With Nine Inch Nails, it's all Trent Reznor. So when we get a new record from Nine Inch Nails, it depends on… — Zakk Wylde Copy Share Image
My brother Leon started it all. He played the piano. In school they made me leader of the orchestra because I played… — Louis Prima Copy Share Image
When I get up there, maybe I'm nervous for the first song, but then I get into it. It's a lot of… — Kygo Copy Share Image
I'm singing what I want to sing based on the emotion of what that day feels like. That's what comes out of… — John Mayer Copy Share Image
As I've evolved in life my writing process has taken a turn. I'm inspired by everyday life. I could be in the… — Kelly Price Copy Share Image
I've mostly been focusing on writing, and I've really enjoyed not playing music. It will always be part of my life, but… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
Jazz has always been my first love. It has this timeless effect on me. It's pretty odd that I didn't become a… — Philip Bailey Copy Share Image
What is that song they are singing Is it an old Yorkshire ditty you know like that 'On Ilkley Moor Bar T'at'… — Louise Rennison Copy Share Image
When I'm up on stage, I don't think about anything except the song I'm singing. Anyway, the majority of my audience is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Coming from heavy music too, it's really hard to have heavy music not sound too butthead-ish or jock-ish, and there's a fine… — Aaron Bruno Copy Share Image
If a musician wants to be an actor, everyone thinks that's pretty cool. But if an actor wants to play a song,… — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
I didn't grow up with Broadway music. My mother played Perry Como, while I listened to Andy Williams records. Later on it… — Donny Osmond Copy Share Image
“Now, when he sat at the piano, he did not play music for the company the notes provided him. He played the… — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
I've liked Kiss from when I was three years old. I've seen them, the real deal, with all the original members when… — Tobias Forge Copy Share Image
You don't have to be the best guitar player, or have the best voice, or even be the best looking person -… — Ryan Ross Copy Share Image
I'm so bad at lyrics. I'm always trying to get better. Sometimes, the song can restrict your lyrics - if you're trying… — Chaz Bundick Copy Share Image
A lot of people do records, and they get hit records, but we were blessed with a lot of monsters. 'Oh Carolina'… — Shaggy Copy Share Image
I'm not somebody that has an encyclopedic knowledge of ballads and could sit around a fire and sing songs for three hours.… — Sam Amidon Copy Share Image
“Nobody in this band was a musician when they joined up, but everybody was in some kind of trouble. Play con entusiasmo,… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
You think about him every single day. You wonder if he thinks about you too. You tell yourself he doesn't and its… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Most bands don't make it past two albums and tours, if that. We pulled it off, and everybody's been happy and cool,… — Dimebag Darrell Copy Share Image
I want my music to be everywhere, I want it to be heard. I want to give people an opportunity to enjoy… — TobyMac Copy Share Image
A long time ago, I made the commitment to dedicate at least one song per album to God. He has been very… — MC Hammer Copy Share Image
A lot of people influenced me as I was learning, but probably Bing Crosby was the most influential because I would hear… — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share Image
It's that quirky kind of weekend feeling they write ridiculous sunny-day songs about. You know the ones--I'm sure they're on your iPod… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
That's where people go wrong in the music industry: they get all these fancy things and think that they deserve them, but… — Justine Skye Copy Share Image
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With Whitesnake it would have been inappropriate for me to have played Deep Purple songs, although I did at the beginning because… — David Coverdale Copy Share Image
A lot of the songs are very rock-oriented. My voice makes them country, and a lot of people think that is a… — Aubrie Sellers Copy Share Image
In a way song writing can almost be detrimental, because suddenly you find an outlet that is a kind of cheating. You… — James Blunt Copy Share Image
I think we in the Alpha Band, which was a strange group anyway, weren't dealing with any of these issues. They sneaked… — T Bone Burnett Copy Share Image
I am not an evangelist. I am not a preacher. I am a musician. That is what I know how to do.… — Mat Kearney Copy Share Image
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Seeing your music, how it actually affects people, it just encourages me to stay true to myself and write stories that I… — Chord Overstreet Copy Share Image
Before the 90s, black metal wasn't a selling tool [and didn't] have money behind it. Then it became a pop sensation. Now… — Mat McNerney Copy Share Image
It was during the gap between 12th class and college, that I realized my passion for music, although I did have a… — Bhuvan Bam Copy Share Image
I realised the thing I was best at in music was toplining - coming up with melodies, lyrics, hooks, arrangements, structure; the… — CMAT Copy Share Image
The masters painted for joy, and knew not that virtue had gone out of them. They could not paint the like in… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
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