Song Quotes · Page 222

I didn't think it was special to be able to sing.

— Amy Winehouse

I was president of the show choir, I was kind of a geek, whatever.

— Christine Woods

I could never write a proper party song.

— Lauv

Music has unique ways of speaking to the soul.

— Mack Wilberg

...you could listen to Woody Guthrie songs and actually learn how to live ...

— Bob Dylan

The death of classical music is perhaps its oldest continuing tradition.

— Charles Rosen

Even though I hate acting, I love doing videos for my songs.

— Kelly Clarkson

It's so boring to stand up and sing ballads all night.

— Melody Gardot

I feel far more connected to the whole band if I can somehow physically respond... with my body.

— Kimbra

“She always played his song because whenever she saw him, it was like moving into a warm pocket of air.”

— Elizabeth Strout

It's easy to get people to sing along to cover songs, but when it's your song, it's the coolest.

— Chris Lane

It varies, I don't think there is any one set way of writing songs or coming up with ideas, it comes in…

— PJ Harvey

I don't have to worry about any pop sensibility. I can write adult songs, and I don't have to worry about choruses…

— John Mellencamp

Do not ever disturb prelude music for others, for reverence is essential to revelation

— Boyd K. Packer

I am singing a genre of music that people are very protective of. I am being compared to the greatest vocalist of…

— Michael Buble

Singing is a limitless form of expression, and I love to experiment with my work.

— Kailash Kher

The fact that our band has weathered so much and stayed together for so long and we still get on stage and…

— Tony Kanal

Of the 25 songs we've recorded there were 24 that we wanted to have on an album. That wouldn't have worked. So…

— Ed O'Brien

It takes generosity to discover the whole through others. If you realize you are only a violin, you can open yourself up…

— Jacques Yves Cousteau

I live alone in a house, so for me it's very good to just be able to re-charge and just disappear and…

— Adam Young

When I was young, my voice was so strong, and I would annoy people because I had such a loud little voice.…

— Skylar Grey

The best advice I got really had nothing to do with singing; it came from my brother, who always told me to…

— Gregg Allman

When writing songs, especially if they're kinda semi-true to you, a lot of people hide behind whatever their idea of themselves is…

— El-P

People don't buy music anymore; they're stealing it. But you can't steal a live show. There's no way to reproduce a real…

— John 5

Turning music into digital was just a con, a record-company con.

— John Mellencamp

Aj rafael ~ Without you... Love this song! :)

— Aj Rafael

Making music is pretty much the only thing I can do.

— Washed Out

She gets on you under your skin like a tattoo she'll always be there!

— Jason Aldean

Not only am I putting music out there, I'm giving part of myself away.

— Kina Grannis

We are like violins. We can be used as doorstops, or we can make music.

— Barbara Sher

Who is there that, in logical words, can express the effect music has on us?

— Thomas Carlyle

I can write a song about my hero Che Guevara and call it 'Song for Che.'

— Charlie Haden

Much of songwriting is simply a mystery.

— Paul Simon

The majority of juice-heads and winos and junkies arent musicians.

— Thelonious Monk

Heartbreak is good fuel for country songs. And cheating.

— Miranda Lambert

“I’ve come to sing you a song called December.”

— Ryan Murphy

But right now we have an advantage of being the number one in music.

— Daniel Ek

Composers are always going back to the past.

— Anne Dudley

Music evokes emotion and emotion can bring it's memory.

— Oliver Sacks

In a Broadway musical, a scene sometimes breaks into a song and vice versa.

— Anu Malik