Even though we try not to be nostalgic about drawing from old music, I'm always inspired by things like old Cole Porter… — Ron Mael Copy Share Image
I remember my first standup act when I was seventeen; I did a really lame song about being flat chested. I was… — Sarah Silverman Copy Share Image
While writing a normal song, we just pen four lines and then we have a chorus and some lines again. But rap… — Raftaar Copy Share Image
I think all this emphasis on sales is misguided. If you look at the Stone Roses or the Jam, you don't think… — Alex Turner Copy Share Image
Do you remember when We sat around and watched the stars The lights above, they seemed so far And you said It… — She's_gone Copy Share Image
When I'm making the music, the songs that I get most excited about definitely make me feel good, but often, it's a… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
Well a good writer writes, a good musician listens to a lot more than he actually composes, and if you're going to… — David Lee Roth Copy Share Image
All songs have those X factors. I couldn't even explain or describe what will grab me about them but it's all music… — Hoodie Allen Copy Share Image
there is a great choice that awaits us every day: whether we go around carving holes in others because we have been… — Mark Nepo Copy Share Image
When you have a relationship with a label, it can really affect the work you're doing and if you feel like they… — Benji Madden Copy Share Image
As for my relationship to Beethoven, I admire people who can say what they really think. It's as though he's saying, 'That's… — Andris Nelsons Copy Share Image
My father being in the movie business, I thought being an actor would be great. But when I started singing to people… — David Crosby Copy Share Image
There is the cause for pleasure and for pain: But music moves us, and we know not why? We feel the tears,… — Letitia Elizabeth Landon Copy Share Image
While the accompanimental [sic] figures come from Prelude, the melody is wholly original to this theme. First stated on a lonely duduk,… — Bear McCreary Copy Share Image
It's one thing if you write a song and somebody else sings it because you give the OK. But if your voice… — Bebe Rexha Copy Share Image
Because we take these huge long breaks, and then I just kind go, "Okay, fine, this is the way that I've chosen… — Milo Aukerman Copy Share Image
Most of the time when people work with an artist, they don't give them what they need for the future, they give… — Benny Blanco Copy Share Image
'Urban Renewal' was sweet because I've been - unfairly, I would say - plonked in the middle of the road because of… — Phil Collins Copy Share Image
I always see Beethoven as having been influenced by Haydn. Yet he started a revolution - not just to be different, but… — Andris Nelsons Copy Share Image
On record dates like that I never felt too nervous because everything was really overdubbed. When we did that album, we were… — John Abercrombie Copy Share Image
She was coming. I watched the slight figure grow out of the dusk between the trees, and the darkness in which I… — Mary Johnston Copy Share Image
I think Bridge Over Troubled Water was a very good song. Artie sang it beautifully. The Boxer was a really nice record.… — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
I don't know what other singers feel when they articulate lyrics, but being an 18-karat manic-depressive and having lived a life of… — Frank Sinatra Copy Share Image
The mirror weeps for it cannot reflect, the beauty of her gaze the mirror weeps the stars dim overshadowed by the heavenly… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Seven Words' is a wanderer's tale, a well-worn subgenre in the tradition of farewell songs. The tune itself is trying to evoke… — Weyes Blood Copy Share Image
If a song I'm lucky enough to be a part of comes on the radio, it's definitely really cool and exciting, but… — Justin Tranter Copy Share Image
Was reading a book. It was about a canary. Every year the canarycomes back with a new song. It never repeats its… — Medeski Martin And Wood Copy Share Image
I listened to everything. To the early Motown groups - the Four Tops and the Temptations - to Johnny Mathis, Gloria Lynne… — Jeffrey Osborne Copy Share Image
By fate, not option, frugal Nature gave One scent to hyson and to wall-flower, One sound to pine-groves and to water-falls, One… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
While the boys chose a selection of songs that cast an eye inward on the irresponsible life choices and sexual hunger of… — Rachel Berry Copy Share Image
That feels natural to me, singing in a small group of people I just can't do. You'll never hear me sing at… — George Michael Copy Share Image
“Come, let's scatter roses and pour wine in the glass... We'll shatter heaven's roof and lay a new foundation, If sorrow raises… — Hafiz Copy Share Image
I was raised really strongly on The Beatles; they were huge in my family, my parents loved them, and they used to… — Eric Hutchinson Copy Share Image
New York became the first state to ban talking on hand-held cell phones while driving. First-time violators could receive a fine of… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
I feel like these sounds are the ultimate kind of free sounds, the ultimate public domain sounds. And I feel like people… — Julia Kent Copy Share Image
Life's a song - Sing it. Life's a game - play it. Life's a challenge - meet it. Life is a dream… — Sai Baba Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a massive influence in my music. Growing up, he would play a lot of old-school records to me. A… — Ella Henderson Copy Share Image
Both my parents are artists, so that just makes me look at everything slightly different. I listened to different music; I dressed… — Jason Momoa Copy Share Image
I pinch myself every night when I hear the overture starting. I'm so overwhelmed by the whole process, and humbled and giddy… — Tituss Burgess Copy Share Image
I don't care what people say about my relationship; I don't care what they say about my boobs. People are buying my… — Katy Perry Copy Share Image
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