Musician Quotes

I figure I wrote 37 songs in 20 years, and that's not exactly a full-time job. It wasn't that I was writing and writing and writing and quit. Every now and then I wrote something, and every now and then I didn't. The second just outnumbered the first.

I didn't feel the need for anonymous affection, for people in the dark applauding. To me, it would be like writing a novel and then getting up every night and reading your novel.

Counting in octal is just like counting in decimal, if you don't use your .

Be prepared, and be careful not to do your good deeds when there's no one watching you.

Think as you work, for in the final analysis, your worth to your company comes not only in solving problems, but also in anticipating them.

It is a sobering thought that when Mozart was my age, he had been dead for two years.

I feel that if a person has problems communicating the very least he can do is to shut up.

Life is like a sewer: what you get out of it depends on what you put into it.

On my income tax 1040 it says 'Check this box if you are blind.' I wanted to put a check mark about three inches away.

I wish people who have trouble communicating would just shut up.

An actress must never lose her ego - without it she has no talent.

You can't be satirical and not be offensive to somebody.

Apart from that Mrs Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play?

Bad weather always looks worse through a window.

Life is like a piano. What you get out of it depends on how you play it.

You have always given me more than I gave to you. You were the wings on which I soared.

The music is the shining path over which the poet travels to bring his song to the world.

I had hoped you would protest, but please don't argue.

But to me the actual sound of the words is all important; I feel always that the words complete the music and must never be swallowed up in it.

I was a busy kid in high school - a little bit of an overachiever, I guess. Prom king was kind of silly, but the rest of the stuff was important to me.

I want to move people.

I used to work for a management consulting company, so I dressed differently - business casual, probably a lot of things from Banana Republic. My wardrobe now is definitely more expensive, but I always dress for the occasion.

I think writers are prone to hyperbole sometimes.

I think they need to get a more reliable way of watching television on the laptop. Because I travel so much, if I want to watch my favorite sports team it might not be showing in that place, so I want a reliable way to watch whatever I want to watch on my laptop.

I think I'm happier, not just because of winning Grammys and selling records, but because it's really fulfilling to have all these things happen with something you love to do.

I played classical as a kid.

I listen to all those kinds of music, from classic soul to hip-hop to Brazilian music to, you know, jazz to indie to alternative. So whatever. I listen to all if it. Classic rock and classic pop, all of that.

I like cool jackets - a nice fall or winter coat. You can get a lot of use out of it, and you'll wear it frequently, so it can really set the tone of your uniform for the season.

I have a structured songwriting process. I start with the music and try to come up with musical ideas, then the melody, then the hook, and the lyrics come last. Some people start with the lyrics first because they know what they want to talk about and they just write a whole bunch of lyrical ideas,

I don't like going to football games. I like watching them on television. When you go to a game, it's hard to focus. There's so much going on, and it's cold. I'd rather sit and watch it and get replays and commentary.