I'm not playing up to pretend, I don't live above my means. In my song "96 Cris" I say, "...My bills too… — Dom Kennedy Copy Share Image
Licensing is how indie rock people make a living these days, so whatever about that. But I want good films and good… — Justin Vernon Copy Share Image
I noticed that on the Beach Boys' 'Pet Sounds' record they could get away with racy lyrics like that because of how… — Eric Carmen Copy Share Image
'The Warmth of the Sun' was a very beautiful song that Brian and I wrote in the time period associated with President… — Mike Love Copy Share Image
I told my father that I was not interested in studies. I was more interested in tabla, piano and other instruments. My… — Bappi Lahiri Copy Share Image
I'm so honored to be on this recording with Ann & Nancy Wilson. They are iconic and I've truly been one of… — Deana Carter Copy Share Image
I love jazz. I still do. Dave Brubeck and Stan Getz are so good. I took a notification course in Jazz Orchestration.… — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share Image
I always loved those little creatures [hummingbird], always feel blessed when they appear nearby. There's a magical quality to them. I finally… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
The only band that I can see that made changes over the years with success was The Beatles. They were able to… — Johnny Ramone Copy Share Image
If you don't have any Coltrane, 'A Love Supreme' will do it for you. It will explain everything. Even if you don't… — DJ Premier Copy Share Image
I want you to say dreadfully mad, funny things and make up songs and be--' The Will I fell in love with,… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Humor keeps the elderly rolling along, singing a song. When you laugh, its an involuntary explosion of the lungs. The lungs need… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
I must say it was not very inspiring to see that tons of new bands emerged from nowhere and started to play… — Varg Vikernes Copy Share Image
I realize that I've had Ian Van Dahl: 'Castles in the Sky,' the Ibiza jam, periodically stuck in my head for years,… — Oneohtrix Point Never Copy Share Image
Jazz I regard as an American folk music; not the only one, but a very powerful one which is probably in the… — George Gershwin Copy Share Image
The real beauty of it - key to my life was playing key chords on a banjo. For somebody else it may… — Vince Gill Copy Share Image
When you're a songwriter, people wonder about your personal life and the meanings behind the songs, and that can feel pretty invasive,… — Will Sheff Copy Share Image
I probably spent more time listening to albums than writing songs. But I think that gave me all the tricks in terms… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
In reality everybody has got musical thoughts. If you are able to overcome the part of it which is muscle training, which… — Jerry Garcia Copy Share Image
When I recorded my solo album, 'Keep It Hid,' in 2008, I'd gotten more interested in songwriting, inspired by reading Charles Bukowski… — Dan Auerbach Copy Share Image
“Music has an alchemical quality. And there's more than one voice on the piano. You have two hands. One can be playing… — Tori Amos Copy Share Image
The earth has grown old with its burden of care, but at Christmas it always is young, the heart of the jewel… — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
I know that the nice shines I have on is going to pass. The nice cars will pass. All that will stay… — Wyclef Jean Copy Share Image
I've always gone to see all kinds of shows and stole what I could, as we all do. We see an artist… — Brenda Lee Copy Share Image
These days, my main guitar amps have been Magnatone. They're beautiful. Magnatones have actual tremolo, which I recently learned about guitar amps.… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
Even if my songs are quite sad or quite dark, I don't want my songs to make people sad. It's very important… — Aurora Copy Share Image
Being an entertainer, my path to inner peace is engulfed in the music that I create. While it is therapeutic for those… — Raheem DeVaughn Copy Share Image
“I just want to ask one of these singers, have you ever watched a single one of the many thousands of abysmal… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Several record companies had rejected my song 'Owner of A Lonely Heart' on the grounds it was 'too left field.' I never… — Trevor Rabin Copy Share Image
I operate in such a vacuum. I write by myself, it's a very solitary experience, and I'm not used to, I've never… — Nicholas Thorburn Copy Share Image
The past is filled with people who aren't traditionally thought of as fantastic singers singing these songs that capture people; songs like… — Stone Gossard Copy Share Image
I want my music to sound like throwing yourself out of a tree, or off a tall building, or as if you’re… — Florence Welch Copy Share Image
When my dad went to college to get his master's from Loyola, he was playing Debussy and Chopin and Beethoven. But he… — Dawn Richard Copy Share Image
There was a rumour that I was buying Gibson. It circulated around the Internet... And I just go, 'How well off do… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
And they beat. The women for having known them and no more, no more; the children for having been them but never… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
Sometimes I get ideas for lyrics in anyplace, but I work a lot in the studio. So I collect little bits of… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
I believe music is like medicine. Like a good tonic, it can open your mind, strengthen and possibly even cure you. Music… — Burning Spear Copy Share Image
Music the fiercest grief can charm, And fate's severest rage disarm. Music can soften pain to ease, And make despair and madness… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
I win and succeed only 'cause I fail so much. I fail all the time. I wrote 70 songs just to have… — Jared Leto Copy Share Image
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