Song Quotes · Page 273

English music is white - it evades everything.

— Edward Elgar

Every song has a heart, and I just go for that.

— Rhiannon Giddens

I get nervous as hell when it's time for the songs to come out.

— Tionne Watkins

Sometimes it hurts to play a song back..

— Raghib Clitso

My parents were both high-school music teachers.

— Renee Fleming

My favorite Taylor Swift song is between 'Blank Space' and 'Wildest Dreams.'

— Tee Grizzley

The way to talk about something sad is to sing a funny song about it.

— Rory O'Malley

D'Angelo could sing the phonebook and it would sound good.

— Mark Ronson

I'm grateful to be alive, because I really did not think I was going to be alive, onstage performing songs.

— Sharon Jones

I've played piano since I was 4 years old, and I've always loved songs by J. S. Bach.

— Andrew W.K

Amongst the instrumentalities of love and peace, surely there can be no sweeter, softer, more effective voice than that of gentle, peace-breathing…

— Elihu Burritt

I realized at a young age that sequence in an album is almost as important as the songs that are on the…

— Dr. Dre

But we used to go to flea markets and things, and look for old 78 records that had silly song titles.

— Neil Innes

It's very weird to write a song in your apartment and then realize that this random person knows all the words to…

— Toby Lightman

It was a lot of insensitivity, especially as maybe as far as the 'Africa' video goes. But the song was about a…

— Steve Porcaro

Surviving in music is the same as surviving in a place like Knowle West - sometimes you need to be low-key, but…

— Tricky

I mainly use Stratocasters. I like a lot of different kinds of guitars, but for what I do, it seems that a…

— Stevie Ray Vaughan

Since I started composing I have always worked with series of tempos, even superimposed the music of different groups of musicians, of…

— Karlheinz Stockhausen

When I'm working on a Slipknot song, it's like a switch flips in my head. I can go there easily - it…

— Corey Taylor

Nobody taught me to play bottleneck. I just saw it and taught myself. I got an old bottle and steamed the label…

— Bonnie Raitt

I don't always know what I want to hear, but I'm gonna try and pull it out and sing it to you,…

— Charles Bradley

I stumbled into soul music at a very young age. It had something that really spoke to me. Nowadays it's not only…

— Erik Hassle

My favorite song on the Road to Ruin demo was 'I Wanna Be Sedated.' It was catchy and huge even in stripped-down…

— Marky Ramone

People don't buy CDs so much anymore because it's easy to download everything. So, while the record industry is declining, the music…

— Ryuichi Sakamoto

Music is not my life. Christ is my life.

— Jeremy Camp

You only hear the music when your heart begins to brake.

— Seether

Their words, like the music, had the potential to be endless.

— Sarah Dessen

I like a lot of bass players. I like a lot of tuba players too.

— Rick Danko

I come from a business family. I rebelled from my father to become a musician.

— Yo Yo Honey Singh

I thought my song was beginning that day, but it was almost done.

— Anonymous

I have this theory, bands with enigmatic lyrics attract crazies.

— Michael Azerrad

The history of Pantera speaks for itself.

— Vinnie Paul

A good mind should tell the difference between noise and music.

— Ilaiyaraaja

I can never stop singing... it has given me recognition and fame.

— Kumar Sanu

But this is pretty new for me, both songwriting and singing.

— Krist Novoselic

You know, we're a hard working band but we don't ever take it for granted.

— Maria Brink

Music has no race. It appeals to everybody.

— Tinie Tempah

I try not get too self-aware when writing lyrics.

— Win Butler

Song is a dangerous guy who has quick and dangerous hands.

— Marlon Moraes

In a band everyone plays their part, and I look at production the same way.

— Frank Dukes