Not that there is anything wrong with confessional songwriting, there are plenty of people that do that I admire. I think it… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
Sometimes I need to reject the music proposed for my songs because the musicians misunderstand that the Fanny Crosby who once wrote… — Fanny Crosby Copy Share Image
I think some people have this thing where just because you do singles that means you're not a real artist. It's like… — Jonas Blue Copy Share Image
Every band wants to be have a song that is that big, that will pretty much live on forever. I don't know… — Rickey Medlocke Copy Share Image
Where John Lennon and Yoko Ono holed up for a week in the Presidential Suite at the Hilton Amsterdam for their 'Bed-in… — Bez Copy Share Image
Each album has a different atmosphere. The third album and Houses of the Holy seem to be the two albums that people… — Robert Plant Copy Share Image
'Fantasy' is one of the fewer tracks where it's more literal than most of our things, but at the same time it's… — Lizzy Plapinger Copy Share Image
Sugarland was a band we started to try to make things better. It was in the aftermath of 9-11; it was in… — Kristian Bush Copy Share Image
Musically I try to connect a common bridge between such exhilarating feelings as performing at the Acropolis, to the emotions each and… — Bradley Joseph Copy Share Image
Well, obviously I wanted it to sound as original as possible. I suppose the influences that we had were probably from the… — Roy Wood Copy Share Image
I wrote "Bootylicious" because, at the time, I’d gained some weight and the pressure that people put you under, the pressure to… — Beyonce Knowles Copy Share Image
Everybody in my neighborhood in the '40s, they played pianos. That's how people partied. They didn't try the TV, the radio was… — Dr. John Copy Share Image
When I write a song, I tap into the emotion and the feeling and then I use the emotion to write the… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
Whenever we do stuff with Die Antwoord, it's kind of like... I made a lot of music before this group that I'm… — Watkin Tudor Jones Copy Share Image
Concert pianists are really afraid to try out the Beethoven Fourth Concerto if the Third happens to be their specialty. That's the… — Glenn Gould Copy Share Image
I do read the records reviews but more out of curiosity than anything else, I feel like we know what we want… — Robin Pecknold Copy Share Image
Definitely, and it's getting more spiritual. Pretty soon I believe people will have to rely on music to get some kind of… — Jimi Hendrix Copy Share Image
I see a steady downward slope toward oblivion over the next three years. I'm pessimistic. Everything that's happened to me so far… — Kevin Kline Copy Share Image
I liked AC/DC," Lee said. "If you were going to shoot someone, you'd really want to do it while you were listening… — Joe Hill Copy Share Image
I'm tryna put out the right stuff and just do me and not pay attention to who's hating and who's loving me… — SonReal Copy Share Image
You cant make your music good. You cant try to be good. You can try to be present and you can try… — Michael Hedges Copy Share Image
I did an album a long time ago called 'Replicas,' which was entirely science-fiction driven, or science-fantasy. Since then it's been a… — Gary Numan Copy Share Image
I'm usually really drawn to a song, and I know it would be good to cover if it sounds like something that… — Lorde Copy Share Image
With writing a song, I've always felt, right from the start, like I'm scraping the bottom of the barrel. I don't ever… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
Singing is a way of releasing an emotion that you sometimes can't portray when you're acting. And music moves your soul, so… — Amanda Seyfried Copy Share Image
Gatekeeper was sort of my first attempt to put a little bit of a frame and boundaries around songwriting, and try to… — Feist Copy Share Image
“With your lips on mine, your song still in my ears, I forget that I never said yes, that all of it… — Heather Demetrios Copy Share Image
If I find myself just not feeling like writing songs anymore, I think I'll drop it. There's enough bad, insincere music out… — Isaac Brock Copy Share Image
“Not many songs can fend off evil. But the right song with the right voice can be a weapon; anyone who's listened… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
I like working with sound; sound and rhythm. I like the abstract more than "What does that mean?" Nobody ever says to… — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
Unforgettable, that's what you are Unforgettable though near or far Like a song of love that clings to me How the thought… — Irving Gordon Copy Share Image
Steve comes out of left field, he's one of a kind, ... Rob (guitar) contributed greatly to a black metal tone of… — Joey Jordison Copy Share Image
When I first started, I wrote some songs with Linda Perry. She's so instrumental in a lot of artist's lives, listening to… — Juliette Lewis Copy Share Image
My own feelings about the direction in which jazz should go are that there should be much less stress on technical exhibitionism… — Booker Little Copy Share Image
The guitar for me is a translation device. It's not a goal. And in some ways, jazz isn't a destination for me.… — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
I have about 10 or 12 guitars, some of which are in non-standard tunings. Mostly I play a clone of my 59… — Mike Campbell Copy Share Image
The genuine music lover may accept the carnal husk of opera to get at the kernel of actual music within, but that… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
We didn't want to worry about the formula that has been implanted into our brains - this verse/pre-chorus/chorus format. When we were… — Travie McCoy Copy Share Image
My mum and my dad they both like to sing they have really nice voices and my sister and my brother actually… — Lana Del Rey Copy Share Image
I don't want to follow the map of what the music industry does because I've already lived the industry and I still… — DJ Premier Copy Share Image
