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A lot of the time, artists and musicians can get criticised for being ignorant or silly or not understanding the real world. And I…

— Declan McKenna

Whenever I work on a song, my focus is on the listeners who follow my type of music.

— Badshah

People need to put my music in a perspective where they use other established artists from the past, and almost all the names I…

— Sondre Lerche

It's probably a combination of personal and non-personal matters that have led us to where we are musically.

— Serj Tankian

You have to reflect honestly what's around you in your music. I think a lot of people are just obsessed with their own relationships,…

— Nellie McKay

You don't try to get influenced by everything that's going on with all the other music around you. You don't listen to the radio…

— Tim McGraw

As a musician and a songwriter, it is an act of the ego to believe that other people might be interested in your point…

— Bono

Sometimes you get so jaded, you don't have those initial connections and emotions with music, because you are promoting your own.

— David Nail

People who listen to them properly don't underestimate them. Unfortunately, there's so much about my career and me that distracts people from the actual…

— Madonna Ciccone

This is a cause that musicians can take to heart because one of our main reasons for being is to share our music with…

— Boz Scaggs

My music is not always about getting my ideas heard, it's about letting other people feel empowered to have their ideas heard by example.

— Julien Baker

I feel like a lot of people can relate to my music.

— Lil Skies