“People ask me if I left the lyrics open to ambiguity. Of course I did. I wanted to make a whole series of complex statements. The lyrics had to do with the state of society at the time.” PeopleIfsStatesWholeWantedCoursesAsksLeftMusicSeriesComplexesStatementsAsk MeAmbiguityAmerican Pie Author:Don McLean
“Gospel music in those days of the early 1930s was really taking wing. It was the kind of music colored people had left behind them down South and they liked it because it was just like a letter from home.” PeopleKindHomeLeftBehindsMusicLettersWingsSouthLeft Behind1930sGospel Music Book:Movin' on Up Source: Movin' on Up
“Throughout my career, nervousness and stage-fright have never left me before playing. And each of the thousands of concerts I have played at, I feel as bad as I did the very first time.” FeelsFirstsLeftMusicCareersStageFirst TimeConcertsFrightNervousnessStage Fright Author:Pablo Casals
“It doesn't take long to sum up the major theses of most popular music: he loves me; he left me; I need him; I needed him, but now I need his best friend. Rather limited scope.” NeedsLongLeftMusicNeededMajorsSingingScopeThesisPopular MusicHe Left MeI Need Him Author:Holly Near
“There is plenty of room left for exact experiment in art, and the gate has been opened for some time. What had been accomplished in music by the end of the eighteenth century has only begun in the fine arts. Mathematics and physics have given us a clue in the form of rules to be strictly observed or departed from, as the case may be. Here salutary discipline is come to grips first of all with the function of forms, and not with form as the final result … in this way we learn how to look beyond the surface and get to the root of things.” WayFirstsLooksMayHas BeensArtEndsFormLeftGivenRoomsResultsMusicCasesLearningCenturyFineDisciplineRootsFunctionMathematicsFinalsSurfacePhysicsExperimentsPlentyAccomplishedGatesClueFine ArtsDeparted Author:Paul Klee
“Guitarists shouldn't get too riled up about all of the great players that were left off of 'Rolling Stone Magazines' list of the Greatest Guitar Players of all Time' ... Rolling Stone is published for people who read the magazine because they don't know what to wear.” PeopleKnowsLeftMusicPlayerStonesGuitarListsMagazinesAll TimeRollingGuitaristGuitar PlayerRolling Stones Author:Joe Satriani
“I realize that artists can become fatigued from touring the world over, but if it's your first major tour, you've got to buckle down and do it, said Sami Jarroush, a music blogger for Consequence of Sound. Short of suffering from an actual medical emergency, saying you're going to stop performing so you can take a vacation isn't exactly going to make you look good in the eyes of however many fans you have left.” IfsWorldFirstsLooksSaidEyeArtistSufferingLeftSoundRealizingMusicFansMajorsConsequenceDown AndMedicalPerformingVacationEmergenciesTouringBloggersBuckles Author:Iggy Azalea