Bee Quote by Paul Gilbert

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

I love futurist music.

— Brian Reitzell

I really tried to go for that sound of the '60s pop melodies but I'm living in the present so that makes it contemporary.…

— Matt Costa

My songs used to be significantly more bizarre. I used to play a big electric piano and a loop pedal. I was really into…

— Dan Smith

In the late '70s I started to search for the perfect sound - whatever that might be, before that I was mainly interested in…

— Lou Reed

Growing up in Middlesbrough [in England], I listened to artists like Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and Howlin' Wolf. It was like another world. Something…

— Paul Rodgers

I've been in the game a long time. I've done all sorts of different types of music. From mob music to the G-Funk era.

— E-40

I grew up listening to Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf and lots of blues, R&B and Motown.

— L'Wren Scott

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

My own musical background is based in the blues, and in classical composition. I grew up listening to Muddy Waters, John Coltrane, Miles Davis,…

— Frederick Lenz

It's been a transformative period and I really wanted to make music from what I've experienced.

— Adam Lambert

I am really obsessed with finding melodies that just hypnotize you and sink you into a song.

— Hoodie Allen