“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
“Music, the greatest good that mortals know, And all of heaven we have below. Music can noble hints impart, Engender fury, kindle love; 40 With unsuspected eloquence can move, And manage all the man with secret art. When Orpheus strikes the trembling lyre The streams stand still, the stones admire; The listening savages advance, The world and lamb around him trip The bears in aukward measures leap, And tigers mingle in the dance The moving woods attended as he played And Rhodope was left without a shade.” KnowsMenWorldArtStillsMovingLeftHeavenSecretMusicHe ManListeningBearsStonesWoodsNobleStrikesAdmireManageMortalsStreamsLeapShadeSavagesTigersFuryHintsEloquenceLambsTremblingImpartKindlesOrpheus Author:Joseph Addison
“I love classical music. It has left a major mark on my playing.” LeftMusicMajorsMarkClassical Music Author:Slash
“I hope we left you with something to put under your pillows.” LeftMusicJazzMusicalPillow Author:Dexter Gordon
“I never had much interest in the piano until I realized that every time I played, a girl would appear on the piano bench to my left and another to my right.” FunnyGirlLeftInterestMusicJazzI RealizedPianoJazz MusicBenchesPlaying MusicJazz MusicianFunny MusicPlaying PianoPlaying JazzPiano MusicPiano Playing Author:Duke Ellington
“It's fun to be creative and innovative and come up with something crazy. So I need people to work with who are not going to be afraid to take it to the left a bit.” PeopleNeedsLeftFunBitsMusicCreativeCrazyCome UpBe CreativeInnovative Author:Aaliyah
“Of course, an exhausting day at sail lines and nets left little energy to expend on running or laughing. Perhaps that was why her parents couldn't appreciate her music - it wouldn't appear to be hard work to them. Menolly shook her hands, letting them flap from her wrists. They ached and trembled from the constricted movements and tension of an hour of intensive playing. No, her parents would never understand that playing musical instruments could be as hard work as sailing or fishing.” LittlesHardHandsRunningCoursesEnergyLeftParentHoursLinesMusicLaughingMovementHard WorkAppreciateInstrumentsMusicalTensionFishingSailSailingExhaustingWristsMusical InstrumentsWhy Her Author:Anne McCaffrey
“Look, you come in here tomorrow, and anything you do with your right hand I'll do with my left.” LooksHandsLeftMusicTomorrowSongwriting Author:Art Tatum