Song Quotes · Page 106

Being honest is my job. That's what music is for me.

— Erykah Badu

I am making good music, and I want people to listen to it.

— Atif Aslam

I think I have a basic sound aesthetic that is in most of what I do

— Pat Metheny

Empires dissolve and peoples disappear, song passes not away.

— William Watson

A good composer does not imitate; he steals.

— Igor Stravinsky

At the end of the day, it's about how music makes you feel.

— Jonita Gandhi

“Her dress is the colour of marmalade, she chirps songs that have no words”

— Sarah Kay

I think there will be a song for everyone on every album that I do.

— Laufey

The original version of 'Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang' was made to a Boz Scaggs song; I can't remember the name of…

— Dr. Dre

The fact is that 'free' in music streaming is so technically good and ubiquitous that it's stunting the growth of paid streaming.

— Jimmy Iovine

I'm still a businessman. But what I do for my primary living and what is my life is music, and that will…

— David Draiman

The songs my band and I like to sing - the songs that the room will erupt for - are '90s hits,…

— Ross Lynch

Some singers think they are gods who can do everything. But I have always been honest with myself and my possibilities.

— Mirella Freni

You continue to evolve with each album that goes by and, as an artist, you continue to expand with every recording project.

— Randy Travis

... When it came time to hire a guitar player ... I didn't even have to think about it ... Mike Bloomfield…

— Bob Dylan

Not to be mean about it, but some great rock and rollers, like Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry, are pretty one-dimensional.

— Ian Anderson

What draws people to the instrument is the love for guitar players that play a certain way. I mean, even though it…

— Tom Morello

I think when black performers performed in blackface, they were kind of taking back slave songs, but it was still a little…

— Cecile McLorin Salvant

Plato defines melody to consist of harmony, number and words: harmony naked of itself, words the ornament of harmony, number the common…

— John Dowland

EDM has trained a new generation of listeners' ears to accept a much broader range of what equals a song. EDM has…

— Tycho

I just loved the guitar when it came along. I loved it. The banjo was something I really liked, but when the…

— Doc Watson

There are a few songwriters in bands I really relate to that write a certain type of joy, because a lot of…

— Mark Foster

The cozy fire is bright and gay, The merry kettle boils away and hums a cheerful song. I sing the saucer and…

— Barry Pain

I really want it to have an impact on the world. I want to be in a town on the other side…

— Alex Kapranos

A lot of the time there is a lot of melancholy in the lyrics.

— Will Champion

The Kesha Lyrics to hit song 'Tik Tok' are a cry for help.

— GloZell

I'm used to getting sexy sometimes in the lyrics.

— John Legend

A group of artists in Ivory Coast recorded a song about me.

— Gervinho

The whole beauty of music is that it goes where your words won't let you.

— Anne Hathaway

For me, the great thing about music is that anybody can do it.

— Jarvis Cocker

The world is full of sounds. We just don't usually hear them as music.

— Ryuichi Sakamoto

The one thing about music is that there are no rules.

— Enrique Iglesias

I want people to go deep into my music like Baton Rouge does.

— Boosie

When we started, a lot of bands sounded really different from one another.

— David Byrne

Sold my guitar to the baker's son for a few crumbs and a place to hide.

— Bob Dylan

There are always ups and down in every artiste's career.

— Nikita Thukral

My music, my songs are 100 percent inspired by girl power.

— Paulina Rubio

Even the Beatles lived their lives as a soap opera.

— Chris Lowe

The blues have always had some of the best times, best feelings I’ve ever had.

— Keanu Reeves

I have too many options when it comes to guitars.

— Rick Nielsen