I'm a perfectionist and I can kill songs because I analyze them too much. For me it takes awhile because I like… — John Reuben Zappin Copy Share Image
“I remembered that Beethoven's symphonies had sometimes been given names... they should have call [the Fifth] the Vampire, because it simply refused… — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
The record business is changing a lot, and I don't think to the detriment of music - I think, if anything, it's… — Steve Winwood Copy Share Image
Re-recording 'Naino mein sapna' for me was like being a part of history. Never before has a son sung the same song… — Sajid Khan Copy Share Image
My granddaddy on my momma's side, he was a romantic. He loved love songs. Every Valentine's Day, I remember him buying a… — Josh Turner Copy Share Image
Music should resonate with people on an emotional level. That's one of the criterions I use for an idea. Does it speak… — Johann Johannsson Copy Share Image
WE WILL BE TOGETHER A Day Will Come When We Will Be Together How Long It Takes Doesnt Matter We Will Go… — SangFroid Shaalu Copy Share Image
I was just fooling around with the piano and Todd [Phillips] was like, 'Hey there's a great spot in the movie [The… — Ed Helms Copy Share Image
“No singer would ever make a song about that battle. No maester would ever write down an account for one of the… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
We can look you in the eye and talk to you about life, heart, love rock'n'roll, whatever, but we do not have… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
I don't really look at the charts at all. If anything, I try to out-do what I've done before. I try to… — Avicii Copy Share Image
You're just playing the songs over and over again and you maybe lose sight of the writing side of you. You're not… — Ellie Rowsell Copy Share Image
Working on solo material is something I had always dreamed of doing, and I'm incredibly happy with the results. 'Everything To Me'… — Shane Filan Copy Share Image
Eleanor hadn't written him a letter. It was a postcard. GREETINGS FROM THE LAND OF 10,000 LAKES it said on the front.… — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
Of course the most difficult thing on the violin is always intonation. The second one is rhythm. If you play in tune,… — Ruggiero Ricci Copy Share Image
In terms of songwriting I think it might be a circular thing. I tend to go back and forth between quieter melancholy… — Thalia Zedek Copy Share Image
My father was always playing this ethnic blues stuff around the house, and both my parents played. Then one day my father… — Alvin Lee Copy Share Image
There are a few investment managers, of course, who are very good - though in the short run, it's difficult to determine… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
To keep the record straight, it wasn't always John and Yoko. We've all accused one another of various business things; we tend… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
People do accuse me of being just decorative or an escapist - well I am. That's what I do. I am other… — Klaus Nomi Copy Share Image
Songs kind of live in a timeless place for me, and since I make records I dunno, about every two-and-a-half to three… — Regina Spektor Copy Share Image
When I talk about what I'm feeling, I can get outside of it and analyze it. I think that process, especially on… — Julien Baker Copy Share Image
We wanted to not necessarily tell the story of the video or the song, but create an ambience. And I think now,… — Russell Mulcahy Copy Share Image
I'm not unswayed by the opinions of others. I actually really value that, the idea that you can feel things the way… — Greg Saunier Copy Share Image
Born Again' is a love song. It's just these two people - two forms of energy - meeting and losing each other… — Tyler Childers Copy Share Image
I saw a drummer play once when I was a kid and I thought, that's really cool. You know, you're moving. You're… — Bill Kreutzmann Copy Share Image
Too many times I've heard records from bands who were obviously, like, 'Well, we're at least gonna do half as well as… — Chad Kroeger Copy Share Image
My favorite songs are my favorite songs because they just feel like a certain moment, or a certain photo, just a snapshot… — Tyler, The Creator Copy Share Image
When I start writing songs, and they come easily, I'm always very suspicious. That usually means they're reminding me of something I've… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
When I first set up my big band, I only had Gilson Lavis, the drummer from Squeeze, with me. He was the… — Jools Holland Copy Share Image
On social media and [in person] I hear stories of how a song like "Home" helps. Whether it's a guy overseas coping… — Michael Buble Copy Share Image
I've never been asked to do a collaboration. I guess I just don't give off that come-and-get-me vibe. I wouldn't be adverse… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
I try to explain that to my kids - the experience of going to a record store, flipping through racks and finding… — Jon Bon Jovi Copy Share Image
When you play a concerto with a small orchestra, you don't feel it is as important as Carnegie Hall. You try to… — Itzhak Perlman Copy Share Image
I'm a huge fan of a guy named Tech N9ne. This cool thing he used to do, where every like third album,… — Jelly Roll Copy Share Image
When you write songs, you have to like them yourself first, but then you have to make everyone else like them, because… — Mick Jagger Copy Share Image
I think that sometimes people fear continuity because it can turn into repetition - and there's a lot of artists who are… — Halsey Copy Share Image
Rabindranath Tagore writes that the song he wanted to sing has never happened because he spent his days "stringing and unstringing" his… — Joyce Rupp Copy Share Image
For the name Lion Babe, we are a little avant-garde, a little left. And with bands like Blondie, Pink Floyd, or Jamiroquai,… — Jillian Hervey Copy Share Image
I put out my first song, 'The Other,' in 2015 just on Soundcloud. It was always my most popular song but never… — Lauv Copy Share Image
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![“I was just fooling around with the piano and Todd [Phillips] was like, 'Hey there's a great spot in the movie [The Hangover] where we need a little bit of a breath in the narrative. You should write a song and stick it in there.' And I was like, 'Well, what should the song be about?' And he said…” quote by Ed Helms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/599/ed-helms-4996_bits_i-was-just-fooling-around-with-the-piano_858074.jpg)
![“On social media and [in person] I hear stories of how a song like "Home" helps. Whether it's a guy overseas coping with missing his family or something deeper and terribly dramatic. Somebody once told me that ["Home"] is the song they listen to when they go to the cemetery to visit their child…” quote by Michael Buble](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e71/michael-buble-6948_cemetery_on-social-media-and-in-person-i-hear-sto_2486136.jpg)
