Song Quotes · Page 284

Putting in headphones and lip syncing like you wrote the damn song.

— Anonymous

Jazz: Music invented for the torture of imbeciles.

— Henry Van Dyke

Music excites me, inspires me, fuels me! I listen to music every single day.

— Cynthia Addai-Robinson

To be honest, I just find the guitar quite hard.

— Ellie Rowsell

We wouldn't be where we are without people loving our music.

— Cole Swindell

Forget acting. It's all about rock 'n' roll.

— Brendan Fraser

I titled the album Reflections because I am reflecting on my music career.

— Miriam Makeba

As a teenager I started painting and playing guitar.

— Buffy Sainte-Marie

Composing is what drives me; it's not the pursuit of fame. My songs are like pages in a diary.

— Mick Hucknall

It's easy to get into an easy routine but the problem with that is you can tend to write the same song…

— Georgia Nott

Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is.

— Malcolm Arnold

Once you have a hit song and people recognize you the moment you start into it is a big thrill!

— Porter Wagoner

My music is about a joyful experience. I've learned that if you can affect other people, you should.

— Cyndi Lauper

When you're songwriting, it's like talking about your own life experience. When you're with a band, you have to compromise.

— Timothy B. Schmit

I grew up with 'best-of' cassettes. My first Smiths record was 'Hatful Of Hollow,' and I had hits albums by Elton John…

— Brandon Flowers

I didn't know what the hell Charlie Parker was playing... I just liked the way he played.

— Charlie Watts

I have friends with deals, both major and indie, and the ones on majors never seem as happy, and quite frankly aren't…

— Raheem Jarbo

“A&R stands for “artists and repertoire.” No one knows what that means, but the A&R guy is the person at the record…

— Dave Hill

Ireland is not at all a simple place, and in many ways it is spare and sad. It has no wealth, no…

— Shana Alexander

Personally, the songs that I've written, when they arrive to the Café Tacvba group , they become something more. Some begin to…

— Ruben Isaac Albarran Ortega

When I came to New York, to Brooklyn, I met Alvin Ailey and Stanley Crouch and August Wilson. They were always putting…

— Wynton Marsalis

It was November--the month of crimson sunsets, parting birds, deep, sad hymns of the sea, passionate wind-songs in the pines. Anne roamed…

— Anonymous

People feel that you'll never be able to recreate the birthplace of a song that has, at its core, the hardship of…

— Measha Brueggergosman

“You say I took the name in vain I don't even know the name But if I did, well, really, what's it…

— Leonard Cohen

I would post about 'Twilight' even if I didn't have a song called 'Vampire.'

— Olivia Rodrigo

Words and music together create powerful, powerful things.

— Craig Finn

There would be no Static-X if I didn't write all the songs.

— Wayne Static

What passions cannot music raise or quell?

— John Dryden

I feel like piano is my main instrument. I'm most comfortable on the piano.

— Borns

I started playing piano from a very young age, and I just loved it.

— Griff

There is no such thing as an unmusical person.

— Hans Werner Henze

Playing a Fender is an art itself. They're always going out of tune.

— Ritchie Blackmore

I will not consider any offer for an item song. I will turn it down.

— Daisy Shah

I like my music with the rinds and the seeds and pulp left in.

— Tom Waits

“Even free spirits had to the face the music sometime.”

— Kathleen Long

I think the best thing for us is to just write songs that we like.

— Katie White

I honestly dont think I'll ever love anyhing as much as I love music.

— Anonymous

I think music should be experienced by people all ages.

— Macklemore

We were derided as a boy band, with pop music and not really country.

— Jay DeMarcus

Listening to the radio makes you hate every song.

— Ad-Rock