I always did sing. It's always been something I love to do but it has also been the most private and most… — Rita Wilson Copy Share Image
“February Boris Pasternak It's February. Get ink. Weep. Write the heart out about it, sing Another song of February While raucous slush… — Boris Pasternak Copy Share Image
I was inspired by people like Joni Mitchell and Carole King and Stevie and "Storytellers." People that could really change the world… — Emeli Sande Copy Share Image
“nothing is accomplished by writing a piece of music nothing is accomplished by hearing a piece of music nothing is accomplished by… — John Cage Copy Share Image
The music that we listen to these days, everything is right there in your face. There's no real mystery. It's not poetic.… — Ro James Copy Share Image
I think hip-hop is no more misogynistic than America is as a society. I just think hip-hop is a lot more brash,… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
I make up cassettes all the time - to take on the road with me - a song from this album, a… — Robert Palmer Copy Share Image
Liesel crossed the bridge over the Amper River. The water was glorious and emerald and rich. She could see the stones at… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
I go to restaurants and the groups always play "Yesterday." I even signed a guy's violin in Spain after he played us… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
I came home one day from school after being chased by kids singing “Yellow Submarine”, and I didn't understand why. It just… — Dhani Harrison Copy Share Image
Can't promise I'ma treat you right, But lemme show what I got for you to eat tonight, HA! Fuck, Fuck..tryna sleep tonight.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Sam [Phillips] wanted I Walk The Line up - you know, up-tempo. And I put paper in the strings of my guitar… — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
I just write all the time. In my whole life I've never had what I've heard people talk about writer's block. I've… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I wrote a cheesy love song - called "Tender Torture". I guess it's more of a song about being away from someone… — Nicholas Thorburn Copy Share Image
I don't play accurately--any one can play accurately--but I play with wonderful expression. As far as the piano is concerned, sentiment is… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood," a song that was written for Simone, she confronted the band's lead singer, Eric Burdon. "So you're… — Nina Simone Copy Share Image
A lot of people do talk about the demise of the album, but I still believe that if an artist tries hard… — Moby Copy Share Image
Dad was pretty solid. He had great grooves and there was occasional moments of sheer brilliance with fills and things, but in… — Jason Bonham Copy Share Image
Oscar Peterson is my favorite all-around pianist. There are pianists I like because of one thing and pianists I like because of… — Carmen McRae Copy Share Image
God is pleased with no music below so much as with the thanksgiving songs of relieved widows and supported orphans; of rejoicing,… — Jeremy Taylor Copy Share Image
Sometimes the worst thing that can happen is, 'Oh, I'm on stage playing a song,' because you're daydreaming about something else, you're… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
I have never been able to remember the number of my driver's license, and there have been times when I couldn't even… — Marlon Brando Copy Share Image
To me, art is the capacity to experience one's innocence: craft is how you get to that point. Maturity in a musician… — Robert Fripp Copy Share Image
Real music will make you more and more refined. It will become more and more silent. In fact, real music will help… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I love players like Thurston Moore. I mean, you can put notes down on a sheet of paper, and if you practice… — Frank Iero Copy Share Image
That's really what was wonderful for me growing up, since I got to know so many of the songwriters who liked me… — Margaret Whiting Copy Share Image
As a youngster in the little orphanage home in New Orleans, I was the bugler of the institution. When I got to… — Louis Armstrong Copy Share Image
I know a lot of people connect with my story. Every night that I do shows, I get emails and texts and… — Shane Bunting Copy Share Image
Everything I record, I end up putting out. You hear about artists with hundreds of songs in their archive, and I have… — Laufey Copy Share Image
There's every other guitar player and then there's Chet. He transcended musical boundaries for more than fifty years. God only lays Chet… — Marty Stuart Copy Share Image
In a song you can shine a light on a topic and with your voice at a concert you can shine a… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be an actor and to this day I don't. I can't get a handle on it. An actor… — Dick Van Dyke Copy Share Image
One day when I was like 9, I heard the Beatles on the radio, and I asked my dad who they were.… — Lukas Haas Copy Share Image
Generally I'll keep 95% of what I sing on that first scratch vocal take. Sometimes that idea will ferment for a long… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
When I first joined the group, I didn't know Jimmy, and I felt a bit shy. He was the big star, and… — John Bonham Copy Share Image
If you only do little clusters - three or four songs by one, and another, and then yet another - you lose… — Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Copy Share Image
The basic difference between classical music and jazz is that in the former the music is always graver than its performance -… — Andre Previn Copy Share Image
When Alcatrazz played in Japan in early '84, the record label offered me the opportunity to do a solo album while continuing… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
I actually got to write with one of my musical heroes, a guy named Raine Maida from Our Lady Peace. I got… — David Cook Copy Share Image
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![“Sam [Phillips] wanted I Walk The Line up - you know, up-tempo. And I put paper in the strings of my guitar to get that (vocalizing) sound, and with the bass and the lead guitar, there it was. Bare and stark, that song was when it was released. And I heard it on the radio and I really didn't like…” quote by Johnny Cash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe6/johnny-cash-1517_bass_sam-phillips-wanted-i-walk-the-line-up-y_1729588.jpg)
