Song Quotes · Page 239

I really and truly believe that music represents humanity’s soul.

— Yanni

I know for works for me - those wonderful sad love songs.

— Toni Braxton

Every time I make a new album, I get better and better.

— Rza

Some tracks are with quartet and some tracks are with synthesizer.

— Charlie Haden

Some people have lives; some people have music.

— John Green

I wanted to write songs that were as good as the covers.

— George Thorogood

If my music can be part of the soundtrack to your day, that's such an honour.

— Snoh Aalegra

I rarely finish songs on the road but a lot of them get started there.

— Declan McKenna

It has been ten years since I stepped into the industry and I have done a lot of song and dance and…

— Shamna Kasim

I think that 'Vinyl''s faster-paced. I think 'Boardwalk' was much more luxurious in its storytelling.

— Terence Winter

All these words are just a front. What I would really like to do is chain you to my body, then sing…

— Hafez

I write my own songs. I made my own videos. I pick my producers. Nothing goes out without my permission. It's all…

— Lana Del Rey

My dad brought me Michael Jackson and Madonna and said, "This is ALL you need to know!"

— Neon Hitch

I kept writing all these ballads; they're me speaking about life. But how am I gonna do the live show I wanna…

— Laura Bell Bundy

You become acutely aware, if you're touring a lot, that you need new songs to invigorate the live show. And make it…

— Bryan Ferry

I may sing the same songs for over 40 years now but I always sing them in different ways in order to…

— Eric Burdon

I definitely don't wanna be known as the 'Up Down' guy. I love singing that song, I love that song, but yeah,…

— Morgan Wallen

I'm not sure why anybody makes a physical CD anymore when the costs are so much lower to just throw it up…

— Cliff Martinez

“Music psychology has been busy looking at the ways in which music might be similar to language, but Richman, Tannen, and others…

— Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis

A lot of my songs do relate to me, and the lyrics come from a place within myself and things that I've…

— Ruel

'Been That Way' is a song that Timbaland gave me. Actually, the beat is. And then he called me to come out…

— Bryson Tiller

Punk was perfect for lazy people, because anyone could do it--you didn't even need to know how to play your instrument, assuming…

— Chuck Klosterman

I think that, initially, I was most passionate about music and particularly about playing the piano. I started playing when I was…

— Holly Hunter

Maketa Groves has a strong, bright lyric gift. Her poems come out of music and are full of music. They bring us…

— Diane di Prima

They should've built a city on rock and roll.

— Sarah Rees Brennan

I wanted to write a happy song. I didn't know how.

— Fiona Apple

I was lucky Mozart was not eligible this year.

— Maurice Jarre

The riffs, lyrics, and drums of 'Open Your Omen' will tell you a lot.

— Joey Jordison

I was a 16-year-old little girl from this little town who just wanted to sing.

— Nicola Roberts

I just didn't make music that you could sing with a big grin, still don't.

— Gary Numan

Playing music is just one of the best things. I can't retire.

— Bill Kreutzmann

Usually, I cut songs by other people that are artists that I already love.

— Miranda Lambert

I wouldn't use a song I didn't think was my brand or image.

— Daya

Getting a record deal is a meaningless thing now.

— Oscar Isaac

I wanted to shred, so I learned classical guitar.

— Oscar Isaac

I try to make my flow sound like a John Coltrane solo.

— Rakim

I like music of almost any kind - including this.

— Mitt Romney

Foster the People wouldn't exist without Mophonics.

— Mark Foster

I love playing music. There's no way I could do anything else.

— Chris Young

Money, ego and drugs - that's what caused the demise of our band.

— Gina Schock