Songs are great. I love songs. I sing them in the shower sometimes. They can be poignant or cheery or angry, and… — Russell Smith Copy Share Image
I play classical music almost exclusively. I never mastered jazz or gospel in the way that my mother did. She was a… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
It takes courage to grieve, to honor the pain we carry. We can grieve in tears or in meditative silence, in prayer… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
We have to go and show these people what classical music is. We say sometimes that classical music has a small audience,… — Gustavo Dudamel Copy Share Image
I always listen to music when I write! I basically make a playlist for every essay; sometimes it's just one song, or… — Melissa Febos Copy Share Image
I did take composition lessons when I was in high school, so I wrote piano pieces. I wrote some chamber music. I… — Tod Machover Copy Share Image
If I could get another chance. Another walk, another dance with him. I'd play a song that would never ever end. How… — Luther Vandross Copy Share Image
All of my favorite songs can bring me to tears. Some are rock, some are blues, some are love ballads. That's why… — Kelly Blatz Copy Share Image
That's where I think a lot of these guys today are just, 'I'm the drummer, man. Check it out. Here's my lick.… — Vinnie Paul Copy Share Image
A very few musicians passed across all decades. In terms of trumpet playing, Louis Armstrong does it of course but Sweets [Edison]… — Freddie Hubbard Copy Share Image
Sound continues to be a mystery to me, in that one could create infinite songs focusing on the same subject, but depending… — Josh Garrels Copy Share Image
I feel like the inspiration is that I've managed to change my songwriting over the past couple of years and also production… — Marika Hackman Copy Share Image
Watch out for music. It should come with a health warning. It can be dangerous. It can make you feel so alive,… — Peter Gabriel Copy Share Image
One time, I performed 'Save Dat Money' with Justin Bieber. I was at his album release party, and he was like, 'Do… — Lil Dicky Copy Share Image
You know, many people do not know that I am so immersed when it comes to music. I have such a huge… — BeBe Zahara Benet Copy Share Image
As an artist, you tend to gravitate to the opposite. I know, when I finish a song or an album, I'm interested… — Mat Kearney Copy Share Image
Jazz is smooth and cool. Jazz is rage. Jazz flows like water. Jazz never seems to begin or end. Jazz isn't methodical,… — Nat Wolff Copy Share Image
If a psychiatrist would analyze [the lyrics], I'm sure they'd come up with something interesting. I really don't try to twist them.… — Victoria Legrand Copy Share Image
Even though we're all together making songs and I produce them, it's so her vision. Especially when we walk out on stage… — Finneas Copy Share Image
I don't like records that are the same from beginning to end, that are too styled and slick. Everything is so designed… — Bjork Copy Share Image
The metalcore has been left behind. It's not something that any of us find enjoyment in listening to, so it's obviously not… — M. Shadows Copy Share Image
I got to see Jack White. I love his new album. There's a song on the album called 'I Think I Should… — Adam Pally Copy Share Image
I liked John a lot. He was the one I really got on with the most. We weren't buddy-buddies but we were… — Mick Jagger Copy Share Image
You are the sun, I am the moon... You are the words, I am the tune... Play me... Song she sang to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
All the downloading of films and music make sense just being able to receive the energy, that way since everything is energy,… — Giuseppe Andrews Copy Share Image
I would think that the drumstick is probably pretty good. Because you can put that anywhere. If you are a strong guy,… — Dolph Lundgren Copy Share Image
For all of my life, I've had this one song in my head, and I'm still trying to write it. I'm still… — Torquil Campbell Copy Share Image
I will say this: Rapping-wise, there has never been anybody to match Tupac's energy when coming on a song, like when rappin'.… — Demetrius Shipp, Jr Copy Share Image
Normal adults can doodle, amble, and drift with no need to assess risk, since there is normally no risk at all. Jazz… — Ernest Sosa Copy Share Image
The family story tells, and it was told true, of my great-grandfather who begat eight genius children and bought twelve almost new… — Anne Sexton Copy Share Image
Punk and jazz are the opposite ends of the same spectrum because they are both looking for freedom and they give musicians… — Corinne Bailey Rae Copy Share Image
When I'm playing live, I'll rip out a ballad from my album, and I'll play that solo on the piano, which feels… — Daya Copy Share Image
George Harrison: The day after the Blue Angel audition, John showed up to rehearsal with a long list of name suggestions, and… — Alan Goldsher Copy Share Image
...for the first time in my life, a voice went off in my head:'You have no power over what happens in your… — Anthony Kiedis Copy Share Image
I always loved singing, but I thought it was like drawing - just something you do in your own little corner to… — Lou Doillon Copy Share Image
I am fine with 'Puppy Love.' I hated it for a while. But I still sing it. I have a country version,… — Donny Osmond Copy Share Image
The language of soul. . . possesses a pronounced lyrical quality which is frequently incompatible to any music other than that ceaseless… — Claude Brown Copy Share Image
I started playing violin in the 5th grade. They had a program in school where you could get out of class to… — J. Cole Copy Share Image
I've never really focused on if I had good habits when I sang or if I had bad habits, or if I… — Rodney Atkins Copy Share Image
Come clean with a child heart Laugh as peaches in the summer wind Let rain on a house roof be a song… — Carl Sandburg Copy Share Image
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