Song Quotes · Page 288

I say no to songs more often than I say yes.

— Andrea Jeremiah

Personally speaking, I think the Beatles were our biggest influence.

— Charlotte Caffey

When you're playing, you're playing something for the world to hear.

— Pharrell Williams

If one hears bad music, it is one's duty to drown it by one's conversation.

— Oscar Wilde

Speaking in a common tongue, speaking through guitars and drums.

— Lou Reed

'Varmathiye' is a song that can touch your hearts.

— Shweta Menon

In the music industry, you are in competition with everyone.

— Mandy Moore

In the open air you don't play as many quiet songs as you would normally.

— Ira Kaplan

I can't believe that I get to stand on the stages I stand on every summer, and get to sing the songs…

— Kenny Chesney

I think if you can affect somebody's life with one song, that's such a powerful tool to reach millions of people on…

— Chord Overstreet

When you write a song like 'Forrest Gump,' the subject can't be androgynous. It requires an unnecessary amount of effort.

— Frank Ocean

My first guitar was an Ibanez semi-hollowbody, I think it was called the Artist, from the early '80s.

— Kim Shattuck

Being a songwriter requires versatility while being an artist requires you to create a cohesive body of work. I truly enjoy both.

— Wendy Starland

('Stairway to Heaven' is) a nice pleasant, well-meaning naive little song, very English. It's not the definitive Led Zeppelin song. 'Kashmir' is.

— Robert Plant

When somebody turned me on to a Coltrane record around seventh grade, I took up saxophone.

— Tom Verlaine

The three greatest composers are Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms. All the others are cretins.

— Hans von Bulow

When I did my solo album, I put on a song that I'd planned for Toto that never made an album constructed…

— Steve Porcaro

The hardest part was knowing that I would have to talk about the album when I released it. I think the hardest…

— Alejandra Deheza

As a teacher with over thirty years of experience, I've found that students are hungry for material that goes beyond simply learning…

— Tony Trischka

With the Republicans controlling both houses of Congress, this is the Eisenhower-era revisited. It's ostrich time, where people are looking for comfort…

— David Fricke

The songwriting did come naturally; it really did. Like Joe said, the first song we ever wrote together was the song that…

— Kevin Jonas

Let me be the only one to keep you from the cold Now the floor of hell is laid, the stars are…

— Annie Lennox

The saxophone is actually a translation of the human voice, in my conception. All you can do is play melody. No matter…

— Stan Getz

Probably the reason it's a little hard to break away from the album format completely is, if you're getting a band together…

— David Byrne

At the end of the day, I use music to be able to communicate to people.

— Mark Foster

There's nothing like an Aerosmith groove

— Steven Tyler

I never knew I was grunting, it was just part of my strokes.

— Monica Seles

An atom must be at least as complex as a grand piano.

— William Kingdon Clifford

A lot of songs you write are just for exercise - just pencil sharpeners.

— Harlan Howard

My song is going to need dope lyrics to lure the honeys in!

— Ramandeep Singh

I don't think the music business is a very good business to be in.

— Justin Kan

My love of written language is every bit as great as my love for music.

— Robert Christgau

'Firecracker' was such a fun song to write and to perform.

— Josh Turner

I don't feel comfortable making empty music.

— Talib Kweli

I left Fleetwood Mac to make myself happy, and fortunately, it worked.

— Lindsey Buckingham

I do see myself doing more than just playback singing.

— Javed Ali

I am like a song on your playlist who is just waiting for his turn to play…

— Melchor Lim

If you don't like Louis Armstrong, you don't know how to love.

— Mahalia Jackson

I've always been into writing love songs.

— Sammy Hagar

A lot of people don't know that the Go-Go's came from the L.A. punk scene.

— Belinda Carlisle