“The music that I write is often not necessarily full of doom and gloom. You'll notice in most of the darkest songs, the music is actually pretty peaceful and lulling.” WritingSongMusic IsPeacefulDoomGloomDoom And Gloom Author:Andrew Bird
“Music is like color or acting or whatever. It's really something I think about from the beginning. Not that I always know exactly what I'm going to use, but I don't see it as something like, "Let's find some songs now!" after we have a finished film.” ThinkingKnowsUseFilmSongActingColorMusic IsFinished Author:Noah Baumbach
“The abstract music is just more interesting because it doesn't really have anything to say, but if it is good, it creates thoughts and feelings, and I enjoy that. For me, once the music creates those thoughts and feelings, I begin to write a song about it.” IfsWritingFeelingsSongEnjoyInterestingMusic IsAbstractThoughts And Feelings Author:Paul Simon
“One good thing about a good book or a good film, or maybe even a song, I'm not a musician but I love to listen to music, is the range that each piece is able to give you. Like 'Bohemian Rhapsody' by Queen, 1975, that song is so epic. It goes in so many different places, it's and opera and it is heavy metal, and it's so crazy as it goes every which way. I kind of like films like that.” WayGivingKindBookDifferentAbleFilmSongPiecesCrazyMusicianMusic IsGood ThingsHeavyRangeQueensMetalsOperaEpicListening To MusicGood BookDifferent PlaceHeavy MetalGood FilmsBohemianBohemian Rhapsody Author:Kleber Mendonca Filho
“Country music is the combination of African and European folk songs coming together and doing a little waltz right here in the American south. They came together at some cotillion, and somebody snuck a black person into the room, and he danced with a white lady, and music was born.” LittlesPersonsCountryTogetherSongBlackBornWhiteRoomsMusic IsSouthFolksCombinationComing TogetherBlack PersonWaltzFolk SongsCotillion Author:Ketch Secor
“Music is made by individuals. Some artists will be very politically overt in their songs, some will be more subtle. You have to be true to yourself, true to your nature.” MadeArtistSongIndividualMusic IsBeing TrueSubtleBe True To YourselfTrue To Yourself Author:Win Butler
“Art is borne out of necessity. Music is a tool and men are doers. When a relationship is working, you don't need to write a song-you need to get toilet paper.” MenNeedsWritingArtSongPaperMusic IsArt IsToolsToiletsDoersToilet Paper Author:Sxip Shirey
“Music saved my life. I mean, music is life. It is everything to me. It's why I can meet people - I was so shy as a kid, and when I started to write songs and perform them with my sister in front of the public, people started to talk to me, and that made me feel really good. Everything about it has always been positive.” PeopleFeelsWritingMeanMadeI CanKidsSongFrontsMusic IsSavedShyMy SisterTalk To MeMusic Is Life Author:June Millington
“All the good music has already been written by people with wigs and stuff...Basically what people want to hear is: I love you, you love me, the leaves turn brown, they fell off the trees, the wind is blowing, it got cold, you went away, my heart broke, you came back, and my heart was okay...Modern music is people who can't think signing artists who can't write songs to make records for people who can't hear. Most people wouldn't know good music if it came up and bit them on the ass...If lyrics make people do things, how come we don't love each other?” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWantWritingHeartArtistSongTurnsStuffBitsRecordsWrittenTreeModernLove YouWindColdMy HeartMusic IsOkayAssBrokeBrownLove Each OtherSigningWigsHeart BrokeBlowing ItModern Music Author:Frank Zappa
“I think Badfinger was the epitome of that type of music before the power pop term was coined. 'No Matter What" is always gonna be a great song on the radio. There?s probably two or three others off their records that are as cool like 'Day After Day'.” ThinkingTwoMatterSongThreeTermRecordsTypeMusic IsNo Matter WhatRadioPopsEpitome Author:Robin Zander
“Anyone can sit down and write some boring artistic song. Pop music is the hardest [stuff] to write.” WritingSongStuffMusic IsDown AndBoringPopsHardestArtisticPop Music Author:Britney Spears
“I love Frank Ocean. I think he's so talented and his music is so great. So, I would love to do one of his songs like 'Bad Religion' or 'Pink Matter.'” ThinkingMatterSongOceanMusic IsFrank Author:Jacob Artist
“Music is a handshake where I, as a songwriter, am only part of the equation. I love that, the fact that you can make the song your own.” FactsSongMusic IsSongwritersEquationsHandshake Author:Jon Foreman
“I think the most important thing about dance music is the connection. If you put 80,000 people together, no one knows each other, and once the music starts, everyone loves each other. That doesn't happen with a lot of genres. If you go to a hip-hop club, it's not like when one songs comes on that everyone suddenly loves each other.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsImportantHappensTogetherSongMusic IsConnectionsImportant ThingsHip HopClubsHipsGenreHopsOne LoveLove Each OtherDance Music Author:Afrojack
“My first experience of that was with my first movie which I did in India. And it was so different from other people. I find that "Oh my God." Every time the music is slow I feel that people are going to get up and go out. You get this nervousness. But, to my surprise, people starting singing the song even before it came in. They started singing along a week later, after release, which was very cool.” PeopleFeelsFirstsDifferentSongWeekMusic IsSingingIndiaSurpriseStartingGet UpReleaseNervousnessVery Cool Author:A. R. Rahman
“I've been on the songs of all these rappers that put out an album, and my music is still better.” StillsSongMusic IsAlbumsRapper Author:Future
“Stylistically speaking I would put us in the pop/rock vein. Although our songs tend to have a darker or moodier current running through them than usual pop/rock. I would say our music is very honest. We're not trying to be anybody or anything for anyone” TryingRunningSongRocksHonestMusic IsCurrentsPopsUsualVeins Author:Sherri DuPree
“Our music is honest. We are who we are... messed up, dysfunctional sinners that have been loved in spite of our hate. We don't deny that we live in a evil world and that we have been evil people and we have evil tendencies... but we also have touched righteousness through our faith in Christ.. and we have received salvation, hope, and love... So our songs always acknowledge this truth and in turn we hope they bring faith, hope and love into the midst of the selfish, fearful hatred that makes up so much of the world we live in.” PeopleWorldHas BeensHateSongTurnsEvilChristHonestMusic IsHatredAnd LoveSalvationDenySelfishTendenciesAcknowledgeWho We AreSpiteTouchedSinnerMidstRighteousnessFearfulMessed UpEvil PeopleHope And LoveFaith HopeEvil WorldFaith Hope And Love Author:Lacey Mosley
“I like music because... its expressive, you can convey whatever you're thinking through a song. And it's the best respite for me anyway to do it through music. So I like music because you can express and let your soul out through it.” ThinkingSoulSongMusic IsYour SoulExpressiveRespite Author:Paolo Nutini
“Gospel music is so ingrained into my bones. I can't do a concert without singing a gospel song. It's what I was raised on.” I CanSongMusic IsSingingRaisedBonesConcertsGospel MusicGospel Songs Author:Johnny Cash
“I don't really have a favorite song. Music is such a big part of who I am, and speaks to so many different emotions inside me, that I don't have an all-time favorite.” DifferentBigsSongSpeakEmotionMusic IsWho I AmAll TimeFavorite SongAll Time FavoriteDifferent Emotions Author:Lily Collins
“Celtic music is part of the language in Scotland and Ireland, where every kid and grandparent knows those songs, music by the likes of Woody Guthrie and Hank Snow is getting entrenched here. They are part of our cultural language. It's part of a living treasure. It doesn't just belong to a museum.” KnowsKidsSongLanguageMusic IsTreasureLikesSnowMuseumsIrelandScotlandGrandparentWoodyCelticCeltic Music Author:Rosanne Cash
“Music is also supposed to be fun. On this record, (titled 'III'), I really had the desire again to jump back into some good-time, fun-loving songs.” DesireSongFunRecordsMusic IsSupposed To BeGood TimesFun Loving Author:Joe Nichols
“I have a notebook that I take with me everywhere. I free-write in it when there are situations that I know I can write a song about. I will just start writing everything that I can think of while trying to write some things that are kind of poetic or sound like they could be in a song. Then, after the music is written, I go back and look at my subjects to see which one I think woud go with what music. Then, I formulate it into a melody and get the song.” ThinkingKnowsWritingTryingLooksKindI CanSongSoundSituationWrittenSubjectsMusic IsPoeticMelodyNotebook Author:Agent M
“I love Florida Georgia Line. I love 'Round Here.' So if a fan wants to listen to that, and if a fan that wasn't listening to country music before is listening to 'Cruise' on Pandora, and after that a song by George Jones comes on, they may have never heard George Jones before. I think it's a good thing for the genre.” IfsThinkingWantMayCountrySongLinesHeardFansListeningMusic IsGood ThingsRoundsGenreFloridaGeorgiaCruisePandoraGeorge Jones Author:Scotty McCreery
“I grew up listening to all kinds of music, everything from country to rock, pop, R&B and even rap, so for me, music is music and a great song is a great song.” KindCountrySongRocksListeningGrewGrew UpMusic IsPopsRapAll Kinds Author:Jason Aldean
“At the end of the day, you release music because you believe in the songs and believe that they're honest. That's all you can really hope for.” BelieveEndsSongHonestMusic IsReleaseThe End Of The Day Author:Wade MacNeil
“I think that music has always been restricted to media. The LP is an antiquated form, and the CD is now an antiquated form, and there's no sense grieving. Music is forever, there will always be songs. It's exciting that we're not limited to the media any more. I don't hold a precious view of my work, that it exists outside of social constructs or the confines of a platform.” ThinkingFormSongSocialViewsForeverMediaMusic IsExcitingGrievingPlatformsConstructsCds Author:Sufjan Stevens
“It's a mystical quality of music, that music isn't really concrete, and it's communicating abstractions about imaginary worlds. At least, my music's like that. It's not real. It's unreal, it's all fabrication. To write a song about Obama would suddenly break the spell.” WorldWritingRealSongQualityBreakMusic IsCommunicateSpellsConcreteImaginaryMysticalAbstractionUnrealFabricationImaginary World Author:Sufjan Stevens
“As the voices beneath the music are talking, you find that the music is just as important as what they're saying. The traditional thing is to lower the music so you can hear the dialogue. We just couldn't do that for that song.” ImportantSongVoiceTalkingMusic IsDialogueTraditional Author:Stanley Nelson Jr.
“I love the songs we've written together [with Ivo Moring] and believe that Rock music is coming back with a vengeance. There are a lot of new and exciting things on the horizon and the next chapter is going to be amazing.” BelieveTogetherSongNextWrittenRocksMusic IsExcitingHorizonChaptersVengeanceComing BackRock MusicExciting ThingsNext Chapter Author:Wendy Starland
“Music is very transporting. I'll hear a song for the first time and I rarely listen to the lyrics. I picture that song playing as a soundtrack to a movie, or even just in the background of someone's life. This all sounds weird, but I have an active imagination, and music opens the floodgates of that area of my brain.” FirstsSongSoundImaginationBrainMusic IsFirst TimeAreasActiveBackgroundsSoundtracks Author:Josh McDermitt
“I think the best thing about music is that someone could be writing a song that's so personal, and it tells so many other people's story at the same time. It kind of exemplifies that we are all kind of on the same wave[length] - it's amazing how comforting somebody else's story can be, because we have experienced their story in some way or another, and I can totally relate, and I get to feel that feeling and the expression of that emotion. I get to feel like as a listener, that somebody understands me, which is pretty incredible.” PeopleThinkingWayFeelsWritingKindI CanStoriesFeelingsSongEmotionExpressionMusic IsIncrediblesWaveAll KindsRelateBest ThingsLengthListenersComfortingUnderstand Me Author:Theresa Wayman
“There's still people that do it poorly... and people that do it very, very well. I think there's still an incredible spectrum. I guess there's something that's appealing in it, in that everyone on some level is a DJ. But people still go to clubs, and there's still... it is interesting - with everyone having an iPod now - when music is so personalised and things like Pandora and making your own playlists, there's something really powerful about a room full of people all dancing to the same song.” PeopleThinkingWellsStillsSongInterestingLevelsRoomsPowerfulMusic IsDancingIncrediblesClubsSpectrumDjsIpodsPandoraReally PowerfulPlaylists Author:Chris Baio
“Music is the first thing I ever cared greatly about. I've been singing and writing songs since I was six or seven.” WritingFirstsSongSixMusic IsSingingSevenWriting Songs Author:Angel Olsen
“I hope people hear my songs and realize that writing music is kind of easy, or that taking your sadness and turning it into a beautiful song is worthwhile.” PeopleWritingKindBeautifulSongEasyRealizingSadnessMusic IsWorthwhileWriting Music Author:Frankie Cosmos
“Oftentimes, when music is just blasting out it seems like it's overcompensating for something missing in the song's structure. When I think of the music that I listen to constantly, it's never like an assault.” ThinkingSeemsSongMissingMusic IsStructureAssaultOvercompensating Author:Babatunde Adebimpe
“I'm sure the music is going to come out. I'm not sure if I'm going to put out 12"s or put the songs on my website. I just have to get them done.” IfsDoneSongMusic IsNot SureWebsite Author:Beck
“There are so many bad songs that have incredible videos. It's pretty amazing, actually. The power of putting images to music is hypnotizing. It's a real power. That's a realm that I've failed at completely.” RealSongMusic IsIncrediblesVideoRealmsReal Power Author:Devendra Banhart
“I love touring, I love making records, but eventually all I want...I want to score. I want people to ask me to score their film or use my songs in cinematic ways. I think the ultimate media is a story that you can watch and feel and have a musical moment to. I think it's my favorite. I love watching something when music is creating motion within the motion.” PeopleThinkingWayWantFeelsMomentsStoriesUseFilmSongAsksWatchesRecordsMediaCreatingMusic IsUltimateMusicalMy FavoriteAsk MeScoreTouringLove MakingCinematic Author:Justin Vernon
“I feel that music is more flexible than language and your song, or "piece" is only as flexible as your least flexible component.” FeelsSongLanguagePiecesMusic IsComponentsFlexible Author:Brian Chippendale
“I always thought the piano scene was kind of unique to shoot because we were actually able to film with the playback of the actual song. And that was quite amazing because it almost made it easier - music is usually something that is added after filming has finished so to be able to shoot a scene with music was really wonderful.” KindMadeAbleFilmSongWonderfulEasierSceneMusic IsUniqueFinishedMade ItPiano Author:Mia Wasikowska
“I wasn't a kid when I came out. Soulja Boy was 16. I'm saying that when he came out he was a kid so it was naturally a show for him. It's not about the music right away. It's a show for him. Not that he's not putting enough effort into his music, but how much effort can a 16 year old put into his music because as you mature and get older even the songs he's doing now has evolved and he's looking back.” YearsEnoughShowsKidsSongEffortBoysMusic IsMatureLooking Back Author:Nelly
“I think the old school, back in the day, 10 to 15 years ago in music, is like you launch one single and you just let that ride out. Right now, you've got folks like Chris Brown, he just won't let up, he's got mixtape after mixtape, they're playing songs on the radio from the mixtape and then he's got songs on the album and videos and he's got remixes he's jumping on.” ThinkingYearsSchoolSongLike YouRight NowMusic IsYears AgoFolksRadioAlbumsVideoBrownJumpingOld SchoolBack In The DayRemixMixtapes Author:Tyrese Gibson
“Actually, I very much dislike routine. Creating music is my chaos therapy. The writing process puts me in a good place. Recording the music is the release of however I felt in the song.” WritingSongFeltProcessCreatingMusic IsChaosReleaseTherapyRoutineDislikeWriting ProcessGood PlaceCreating Music Author:Mpho Koaho
“Music is soaking up things that I see in other people or things that go on in my life, and I put it out there in the form of a song.” PeopleFormSongGoes OnMusic IsSoaking Author:Gary Clark, Jr.
“Music is also one of the great heart openers. Sometimes, you hear the lyrics of a song and you dance, laugh, smile, or perhaps even cry.” HeartSometimesSongLaughingCryMusic IsGreat Hearts Author:Michael Franti
“"Macarena" is a great song. If music is something you can remember - the worst crime music can do is to be forgettable.” IfsRememberSongCan DoWorstCrimeMusic IsForgettable Author:Fred Armisen
“[The music is about ] for the purpose of getting people to an excitement level. They feel something, they feel emotions. They're going to go home after that concert and remember it.Maybe they got something out of the experience rather than intellectualizing about what songs mean which is the whole head trip.” PeopleFeelsMeanWholeHomeRememberPurposeSongLevelsEmotionMusic IsExcitementConcerts Author:Van Morrison
“Traditional folk music is about survival of the fittest song just like evolution is about survival of the fittest organism and generally the more times a song has been passed down the generations the more brilliant and concise it becomes as every link in that chain can add something good or remove something unnecessary.” Has BeensSongGenerationsEvolutionSurvivalMusic IsAddFolksBrilliantTraditionalChainsRemoveMore TimeLinksUnnecessaryOrganismsFolk MusicSurvival Of The FittestConcise Author:John Spiers