"Waruna is a powerful tool to understand who we are. Their music is about who we are today."
"Elvis Presley carved out a musical identity through a string of singles released under the guidance of label boss Sam Phillips."
"The Bee Gees were so much more than a family of brothers that had gifted three-part harmony."
"That's the sound of the Beatles in my opinion, the dominant seven chord."
"I want to be known as the person who's a real musician, a real hard-working dedicated grown man that was passionate about his craftsmanship more than just the money."
"That's what Dirk and his music are all about."
"The roadmap that you create in those musical explorations is what naturally separates you from every other drummer in the world."
"We don't want to be pop stars or rock stars, whatever. We wanted to make cool music."
"I played on hit records before I worked with Robert, but I believe that my work with Robert really kind of was the moment for me that I kind of I created my identity within the context of his music."
"He said I don't want anyone else to write Star Wars music for the character of Ray yeah or Daisy Ridley it's not necessary gonna be impossible going forward but if this is it for three movies for Ray yeah he has created quite a theme for her."
"Come On Eileen remains the group's calling card in other parts of the world."
"Never took much to convince Dre. Never been swayed by color or skin shades and stay one hell raiser with twin blades. That was fact."
"Donna Summer was more than just the queen of disco; she was disco."
"I know people know I can rap, but it's more so like I'm trying to be ... People knowing I can rap doesn't just do it for me."
"I'm always going to make music... as long as I'm in touch with myself Who I am as a person and my fans."
"I'm not a YouTube rapper, not a label rapper, not a mumble rapper, y'all understand every single word."
"It's your own thing, you do what you want, and you have fun. You make sure that what you play represents who you are on the drum set. That's what's most cool about drumming and music."
"If he got my song, you know what you got: D'Angelo."
"We found our sound and when we really felt like we found it was 'Drop'."
"We couldn’t have really fitted in with grunge, because we were just a different type of a band."
"One of the great things about this world of music is that we get to be who the hell we want to be."
"Her songs reflect who you are and pretty much what you've been through in some type of way or another."
"...makes me think of the concept of people who call their music noise or people who just don't exactly align with what Stray Kids do."
"I am Buddy Bolden. That was addressing it, the freedom in the music."
"We were different... we had a very British kind of rock sound."
"There are many, many moments in the Sixth Symphony which of course are pure Dvorak and no one else, no one else could have even imagined such a thing."
"It was how the group made themselves known through their music which intrigued most."
"Living the Dream represents for me a symbiosis of all the incarnations of the band into one singular mood."
"The musical street you live on is actually over there, we know it when we're young."
"We were always a rock and roll band, we just had blues and R&B roots."
"A Night at the Opera... this is the album that made Queen, Queen."
"I am not a pop singer. OK, I am a soul singer."
"If he's playing on a song, you know it's him."
"Their limited musical ability made it difficult to cover songs from other bands. The Ramones instead focused on developing their own sound."
"As anyone who has ever loved music would know, our musical tastes have a lot to do with what we think and who we are."
"I became a promiscuous musician and I'm very proud of that word... musician."
"I make good music and I'll always be the same way."
"This sounds like Petrucci, obviously, but this is immense."
"When you can hear a note and be like, 'That's that guy,' you know what I mean?"
"I'm Tupac with the nouns and Biggie with the flow, big boy with the style and Andre with the fro."
"It shares very clearly a lot of Prophet DNA and it does have uniqueness to it that makes it its own."
"I like the band a lot; I think that the albums are really, really British sounding."
"I'm trying to work out what exactly my solo music sounds like, who I am a bit."
"He went from being a street dancer and trainee to a complete artist with a particular style and a musical personality."
"Texas bluesman Lightnin' Hopkins doesn't just sing the blues, he is the blues."
"There's such personality in these pieces, you really feel the identity of the individuals."
"He's got a distinct bass sound, he's got a distinct vocal sound."
"They definitely are becoming their own band on this album."
"Having an individual voice is actually quite difficult in music."
"Twice has grown into their sound and into their vibe so well."
"Find out what your musical voice is. God gave us all a musical gift."
"The Strat is my home; that is my guitar."
"Every time I start listening to a Deftone's album, it's always just... I know it's a Deftone's album, you know? It just has that energy to it."
"Their original name Triple Six Mafia was even a reflection of their attraction to playing with the subject."
"What Kiss does musically is closer to the original concept of what rock is supposed to be."
"It's for the music, yeah, people don't know me, people know the music."
"The most important thing in music is to sound like yourself."
"My music is my perspective, my perfection, here's what I'm pursuing."
"Go after the sounds you want and emulate people, and through emulation, you will get your own voice."
"This is the Dead at home and it feels that way."
"I've always felt like the musicians that I have admired the most are musicians who are able to represent in an honest way who they are."
"You want to create your own sound, and you create your own sound by not listening to anybody else but spending time at the instrument by yourself and figuring out what you're capable of."
"We wanted a fresh feeling for Red Velvet but still like have their flavor."
"That is the band-made sound at this point, and I love everything about that."
"In the beginning, your voice is actually created by your idols, the things that you listen to, the people you look up to."
"I love hip-hop and I love rap, but R&B, that's me."
"Not only was their overall sound immediately identifiable, but they were very unique in being equally adept at hardcore funk, guitar-driven rock, and sensual ballads."
"If you don't have a real clear idea of what your sound is, then again that's why you're going to have your teacher help you with the process."
"You can have your own sound but don't go too far off because people like easy listening stuff."