Song Quotes · Page 180

I always respected that B.B. sees music in a very open, free way.

— Eric Clapton

I think I'm a punk rocker at heart. I just love the aggression in that music.

— Van Hunt

Music is careful attention paid to ongoing experience.

— Paul Morley

My outlet is my music, and it's been this way since I was 4 years old.

— Chubby Checker

“Music Is Arts, soul, Lifestyle and Spirits...”

— Miko Sebastienz

I may not be poetic but i'd love to write songs that convey my true feelings.

— Kim Tae-hyung

Bands don't last. Bands don't last forever - it's a rarity when they do.

— Jerry Cantrell

For us, anyone can record our songs. Anyone can cover our songs.

— John Densmore

A well trained body is a beautiful instrument on which to play the melody of the present moment.

— Rodney Yee

I love to sing and play the piano. As a child, I've always loved to sing my heart out, and even my…

— Terence Lewis

I've always written songs with a visual counterpart in my mind that no one else can see.

— Phil Elvrum

The selections on 'Daily Practice' are all what I consider standard rock songs that have been absolutely essential to keeping me alive.

— Alice Ripley

I'm Mozart with a focus on the tide Hiding the inconsistencies of man behind water and wine

— Aesop Rock

Music is the thousandth of a millisecond between one note and another; how you get from one to the other-that's where the…

— Isaac Stern

I got a new song for you: "Oh you're such a turd, oh yeah a giant turd, and you look like a…

— Big Time Rush

If I can't connect to the lyrics of a song, I just can't sing. I backed out of many songs for the…

— KK

When you get to say something in a song you're not directing it necessarily at one person. When it's in a song…

— Brett Dennen

People who don't like musicals like, 'why are they singing? Why aren't they just talking? If you make the lyric feel really…

— Lin-Manuel Miranda

The fate of the singers who, like my songs, went up in flame was also the fate of the books which I…

— Shmuel Yosef Agnon

I don't like lyrics to be overbearing. I like them to say something. But I'm not trying to change the world overnight.…

— Paul Rodgers

There's no appreciation for the giants [of jazz]; there's never been a major film on Duke Ellington , never a major film…

— Randy Weston

When I started off in England, HMV or Tower Records would come to meetings and be, like, 'We just don't know what…

— M.I.A

I am deeply sensitive to the spell of nationalism. I can play about thirty Bohemian folk songs ... on my mouth-organ. My…

— Ernest Gellner

The golden rule for playing the bass is that's it all about feel, not just plonking away. You need to feel the…

— Suzi Quatro

Music in general is looking for something new overall.

— Les Claypool

It's hard being part of a married couple in a band.

— Patterson Hood

A love song is just a caress set tomusic.

— Sigmund Romberg

I like to try out different methods to get to good songs.

— Kelela

The primary plan is to let the music speak for itself.

— Troy Carter

Recreating a song is as good as constructing a new building.

— Tanishk Bagchi

The jazz musician’s function is to feel,

— Lennie Tristano

If I've got the right songs, I can weave a spell over everyone.

— Richard Simmons

Jazz music is a language of the emotions.

— Charles Mingus

A heart aflame with worship begins with the kindling of song and prayer

— Mariane Corbito

I've been playing a guitar since I was 10 years old.

— Mac Miller

Sometimes you can listen to a song all your life without hearing it.

— Greil Marcus

Mozart is a human incarnation of the divine force of creation.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

We really want Harry Styles to sing one of the songs that we've got.

— Grace Chatto

Music, to me, is something that connects to the soul.

— Mohit Chauhan

I'm less of a straight-up, traditional vocalist.

— Juliette Lewis