We had some Stevie Wonder and Luther Vandross, but there's a lot of hip-hop and other black music that I just never… — Daniel Caesar Copy Share Image
But you, divine poet, you sang on till the end as the swarm of rejected maenads attacked you, shrieking, you overpowered their… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
“Synchronicity? The entire universe vibrates to synchronicity, if only we can hear the rich symphony. The first strains of music, created at… — Linda Lafferty Copy Share Image
A lot of people in Nashville think that the best song is the catchiest or the one that sells the most copies.… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
When I listen to a symphony I love, I don't get from it what the composer got. His 'Yes' was different from… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
There are a few great orchestras in the world, thank goodness. Although some people do put them in ranking order, it's not… — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
I think music is a big, big wide world, and I am voyager on this particular ship in this sea of wild… — Phil Anselmo Copy Share Image
I can't play anywhere near like I used to, and I was a hot drummer. It doesn't bother me, because frankly, if… — Phil Collins Copy Share Image
I think [song 'Can't Stop Workin'] it's the constant work; performing and traveling. It gets to be a bit of a strain.… — Neil Young Copy Share Image
Lots of these songs I hadn't performed, but I've always wanted to. These are songs that I wanted to get in my… — Kristin Chenoweth Copy Share Image
I've learned after doing a couple records that if it feels good and it's easy, then that's usually a good sign. And… — Anna Ternheim Copy Share Image
With every album, I write above my ability, and my job as a guitarist is to catch up and be able to… — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
In the early days, myself and my friends were into punk because we had no money, just very basic instruments and skills.… — Alison Moyet Copy Share Image
When it came time to sequence the album, the new arrangements really demanded a different order. They were so different than they… — Natalie Merchant Copy Share Image
The big problem with songwriting for me is starting a new song. It's the thing where all the anguish exists, not in… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
Rhythms, beats, etc., are fundamentally central to my creative drive: my first instrument was the drums, nearly every band I have been… — Justin Broadrick Copy Share Image
Each member does whatever they want with the song and it totally changes it from whatever idea I hear around it. It… — Thurston Moore Copy Share Image
“Do you hear the people sing? Singing a song of angry men? It is the music of a people Who will not… — Do You Hear the People Sing Les Miserables Copy Share Image
Growing up, my favorite group was New Edition. I loved the opportunity to do the remix to Bobby Brown's song 'Get Away'.… — Chris Stokes Copy Share Image
“CHRIS CAFFERY: I'd have to say that everybody's favorite old Scorpions song as a guitar player is "The Sails of Charon." That… — Greg Prato Copy Share Image
But I've got a lot of ideas, I bought me a ranch in Florida and I still have my farm in Ashland… — Mel Tillis Copy Share Image
The great thing about string quartets is the players are kind of like family. They work really well as a unit, so… — Terry Riley Copy Share Image
Separated lovers cheat absence by a thousand fancies which have their own reality. They are prevented from seeing one another and they… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Sweep the garden, any size, said the roshi. Sweeping, sweeping alone as the garden grows large or small. Any song sung working… — Olga Broumas Copy Share Image
Eventually you're going to have a digital transfer anyway when you make a CD, so it doesn't matter as long as what… — Lenny Kravitz Copy Share Image
“When Beethoven made sharp response to a letter from his brother Karl, who embellished his signature with the phrase “land-owner,” the composer… — Russell Sherman Copy Share Image
Country music is the combination of African and European folk songs coming together and doing a little waltz right here in the… — Ketch Secor Copy Share Image
There was this song I was working on called 'Swing.' It was almost finished, but there was something missing, and I couldn't… — Imogen Heap Copy Share Image
“As early as 1930 Schoenberg wrote: "Radio is an enemy, a ruthless enemy marching irresistibly forward, and any resistance is hopeless"; it… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
In the studio you can auto tune vocals, and with drums, you can put them on a grid and make them perfect.… — Taylor Hawkins Copy Share Image
Metal fans have a connection. There is something there; just like the wrestling world, they are die hard about wrestling, and it's… — Baron Corbin Copy Share Image
When I do a T.V. show, I hear all these artists in their dressing rooms doing scales - I've never done it… — Bonnie Tyler Copy Share Image
It’s a song about first relationships and letting go. It’s very rare for a relationship to withstand the Earth’s gravitational pull and… — Eddie Vedder Copy Share Image
All gut strings. That's just the first kind of guitar I played, it was a nylon string guitar. And to me, it's… — Guy Clark Copy Share Image
Well, no. I believe that it's not at all impossible that some of the performances that I've heard so far by some… — Leo Ornstein Copy Share Image
On the surface, rock and roll changes at an amazing pace. The influence of a figure like the Maharishi can appear and… — Jon Landau Copy Share Image
The groups I liked, you really looked forward to their albums and you rushed to get them the first day, because you… — Mick Jones Copy Share Image
In Mudcrutch we all wrote songs, and when it got to the focus on Tom and the Heartbreakers, I kept writing songs,… — Benmont Tench Copy Share Image
When I was young, I just sat down and started playing Chopsticks at the piano. I got so far and then lost… — Otis Blackwell Copy Share Image
When I was writing songs or performing or producing or dabbling in movies or even putting my career on hold to go… — Jackie DeShannon Copy Share Image