Song Quotes · Page 110

Nothing is more odious than music without hidden meaning.

— Frederic Chopin

The really good music, whether of the East or of the West, cannot be analyzed.

— Albert Einstein

The Replacements don't sound like The Replacements half the time!

— Phoebe Bridgers

Our job is just to keep making great-sounding music and great performances.

— BoA

I take all of my music seriously and personally.

— Trevor Dunn

I wouldn't be writing songs if I didn't have something to say.

— Cat Stevens

This music won't do. There's not enough sarcasm in it.

— Samuel Goldwyn

I really just care about making music and how I can make it next.

— Mitski

Your own music comes out of your head and emotions, but it's not etched in your system.

— Keith Jarrett

I'm never gonna be a Carlos Santana - an instrumentalist. I just like songs. It's three minutes of something that can be…

— Steve Forbert

Well, I guess my unease with that is... I'm always a little uneasy with that phrase - smooth jazz, as opposed to…

— David Sanborn

You listen to your favorite song just until you're almost getting sick of it, and then it's so fun to rediscover it…

— Anna Kendrick

Most of my lyrics are little stories about my experiences or those of my friends.

— Sade Adu

Our industry [classic music] has kind of retarded into this kind of endless cover-producing thing, and it's a pity.

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

I dont think we're the type of band people look at and say, 'I want to grow up to be just like…

— Billy Corgan

If I had not kissed anyone, or danced with anyone, or had a reason to cry, the music made me feel as…

— Lavinia Greenlaw

It was your song that made me sing It was your song that gave me wings It was your light that shined…

— Garth Brooks

When I was a teeny little girl, I was in dancing school, and I sang. We had to put a dance to…

— Doris Day

No matter how corrupt, greedy, and heartless our government, our corporations, our media, and our religious & charitable institutions may become, the…

— Kurt Vonnegut

When I was writing this new bunch of songs, I was singing a lot lower, because they were more intimate in a…

— John Wesley Harding

For me music is a vehicle to bring our pain to the surface, getting it back to that humble and tender spot…

— Paula Cole

The first music I ever got into was the '80s alternative bands that my brother listened to, like The Cure and The…

— Conor Oberst

“Music is a moral law. It gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a charm…

— Plato

I love music so much that I have to try to make my own music. And not copy music. If I hear…

— Gustav Ejstes

Life is Like a song it tells a story it can be good at times and bad at others

— Andrea Ball

I've been writing songs since I was a kid. You just hope that you get better.

— Michael Penn

“Good music will make you forget all your misery.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

I'd written songs with lots of people, from one spectrum to the other.

— Billy Sherwood

Anytime I sing the anthem, it is an honor and my heart beats out of my chest.

— Luke Bryan

The first time I listened to jazz was when I was 8.

— Hiromi Uehara

I want my music to have a positive effect on people.

— B. J. Thomas

I think this song, 'Ioniq,' is the best song for commercial music.

— Kim Tae-hyung

God has provided true musical and spiritual restoration.

— Jonathan Cain

When I was 11 years old, I started playing guitar.

— Wyclef Jean

I don't remember ever not singing. It's just as natural as breathing for me.

— Keith Whitley

Most bands don't work out. A small unit democracy is very, very difficult.

— Bruce Springsteen

I hate everything I do. I hate my voice. I sound like a guy.

— Robin Wright

The music industry is a matrix that is counter to what is natural and right.

— Prince

I think music - it sounds cliche, but music can be very healing.

— Mack Wilberg

“Every single day I'll keep you with me, no matter how far from me you are.”

— S.C. Stephens