America Quote by RM

In many countries, when I gave the name 'Rap Monster,' I often heard that it was 'too much.'

— RM

When you think about musicians who are reading music, my contention has always been the energy that you're using deciphering what the symbol is…

— Cecil Taylor

Sometimes you write a song in a certain era and it's got a certain kind of significance.

— Paul McCartney

Telling someone about what a symbol means is like telling someone how music should make them feel.

— Dan Brown

It meant a kind of real liberation of expression. It embraced amateurism in a way that I still am inspired by. It was not…

— Jim Jarmusch

Artists take on an alias that's suitable for their style of music. Everyone had a nickname when they were younger.

— Tinie Tempah

I'm really bad at recognizing acronyms. Today this teenager told me 'YOLO' and I took it as 'chop me into little pieces with a…

— Nikhil Saluja

That is what intrigues me; songwriting and song structure and expression.

— Geddy Lee

I'm like part of the Kurt Cobain school of writing lyrics, which is the syntax of the words is more important than... is where…

— Zachary Cole Smith

Some songs are just like tattoos for your brain... you hear them and they're affixed to you.

— Carlos Santana

Like the song "Stereo", to me that's like, kind of hip-hop in that slacker way. There's some slackerisms mixed in with that stuff, but…

— Stephen Malkmus

I don't actually like explaining the meanings of my songs, because I think people can take away more from it if they use their…

— Reeve Carney