I am still very proud of that concert. In America, the (musicians') connection with the conductor is as with management - it… — Neeme Jarvi Copy Share Image
“I don’t know what to tell him.” The music notes return and float suspended in the air. I reach out my hand,… — Juliann Rich Copy Share Image
I never really focus on writing for other people, to be honest. Every song I've ever written was for me to sing.… — Skylar Grey Copy Share Image
In Othello, Othello kills Desdemona, but no one reads that play as a model for their own behavior. In Lou Reed's case,… — Anthony DeCurtis Copy Share Image
My mom was a piano teacher and I grew up taking voice lessons since I was 9. I started off writing melodies… — Sophie Thatcher Copy Share Image
Grunge gave me a sense of identity, and I remember really associating with 'Silverchair,' who were these chilled-out Australian teenagers. The fact… — Kevin Parker Copy Share Image
We live in a time where everybody has an opinion and everyone's opinion can be featured somewhere, whether it's an online column… — Charlie Benante Copy Share Image
One of the things I wonder is whether it's good that the whole free model makes a lot of people listen to… — Tablo Copy Share Image
As you're creating the album, you shouldn't be thinking about what the album is going to be at the end, you should… — Calum Hood Copy Share Image
“Taking five or ten or fifteen years to make an album, like Guns N’ Roses did, is just f**king ridiculous, end of… — Ozzy Osbourne Copy Share Image
I look fondly back on renegade days of my youth. Not the partying or anything, but it's still the spirit that I… — Terry Richardson Copy Share Image
If I do a song with a chorus and a verse, it takes me about 25 minutes. If I do a song… — NLE Choppa Copy Share Image
“I Wanna Hold Your Hand.’ First single. Fucking brilliant. Perhaps the most fucking brilliant song ever written. Because they nailed it. That’s… — Rachel Cohn Copy Share Image
If somebody says, 'Well, what are your favorite composers?' really, what they are saying is, 'What are your favorite composers apart from… — Max Richter Copy Share Image
Keep a cool head and a warm heart. A mantra that became a song, inspired by the wise words of Maharishi Mahesh… — Mike Love Copy Share Image
In the future, women will have breasts all over. In the future, it will be a relief to find a place without… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
I never really saw my dad around when the Iron Maiden and the AC/DC were playing. But he knew what I was… — Dhani Harrison Copy Share Image
Sometimes you think "Okay, well I'm going to play my horn, and I'm going to study Charlie "Bird" Parker solos or [John… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
I just sort of grew up with music always in the background like a soundtrack. And it really hit me hard when… — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
Music therapy, to me, is music performance without the ego. It's not about entertainment as much as its about empathizing. If you… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I knew I could sing. That one thing I did believe in was that I could sing, but then constantly getting rejected,… — Rebecca Ferguson Copy Share Image
I think there's only eight songs on 'Born to Run' - I don't think it's much more than 35 minutes long. But… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
What frustrated us about the song [Robots] was not that it existed - we owe a lot to that song and have… — Dan Mangan Copy Share Image
We're all about exploring new sounds, so we don't have any limits whatsoever about how we go about finding them. We do… — Christian Karlsson Copy Share Image
You have to be careful when it comes to copyrights, whether just sounding like or feeling like something is enough to say… — John Legend Copy Share Image
Writing for yourself is like exposing your diary. It can be a little embarrassing at times, but if it helps somebody get… — Sevyn Streeter Copy Share Image
I write about what I know and what I've experienced. That's the only way it can be real to me. I love… — Aaron Tippin Copy Share Image
What people don't understand is when punk started it was so innocent and not aware of being looked at or being a… — Siouxsie Sioux Copy Share Image
My attitude was always, if you are a huge metal fan, the more dedicated and more obsessive a metal fan you are,… — Martin Popoff Copy Share Image
Sometimes, if a song is written, in essence, to be that stripped down, it's very touchy when you start adding things, because… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
My songs are all about celebrating poignant music. While some of them focus on fun and revelry, they are fortunately backed by… — Kailash Kher Copy Share Image
I was listening to all those lyrics and trying to take in everything that was happening. I was completely excited. It was… — Jay McShann Copy Share Image
With every song that I write, I compare it to the Beatles. The thing is, they only got there before me. If… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
You know, as kids were weren't jazz musicians or anything. But, the circle of friends and the neighborhood I lived in, we… — John Petrucci Copy Share Image
My first strong musical memory is of the Villa-Lobos Sixth Quartet which my parents were rehearsing. I remember that it reminded me… — Leonard Slatkin Copy Share Image
Darwin speculated that “music tones and rhythms were used by our half-human ancestors, during the season of courtship, when animals of all… — Oliver Sacks Copy Share Image
“Stray birds of the summer come to my window to sing and fly away. And yellow leaves of autumn, which have no… — Tagore Rabindranath Copy Share Image
I lie awake and feel your nearness I never wanted more than this I don't wanna run Beneath your tears I don't… — Angel_eyes Copy Share Image
'Captain Fantastic' was the first album in history to enter the (American) album chart at number one. We did it for a… — Bernie Taupin Copy Share Image
When the album 'Duke' came out, by Genesis, Phil Collins beat Dad in a drummers poll. My dad got me to learn… — Jason Bonham Copy Share Image
![“Sometimes you think "Okay, well I'm going to play my horn, and I'm going to study Charlie "Bird" Parker solos or [John Coltrain] or whatever." But as [Phil Wood] said to me, "Man, Bird listened to everything."” quote by Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4e/jon-gordon-1655_bird_sometimes-you-think-okay-well-i-m-going_2575076.png)
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