Contribution Quote by Terry Riley

What came to me as a revelation was the use of rhythm in developing an overall structure in music.

— Philip Glass

I express myself using my classical skills to write more complex forms of popular music.

— Ludovico Einaudi

I came into music because I thought the presentation of poetry wasn't vibrant enough. So I merged improvised poetry with basic rock chords.

— Patti Smith

It occurred to me by intuition, and music was the driving force behind that intuition. My discovery was the result of musical perception.

— Albert Einstein

Having decided to follow my own intuitive path I began to write music on the basis of harmonized spoken words, for new instruments and…

— Harry Partch

When I'm writing, those ideas are seldom inspired by music itself. I won't often listen to an artist and come up with an idea.

— St. Lucia

I used to play the piano, I was pretty decent, so that was the only thing I could hold onto in terms of coming…

— Lunice

There is a great temptation with songs, melodies and lyrics to overcomplicate them but in fact, you find that the most enduring melodies are…

— Ken Hensley

Melody is the essence of music.

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

I was really intrigued by how - sort of the common themes and sort of the blend among music, and that was sort of…

— Jill Stein

My thing was, I loved music. I played music: I played the saxophone. So the little bit of music knowhow I had, I tried…

— Rakim

It started off with me being all the way influenced by Atlanta and southern music but I knew my sound had to grow -…

— Mike Will Made It