“A personal offense is like a scratch on a phonograph record. I couldn't move my thoughts beyond my pain. It kept repeating, as if I were stuck within its grooves. There was only one way to play beyond it. I had to forgive them, so my heart could take its form again.” IfsWayHeartPlayPainMovingFormRecordsMy HeartForgivingStuckOne WayOffenseMy ThoughtsScratchesGroovePhonograph Author:Laurel Lea
“In Van Halen there were moments, like in some of the ballads, I put my heart and soul into those records. Those lyrics when I sang 'em, I gave myself goosebumps.” HeartSoulMomentsRecordsMy HeartEmsVansHeart And SoulBalladsVan HalenGoosebumps Author:Sammy Hagar
“My heart is still there in gospel music. It never left . . . I'm gonna make a gospel record and tell Jesus I cannot bear these burdens alone.” HeartStillsJesusLeftRecordsBearsMy HeartBurdenGospel Music Author:Aretha Franklin
“I always had this dream to make a solo record. I told my mom when I was 7 years old, but I just ended up being in bands. I'm a free spirit. I follow my heart, and it's led me to where I am.” YearsHeartDreamSpiritRecordsMomMy HeartBandMy MomSoloFree Spirit Author:Fergie
“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 fight myself. I don't fight to break Ali's record or Sugar Ray Robinson's record. I fight to please myself. I know in my heart where I'm rated. I didn't fight in Ali's era. This is my era.” KnowsHeartFightingBreakRecordsMy HeartPleaseErasRaysSugar Author:Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
“Before we started writing we did feel pressure because of the success of the first record. One of the first songs that we wrote was "Out Of My Heart" which is the first single. As soon as we wrote that, we knew we just set the standard and every other song had to be as good if not better.” IfsFeelsWritingFirstsHeartSongRecordsMy HeartStandardsPressure Author:Christian Burns
“I want to do a stripped-down album. That style is actually where my heart is - storytelling and just letting the voice and the lyrics talk for themselves. I still want to write the perfect song and sing it in the most honest, undressed way. But I feel like I have to gather more experiences and more layers in my voice. I have to live more to be able to tell this tale. So I'm saving my folk record. I have a feeling nobody will understand it.” WayWantFeelsWritingHeartStillsFeelingsAbleSongVoicePerfectRecordsHonestStyleMy HeartFolksAlbumsTalesStorytellingSavingLayers Author:Lykke Li
“I know I'm not a showy politician... I don't go drinking in parliament's bars. I don't wear my heart on my sleeve, I just get on with the job in front of me and you can judge me by my record.” KnowsHeartJobsRecordsFrontsJudgingMy HeartPoliticianDrinkingBarsParliamentSleevesJudge MeShowyHeart On My Sleeve Author:Theresa May
“My routine is fly, play, sleep, record. My center is the music I am making; when I see people together wherever it is on the planet, that we connect, that's what keeps my heart beating.” PeopleHeartPlayTogetherSleepRecordsPlanetsMy HeartRoutineHeart BeatHeart Beating Author:David Guetta
“There's an interesting story around that ["Heaven Without a Gun"], because the girl I was dating at the time got into a bike accident and couldn't make it into the studio, and the gentleman Dave Hamlin who worked on this record along with Ohad sort of took it, rearranged it. Dave went and sonically changed it and changed the keys so that Andy could sing it better. All these pieces came together that suddenly displayed that the song was meant for Andy [Kim] to sing. And he always said, "I'll never understand it, but I'll sing it with all my heart."” HeartSaidStoriesTogetherSongGirlHeavenInterestingRecordsPiecesChangedKeysMy HeartGunDatingStudiosAccidentsGentlemanBikeDaveKimInteresting Stories Author:Kevin Drew
“"Rock Candy" was my first record. I had never been in a studio, so I was in shock and I had no idea if it was great or if it stunk. I was just putting in my heart and soul, and closing my eyes and keeping my fingers crossed. I gave it everything.” IfsFirstsHeartIdeasSoulEyeRecordsRocksMy HeartFingersStudiosNo IdeaShockCandyClosingHeart And SoulFingers CrossedClosing My Eyes Author:Sammy Hagar
“The more I started going through my own things in life, my faith got put to the test, and I had to believe that God is real in my heart, my lord and savior Jesus Christ, and I can't run from that. I'll always put that in my music or it just wouldn't be right. People can take it or leave it, I really don't care, because it's for me to put it on records. And I will continue to put more of a spiritual nature in my music.” PeopleBelieveHeartI CanRealCareRunningSpiritualJesusChristMy OwnLordRecordsMy HeartJesus ChristTestsDon't CareSaviorThings In LifeSpiritual NatureSavior JesusGod Is Real Author:Kendrick Lamar