Able Quote by John Darnielle

My records are borderline dance records. They've got a real electro-rock heart and soul, and the vibe of the sentiment is pop, but there's…

— Lady Gaga

I love the history of popular music. I love to know what people are listening to, even if I don't like it.

— Tim Rice

The godfather of rap, that is what I am known as, and the king of party records, the records I do.

— Rudy Ray Moore

The history of music is nothing more than the history of art-music or classical music, the music that was commissioned by aristocrats.

— Frank Fairfield

I am an old soul: I do know so much about music history.

— Tiffany Darwish

I realized that, for me, great records always moved me with the lyrics and the melodies. And so I said, 'I think I can…

— Laurieann Gibson

All my life I have studies the peculiar powers of music. It has a force of its own that few would deny.

— Katherine Neville

One reason we've been able to do what we do is that we never put our music into any kind of historical perspective.

— Ron Mael

My musical knowledge goes beyond hip-hop.

— DJ Premier

I found a certain kind of music congenial to me; it never occurred to me to write music that was academically acceptable.

— Carlisle Floyd

I grew up on dancehall music, and it holds a strong place in my heart.

— Craig David

Hip-hop has been the guiding light of my life as a musician and a music fan. It's the one common thread through all of…

— James Vincent McMorrow