numan Copy Share Image
If I was writing a song one night, I would leave the studio and come back the next day, and if I… — Trentemøller Copy Share Image
You can't listen to what people who aren't musical have to say. When Anytime was released, I had bad reviews, and at… — Brian McKnight Copy Share Image
Don't worry about what others say about your music. Pursue whatever you are hearing... but if everybody really hates your music maybe… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
Everything I do will always be compared to 'Love Song' in terms of success or the way it's written or whatever, but… — Sara Bareilles Copy Share Image
When Morrissey and I started The Smiths, we thought pop music was the most important thing in the world. It was almost… — Johnny Marr Copy Share Image
One of my mottos for 'Currents' was 'Give the song what it deserves.' How would this song flourish? If the song could… — Kevin Parker Copy Share Image
I'm not really good at writing sad sappy ballads. In terms of the lyrics not matching the vibe of the music, that's… — Mac DeMarco Copy Share Image
Normally on stage you don't get a second take, the song is the song and you can't go, 'Oh you know what,… — Adrian Lester Copy Share Image
“Songs of longing! And they will resound in my letters, just as they always have, sometimes loudly and sometimes secretly so that… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
I feel like you have to constantly keep proving yourself, and you have to constantly keep getting out there and showing them… — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
My songs are the reflection of how I think and how I feel in that moment. But I'm conscious of the fact… — Shakira Copy Share Image
You can only release music so often. You have albums and the whole cycles and everything like that, so covers are a… — Chrissy Costanza Copy Share Image
It was my 16th birthday - my mom and dad gave me my Goya classical guitar that day. I sat down, wrote… — Stevie Nicks Copy Share Image
“Whenever a noise exceeds our processing abilities—we can’t decipher all the different sound waves hitting our hair cells— the mind . .… — Brian Boyd Copy Share Image
When I perform, I simply follow the music, and my heart; everything comes from me in a very natural way - it's… — Lang Lang Copy Share Image
Even now, when you get love, you see Radha. Become Radha and be saved. There is no other way, Christians do not… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
I'm not a fan of the Eagles, but I've watched their documentary numerous times and everyone who's watched it with me has… — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
I don't think about whether it's gonna be a dance record or a ballad or anything when I'm making music. I sit… — Sam Smith Copy Share Image
“And now above and beyond the birds' song, Andy hears a more distant singing, whether of voices or instruments, sounds or words,… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
“My pop used to stand in our kitchen, wearing his checkered flannel shirt and pajama bottoms with definite hip-hop swagger. He was… — Will Kostakis Copy Share Image
[John Coltrane] liked my qualities as a person and that's the reason why he let me play with him. It wasn't what… — Pharoah Sanders Copy Share Image
My character on 'I'm In the Band,' Derek Jupiter of Iron Weasel, is definitely one of the crazier ones. That's completely on… — Steve Valentine Copy Share Image
You're always moving and thinking about a whole bunch of things. But those traits work well for me in studios and in… — will.i.am Copy Share Image
It disturbed me that the music industry had gone down the drain, even though people were listening to more music than ever… — Daniel Ek Copy Share Image
And I've found that, you know, the world of music is so vast and so broad, but at the same time, it's… — Dianne Reeves Copy Share Image
There's an easy way to tell if you have a good song. You get hit in the head with a message, and… — John Waite Copy Share Image
You can't walk into Wal-Mart and just walk out with a TV - you can't just download a TV. So don't go… — Scarface Copy Share Image
I think the best way to listen to my music is through recording. I would love to be one of those artists… — Willis Earl Beal Copy Share Image
“I would often sit in the corner of the room wearing Dad's massive headphones, carefully replaying the records time after time. It… — Simon Pegg Copy Share Image
Precisely because we do not communicate by singing, a song can be out of place but not out of character; it is… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
“Music has the power to stop time. When I listen to songs, I'm transported back to the moment of their birth, which… — Questlove Copy Share Image
Our dad was a singer and keyboardist and was in bands throughout his whole life. He was in a band called Sweathog… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
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