Song Quotes · Page 196

I've read that I'm ruining music. It makes me kind of laugh.

— Dr. Luke

The tragedy of music is that it begins with perfection.

— Morton Feldman

My voice is not so much 'bel canto' as 'can belto'.

— Harry Secombe

One day a whole damn song fell into place in my head.

— Billie Holiday

Music is admitted under the skin without permission.

— Jon Foreman

The song is ended, but the melody lingers on...

— Irving Berlin

That one song on your iPod that plays real loud and scares the shit out of you.

— Anonymous

As regards rap music, I believe that the c is silent.

— Dr Tony Giles

Music really gets me going, so I've always got to make sure I have my iPod to give me energy to work…

— Sam Bradford

I got fed up with the idea of partnering with labels on a major scale because of how they have to deliver…

— The-Dream

I don't try to show off a so-called beautiful voice, because I don't feel my voice is beautiful.

— Porter Wagoner

If you take a little time, let's say three weeks off, after recording a song, and you listen to it every other…

— Andrew Bird

I listen to a piece of music and really get inside it and let it suggest a little universe to create.

— Chris Cunningham

I Need You More Than The Song That I Sing, Or The Air That I Breathe,Or This Mealody.

— Loneliest_love

Why do you think I write these feminist songs, to try and teach myself to respect myself. You know, it's not because…

— Ani DiFranco

I know that my fans will probably learn a lot about me by listening to my music, if they really listen to…

— Ariana Grande

Live music is incredible because you get to be with people, and you get to have this tactile, real-world experience, but at…

— Jim James

“As the conductor played her A, I strained to listen to my cello’s A. I could hear that it was off—my ear…

— Ari L. Goldman

Well, I've heard a lot of people, but I think I would say a Brazilian musician named Hermeto Pascoal was one of…

— Flora Purim

I don't know what the outcome will be. I put a couple away for my grandkids, like that. So I don't know,…

— Guy Clark

I trust that if God gives me music for someone else, that's what He wants that person to have. I have to…

— Kirk Franklin

The magic of "Musical Medicine" will come into its own. The application of such healing potencies will not be limited just to…

— Corinne Heline

People don't appreciate music any more. They don't adore it. They don't buy vinyl and just love it. They love their laptops…

— Laura Marling

Any respectable artist has really given up on a label because the labels are still kidding themselves that the only way to…

— Tony Visconti

“To lead an orchestra, you must turn your back on the crowd”

— Aristotle

Even Karan Johar appreciated me for my songs.

— Devi Sri Prasad

I love to offer a playlist to the world, almost like being a deejay.

— Jean-Marc Vallee

I think music is a spiritual way to communicate transcendental things.

— Christopher Owens

We all know this: Music is such a fundamental part of life.

— Bozoma Saint John

In the end, the best music will always rise to the top.

— John Carter Cash

I just got an ear for the kind of things I like.

— Lil Baby

I have to write pretty songs; that's what gets them on the charts.

— Nicky Jam

“Cut the crap, no-bullshit rock’n’roll, no arguments allowed, mate.”

— Mick Wall

Gunna was the second person I ever made a song with.

— Lil Baby

Pop music is not a threatening style of music.

— Joan Jett

Music is my life, so that journey will never stop.

— Shibani Dandekar

I am surely happy to be breaking away from the norm when it comes to my songs.

— Sid Sriram

Drumming is the simplest thing that we can do to bring us together.

— Babatunde Olatunji

I like to see myself as a composer first and only then as a singer.

— D. Imman

Music is the sole art which evokes nostalgia for the future.

— Ned Rorem