Song Quotes · Page 258

Listening to music just to close out the world

— Me ;0

You explore beautiful songs & create your own interpretation of them.

— Joe Lovano

I filled the margins of my schoolbooks with lyrics.

— Maluma

I have to make music. If I don't do it, I go crazy.

— Tom DeLonge

You can kill that man but not his song, When it's sung the whole world round...

— Holly Near

That's what I wanted to do was play music.

— Steve Miller

If music sounds dated, it means it wasn't very good in the first place.

— Tony Bennett

People become who they are. Even Beethoven became Beethoven.

— Randy Newman

When you look at metal, it's probably one of the healthiest genres when you look at it in a worldwide perspective -…

— M. Shadows

As long as there are musicians who have a passion for spontaneity, for creating something thats never been before, the art form…

— Charlie Haden

I think every good song tells a story, as ambiguous and vague as it may be. And if you know what a…

— David Cook

I don't feel like I'm on a mission. I'm trying to play music that I like to play and like to listen…

— Lyle Lovett

Music - it speaks to everyone. Music speaks to everyone on so many different levels.

— Elias

A good story gives you more of a license to be forward and progressive with the music.

— Sam Hunt

Singing has always been my big passion and I would love to be able to go to the U.S. and perform more.

— Katherine Jenkins

I would love for people to enjoy our music and have feelings from it. That's all I can hope for.

— Mike McCready

The concept of what I want to do as an artist has not changed at all. When I was seven years old,…

— Grace Kelly

Music is a universal language insofar as you don't need to know anything else about a musician that you are playing with…

— Jerry Garcia

I tried playing electric for awhile and it just didn't work out. My reflexes are centered on the six string acoustic. I…

— Tom Rush

When I'm making the music, I feel like everything I throw out has to work. It counts. Because if you don't have…

— Raekwon

I've been into Sonic Youth since junior high school. I think I kind of have ADD, so it's good music for ADD…

— Norman Reedus

In the studio you can really concentrate on performing the song where as on stage you also have to worry about connecting…

— Mary J. Blige

For new bands, I think a major label is the safest place to be. Independent labels are the ones getting away with…

— Jack White

Ultimately, musicians of the world must come to realize the potential of their calling... If the musician is illuminated from within, he…

— Kenny Werner

The Too Short albums are not the autobiography of Todd Shaw.

— Too Short

I always had an appreciation for diverse musical styles.

— Mick Foley

Music is music, and we all have a spot and a place to enjoy it.

— Hardwell

In the worst of times, music is a promise that times are meant to be better.

— Robert Christgau

If songs were lines in a conversation, the situation would be fine . . .

— Nick Drake

(For songwriters) Development of your facility as a musician is also important.

— Ryan Cayabyab

The music is the main thing and it's just as easy to write acceptable words.

— Bill Haley

I write songs about fat girls and about men who run off to Mexico.

— Mika

When you hear a romantic song, the feeling is incomparable.

— Javed Ali

It wasn't until Duotones that I felt my true voice come out.

— Kenny G

Pink Friday Eminem 8 Mile It must hurt to sell your album on Paypal

— Nicki Minaj

I want to release music that I like and feel comfortable with.

— Tulisa

Being a producer is a very different experience than writing my own songs.

— Mark Hoppus

I started playing guitar because of instrumental guitar music.

— Nita Strauss

I don't want to write the same song over and over again.

— Lauren Mayberry

“He who is about to sing the fourth song is either a man or a stone or a tree.”

— Lautréamont