I remember when I was 5 or 6 years old, gospel music felt familiar, like I had heard it in the womb… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
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I did albums for Cash Money. I didn't do singles - I did whole albums for Cash Money - and at the… — Mannie Fresh Copy Share Image
I have never made money selling records. I have never really made money touring, either, or with merchandise, surprisingly. But I do… — Sia Copy Share Image
What's really fun is seeing mothers bringing their daughters to the shows. And the best part is the mothers know they don't… — Peter Noone Copy Share Image
A few things I've noticed about myself as a listener, and the music that I relate to and the music that's continued… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
To really be tortured by a song, it needs to be more than just something you don't like or don't get; it… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
The cops play my song 'Locked Up' in their cars when they pick kids up and are taking them to jail. The… — Akon Copy Share Image
Classical virtuosity is more than technique, line, proportion, and balance. It is as if the performer and spectator come together to hold… — Gelsey Kirkland Copy Share Image
From the classical guitar right through to the furthest electrical experiments and everything in-between, it's amazing what the guitar can actually do.… — Jimmy Page Copy Share Image
The first time I heard Tom Waits, it was like everything just flipped. It was just this fascination with him. My cousin… — Hozier Copy Share Image
My grandfather played a mandolin, so I got my hands on that. Then on down to a banjo, and I found I… — Brendan Gleeson Copy Share Image
Some artists will tell you that's all they want to do is write their own music, and that's great, but George Strait,… — Jake Owen Copy Share Image
If Miles Davis hadn't died it would have been interesting to do an album with him, but there wasn't much else that… — Phil Collins Copy Share Image
When I was about seventeen, I had a group called the Young Jazz Giants. We played all originals. When we would finish… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
I have a voice that's obviously untrained - and I think untrainable - so I kind of secreted it away for a… — Joanna Newsom Copy Share Image
Musicians and artists are not... it's not like politicians or something where you can't really affect them. There's not like this separate… — Bradford Cox Copy Share Image
I bought it [sha la la la lee] because of steve marriotts voice. I didnt realise until recently it was written by… — Carl Palmer Copy Share Image
Headbangers' are people who like heavy-metal music, which is performed by skinny men with huge hair who stomp around the stage, striking… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
There are always meaningful songs for somebody. People are doing their courting, people are finding their wives, people are making babies, people… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
What really surprised me was that we had released the song 'Kondoram'... without any video and it still garnered so many views.… — M. Jayachandran Copy Share Image
I was offered seven deals from seven different major labels between 2009-2011, and to be quite honest... nowadays, you need a hit… — Ashanti Copy Share Image
Music is an art that goes well beyond science. Proof can be found in the huge amount of studies that have been… — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
Schubert had arguably the same melodic gift as Mozart, but even less support. He didn't have the early exposure, never got to… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
My main pedal is the Ibanez Analog Delay, the AD9 or the AD80, whichever one it is. That's my go-to pedal for… — Lee Ranaldo Copy Share Image
My dad was a jazz fan and he used to have lots of old 78s, so I grew up with big jazz… — Ric Sanders Copy Share Image
I think it's harder when you get older and you start having children because you've got to get up in the morning… — Lorne Balfe Copy Share Image
I see some recurring themes: things that feel threaded together, some symbolic references, and songs about some of the big questions, like… — Tracy Chapman Copy Share Image
I want to be as honest as I can about the things I've been through - the sorrows and joys, victories and… — Jim Cole Copy Share Image
I don't feel any kind of a responsibility (other than to myself) to write "weighty" lyrics. In fact I sometimes wish I… — Stuart Adamson Copy Share Image
I wrote most of these songs right before the end. A lot of these songs are about that. Even if it's not… — Gene Ween Copy Share Image
I used to imagine that making it in music - really making it in music - is if you're an old man… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
Music has given me peace. I can remember occasions when music instantly tranquillized my mind, when I was greatly agitated over something.… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Me and Future recorded so many songs that as soon as we did 'Honest,' I liked it a lot, but I didn't… — Metro Boomin Copy Share Image
“In the end—as in the beginning—it is the authentic performance of the Beatles’ peculiar, elaborate, unfettered art that matters. It is the… — Kenneth Womack Copy Share Image
“There's always a siren, singing you to shipwreck. Some of us may be more susceptible than others are, but there's always a… — Caitlín R. Kiernan Copy Share Image
Coldplay songs deliver an amorphous, irrefutable interpretation of how being in love is supposed to feel, and people find themselves wanting that… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Well, as a songwriter, it's really dangerous to use the word love in a song. It's a word that has been used… — Jack White Copy Share Image
I've put out a lot of stuff that just confused and alienated people: a huge chunk of songs that were verbal and… — Lou Barlow Copy Share Image
You expect certain things. You build up in your mind how it's supposed to go down. When you get a record deal,… — Lupe Fiasco Copy Share Image