You have to look at every one of your songs and be able to identify with them in a meaningful way. You… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
I've always been a fan of the band setting. I've always been a believer in bands, and I've always been in bands.… — Frank Iero Copy Share Image
“Summertime, I think, is a collective unconscious. We all remember the notes that made up the song of the ice-cream man; we… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“Bing Crosby and those fellows promised to love deeper than the ocean and higher than the stars for eternity. But who can… — Sam Torode Copy Share Image
I think it was Tommy who told me, 'When your song is called 'XYZ' or whatever, every line has got to make… — Merle Haggard Copy Share Image
About 25 years ago, when I was 15, I wrote a song called 'Indradhanush', which speaks about the seven colours, equating each… — Amit Trivedi Copy Share Image
Our father taught us how to play. He's also our biggest inspiration and he opened our ears to a lot of older… — Henry Garza Copy Share Image
I like soul, I like rock, I like new wave, I like punk music, I like blues, I like jazz, and I… — DJ Premier Copy Share Image
What people fail to realize is that any album we did, really, 90 percent of it reflected the songs people brought in.… — Dennis DeYoung Copy Share Image
I have received a great deal of benefit from the simple yet difficult practice of learning to stop the internal voice in… — Edwin Catmull Copy Share Image
“Now when I hear birdsong, I feel an entry to that understory. When I am feeling too squeezed on the ground, exhausted… — Kyo Maclear Copy Share Image
I love the percussion. It's a right brain, left brain thing. There are different beats, but cooperating together. It's your whole body… — Shalom Harlow Copy Share Image
I love the songs we've written together [with Ivo Moring] and believe that Rock music is coming back with a vengeance. There… — Wendy Starland Copy Share Image
Music is powerful, it can change your mood, the way you feel, and change your heart. Be careful what music you allow… — Ash Sweeney Copy Share Image
When I first heard the minstrel banjo - I played a gourd first - I almost lost my mind. I was like,… — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share Image
When we came up, Clive Davis and other record execs would do anything to keep Miles Davis, Aretha Franklin, even Johnny Mathis… — Philip Bailey Copy Share Image
Well, my sister played trumpet. Can you imagine having a sister blowing the trumpet around the house, Fred? And my brother, he… — Freddie Hubbard Copy Share Image
“Fifteen years ago, the cultural critic Greil Marcus wrote of Jimi's performance of our national anthem as "his great NO to the… — Michael Lang Copy Share Image
There are methods to creating a mayhem that sounds different from your usual mayhem. Because mayhem and a heavy drum backbeat end… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
If I'm being an idealist, I would say it's extremely fulfilling to know that I had a part in creating music that… — JP Saxe Copy Share Image
When I've produced a song, I try to record a vocal over it, and sometimes it becomes really hard. Sometimes I've already… — Sampha Copy Share Image
I think when I was pretty young I got really into the tone of my instrument and I remember just playing one… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
Music was more fitted to my temperament. If you were feeling sad and down in the boxing gym, you'd get hit more… — Bugzy Malone Copy Share Image
hither,hither, from thy home,airy sprite, i bid thee come! born of roses, fed on dew, charms and potions canst thow brew? bring… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
I was about to walk on stage at the Kansas Speedway - I was playing a NASCAR race - and I said… — Brett Eldredge Copy Share Image
Essentially, the popular musician in America must learn that his basic job is to entertain people, to make them forget their sorrows… — Artie Shaw Copy Share Image
Our band is very polarizing. There are people who absolutely can't stand us, and people who absolutely can't live without us. I'd… — Ben Gibbard Copy Share Image
I have written with some amazing singers and songwriters - the moment with Snoop Dogg was amazing - but being able to… — Jessica Mauboy Copy Share Image
There isn't a dearth of it, but I will confess that it's harder for me to find songs on which I'm willing… — Mel Torme Copy Share Image
I would say Tracy Chapman was the first time I obsessed over an entire record. I knew every song; I knew the… — Kelela Copy Share Image
I mean it's funny, playing music, how of course you want it to do well, you want them to like it, but… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
The idea of having one ensemble do everything is what was on 'Sea Lion' and that's what I tried to make happen… — Feist Copy Share Image
If a little kid picks up Guitar Hero and learns 'Smoke On The Water,' he soon finds out that if he wants… — Brad Paisley Copy Share Image
There does seem to be a kind of split. There are those people who are more entrenched in the early electronic years,… — Gary Numan Copy Share Image
I never knew I was a songwriter. I didn't even know I was a singer. My parents just got me a guitar… — Dion DiMucci Copy Share Image
I'm not trying to dog any artist or genre, but to me, there is a lot of diversity missing from the radio.… — Maren Morris Copy Share Image
I'd always had an interest in guitar from about seven years old. But I first actually had lessons when I was about… — Bert Jansch Copy Share Image
Earl Scruggs wears two finger picks and a thumb pick, and by alternating them, he can play about as fast as he… — Earl Scruggs Copy Share Image
I certainly have gotten caught up in the music business at various times in my life, mostly because you want to get… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“And he sang each of the lyrics stutter free, his words clear and strong. Hidden tears built in my eyes as I… — Tillie Cole Copy Share Image
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