Song Quotes · Page 201

Songs always get better after you start playing them live.

— Jason Mraz

I just think Radiohead are f-in' miserable bastards.

— Noel Gallagher

He who loves not women, wine, and song Remains a fool his whole life long.

— Anonymous

I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory.

— Anonymous

I always try to think of a vocabulary to match different musical situations.

— Roscoe Mitchell

I always put my identity at the forefront of my music.

— Lotic

My foundation is jazz. I do all the things jazz musicians do.

— Dianne Reeves

For me, the value of music is the value you extract from it.

— Kevin Parker

I probably couldn't have the same experience listening to that song because I'm self-conscious about some of my singing parts.

— Babatunde Adebimpe

Back when I was growing up, if I loved a song, I would record it off of the radio so I could…

— Chris Lane

I wonder if music is the only expression of the soul that is not hopelessly compromised in communication.

— Jonathan Hull

All my life, I've really enjoyed music: making music, playing it, and recording it. It's such a relief and a joy to…

— John 5

From one generation to the next, The Beatles will remain the most important rock band of all time.

— Dave Grohl

I didn't want to release a song like 'Spice Girl' right after 'Caroline' because I didn't want another 'hit' kind of song.

— Amine

“The true violin did not appear until about the year 1550. It did not reach its eminent position in the musical world…

— Bill Ballantine

She's not afraid of all the attention She's not afraid of running wild How come she's so afraid of falling in love?

— One Direction

The original concept of rock and roll... was supposed to be this young angst with mistakes and all. Four or five guys…

— Peter Frampton

In Paris, I was really singing for the sake of living. But eventually people said, 'Keep going; you've got a great voice,'…

— Benjamin Clementine

The only thing I could think of - because I really don't like categories - but the only thing I could think…

— Prince

I played a Fender Precision for a little while, when I originally joined the band. Then - what is that little headless…

— Cliff Williams

Our intention is to not only attract the hardcore jazz fan, but we're doing it in such a way that it will…

— Ramsey Lewis

O brave poets, keep back nothing; Nor mix falsehood with the whole! Look up Godward! speak the truth in Worthy song from…

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

I looked at myself, and I just said, well, you know, I can sing but I'm not the greatest singer in the…

— Bruce Springsteen

Music is the most abstract of the arts and it expresses the sound of the universe itself. These are the real rhythms…

— Robert Genn

I just started exploring the guitar and seeing where it would take me.

— Billy Squier

Ambient music must be as ignorable as it is interesting.

— Brian Eno

“The wolves howl bluer than Billie Holliday, but they don't spoil my song.”

— Jeanette Lynes

The popular will cannot be taken for granted, it must be created.

— Herbert Croly

I like to fancy myself more of a musician than anything else.

— Trey Parker

When I started to record, I could sing in pitch, but that was maybe about it.

— Vanessa Paradis

Music will bring you through... It brought me through.

— Debbie Reynolds

Every song has its own story, May be u love it or live it.

— Nishan Panwar

I was still listening to the Beatles until I came here, you know.

— David Thewlis

One thing that's never gonna go, you know, go sour is good music.

— Pitbull

The kind of films I do and I've done don't have song and dance sequences.

— Konkona Sen Sharma

I'm definitely not in a band to convince anyone I can sing.

— Joe Casey

Recorded music is more a marketing tool than a revenue source.

— Irving Azoff

Any Michael Jackson song will make any dancer go nuts.

— Harry Shum, Jr

Never hate a song that's sold a half million copies.

— Irving Berlin

Good music will always be recognized in the end.

— Suga