Song Quotes · Page 297

Without a doubt, the best way to get to know me is through my music

— Shania Twain

You can't live in Austin and escape the music.

— Terrence Malick

Oh so it was some festival that had Darth playing a violin?? What the heck?

— Amber Hope

My obligation is to release the music the way Frank [Zappa] released it.

— Gail Zappa

In the liner notes, music is fine by itself. It doesn't need any explanation.

— Terry Bozzio

You know, there have been a lot of casualties in rock-n-roll.

— Warren Cuccurullo

I've always been very good at helping other people finish their songs.

— Rostam Batmanglij

People threw food at me and sang songs about how ugly I was.

— Lele Pons

I was never somebody who grew up going, 'I really want to be a singer in a band,' and I never had…

— Fiona Apple

Life is more like singing because there are sharps and flats…but u just got to stay tuned and be in the key...

— Eric Antwi

I want to take people away from the ugliness and sadness around us every day and bring beautiful, deep music to as…

— Charlie Haden

There are so many great songwriters that I love and respect, it's an honor to get the opportunity to sing any of…

— Sonny Burgess

I want to make an impact on people. Like John Lennon writing 'Imagine,' a song that changes an entire generation of people.

— Kyle

I love music with my soul, but I'm also a student of it, so it's very important to me to earn the…

— Lari White

I didn't really know about Marilyn Manson - it's not my sort of music, not exactly the sort of thing I would…

— Twiggy

Growing up, I was always around adult musicians who played for their entire lives. So that's what I wanted to do, and…

— Steve Miller

My father has been a voice of encouragement in times of desperation for so many people. But he died when I was…

— Damian Marley

“Mozart’s earliest symphonies, brief works written when he was just eight, hew closely to the style of Johann Christian Bach, with whom…

— Geoff Colvin

You sometimes get the feeling that people think getting back together after a hiatus to write and record a record is work,…

— Chris Cornell

There's different ways to approach music for sleeping. Things like white noise are functional, like a lullaby. This is more like an…

— Max Richter

I love lyrics. I've always been averse to the straight lyric idea. I guess a big part of it is, that songs…

— Ian Svenonius

I don't want to give too much lugubrious thought to the gravitas of a coherent album. I don't want to develop a…

— Van Dyke Parks

I've written a number of songs over the years and it's a big part of my life, this sort of tension between…

— James Taylor

I suppose in some ways doing some of the songs in the show felt a bit like I was doing cover versions.…

— Kate Bush

I do have a favorite Zeppelin song, Larry, Black Dog.

— Condoleezza Rice

I don't feel like anybody can stop me when it comes to music.

— Dinah Jane

I feel like songwriting is an experiment in empathy.

— Zooey Deschanel

I guess a lot of bands play around until they come up with something they like.

— Greg Saunier

Music is proof that beauty is deeper than looks.

— Hayley Williams

Sometimes I need to be alone with my music.

— Nikkie

I cannot switch my voice. My voice is not like an elevator going up and down.

— Maria Callas

We've never been a religious band, but the media wants us to be.

— Amy Lee

Rock 'n Roll is monotony tinged with hysteria.

— Vance Packard

I function as a channel from which music emerges from the chaos of noise.

— Vangelis

There's this raw, basic quality people expect in my music.

— Billy Squier

Music is an expression of life, who you are, and what you've been through.

— Kamasi Washington

Music is a spiritual event and a means to realize freedom.

— Ed Kowalczyk

My dad is a huge rock n' roll lead guitar fan.

— Slash

Beethoven can't really be great because his picture isn't on a bubble gum card.

— Charles M. Schulz

I don't listen to my own songs that much.

— Koffee