I sought to reform minstrelsy among refined people by making words suitable to their taste, instead of the trashy and really offensive… — Stephen Foster Copy Share Image
Times were changing. Clothes were changing. Morals were changing. We went from romantic loves songs like I used to do to rock… — Bobby Vinton Copy Share Image
I'm not into that whole Satanic thing. It's just something to fall back on if you don't have much imagination. Singing you… — Kirk Hammett Copy Share Image
Everyone was saying, "Oh, Chumbawamba, they're crap, can't get arrested." But we had absolute faith in what we were doing, so we… — Alice Nutter Copy Share Image
At Julliard we had some voice classes. It was really just so you could carry a tune. It always just helps with… — Wendell Pierce Copy Share Image
When I have a breakthrough in music and I hear the melody in my hands: that's when I get compelled - something… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
I think people take Blink-128 more seriously now than they did before. And it's largely our fault because we called our records… — Mark Hoppus Copy Share Image
I'm doing a fun EP. It's called 'Songs in the Key of Phife: Eight Is Enough.' It's radio-friendly, but then a lot… — Phife Dawg Copy Share Image
A Beethoven string-quartet is truly, as some one has said, a scraping of horses' tails on cats' bowels, and may be exhaustively… — William James Copy Share Image
I like to sing. I write music. Country songs. You have to if you're in Nashville. It's part of the lease. You… — Jim Varney Copy Share Image
I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
What we try to do with all of our albums, is live out our musical fantasies in the most honest fashion we… — Michael Hutchence Copy Share Image
“couple of dozen CDs in it, mostly albums by American woman singer-songwriters of the offbeat, misunderstood, highly intelligent but intensely emotional school,… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
We don't ever spread ourselves too thin. And sometimes it's a little bit to the chagrin of our fans; they don't get… — Synyster Gates Copy Share Image
'House of Balloons' was special because I had no deadlines, and nobody knew me, so there were no expectations. Spent a year… — The Weeknd Copy Share Image
My school life was very much a wandering experience. I was having trouble in school and I was not making a lot… — Josh Groban Copy Share Image
If you think about a punk band, there are only, like, three instruments - bass, guitar and drums. And I wanted it… — Peaches Copy Share Image
I've been playing the viola since I was 6 years old, and then I decided to switch it up a bit, so… — Anthony Gonzalez Copy Share Image
It appears to me that the subject of music, from Machaut to Boulez, has always been its construction. Melodies of 12-tone rows… — Morton Feldman Copy Share Image
'The Taxi Ride,' from my second album, is one people want to hear a lot. I'm consciously trying to walk on the… — Jane Siberry Copy Share Image
“Nada Brahma Vishwaswaroopa Nada hi Sakala Jeeva Roopa Nada hi karma, Nada hi dharma Nada hi bandhana, Nada hi mukti Nada hi… — Sadhguru Copy Share Image
What's the coolest thing in the world is when you have fans that know the lyrics to your songs. That's amazing! Such… — ZZ Ward Copy Share Image
It's our party we can do what we want (no drama) It's our party we can say what we want (Mike will… — Talyiah Copy Share Image
I wanted to do 'Kanchana' in Hindi but many heroes I approached were hesitant to act with the saree and also demanded… — Raghava Lawrence Copy Share Image
In 1952, Muddy cut the song 'Rollin' Stone.' It was a nationwide success, and the song echoes down through rock n' roll… — Tim Cahill Copy Share Image
I do not see how it is possible for an intelligent human being to conclude that the Song of Solomon is the… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
You can't just sing the song and live another life, you know. It's really difficult now because that's not what it's about.… — Ice T Copy Share Image
My music is also one part of my inner process, and people also seem to connect with me on that - especially… — Volker Bertelmann Copy Share Image
I wrote a song called 'Red' and thinking about what that song means to me and all the different emotions on this… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
I was already playing the clarinet and the piano. My father's a piano player. But I wanted to play in a funk… — Marcus Miller Copy Share Image
I tell everybody, if you've got a band that works, it's a miracle. It's never going to be perfect, but if it… — Steven Van Zandt Copy Share Image
My best capacity is to edit. If anything, I am a specialist at editing: my usual approach is to record a song… — Manu Chao Copy Share Image
In hindsight, if I could go back in time and relay a message to my younger self, I would tell him to… — Taylor Hawkins Copy Share Image
Those 'Pledge' records did good for me, and they're the foundation that this Killer Mike is built on, but I was judging… — Killer Mike Copy Share Image
But I was in the Radiohead studio today and Phil was there drumming and Thom was there playing. We feel like we've… — Jonny Greenwood Copy Share Image
Every song's like gold teeth, grey goose, trippin' in the bathroom. Blood stains, ball gowns, trashin' the hotel room. We don't care,… — Lorde Copy Share Image
“Yes John and I were together for nearly ten years. It was nice for a long time. I worked for Oldmanston and… — Z.A. Maxfield Copy Share Image
A good song always has to do with the person representing it - how they're feeling in that moment - but I… — Jade Bird Copy Share Image
With AC/DC, we've always started with rock, and we've just kept it going. The critic's view is always , 'They just made… — Angus Young Copy Share Image
I'd much rather be worrying about playing that note in tune, and picking out the best way to arrange the song, rather… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
