Song Quotes · Page 209

My mother features quite heavily in a lot of my songs.

— Colin Hay

I just want to make my music, and I want it to stand on its own.

— Norah Jones

But I mean, again, Zappa's far more musical than the Bonzos ever were.

— Neil Innes

Music has always followed a cyclic trend.

— Kumar Sanu

music became my refuge and then my salvation.

— Lena Horne

I'm constantly on my toes and re-examining my own music.

— Daryl Hall

I never download anything; it's crazy! We must keep buying albums and DVDs.

— Caterina Murino

I have been told that my voice is very suited to oldies albums.

— Anne Murray

When I'm recording, I usually just mumble and hum a melody and then fill the words in as I go.

— Tierra Whack

I really just blend like rock, R&B and rap together to create a sub-genre, but it's very versatile.

— Trippie Redd

I think I have some anger-management issues, and they end up coming out in these passive-aggressive songs that sound happy.

— Sara Bareilles

I got started when I was about 15, or 16. My first break through was the Vans song with my group The…

— Lil B

I consider it one of the greatest accomplishments of my life that I have learned to sing.

— Heber J. Grant

Wherever I go I make others feel good, and by doing this, I create life. I am a sting, and a dangerous…

— Walter Gropius

“A little sunshine, the song of birds, and a warm cup of coffee—these are the things that bring me peace.”

— Bhuwan Thapaliya

“Even your misstatement makes language play harmoniously within our ears to initiate a melody of newness.”

— Sarah Chergui

I'll play about with different sounds in the studio with no concept of music at all. I'll just build up a song…

— Tricky

Fine declamation does not consist in flowery periods, delicate allusions of musical cadences, but in a plain, open, loose style, where the…

— Oliver Goldsmith

I prefer to learn everything through music. If you want divinity, the music in every human being and their love for music…

— Jeff Buckley

In country and R&B, there's much more of that division between writers and performers, and that's where you see more of those…

— Alan Light

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step…

— Henry David Thoreau

We have to focus on his early work, and just one or two of his movies, and elements of his TV shows,…

— Pete Townshend

Songs used to be sung. Happy songs. It then turned into screaming. It drove you crazy. It made me feel like the…

— Naquitta Faith

Song in the Manner of Housman" O woe, woe, People are born and die, We also shall be dead pretty soon Therefore…

— Ezra Pound

Music reflects on who you are as a person.

— Taylor York

I found it was really impossible for me to write songs when I couldn't sing.

— Rosanne Cash

I apologize for the song 'Everything Is Awesome.'

— Phil Lord

The 'Jonny Quest' theme had a huge influence on me while I was growing up.

— Michael Giacchino

You must remember I grew up around music. Three of my family were musicians.

— Lori Singer

Everybody in all countries tries to play jazz.

— Thelonious Monk

Someone told me that they wished that my voice was two octaves lower.

— John Wilson

We never thought we were musicians. We just thought we were in a band.

— Ad-Rock

“Heaven resonates when one sings wholeheartedly.”

— Toba Beta

Obviously songs and musicians mean a lot to people.

— Stephen Malkmus

Normal people listen to music, people with broken hearts listen to lyrics :)

— Karan Paul

You write a lot of bad songs before you write good ones. It takes time!

— Taylor Momsen

Jazz groups have to make a living any way.

— Lester Bowie

Writing songs is a stress-buster for me.

— Amanda Seyfried

I just love those songs that get me all lost in my thoughts.

— Anonymous

Pop songs now, they're about the aftermath of love.

— Parker Posey