Song Quotes · Page 25

The guitar is an orchestra in itself.

— Ludwig van Beethoven

Hard times call for awesome music.

— Anonymous

I appreciate short, perfect pop songs.

— Emily Kokal

Any musical output is emotional.

— Sid Sriram

I think record companies are criminals.

— Jon Bon Jovi

The music is supposed to be healing.

— Jeff Mangum

Let the music defuse all the tension.

— Kanye West

In the end, music is your only friend.

— Anonymous

I learned to tune a guitar by ear. That method has served me pretty well.

— Charley Pride

I really don't want my daughters to know me for being that guy who sings songs.

— Dan Reynolds

Being in a band is about making the band the priority.

— Adam Duritz

There can be no Swaraj where there is no harmony, no music.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Forgive me, Majesty. I am a vulgar man! But I assure you, my music is not.

— Anonymous

I love Mozart, but I often make a terrible hash of it.

— Simon Rattle

“Everybody at the party is a many sided polygon…Nonagon!”

— They Might Be Giants

As a songwriter, I'm not necessarily writing about myself or my life.

— Ben Gibbard

Classical music has become rarefied, like a maiden aunt that nobody wants to talk to.

— Charles Hazlewood

Whenever I start writing, I try to put together songs that feed the feeling of the movie.

— Spike Jonze

Music became my focus. At 13, I was jamming with my mates. At 15, I was playing clubs.

— Bryan Adams

My songs pretty much revolve in my brain most of the time - usually, whatever's coming next.

— Jeff Mangum

I used to memorize music when I was real young. Schoolwork, not so much. But music I could remember.

— Madlib

The first nine albums there was never a Synthesiser, never any Orchestra. There was never any other player except us on the…

— Brian May

First time I ever sang was in a contest in Louisiana when I was 9. And I won yodeling.

— Jessie James Decker

I took guitar lessons and recorded the song in New York. It was kind of a dream. I got to pretend I…

— Kristen Wiig

Songs like the Buck Owens tune, for example, are very simple and straightforward, and recording it really gave me a chance to…

— Juice Newton

You've got the words to change a nation But you're biting your tongue You've spent a life time stuck in silence Afraid…

— Anonymous

If you're not an actor, or if you're any other kind of artist, there's this sense that, "I must express this thing."…

— Lola Kirke

I was kind of known as a ballad singer. People would send ballads. Some of them would go over my shoulder and…

— Rita Coolidge

I've got a song on One Direction's album called 'Tell Me A Lie'. It's a really cute song - I love it.…

— Kelly Clarkson

I don't play an instrument - I just write in my head, and I usually hear fully formed songs. 'We Are Young'…

— Nate Ruess

The main thing that I've learned, artistically, is that if I'm in pain and feeling the budding of anger - if I…

— Alex Ebert

In a way, composing on the melodic level is an expression of a melodic truth, almost like a geometric truth. If it…

— Eyvind Kang

Raindrops' is an American song.

— B. J. Thomas

I was just fascinated by the blues.

— Rory Gallagher

I LIKE YOUR SONG TO MANY TEARS

— 2pac

I just want to make music.

— Adore Delano

I sang in choir as a kid.

— Scott Weiland

Music is first, lyrics are secondary.

— Kurt Cobain

I'm always writing music.

— Steve Lukather

I was trained in jazz, which I love.

— Jesse Andrews