I tried to look at writing a song almost like solving a mystery. The song was there, buried somewhere in my brain. All I had to do was follow the clues until I figured it out.
-Jon Skovron
"Struts & Frets"
Quotations
Music
Songwriters write songs, but they really belong to the listener.
-Jimmy Buffett "A Pirate Looks at Fifty"
The hungry and the haunted explode into rock 'n' roll bands.
-Bruce Springsteen
Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence.
-Robert Fripp
Music is the only language in which you cannot say a mean or sarcastic thing.
-John Erskine
Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.
-Jimi Hendrix
The most exciting rhythms seem unexpected and complex, the most beautiful melodies simple and inevitable.
-W. H. Auden
"The Complete Works of W.H. Auden: Prose, Volume III, 1949-1955"
I hate happy music that makes me sad. Sad music makes me happy.
-Ville Valo
I didn't just hear music. It seemed as if I were part of the music.
-Don Piper
"90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death & Life"
Music defines us, for it shapes our souls and minds.
-Jessica Carroll
