From early on there were two things that filled my life - music and storytelling, both of them provoked by my father.… — Athol Fugard Copy Share Image
Grover Washington was my main influence, and when I went to college, I started listening to more of the jazz masters like… — Kenny G Copy Share Image
For me, as a music fan, visuals kind of steal away the purity of the song. My instinct is not to provide… — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
The Eternal Kansas City song came from a dream sequence. It was actually kind of weird. I had this dream about a… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
There's something intrinsically Australian about a bunch of brothers and school friends getting together as a band at a very young age… — Michael Hutchence Copy Share Image
I play a little acoustic bass and a little guitar. In our house there are instruments everywhere, and I love picking them… — Martie Maguire Copy Share Image
“What hope is here for modern rhyme To him, who turns a musing eye On songs, and deeds, and lives, that lie… — Alfred Tennyson Copy Share Image
I destroyed a lot of guitars trying to get them to do what I wanted, but I learned something from every guitar… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
“Next to the word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world. It controls our hearts,… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
It's the worst feeling, going into your record label when you haven't got a hit. It was like: 'Maybe you've lost it.'… — Jonas Blue Copy Share Image
One of the nice things about being in a band is that you depend on each other for ideas, so it's not… — Dean Wareham Copy Share Image
My dad went to medical school, and when he studied he listened to music so he has a ridiculous CD collection. That… — William Clark Green Copy Share Image
THERE'S A SONG INSIDE OF EVERY BODY YOU JUST HAVE TO LET THE LYRICS COME OUT if you read this read the… — Shar-rae Copy Share Image
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My attraction to the Church of Satan... is the same thing that initially attracted me to punk rock. It was something that… — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
I wanna buy vinyl and I want to listen to records on it. I want to put on 'Dark Side of the… — Jim Root Copy Share Image
“Hi Miss Alice With your glass eyes What kind of dream Can you see? Are you fascinated with? Stilll My heart tears… — Kanon Wakeshima Copy Share Image
The most entertaining songs don't always come from a nice place. In songs where I think I'm being really sensitive, they seem… — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
I'd been in a couple situations where I'd seen bands realize that they didn't have to get a good take in order… — J. Robbins Copy Share Image
Once you've heard the joke, it's not funny anymore, but it's the way it's told. And I think that's the same with… — Tom Lehrer Copy Share Image
There's an element of tongue-in-cheek in every one of our songs. Walking off into the sunset, holding hands, and being married forever… — Peter Noone Copy Share Image
When it comes to production and the overall sound, I don't really have a lot of intentions with it. I start off… — Verite Copy Share Image
“All the little things will build on each other. Like that song you’re playing. It works because you let the tune build… — Bree Despain Copy Share Image
A brilliant 1989 album, Oh Mercy; some career retrospectives; and two albums of American folk songs, with just Bob Dylan and his… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
from the complications of loving you i think there is no end or return. no answer, no coming out of it. which… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
Music is what I love and it's what I feel and it's in me and to know that I can do something… — Mariah Carey Copy Share Image
Everybody needs inspiration Everybody needs a song A beautiful melody When the night's so long 'Cause there is no guarantee That this… — Miley Cyrus Copy Share Image
A lot of my songs are very personal, always, but this one felt like a memoir. I almost called it Hallucinated Memoir.… — Vic Chesnutt Copy Share Image
Kiss were one of the biggest rock bands in the world: their image was absolutely majestic, their music has stood the test… — Chris McCausland Copy Share Image
Someone gave me Roman Candle from Cavity Search when it came out. I was just starting to do A&R in the record… — Luke Wood Copy Share Image
Sometimes when the song is right for that time period, it's just kinda bad to let it wait, and then when you… — Shawn Mendes Copy Share Image
I still feel like if I can get a song to work with, say, a basic beat, a rhythm, some chord changes,… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
Lynyrd Skynyrd has always been about writing songs and talking to people through them. That's what we do, and that's what we'll… — Johnny Van Zant Copy Share Image
“It is one thing to get all the notes right; any number of unsocialized conservatory prodigies can do that. It is another… — Alex Ross Copy Share Image
I don't think radio is selling records like they used to. They'd hawk the song and hawk the artist and you'd get… — Herb Alpert Copy Share Image
We used to rehearse and that's where the roots of Dream Theater formed. Y'know, we used to play cover songs and jam… — John Petrucci Copy Share Image
It's a great thing that the United States has given the rest of the world - no other country has given such… — Tony Bennett Copy Share Image
I always had a standard of, back when I was doing the country music I always told people I would never record… — Ricky Skaggs Copy Share Image
Classical - perhaps I should say 'orchestral' - music is so digital, so cut up, rhythmically, pitchwise and in terms of the… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
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