I've always made music that was representative of real life.
Eric Church
I think right now, you've seen these artists pop up over the last decade who've flirted with branching together a lot of different kinds of... →
Music's cyclical. There's always that next generation that always comes along.
Music - not just the lyrics, but the music itself - expresses confused or illicit passions: rage, lust, envy, frustration, channeling these energies... →
Sarah Churchwell
Pop music provides not just the soundtrack to our lives, as the cliche goes; it releases our emotions and helps us to articulate them. This is why... →
I think it's really cool to embrace the pain of something that may have hurt you and be able to express it through music.
Ciara
Real music to me is real; it's what you feel.
More than anything, I realize I've been blessed to make great music.
One of the things that helps me tell a story through music is to create a character. I have to have a muse, whether it's Frida Kahlo, Martha... →
Madonna Ciccone
When I first came to New York I was a dancer, and a French record label offered me a recording contract and I had to go to Paris to do it. So I went... →