We all grew up with Black Sabbath. I mean, there's no secret there. Any of us, any of the members of any… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
I think, with age, you learn that it comes in bursts and you've got no control over it. I'm not one of… — Paul Weller Copy Share Image
With the backdrop of The Salvation Army's century and a half of service to the world's poor, these songs and reflections are… — Sara Groves Copy Share Image
I'd rather see us sponsor culture by pushing more money to music education, and facilities for your people to create music. It… — Peter Sunde Copy Share Image
Usually, one of us will bring a song to the group that they think we could arrange and perform well. If the… — Mitch Grassi Copy Share Image
I remember one of the first gigs I played with that amp was at a local church. They wanted someone to fill… — Angus Young Copy Share Image
I think Pearl Jam, greatly inspired by The Who, really did become a sort of musical conscience of a generation. I love… — Robert Hilburn Copy Share Image
I had been listening to Jackson Browne, The Eagles, and Linda Ronstadt. Ramones was not my kind of music. Now, I'm a… — P. J. Soles Copy Share Image
My father urged Alan [Lomax] not to repeat the mistakes of the European folklorists who, a century ago, had collected these peasant… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
Record companies are like cat breeders who find a breed they can make some money off of, in-breed it until it's sickly… — Michael Penn Copy Share Image
With DJing, there's still an art to it - you get two DJs and give them songs to play, one can play… — Havana Brown Copy Share Image
Lyrics are very different. There is a clear line between that and a poem. Something that has been a source of great… — Joanna Newsom Copy Share Image
When I came home my parents were listening to Pakistani Qawwali music, like Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, they're listening to music from… — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
I would have to say Björk is my dream collaboration. She's just such a character and has such a spirit that is… — Kelcey Ayer Copy Share Image
Even in the early stages, you can tell who thinks you're an idiot singing songs someone else has written for you. We… — Lauren Mayberry Copy Share Image
If we just stick to one kind of music, our creativity is limited. We wanted to extend the audience for the cello,… — Stjepan Hauser Copy Share Image
One thing I hear a lot is, 'Dude, my mom loves your record,' or 'I got it for my dad for Christmas.'… — Mac DeMarco Copy Share Image
When certain bootleg companies started off and they would take maybe ten per cent of whatever they got and help fuel new… — David Coverdale Copy Share Image
The Ganga, especially, is the river of India, beloved of her people, round which are intertwined her memories, her hopes and fears,… — Jawaharlal Nehru Copy Share Image
People are always asking me what my lyrics mean. Does it mean this, does it mean that, that's all anybody wants to… — Freddie Mercury Copy Share Image
My parents brought me up on all different styles of music, like my Mum would listen to Motown R&B and my Dad… — Ella Henderson Copy Share Image
It is a bird-flight of the soul, when the heart declares itself in song. The affections that clothe themselves with wings are… — William Gilmore Simms Copy Share Image
We drank quite a lot and Tony Harrington said, "We're thinking of starting a record label at The Wire; how about you… — David Toop Copy Share Image
Even though the mainstream doesn't recognize garage as much or as prevalently as those crazy huge bands, garage does get the privilege… — Fab Moretti Copy Share Image
I'm inspired to write songs in many different ways - it can come from a melody, a word or phrase or something… — Chris de Burgh Copy Share Image
The idea that rhythm is intrinsically human — not just primitive — that we all have hearts that beat at a steady… — Michael Torke Copy Share Image
You can lose people without them dying, and I have, from moving, from traveling. The emotion is real, it just doesn't actually… — Jon Crosby Copy Share Image
True love is like playing the piano; white keys are good memories and the black keys are bad memories. All of the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A song can be a song where somebody thinks you're crazy. A song that gets released has got to be something that… — Schoolboy Q Copy Share Image
The truth is, all products - mine included - will take you away from yourself. You can listen to this music and… — Willis Earl Beal Copy Share Image
We were definitely new to the whole music thing. The first album was a real collaborative effort between us, the writers, and… — Kevin Jonas Copy Share Image
If you don't believe in what you're doing, if you don't feel comfortable, or you're not meaning what you're saying, no matter… — Morgan Wallen Copy Share Image
The first song I wrote and had published was titled "Just As Long As That Someone Is You". It was written in… — Mickey Newbury Copy Share Image
Once I re-approached music I had to do it in a way that wasn't so personal for me to feel comfortable releasing… — Chelsea Wolfe Copy Share Image
One song isn't going to ever change things, but I suppose it's the accumulation of music generally [that is]. If you can… — Mick Jagger Copy Share Image
[Thelonious] Monk is a subject in itself. I mean, most piano players in most big bands sit down and they play with… — Ray Brown Copy Share Image
It's also ironic that in the old days of tape and tape hiss and vinyl records and surface noise, we were always… — T Bone Burnett Copy Share Image
I can write for weeks or months sometimes and edit it down to a song. I feel like it's a piece of… — Macklemore Copy Share Image
That's a skill that I'm proud of: to be able to be a jazz musician and go a bit crazy sometimes and… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
Formerly I believed books were made like this: a poet came, lightly opened his lips, and the inspired fool burst into song… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
![“My father urged Alan [Lomax] not to repeat the mistakes of the European folklorists who, a century ago, had collected these peasant songs and then arranged them for part choir and accompanied them on piano, and then told the young people of their country, "Don't change a note, this is our sacred…” quote by Pete Seeger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cb/pete-seeger-1942_century_my-father-urged-alan-lomax-not-to-repeat_2145424.png)
![“One song isn't going to ever change things, but I suppose it's the accumulation of music generally [that is]. If you can imagine a world that has no music in it, it would be a very different world, so music does change the world by virtue of all the music in it. Cumulative music of every kind…” quote by Mick Jagger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce7/mick-jagger-1929_accumulation_one-song-isn-t-going-to-ever-change-thin_1095049.jpg)
![“[Thelonious] Monk is a subject in itself. I mean, most piano players in most big bands sit down and they play with the band, you know. But Monk would just sit there like this. And all of a sudden there'd be a pause from all the trumpets and everything and Monk would go 'plink!' like that. And…” quote by Ray Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bc/ray-brown-34220_band_thelonious-monk-is-a-subject-in-itself-i_125504.jpg)
