Song Quotes · Page 251

I always make it a point to pick songs on which players really shine.

— John Mayall

In music you don't punch out at the end of the day.

— Fab Moretti

I'm a great believer in letting lyrics just flow out, wherever they come from.

— Quincy Jones

“love is like a song a friend is like a four leaf clover it brings you luck”

— needa

Surely words are just the background music when passion pounces on a soul.

— Andrew Sean Greer

My dad really inspired me to start playing music.

— Cody Simpson

Sound changes moods, yet most of the sound around us is unplanned.

— Julian Treasure

When I'm working, I always listen to music to zone everyone else out.

— Kirsten Dunst

I have not yet worked with A.R. Rahman and it is my hearty desire to do so. In Jugni both of us…

— Rahat Fateh Ali Khan

I don't really have a ritual. On the car rides over to the racetrack, I just make sure that the right songs…

— Darrell Wallace Jr

I want to cultivate my own sound in my own atmosphere, where the clock is not running.

— John Rzeznik

When you're remaking it, you shouldn't disrespect the original song. I think, that's why filmmakers want me to recreate songs, because I'm…

— Tanishk Bagchi

I think sometimes songwriting becomes diluted when you have lots of components to mask a lack of core.

— Victoria Legrand

I still believe that the voice as well as the body express a song together - that's my philosophy of performing a…

— Neeti Mohan

I'm a musical geek. It's like there's this big, wild universe in my head, and I love to express it.

— Labrinth

You get lucky and you capture that magic in that one moment. You're not going to get it again no matter how…

— Ryan Bingham

The deeper I get into my life as a musician, I'm discovering that it becomes less and less about other people, and…

— Billy Corgan

You know why Foo Fighters have been a band for 20 years? Because I've never really told anybody what I think of…

— Dave Grohl

Some people just don't want to see change, but thankfully there are a lot of people more optimistic for something new in…

— Kid Cudi

I often say songwriting is like trying to climb down a ladder at night. You put your foot on the next rung…

— Crowder

If someone had told me when I was a kid I'd get an ovation from Frank Sinatra! One time, I did a…

— Irwin Thomas

If I do a song where I'm angry, when it's time to perform it live I'm not mad, I'm happy. I'm at…

— Ice T

One of the best records I’ve ever heard. Seriously, maybe top 20 all-time… I think if Rich Mullins had been given more…

— Todd Agnew

“Chords reel and the mind reels, and for all I know The minds of the Gods reel as well -- "For if…

— Tobeimean Peter

Digital music boils down the actual musical experience.

— Simon Le Bon

It's just me and I try to be myself when I'm singing.

— Birdy

I feel I have so much more to deliver than music.

— Theophilus London

Bob's music has always conveyed a message of hope, unity and love.

— Rita Marley

We all have that one song that we always skip but never play

— Anonymous

Other people notice the same things but they don't think to put it to music.

— Ian Hunter

Not really, drums found me, I just liked music, all kinds of music.

— Pat Mastelotto

I think playing music is one of my great joys in life.

— Norah Jones

Roy Orbison was the only act that The Beatles didn't want to follow.

— Ringo Starr

You can realise God as you progress in music; nothing in between.

— Ilaiyaraaja

O my enormous piano, you are not like being outdoors

— Frank O'Hara

I know I'm fat and I know my hair is straight, but I can sing.

— Kate Smith

I have to plead basic ignorance of most new jazz artists here.

— Gary Lucas

I use Pearl Eliminator Pedals and I swear by them.

— Joey Jordison

My voice has changed dramatically over the years.

— Roland Orzabal

I don't really do sad, depressing songs.

— Olly Murs