Song Quotes · Page 185

One song will launch you, but you don't want to be a one-song artist

— Michael Bolton

I produced a song for Bobby Vee called Get The Message.

— Jimmy Griffin

I started singing the second I could utter sound.

— Autre Ne Veut

This is a stupid song and that's the way I like it.

— Frank Zappa

I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin.

— Pope John Paul II

The kingdom of music is not the kingdom of this world.

— E. M. Forster

Tonality is a natural force, like gravity.

— Paul Hindemith

Jazz is the type of music that can absorb so many things and still be jazz.

— Sonny Rollins

The worst thing about not being president anymore is I was disoriented for three weeks because nobody every played a song when…

— William J. Clinton

I began to learn a lot of chords and rhythms. It was a bit boring at the time but came in very…

— Alvin Lee

I'm writing a record of comedy songs. I'm doing all these collaborations with artists. I bring them lyrics and they write the…

— Margaret Cho

I'd rather sing one wild song and burst my heart with it, than live a thousand years watching my digestion and being…

— Jack London

I guess now I view music as my career. I want to do it forever, regardless of whether or not it's my…

— Kevin Morby

When a song came on the radio that I wanted to learn, my mother would quickly write down the lyrics for me.…

— Kiran Ahluwalia

Troubled times do call for troubled songs, songs that unsettle our souls and our spirits unapologetically.

— Tavis Smiley

Maybe the songs that we sing are wrong, Maybe the dreams that we dream are gone, So bring it on home and…

— Noel Gallagher

Europeans really provided many venues over there and hailed the jazz artists, and a lot of musicians went over there and stayed…

— Sonny Rollins

Mimesis has longevity on its side. But Oasis wrote two of the greatest pop songs of all time, each with lyrics that…

— Matthew Zapruder

I have known in my heart since I was a little girl that music was a major part of my life and…

— Lauren Daigle

My mother is a retired music teacher. She taught me in high school, and she would take us and put us in…

— Craig Robinson

I think we're a little bit protective in that way. You're always trying to balance between what's spreading the word about the…

— Yukimi Nagano

Songwriting is the only real discipline I've had in my whole life-thats why I hate it so much; I dont like imposing…

— Neil Diamond

We wanted to create an opportunity for people to share anything, on their own terms, revenue and all. Get away from the…

— Aaron Dessner

I know a famous violinist who told me he can't compose because he knows too many pieces. So, when he starts thinking…

— Natalie Portman

Heartfelt, inspired songwritingwith a delivery both biting and assured.

— Paul Zollo

I write the songs first and in most cases teach myself the technique second.

— Joe Satriani

Sure, I can sing a country song, but so can a lot of people.

— Conway Twitty

We've always been a band that questions things.

— Ed Kowalczyk

When I am weak then am I strong, Grace is my shield and Christ my Song,

— Charles Spurgeon

My family was always musically inclined.

— J.I.D

Praise is the rehearsal for our eternal song.

— Charles Spurgeon

If I love a song I hope to find a way to get other people to love it too.

— Susannah McCorkle

“I just acquired a choir. I bought it for a song.”

— Jarod Kintz

Is 'Raindrops' a country song? I think it's a little bit of a stretch, but OK.

— B. J. Thomas

I download music, I don't buy CDs any more, but I still buy DVDs.

— Gregg Wallace

I restart the whole song when I miss my favorite part. xx

— Anonymous

There's always got to be one adult in the band, I think.

— Jason Bonham

With all due respect to the world's great drummers - it ain't brain surgery.

— Micky Dolenz

I tend to be a jam-band fan, and I love the Rolling Stones.

— Jessy Schram

It totally ruins my voice. I quit smoking, drinking, and doing ecstasy.

— Mark Hoppus