Song Quotes · Page 218

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

— Richard Simmons

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

— Mac Miller

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

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

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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

— Greil Marcus

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

— Grace Chatto

Music in general is looking for something new overall.

— Les Claypool

If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere music.

— Thomas Carlyle

Bach in general was so good with the violin. He just finds the genius way around his music on the instrument.

— Hilary Hahn

When your dad makes a living as a children's singer, you figure, 'I can do anything.' He made up his own job…

— Andy Grammer

I continually blacken pages and scribble away, so I always have a number of songs that are half-finished.

— Leonard Cohen

I don't think the record company is aware of it. Because they just bury my albums and don't release them.

— Les Baxter

A conductor can do wild things which can feel forced, but if you're directing from within the orchestra, you can't do that,…

— Joshua Bell

I'm free to make music - I'm sitting on about 40 or 45 new songs that I can't wait to put out.

— Cliff Martinez

I've always wanted a C trumpet on top, to have that same kind of facility without shouting.

— Gerry Mulligan

Like a circle in a spiral Like a wheel within a wheel Never ending or beginning On an ever-spinning reel As the…

— Michel Legrand

Television sounded really different than the Ramones sounded really different than us sounded really different than Blondie sounded really different than the…

— David Byrne

Sometimes I think what it might be like if I stayed in the background and was just singing in a choir somewhere.…

— Tevin Campbell

I'm a Gemini and I have a lot of different moods. Sometimes I'm very serious and introspective and pensive, but other times…

— Jewel

For my whole career, I've been a singer-slash-songwriter, even though I'm very thankfully known for my voice. Songwriting has always been a…

— Jennifer Nettles

Cage's Music of Changes was a further indication that the arts in general were beginning to consciously deal with the given material…

— Earle Brown

I can't deny that Eric Clapton's and Eddie Van Halen's lead stuff has influenced a stack of people, but for me, it's…

— Angus Young

Eric Clapton's scales - when he comes off a high note and it's time for a refrain or a little bit of…

— Chris Rea

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

The jazz musician’s function is to feel,

— Lennie Tristano

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

— Kelela

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

— Tanishk Bagchi

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

— Troy Carter

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

— Van Hunt

“One must have the music in his heart before he can play it on the strings.”

— Carlos Montoya

I'll be writing songs till I die. There's just no question.

— Alanis Morissette

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

— Eric Clapton

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

— Chubby Checker

Music is careful attention paid to ongoing experience.

— Paul Morley

“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

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

— John Densmore

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

— Jerry Cantrell