I work hard at it [delivery of lyrics], just like I worked hard at getting my masters degree. It's not just something… — Gil Scott-Heron Copy Share Image
The more you read, the better you are at writing, no matter what you're writing. A lot of songwriters miss that and… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
...the blues appealed to me, but so did rock. The early rockabilly guitarists like Cliff Gallup and Scotty Moore were just as… — Jimmy Page Copy Share Image
I don't listen to a lot of music at all. I think that's very bizarre too, because it was such a comfort… — Lauryn Hill Copy Share Image
Ever since I can remember, I've always wanted to tell stories, but I never had the patience to sit down at a… — Rob Thomas Copy Share Image
When I'm writing a theme song for a TV show I always think, "What would be Pavlovian where a kid would be… — Mark Mothersbaugh Copy Share Image
It's pretty cool that artists like Flo Rida and Bingo Players can be inspired to interpret a song like 'Piano in the… — Brenda Russell Copy Share Image
Since the music industry cracked and fell apart, gasping for the cash flow it had come to expect, much re-thinking has been… — Jane Siberry Copy Share Image
I love listening to things like those wonderful piano pieces of Stockhausen. It's just not my thing as a composer or performer,… — Stephen Hough Copy Share Image
Mentally, I write myself a little story. Of course, sometimes you have a song that says, "Do that." My best example is… — Gene Kelly Copy Share Image
Every country in the world loved the folklore of the West--the music, the dress, the excitement, everything that was associated with the… — John Wayne Copy Share Image
Three years between records is longer than average. Double albums are much more of a statement. I really wanted to put myself… — Zachary Cole Smith Copy Share Image
My earliest memories are listening to my Grandmother playing the piano at our house as I jumped up and down on the… — James Newton Howard Copy Share Image
Well, Neighbours wanted to do a song on the show, and they asked me what songs I had. I told them I'd… — Delta Goodrem Copy Share Image
It was pretty common to form bands that only lasted a few years. Slint was my favorite band that I was in… — David Pajo Copy Share Image
Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck made me an Anglophile. I listened to English and Irish artists as a kid, and they were… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
It wasn't until I found my tribe of artists - people who were outspoken and not afraid to say what they thought,… — Cote de Pablo Copy Share Image
The Yardbirds sort of disbanded, and I was disappointed because I thought what we were doing was really good. I thought we… — Jimmy Page Copy Share Image
“There's such an intimate kind of beauty in the act of listening to music being created right in front of your eyes,… — M.C. Frank Copy Share Image
As far as the Animals breaking up - it was my fault. I wanted out. We took it to the max, as… — Eric Burdon Copy Share Image
“One cannot deny that Duruflé's improvisations and compositions had their source and their summit in a climate of belief. And to that… — James E. Frazier Copy Share Image
I wanted to look at the mentality that can breed that sort of intensity, that kind of cutthroat, pressure-cooker feeling, especially a… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
What love is to man, music is to the arts and to mankind. Music is love itself - it is the purest,… — Carl Maria von Weber Copy Share Image
I feel safe and comfortable to do that once I know that the song structure around the bass part is very interesting… — Geddy Lee Copy Share Image
I don't think about Norfolk as I write songs, sadly no! But things like 'High' is a song about watching the dawn… — James Blunt Copy Share Image
Come away with in the night Come away with me And I will sing you a song Come away with me on… — Norah Jones Copy Share Image
Somebody told me about a band that works out their whole set as if it was one song. They learn the whole… — Winston Marshall Copy Share Image
Vinyl, CDs or laptops, it doesn't matter - you should use whatever you're comfortable with. If you're on the dancefloor and there's… — John Digweed Copy Share Image
If there's a problem we can talk to anyone in the band. There's other people around us. Everyone in the band are… — Luke Hemmings Copy Share Image
And you may find somebody kind to help and understand you Someone who is just like you and needs a gentle hand… — Petula Clark Copy Share Image
Demon Pox, oh, Demon Pox Just how is it acquired? One must first go to the bad part of town Until one… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
The listener must be gripped and whether he likes it or not, drawn into the flight path of the sounds without special… — Iannis Xenakis Copy Share Image
One of my favorite things is when I'm listening to a song and I find my own meaning in it that I… — Ed Droste Copy Share Image
I started singing in church and I was probably around seven and I started singing anywhere that I could. I used to… — Avril Lavigne Copy Share Image
If you're in a band for long enough, you see your bandmates at their best and their worst, and if you can… — Jesse Andrews Copy Share Image
Listen to the Beatles' 'Things We Said Today.' Ringo Starr does not play a fill in the entire song. It doesn't need… — Benmont Tench Copy Share Image
I wish Kurt Cobain didn't die. I really don't know where he'd be right now, I don't know what he'd be like.… — Theresa Wayman Copy Share Image
I don't really premeditate what I write my songs about; you know, they just kind of happen, and I can't start writing… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
I always think that, for me, being someone who comes out of electric guitar experimentation, the idea of playing acoustic guitar is,… — Lee Ranaldo Copy Share Image
The Fugazi Live Series site, when we realized the Internet, the way it works - the speeds and its development - made… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
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