Song Quotes · Page 232

Yeah, one of the main ways is for songs that make me want to move.

— Joe Cocker

The saddest songs are written when a person is happy.

— Merle Travis

I can write hundreds of songs on simple power chords.

— Miguel

Many of the songs on Undertow were written at the time Opiate came out.

— Adam Jones

I write songs when I'm in the depths of my emotions.

— Olivia Rodrigo

You can get to know me through my music.

— YoungBoy Never Broke Again

In 29 years, I had recorded over 2,200 songs. I was amazed.

— Kate Smith

My music had two protagonists, me and the Greek people.

— Mikis Theodorakis

The Velvet Underground is probably the best band that's ever existed, assuredly the best American one.

— Ezra Furman

I've always known that singing was some sort of calling for me. It comes naturally.

— Zara Larsson

“the way music could break and heal and make everything seem possible and heroic.”

— Sarah J. Maas

'Amores Perros' is rock, '21 Grams' is jazz, 'Babel' is an opera, and 'Biutiful' is a requiem.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I believe that my music is just about feelings, and the style is just a side effect.

— Robert Palmer

If you look at something like Spotify, many record labels are investors in the company. So from that standpoint, the money is…

— Om Malik

There's so many oldies stations with 'Never Ending Story' and 'Too Shy' on their playlists, thank God. People still love the songs.

— Limahl

I played the guitar in ninth grade. My sister's friend went on a semester abroad, and she left the guitar at our…

— David Walton

Some artists will tell you that's all they want to do is write their own music, and that's great, but George Strait,…

— Jake Owen

If Miles Davis hadn't died it would have been interesting to do an album with him, but there wasn't much else that…

— Phil Collins

When I was about seventeen, I had a group called the Young Jazz Giants. We played all originals. When we would finish…

— Kamasi Washington

My grandfather played a mandolin, so I got my hands on that. Then on down to a banjo, and I found I…

— Brendan Gleeson

From the classical guitar right through to the furthest electrical experiments and everything in-between, it's amazing what the guitar can actually do.…

— Jimmy Page

The first time I heard Tom Waits, it was like everything just flipped. It was just this fascination with him. My cousin…

— Hozier

Classical virtuosity is more than technique, line, proportion, and balance. It is as if the performer and spectator come together to hold…

— Gelsey Kirkland

'Life, Love & Hope' is... I'm thinking 'larger picture.' I'm not trying to preach to anyone. We all get lost and caught…

— Tom Scholz

I simply want the music to to find its way to open-minded people.

— Jon Foreman

You look at a song like 'Lightning Crashes,' and it's just so universal.

— Ed Kowalczyk

A playlist can be very versatile, almost like a programming language.

— Daniel Ek

I'm always looking for people to play the songs to.

— Paolo Nutini

I hear many extra-musical things somehow in Coltrane.

— Lee Konitz

I also plan to release a ballads collection.

— Vinnie Vincent

I just want to write good songs that people love, which is a tough thing to do.

— Billie Joe Armstrong

I was born singing. Most babies cry, I sang an aria.

— Gail Carson Levine

To judge a composer's work, one must consider it as a whole.

— Gustav Mahler

I know that a song is working when I can properly dance on it.

— Christine and the Queens

My sound is very smooth. Not to be to cliche, but really sensual and sultry.

— Paul Taylor

When her lips stop talking, her eyes start to chant the best song.

— MoulaY AbdallaH Boulaasair

We don't ever want to be this political band. We're just a bunch of dudes.

— Matthew Ramsey

I'd always listened to my parents' Bee Gees albums.

— Britt Daniel

I'd really rather put songs on people's lips than in their ears.

— Pete Seeger

Music is what I have to do, I only answer the questions so that I can do it.

— Jack White