Song Quotes · Page 261

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

— Chris Kirkpatrick

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

— Anonymous

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

— Brad Paisley

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

— Phil Woods

Playing with words is like combining different notes in music.

— Shankar Mahadevan

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

— Prodigy

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

— Bob Crane

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

— Max Lucado

I think my album, 'United We Are,' was the perfect blend or radio- and festival-friendly songs. I try to combine both.

— Hardwell

My favorite punk rock song is 'Linoleum' by NOFX. That's pure harmony, the coolest chord changes.

— Synyster Gates

I love the sound of Elmore James, the sound early guitarists like him got just by using minimal means.

— M. Ward

Positivity is something that I definitely always want to push because I feel like it always has a place in music.

— Koffee

I wanted to get rid of the element that had been considered essential in pop music: the voice.

— Brian Eno

My dad died in 1980, and I found out afterwards from mum that my piano lessons, which cost £2 a week, took…

— Rick Wakeman

I feel like I've got a lot to say and music has been a part of my life throughout my whole life.

— Sky Blu

To get the best idea of who I am, I would probably say listen to my first single, 'The Way I Talk.'

— Morgan Wallen

If you have a great-sounding guitar that's a quality instrument and a good amp, and you know how to make the guitar…

— Eddie Van Halen

“It is not so much that subjectivity is communicated or expressed by music as that in it, as in a theater, something…

— Theodor W. Adorno

“Pretend mic in hand, she danced into the bedroom, singing Rod Stewart's "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy." She executed a few dance…

— Vonnie Davis

The guys in high school were like, "You've got a nice voice; you should keep singing," but I never honestly thought that…

— Victoria Legrand

Music expresses feeling, that is to say, gives shape and habitation to feeling, not in space but in time. To the extent…

— Anonymous

John Lennon brought his wife Cynthia, a nice blonde girl and she was horribly put out of sight and stayed home. I…

— Harry Benson

I try to spend a lot of time thinking of what it is I want to say, and how I want to…

— Kristian Bush

I think Kurt Cobain and Nirvana represent this giant wave that came crashing in and turned music on its head again, and…

— Pete Wentz

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

— Anonymous

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

— Miles Davis

Picking a guitar was a lot easier than picking cotton.

— Glen Campbell

Metaphysicians are musicians without musical ability.

— Rudolf Carnap

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

— Toni Braxton

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

— Yanni

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

— George Thorogood

Some people have lives; some people have music.

— John Green

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

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

— Sarah Rees Brennan

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

— Declan McKenna

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

— Snoh Aalegra

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

— Fiona Apple

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

— Joey Jordison

I was lucky Mozart was not eligible this year.

— Maurice Jarre