America Quote by Miles Davis

I was immersed in popular songs of the time, of the '30s and '40s. I was writing songs, making fun of the attitudes of…

— Tom Lehrer

Eventually I had so many little melodies and ideas that, you know, that they were all songs to me and I threw in a…

— Petra Haden

The fascination with the music stayed with me for years and I wanted to find out why I liked it so much and to…

— Gregor Schwellenbach

People call me for the ballads. Apparently that's where I've been pigeonholed. But it's really interesting and really fun. It's my favourite part of…

— Sia Furler

My first songs were about animals and shoes. I wrote one song about PF Flyers, and one to my fish.

— Kate Micucci

I was in 'Jacques Brel' Off-Broadway for many years, so I've always been a singing actress, but the songwriting was a complete surprise. I…

— Amanda McBroom

I did 'The Sound of Music.' That was my first musical.

— Lindsay Mendez

Something that I did, and I developed out of that sonic meditations, which were pieces that I composed in the '70s that now are…

— Pauline Oliveros

I've written songs on everything. Menus. Napkins. Little pieces of paper.

— Chuck Berry

My dad had his own business and was extremely busy, but on a very rare occasion, he would play guitar and sing a bit.…

— Natalie Prass

I started writing songs as character explorations.

— Noah Reid

I was an English major in college, so I really liked spoken word and poetry; it was what I did before I wrote music.

— Mat Kearney