Song Quotes · Page 126

Great songs aren't written, they're rewritten

— R.C. Bannon

I have such a wide variety of tastes in things that I like musically.

— John Oates

I listen to a wide array of music, all depends on the mood I'm in at the time.

— G-Eazy

I was an anarchist punk, and I think, in many ways, I still am.

— Gavin McInnes

“Music relaxes our mind, just as water quenches our thirst.”

— John Joclebs Bassey

I love to just be consistently playing music.

— John Popper

I know the words to, like, every song. Hoobastank, whatever.

— Lennon Parham

Rock n' roll seems like it's faded away sometimes, but it will never die.

— Alex Turner

The sweetest music is not in the oratorio, but in the human voice when it speaks from its instant life tones of…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Music is a soundtrack for your life. You hear some tune and you just get swept right back to that point in…

— Kevin Bacon

Frank [Zappa] was not a big fan of having lyrics, but sometimes he had things to say that lent themselves to lyrics.

— Gail Zappa

Pete Townshend used to crash chords and let the guitar feed back. He's overrated.

— Ritchie Blackmore

Mem'ry All alone in the moonlight I can smile at the old days Life was beautiful then.

— Trevor Nunn

I tend to feel really protective of songs, and if they aren't sitting well in a record, I'll pull them tight to…

— Brandi Carlile

I just can't bring myself to see Sabbath without Bill Ward, because he was such an integral part of that band.

— Joey Jordison

Growing up, all I cared about in a song, before I really listened to lyrics, was that beat.

— Walker Hayes

“I am not saying that you have to be a jazz fan to be a Mod. The Mod scene incorporates a wide…

— Ruadhán J. McElroy

I'm realizing this more and more that it's one thing to get involved with your own political beliefs and stand behind you…

— John Petrucci

I've always had a tendency to keep an emergency exit in a song. I can't remember ever writing a song that is…

— KT Tunstall

Sometimes, the best songs are the ones you write without any pen and paper or audio recording device or guitar in your…

— Jon Foreman

When you're in a young band for the first time, geographically you're in the same place and you tend to go out…

— Robert Smith

Toplines usually suck. I'll send a song to a band or artist whose entire body of work I love and I'll ask…

— Porter Robinson

When I was growing up, I grew up in church--my father was a pastor--so when I was growing up in Trinidad, I'd…

— Heather Headley

I think it's really cool, but Jimmy Eat World and Gin Blossoms did it better than anyone. People don't realize just how…

— Nate Ruess

I did splash out on a 1964 Fender Jaguar guitar in L.A.

— Tom Walker

Interaction is what jazz music is all about.

— Stan Getz

Musicians wake up and create a more loving community by creating heavier music.

— Cass McCombs

I think a lot of bands are creatively knackered when they come off tour.

— Alex Kapranos

My head works in music, so there's always music there.

— Ben Harper

I always thought music was open to all things.

— Dawn Angelique

Basically, I want to prove to everybody that I can write music - good music.

— Cam'ron

Finding fresh song topics can sometimes be quite difficult.

— Peter Steele

History will tell if we were really a good band or just a one day fly.

— Billie Joe Armstrong

Every single lyric I've ever written I meant.

— John Lydon

Often the simplest song is the hardest to write.

— Patti Smith

A songwriter's supreme challenge is being complex and simple at the same time

— Paul Simon

When listening to the radio, if a love song comes on, squeeze her hand tighter.

— James Merrow

A great pop song should be felt when you hear it.

— Max Martin

When you're talking about rock n' roll, myth-making is what it's all about.

— Nick Cave

I love horns, and the bigger the band, the better it sounds to my ear.

— Levon Helm