Song Quotes · Page 238

You only realise the meaning of the words to a song when your upset

— Anonymous

The first guitar I ever got was for my 13th birthday.

— Rick Springfield

Jazz musicians, in a way, are nerds. We are so in our world.

— Jan Vogler

When you hear his music, mine will all of a sudden make sense.

— Hunter Hayes

Within reasonable limits, a professional player should keep busy at music.

— Teddy Wilson

Music takes me to the new dimensional world.

— Ewshy

I have a strange, not very traditional voice - I'm not Adele.

— Perfume Genius

I frequently hear music in the heart of noise.

— George Gershwin

I'd love to cover an 'Incubus' song. I don't think anybody in a cowboy hat on a country stage has ever done…

— Dustin Lynch

I don't make music for any other reason than me enjoying music, and I am also glad that I am able to…

— Varg Vikernes

Artists are like messengers. A song is authored by you, but its interpretation is owned by other people. And you have no…

— Pharrell Williams

The whole point of creating music for me is to give voice to things that aren't normally given voice to.

— Thom Yorke

I sit around and try to play along to certain songs that I really love. It helps you explore new territory.

— Devendra Banhart

I wish I had someone who would sing romantic love songs to me. Singing them to myself in the mirror just isn't…

— Anonymous

Paul Hicks is the only guy The Beatles will allow to arrange, mix and engineer their music, so he did the Cirque…

— Richard LaGravenese

I liked Lynyrd Skynyrd, Led Zeppelin and the Eagles. Those were some of my favorites.

— Morgan Wallen

It's bizarre: sometimes I go through periods where I really want to put a song up online, and sometimes I'm sort of…

— George Blagden

I'm a big fan of simplicity, especially with songs and I try not to make them complicated. I just make them simple…

— Graham Russell

When I work with artists, I give them a general guideline of what my vision is. Then they're going to speak their…

— Steve Aoki

European operetta and German singspiel provided the American musical its combination of spoken dialogue and song; the inclusion of dance traced a…

— Heather Mac Donald

Someone suggested the Kaiser Chiefs while we were looking for a band name. We had so many ideas ourselves, at least one…

— Nick Hodgson

Sometimes you're gonna write a song and it's not gonna be right from the beginning. And you're just gonna have to work…

— Benny Blanco

I don't want to die and leave a few sad songs and a hump in the ground as my only monument. I…

— George Jackson

Paper or razor blade, never give up And just remember just to hold out more A couple years ago I couldn't just…

— Ed Sheeran

It's going to scare some people, because that's what good music does.

— Chris Kirkpatrick

I'm very surprised at my success as a singing star because I can't sing a lick.

— Divine

Jazz comes from anywhere the human being has a soul and has a heart.

— Willie Smith

Every band wants to go believe me, not everybody makes it, but they want to.

— Neko Case

Some people collect this or that. I'm a musician; I collect guitars.

— Rick Nielsen

This is real, this is your life in a song...this is country music.

— Brad Paisley

As the strings of a lute are apart though they quiver the same music.

— Anonymous

Music is the journey. You never arrive in music; the work is never over.

— Phil Woods

Well, I take my drums everywhere I go so I can play them for relaxation.

— Bob Crane

The music is just real powerful when Mobb Deep and Nas work together.

— Prodigy

Playing with words is like combining different notes in music.

— Shankar Mahadevan

“To lead the orchestra, you have to turn your back on the crowd.”

— Max Lucado

Metaphysicians are musicians without musical ability.

— Rudolf Carnap

Picking a guitar was a lot easier than picking cotton.

— Glen Campbell

Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.

— Miles Davis

“they will surely sing of us, and it’s always summer in the songs.”

— Anonymous