For me, in songwriting, I have a route I can take. Maybe there's some forks, I can go this way, this way.… — Dave Matthews Copy Share Image
Some birds are not meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild. So… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
That's very hard because there's three of them that mean a LOT to me equally. 'Lissie's Heart Murmur' was one of the… — Theresa Wayman Copy Share Image
The Rolling Stones are much more accomplished than Jefferson Airplane, who are more like tribal people. That is, they present something which… — Jean-Luc Godard Copy Share Image
I'm very grateful for being in this band, but there are only five people who know what it's like to be in… — Fab Moretti Copy Share Image
I mistrust these people in music industry who can be everybody. This is where technology dictates to them. I mistrust that, that… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
“Aren’t all the best songs about a girl? It doesn’t matter if it’s metal, if it’s country, if it’s blues or rock… — Jay Crownover Copy Share Image
“The Qu'ran is God's song, not ours, not even Muhammad's. To allow such a song to pass through one's body, however imperfectly,… — George Dardess Copy Share Image
It seems to me that those songs that have been any good, I have nothing much to do with the writing of… — Joan Baez Copy Share Image
From the beginning, there was so much pressure in the early San Francisco punk scene for everyone to be different than everyone… — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
I started writing songs in high school and always wanted to have a band, and eventually my creative endeavors developed into Theocracy.… — Matt Smith Copy Share Image
“Familiar like a forgotten song from long ago that takes you back to a moment the second you hear it. And you… — Katy Regnery Copy Share Image
I love TV. I know all the theme songs from the shows I watch. I'm not one of those who'd rather be… — Dana Hill Copy Share Image
When I wrote the song, I had the sea near Bombay in mind. We stayed at a hotel by the sea, and… — Ray Davies Copy Share Image
When I produce other people, that's the thing I can do well because I've been in a band, and I can play… — Ric Ocasek Copy Share Image
I was enamored with music at a very young age. Everything started with kundiman, then evolved to Carpenters, Barbra Streisand, Barry Manilow,… — Arnel Pineda Copy Share Image
I started with the chorus of that song, kind of like a fun bouncy thing to play, and then one of the… — Jorma Kaukonen Copy Share Image
The melodies were melodies that anybody could sing or hum or whistle. And the words were just about that simple. I think… — Don Helms Copy Share Image
The Fox God created Babymetal by coming to us in a dream and telling the three of us to form the band.… — Suzuka Nakamoto Copy Share Image
I started playing classical music, and I still do. I think music ultimately is kind of on a theoretical level, is about… — Eldar Djangirov Copy Share Image
I remember Alicia Keys and Usher had released a song called 'My Boo,' and my music teacher got me to sing a… — Seinabo Sey Copy Share Image
“The men stood back, chanting a song of one who would not be forgotten, of loved ones lost and returned to the… — Deanna Raybourn 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
I like to bring my audience on a journey during my 90 minute concert. I will tell stories every few songs about… — Don McLean Copy Share Image
I'm sort of an 'automatic' writer. I'm not much for chiseling away at songs or working at them for days trying to… — Leon Russell Copy Share Image
“♫ Music is the one thing on this earth that allows us to be truly free. Music has no boundaries or rules… — Harry Copy Share Image
When I listen to a song, I don't say, 'Oh my gosh, that vocal line she sang was the best thing I… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
Chime out, thou little song of Spring, Float in the blue skies ravishing. Thy song-of-life a joy doth bring That's sweet, albeit… — Sidney Lanier Copy Share Image
The popular songs that were written in the 1920s and '30s, '40s and early '50s were written by veterans - mostly men… — Rudy Vallee Copy Share Image
You know, songs often have a very coloured past. They might have something about them but it still doesn't work, so someone… — Kylie Minogue Copy Share Image
My father, my uncles, my aunts, from my father's side and my mother's side... they were all professional musicians. My father was… — Lalo Schifrin Copy Share Image
The music I really like to get off on is the old rhythm 'n' blues and rock 'n' roll stuff... that's what… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
If a professional musician in a symphony orchestra is playing Beethoven. But this particular orchestra have played this particular chestnut so many… — Robert Fripp Copy Share Image
I call it sacred geometry. When everything's just right and it feels really balanced, so that when it unfolds to the next… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
Dysphonia is not a singing problem. It's a voice box issue in the muscle on the voice, very different from having a… — Shania Twain Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, they're happy if you do the obvious songs towards the end of the set and you've… — Rick Allen Copy Share Image
“You're every song I have ever sung. I'll never let anything hurt you again. For the first time in my life, my… — Abbi Glines Copy Share Image
I honestly don't remember how I wrote or did the songs. Or the sessions. They all become very much a blur. And… — Lenny Kravitz Copy Share Image
I don't really think of these as projects. I think of them as bands. I have tried to not just convene a… — Dave Douglas Copy Share Image
Because my musical background is so diverse, it lends me to have very much my own style and it helps me to… — Casey James Copy Share Image
