Song Quotes · Page 225

Every song has a heart, and I just go for that.

— Rhiannon Giddens

Sometimes it hurts to play a song back..

— Raghib Clitso

D'Angelo could sing the phonebook and it would sound good.

— Mark Ronson

The way to talk about something sad is to sing a funny song about it.

— Rory O'Malley

My favorite Taylor Swift song is between 'Blank Space' and 'Wildest Dreams.'

— Tee Grizzley

My parents were both high-school music teachers.

— Renee Fleming

You only hear the music when your heart begins to brake.

— Seether

Music is not my life. Christ is my life.

— Jeremy Camp

Children are given Mozart because of the small quantity of the notes; grown-ups avoid Mozart because of the great quality of the…

— Artur Schnabel

Some songs seem to achieve the quality of a geometric object - a ball, box, or cone - and I don't mess…

— Peter Blegvad

As a songwriter, oddly enough, my influences were people like Bob Dylan, The Velvet Underground, and Buddy Holly. Some psychedelic stuff, too.

— Ric Ocasek

Prince used to call me up 3am in the morning and invite me to hear some of his new songs.

— Sheena Easton

Green Day is like sex, when were good, were really good, when were bad . . . were still pretty damn good.

— Mike Dirnt

We love music for the buried hopes, the garnered memories, the tender feelings it can summon at a touch.

— Letitia Elizabeth Landon

Anything that gets to the more emotional and dark side of music, I always enjoy.

— El-P

My guaranteed way of sending myself into deep depression is to read music trade papers and watch MTV.

— Damon Albarn

My dad has seen and done a lot. He comes from the hippie era where music and living life to the fullest…

— Coy Bowles

As soon as we wrote the beat for 'Romeo,' I knew it was a running song. I was thinking about it in…

— Caroline Polachek

I like vinyl because it's not quite random access. You have to pick up the needle, flip the record. I do think…

— John Vanderslice

When I write songs I write for myself...I'm writing it as a form of expression, and hoping to find an audience, an…

— Patti Scialfa

You go and you see a piece of art; you're looking at it outside of you. When you listen to a song,…

— Fab Moretti

The real danger of writing a great song when you're on something is that it might get you thinking that the only…

— Barry Mann

Many, many years ago, I was one of the few conductors who talked to the audience and now a lot of classical…

— Marvin Hamlisch

Actually, the funny thing is, after all these years, I've got all these new songs to learn for the show we're doing…

— Lesley Gore

I come from a business family. I rebelled from my father to become a musician.

— Yo Yo Honey Singh

I like a lot of bass players. I like a lot of tuba players too.

— Rick Danko

Their words, like the music, had the potential to be endless.

— Sarah Dessen

I thought my song was beginning that day, but it was almost done.

— Anonymous

The history of Pantera speaks for itself.

— Vinnie Paul

I have this theory, bands with enigmatic lyrics attract crazies.

— Michael Azerrad

You know, we're a hard working band but we don't ever take it for granted.

— Maria Brink

I can never stop singing... it has given me recognition and fame.

— Kumar Sanu

A good mind should tell the difference between noise and music.

— Ilaiyaraaja

But this is pretty new for me, both songwriting and singing.

— Krist Novoselic

I am a bathroom singer, that's for sure, and that's where I will remain!

— Athiya Shetty

It takes more talent to write music, but it takes more courage to write lyrics.

— Johnny Mercer

In times like this... music is the only one that helps

— James

In a band everyone plays their part, and I look at production the same way.

— Frank Dukes

I try not get too self-aware when writing lyrics.

— Win Butler

Song is a dangerous guy who has quick and dangerous hands.

— Marlon Moraes