I write these songs and I like the idea of letting the band interpret it as they will. This band is like… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
I wanted to emulate music from America - young punks playing rock n' roll is what it was. I read part of… — Jimmy Page Copy Share Image
Up till now I wrote the songs on my acoustic guitar alone with the Lord. Then I would take the song and… — Daniel Smith Copy Share Image
You should vote for Neoprene Byzantine in the Hot Hundred, they're really sweet guys and that Moscow song is just wow! Hurry… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
When John Coltrane passed, we were in the church for the memorial. Albert Ayler came walking in playing, real out there. He… — Wayne Shorter Copy Share Image
“For those who listened attentively to his strong voice, filled with anxiety and, at times, breaking with despair, Shostakovich had become a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Music, this complex and mysterious act, precise as algebra and vague as a dream, this art made out of mathematics and air,… — Guy de Maupassant Copy Share Image
“Oh, this is the song about the young man who loves a young woman. Has he the right to use such a… — Karl Ove Knausgård Copy Share Image
“The sound of the chorus came across the water and I felt leap up that old impulse, which has moved me all… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
I have music in my head; I can't help it. You can put a gun to my head and it's not going… — Greg Saunier Copy Share Image
There's a story behind every old ballad or work song or nonsense song that I ever knew. Sometimes it's a fascinating story.… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
It seemed so wimpy at first when I started to play [guitar]. So I started playing loud with lots of effects just… — J Mascis Copy Share Image
Otis Redding, his voice, there was something spiritual and unworldly and at the same time, very deeply connected with the human connection… — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
I didn't know Charlie Parker well, but I spent some time with him, and he was articulate and well-spoken with a lot… — Benny Carter Copy Share Image
I enjoyed working with Vishal Bhardwaj. As an artist I still think the song could have been better but everyone liked it… — Rahat Fateh Ali Khan Copy Share Image
Mad with the love of a wife for her husband... sing for the Most High sing for no other. We are all… — Trevor Hall Copy Share Image
Trying to get my music performed live by bar bands was a self defeating experience. It really just distracted me from what… — Tom Scholz Copy Share Image
Music is so clearly a commodity now. At one point, maybe 20 years ago, there were still some rumblings about keeping the… — Eef Barzelay Copy Share Image
Every year on my birthday, I start a new playlist titled after my current age so I can keep track of my… — Chris Hardwick Copy Share Image
Ever since time began: What song is not about love? Whether it's about love from man to woman or parent to child,… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
Strangely enough, when the Sugababes' 'Freak Like Me' went to number 1, which was built around my 'Are 'Friends' Electric' song, I… — Gary Numan Copy Share Image
I took a few piano lessons as a kid, but it didn't last; I just learned piano from doing it over and… — Mitski Copy Share Image
My mom is a great artist and she inspired me when I was young to sketch and draw, but I never took… — Janelle Monae Copy Share Image
I don't get boy bands these days. Thye don't write their own songs and everything is choreographed from their dance moves to… — Tom DeLonge Copy Share Image
If the religious experience were simply some naive impression of the uninformed it would not have resulted in such intellectual insight, such… — Thomas Berry Copy Share Image
“-so that for these few moments it actually seems that Ruprecht could be right, that everything, or at least the small corner… — Paul Murray Copy Share Image
It's a love song I wrote., you can share with the person you like.And hopefully they will understand how you feel. It''s… — Ream Copy Share Image
Music was around in my family in two ways. My mother would occasionally sing to me, but I was mostly stimulated by… — Tom Glazer Copy Share Image
Sometimes it starts with a random lyric idea that sets the tone for the whole song. Chords and sounds build from the… — Tove Lo Copy Share Image
I consider the piano my 'main' instrument and have been playing for as long as I can remember. It seems to me… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
“Emperor Joseph II: My dear young man, don't take it too hard. Your work is ingenious. It's quality work. And there are… — Peter Shaffer Copy Share Image
The inspiration to write a song comes to me when something has happened to me more than once. If it's happened to… — Kevin Parker Copy Share Image
That's something I've certainly taken from writers like Gord Downie is that there is a whole potential for breaking out of meter.… — John K. Samson Copy Share Image
Whenever you study composition you inevitably encounter Bach right off the bat. You can't get across the room without running into him… — Howard Roberts Copy Share Image
I disguise a few things in my songs. You know, it's not what you say, it's how you say it. There are… — Sisqo Copy Share Image
It's likely that taboo words are stored in the right hemisphere of the brain. Massive left hemisphere strokes or the entire surgical… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
It's not just women in film, 18-year-old girls feel pressure to do preventative injecting. I see someone's face, someone's body who has… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
You know the Prince song where the girl's phone rings but she tells him, "whoever's calling couldn't be as cute as you?"… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
You go to Miami, and you might only hear one Tyga song on the radio. You go to L.A., and you might… — Tyga Copy Share Image
I've found an extraordinary thing happens where I flash an entire finished song. I could be walking along, say over that bridge,… — Leo Sayer Copy Share Image