Always Quote by Michael Kiwanuka

It’s very difficult for me to appreciate my own songs as I criticise them a lot.

— Shreya Ghoshal

I guess I cringe, because sometimes I don't even watch my live performances back. When I edit, it's this feeling of seeing my mistakes.…

— Kalup Linzy

It's hard to listen to your own record or your own songs and not pass judgment in a critical way just because it's your…

— Alex Gaskarth

One doesn't want to feel too contented; you have to feel challenged by the music.

— Alex Lifeson

Sometimes, I do have something to say, so I'll sit there and I'll write a song to someone - and then I just throw…

— Bradford Cox

When I don't like a piece of music, I make a point of listening to it more closely

— Florent Schmitt

The criticism people could have of my music maybe is that it's somewhat schizophrenic at times. And if you don't like that, it could…

— Mat Kearney

I have sometimes been told that my music is 'difficult' for the listener.

— Roger Sessions

It's just about really being sensitive, and trying to play a music that is about music.

— Lester Bowie

If you think my music is sentimental and self-absorbed, I agree with you.

— James Taylor

I feel like it is only music where people are like, "You can't do this for other people, you have to do it for…

— Thomston

Music should always be polarizing. What one person likes, somebody else hates. And I hate that kind of snobbery in pop music. The fact…

— Simon Cowell