A guitar is so tactile, and when you're playing bends - and bending notes is a big part of my style -… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
Larry Carlton is an incredibly versatile guitarist who has been a major force for guitar for many years. He is easily recognizable… — George Benson Copy Share Image
When I was at school, I wanted to play a piano, and they said, 'No, that's for the classical students.' There's always… — Jamie Cullum Copy Share Image
Every time I see a film or TV show, I think about how that composer made those choices and how that director… — Robert Lopez Copy Share Image
The Beatles are not merely awful. They are so unbelievably horrible, so appallingly unmusical, so dogmatically insensitive to the magic of the… — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
We're all very sensitive that Jim has the shortest history with the band. He wants to be somewhat of a free agent.… — Thurston Moore Copy Share Image
Jazz was formerly a crude term for indulging in an action which in polite society is referred to, if at all, only… — Charlton Laird Copy Share Image
I think our songwriting has evolved. We can show that we have continued to branch out and do different stuff and incorporate… — John Bush Copy Share Image
Most music that you hear is in synch with itself. We were experimenting with the music falling out of synch with itself… — Wayne Coyne Copy Share Image
I think that many of the issues they were facing in South Africa were the same as those I was singing about.… — Sixto Rodriguez Copy Share Image
I consider myself primarily a songwriter first, so the goal is to write songs that might be personal, but that people can… — Carly Pearce Copy Share Image
If I'm working on a set of songs, and thinking about putting them together in a collection, I start to think about… — Will Sheff Copy Share Image
I began dabbling in writing when I was 12, and there was never an official start to singing... I just sang my… — Brooke Fraser Copy Share Image
The vocal arrangements are a big part of the formula for a Bad Religion song - layered harmonies and background vocals. So… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
“A violin?” I echoed, making a face. “Really? You’re calling in a favor for that? What, you don’t want to wait until… — Julie Kagawa Copy Share Image
I don't miss playing guitar anymore. I'm sure that's out of necessity, but I am grateful for so much more. I am… — Jason Becker Copy Share Image
I have more of a desire to write songs about being an independent woman than being in love, songs about getting up… — Kat Graham Copy Share Image
People love to play 'Baby, I Love Your Way' at their weddings. They even play it for births and deaths - whatever… — Peter Frampton Copy Share Image
“That night, it wasn’t Dobie Gray,” I whispered. “It was this song. It was Ella Mae singing this to me when I… — Kristen Ashley Copy Share Image
I always knew that sooner or later there would come somebody like Woody Guthrie who could make a great song every week.… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
When loud by landside streamlets gush, And clear in the greenwood quires the thrush, With sun on the meadows And songs in… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
If you go back to 'Pretty Fly,' it was a very popish song, but there was a satirical side to it, and… — Dexter Holland Copy Share Image
And for our fans, they're just crazy people anyway. I always look at people in a Green Day shirt, and I think,… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
It feels like we've grown enough as musicians over the last few years to go new places, and our conceptual and compositional… — Bent Saether Copy Share Image
One time, just passing by, I happened to see Jack White from the White Stripes. I'm a huge White Stripes fan, and… — Reid Scott Copy Share Image
You have to understand how lucky I feel. I was on 'Saturday. Night. Live.' I played with the Clash! On what planet… — Fred Armisen Copy Share Image
Saturday morning was come, and all the summer world was bright and fresh, and brimming with life. There was a song in… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Its cool when I meet young guys from other bands who say how much an impact Aerosmith has had on them and… — Steven Tyler Copy Share Image
“Music is where I feel loved. Past, present. Music is where I give love. Why do I continue to enter rooms of… — Robin Russell Gaiser Copy Share Image
We must have song and dance in our lives; we've had it ever since the inception of cinema in India. Our stories… — Amitabh Bachchan Copy Share Image
If I don't write a song, I only record it when it's played for me for the first time and I connect… — Bea Miller Copy Share Image
“Sing me a pretty love song as I start to cry Tell me you love me as you wipe the blood from… — Rachel Lloyd Copy Share Image
When your 18th, 19, 20 years old like we were at that time, its just like anyone else, you look at like… — Butch Walker Copy Share Image
My first song was about the smog over Dublin in the 1980s, so yeah, I suppose I was always socially conscious. My… — Damien Dempsey Copy Share Image
I don't really see a difference in independent and major labels. To me, it's pretty much the same. There used to be… — M.I.A Copy Share Image
Because of the attitude of a few mental dinosaurs intent on exploiting our initial success, Brian's huge talent has never been fully… — Dennis Wilson Copy Share Image
Cornelius Cardew's folk songs were very, very literal, and they were just about workers smashing their chains. It was like reading Das… — Alasdair MacLean Copy Share Image
Everyone was saved once by music. So I decided to REALLY work on my songs and not just "play" - to make… — Marilou Copy Share Image
For most of us, there is only the unattended Moment, the moment in and out of time, The distraction fit, lost in… — T. S. Eliot Copy Share Image
It's always been about the songs for us. It doesn't matter about all the image stuff. We're really about making songs that… — Chuck Comeau Copy Share Image
