Song Quotes · Page 169

I hear the mad song of a little bird and crush butterflies between my fingers.

— Clarice Lispector

Well, I make every song I sing personal. I've never chosen a song that wasn't.

— Carly Simon

If you think I'm a young boy singing these songs, dope. Run with that.

— Syd

I was nine when I bought my first guitar at a garage sale.

— Derek Trucks

I hate bells and whistles. I like songs.

— Uncle Kracker

I love story songs because I've always loved books.

— Dolly Parton

Fear is the lock and laughter the key to your heart.

— Anonymous

Music is the surest way of reaching someone else's heart.

— Dudley Moore

People ask me about the way I conduct my life. Sorry, beautiful music is conducted... Lives cannot be conducted.

— Rekha

If you're an artist who's built on marketing and hype then most likely I won't listen to you.

— Mac Miller

“A quiet mind allows the artist to tap into the wellspring of Divine Music within.”

— Kenny Werner

When I hear 'The Twist,' sometimes I hear it, and I go, 'Wow - I really did that song. It could have…

— Chubby Checker

The average life spans of many bands are not that long, up to five years if they are lucky.

— Mike McCready

One of my goals in making music is to make the world seem bigger, and life seem larger.

— Ezra Furman

My dad always had me sing alongside him while he played guitar. He taught me how to harmonize to an old song…

— Noah Cyrus

I feel that I see John Lennon now as not a celebrity. I did then. I saw him as a cardboard cutout…

— Mark David Chapman

“This may sound weird, but there are certain songs, like really great songs---you don't just listen to them, you know? They make…

— Jasmine Warga

“In the event that your feminist activities are discovered, quick diversions include bursting into song, asking him how to fix something in…

— Reductress

I have learned to write about things that are personal without objectifying anybody or anything, and that's been an important lesson for…

— Martha Wainwright

If you look at my iPod, I've got so much different music. I think that it kind of describes me as a…

— Jordan Burroughs

“As it is he hears voices without form; they sing and sing, as they have from the beginning and will continue until…

— Helen Oyeyemi

For me, I just want to sing about life. And since I come from a spiritual background, I turned to jazz, because…

— Lizz Wright

The only thing I can think of is my favorite album at the moment by this guy called Father John Misty, and…

— Daniel Radcliffe

Winter has caused damage everywhere: meadow and forest are all grey, where before you heard many sounds. If I could see the…

— Walther von der Vogelweide

For me, the focus are songs, which really get the audience moving.

— Joe Cocker

If you want to know me, listen to my music.

— Goswami Kriyananda

My favorite album would have to be something from The Beatles.

— Liam Gallagher

I don't want my album coming out with a 'G' rating. Nobody would buy it.

— Donny Osmond

I've always made music - pretty much since I was born.

— Sky Ferreira

I'm a laid-back guy, but my brain is always wrapped up in music.

— Dustin Lynch

Singing was never something I even thought was in my wheelhouse.

— Benson Boone

If it weren't for the rocks in its bed, the stream would have no song.

— Carl Perkins

I just like a good, sad song. The sadder, the better. It moves me.

— John Prine

My music really is universal and welcomes everybody.

— Maisie Peters

“Music is only work when someone else makes you do it.”

— Rachel Hartman

All Religions. All This Singing. One Song. Peace Be With You.

— Rumi

Musicians understand each other through means other that speaking.

— Ry Cooder

“Music has been called 'the most noise conveying the least information”

— Stuart Hall

Jazz musicians are the coolest people on the planet. Can I have some cool?

— Jon Stewart

Don't think. The worst songs I've ever written happen when I think.

— Neil Young