I always write to the moment. I've always been that kind of emcee. I don't wanna come in with all the paperwork… — Raekwon Copy Share Image
My first love in music was jazz, but I like it all," "I reacted emotionally to Art Blakey and, of course, to… — Larry Carlton Copy Share Image
He was my North, my South, my East and West, My working week and my Sunday rest, My noon, my midnight, my… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
“The hand on my hair moved to my back, and I realized someone was singing softly. The voice was familiar, and something… — Rachel Hawkins Copy Share Image
I think each album does have a different energy, otherwise you'd be doing the same thing again and not experimenting anew... Albums… — Kate Bush Copy Share Image
Every modulated sound is not a song, and every voice that executes a beautiful air does not sing. Singing should enchant. But… — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
“So sweet is this song that no one could resist it. For in it is all the passionate ache for the moonlight,… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
I just find that with music I've always felt a sort of comfort."Paranoid Android" was the saddest song I'd ever heard in… — Aaron Bruno Copy Share Image
How we sound was always the intention of how the band should sound. It has nothing with other options or going in… — Josh James Copy Share Image
I used to come home and play piano all day by ear and make songs up or figure out my favourite Elvis… — Natalie Prass Copy Share Image
The world must be filled with unsuccessful musical careers like mine, and it's probably a good thing. We don't need a lot… — Andy Rooney Copy Share Image
I see in the melody of Nature, God. It is a wonderful work of art. The spirit of the art is wonderful.… — Pablo Casals Copy Share Image
If you can use a search engine, you can find any piece of music that's been recorded for free. I'm not saying… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
The songs will come as they come, and I'm excited because I haven't gotten to be really creative in a while. I'm… — Maren Morris Copy Share Image
There is no telling what is going to happen in the music business in the next few years, hours, minutes, seconds. Giving… — Pauley Perrette Copy Share Image
You just do the best you can. It doesn't necessarily mean that you have to get worse the more you do it.… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share Image
One of those Rolling Stone Greatest Guitar Player lists came out and there was no Albert King. That's impossible! There are 10… — Derek Trucks Copy Share Image
Love is what makes you do everything. It really does conquer all. With my first album, I was writing about empowerment hoping… — Jessie James Decker Copy Share Image
To me, the best music always comes when - it sounds cliche, but you just try to block out the noise and… — Charles Kelley Copy Share Image
I was on this boat in the middle of the ocean scuba diving for this film I did, and I was with… — Gemma Arterton Copy Share Image
I hope we [with Patrick Leonard] can come up with something orchestral with some spoken material. And I also, God willing, hope… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
“Hit singles are a tricky-dick business: if they really were a piece of piss even you would write one. To write a… — Luke Haines Copy Share Image
Playing drums or music, being a musician, is inside of you. So you would always see me tapping on something, playing on… — Eric Hernandez Copy Share Image
'Turn to Stone' was written about the Nixon administration and the Vietnam War and the protesting that was going on and all… — Joe Walsh Copy Share Image
Wynton told us that Miles sold out, just wanted to make more money, just wanted to sell more records. I don't believe… — Ken Burns Copy Share Image
I wouldn't balk at having a hit single, because it would allow me some of the freedom to do some of the… — Michael Penn Copy Share Image
James Taylor is the kind of person I always thought the word 'folksinger' referred to. He writes and sings songs that are… — Jon Landau Copy Share Image
My father, a mining engineer and colliery manager, gave his brood many advantages not least of which, for me, was his love… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Whenever I record something, I always believe that it's worthy of inclusion in the pantheon, and I would certainly like pianists to… — Marc-Andre Hamelin Copy Share Image
Hit songs are mysterious and slippery beasts; few artists have a lock on them. This means that many people, like me, have… — Dan Hill Copy Share Image
I have never actually abandoned singing. I have sung at lots of friends' weddings and family events to keep up my classical… — Alexander Armstrong Copy Share Image
You are the answer to every prayer I've offered. You are a song, a dream, a whisper, and I don't know how… — Paritoshik Sharma Copy Share Image
Without language, one cannot talk to people and understand them; one cannot share their hopes and aspirations, grasp their history, appreciate their… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
You know what, the drummer is my manager. He's busy. And I'm busy. I don't need the dough, though. But having said… — Aimee Mann Copy Share Image
I think my first hit was the first song I ever wrote. I actually wrote it in 2005 in college. The title… — Kevin McCall Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, Nashville was the place to go if you had songs to sell and thought you had talent… — Willie Nelson Copy Share Image
I am deeply saddened to hear the news of Dan's passing. He was a dear friend for many years. Dan & his… — Gerry Beckley Copy Share Image
I guess I just look at talent as a very subjective thing. I mean, if you never tried playing an oboe, how… — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
I spent a lot of my twenties wanting a maid, really. I thought I wanted a relationship, but I just wanted somebody… — Robbie Williams Copy Share Image
There's a wonderful tradition of jazz people getting on stage and jamming and finding some feeling for music with audiences who may… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
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