Corny Quote by Keiynan Lonsdale

Writing music always happened for me in periods when I wasn't under the influence of mind-altering substance.

— Anthony Kiedis

I think at some point in life, everything in life has let me down. But music was always my constant. Like, when I had…

— Jelly Roll

My music comes from heartbreak - from feeling what it's like to lose everything and not being able to express it through words because…

— Bibi Bourelly

I went through a bad period where I was just not writing; I couldn't create anything. I was out of ideas. But when I…

— Allan Holdsworth

When you look back on music history, it falls into these neat periods, but of course, the period you yourself are living through seems…

— Eric Whitacre

I can look back over my earlier music, and it takes me back to the place I was emotionally.

— Sarah McLachlan

I feel like, a lot of times, you make music, and you don't really understand why until with hindsight.

— Arca

Music makes time fall away like almost nothing else. You hear a song from another moment of your life, and it really is like…

— Jennifer Egan

I think, for one thing, all of us remember those teenage years and those songs that we fell in love with and the music…

— Jennifer Egan

When I hit a period of not being able to write music, I get up and walk away. It's pretty mean but it's true.

— Lily Allen

I think that there's certain music that instead of saying a lot of different things that are on my psyche, I just say, 'I've…

— Philip Bailey

I think that my sensitivity to music has actually deepened and expanded as I've gotten older. You add more life experience.

— Rosanne Cash