Song Quotes · Page 323

A lot of times, I played bass on songs. Gene plays guitar on some songs.

— Ace Frehley

I love singing and I love performing and just making things perfect.

— Keke Palmer

It's my duty to upkeep and safeguard my voice, my ability to sing.

— K. J. Yesudas

When I was around ten, I decided I would devote myself and my life to music.

— Rosalia

Love Comes Quickly is our favourite record ever, and it did really badly.

— Chris Lowe

Sing a song correctly and you live forever.

— Abbey Lincoln

I tend to gravitate toward ballads and mid-tempo songs.

— Charles Kelley

You don't make solo albums to have hits.

— Anonymous

I feel pretty comfortable in a lot of different musical styles. I like rhythm, and I like melody and so forth.

— Colin Hay

For more than 15 years, Mogwai has built a reputation on its monstrous ambitions for rock music.

— Anthony Fantano

I usually tell somebody if a song’s for them. I don’t always tell them if it’s about them.

— Guy Garvey

The true beauty of music is that it connects people. It carries a message, and we, the musicians, are the messengers.

— Roy Ayers

I was drawn to the guitar, and still am, because it struck me as the most soulful instrument.

— Jose Feliciano

I don't have a problem with letting go of an album once I know I've pretty much done the best that I…

— Bill Ward

Sometimes I start just on the piano with a melody or musical idea that kind of leads me to certain lyrics.

— John Legend

I think some songs on the EP, especially one called 'Blu', I've allowed myself to become vulnerable and express more of my…

— Benee

The idea of having an indie rock "career" while living in a remote backwater like Seattle was too ridiculous to contemplate. It…

— Bruce Pavitt

A lot of love records or breakup records, a lot of the songs can tend to be on the blame side and…

— Nicole Atkins

The big difference between the radio show and the TV work is that I don't have to work by committee on the…

— Gary Calamar

One day, I went to buy something for my dad at the shops, and I heard a song by Nat King Cole…

— Desmond Dekker

You hear about the Duke Ellingtons, the Jimmie Luncefords, and the Fletcher Hendersons, but people sometimes forget that jazz was not only…

— Cab Calloway

Music is basically melody, harmony, and rhythm. But people can do much more with music than that. It can be very descriptive…

— Charlie Parker

I always thought that it was every performer's dream. That's the epitome of being an artist, being able to express song, dance…

— Deborah Cox

If a song is cooking in the studio, that's great, but if I can imagine doing it on stage, that's the next…

— Chrysta Bell

All my songs are clean, and I am very careful about the lyrics, too.

— Guru Randhawa

Right now, musically I'm inspired by everyday people.

— Pharrell Williams

Music rearranges your molecular structure.

— Carlos Santana

I am completely invested in my music - committed to it full time.

— Ananya Birla

We are in a position, as musicians, to touch the souls of those who listen.

— Spencer W. Kimball

Violin was my first form of expression - and is still in a lot of ways.

— Amanda Shires

All music has to speak in some form or other.

— Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Guitars are kind of just, you know, sexy, especially old vintage ones.

— Andrew Bird

Ice-T in the music has done some outrageous things.

— Ice T

My theory. Music can fix anything. Anything.

— Asa Butterfield

“In a roundabout way, Boba Fett created Pearl Jam.”

— Chuck Klosterman

I like going around everywhere and singing to people.

— Mason Ramsey

The key of D is daffodil yellow, B major is maroon, and B flat is blue.

— Marian McPartland

What was special about Leonard Cohen's work was its calm mystery.

— Julia Holter

My dad also plays a little banjo and guitar, my mom plays the mandolin.

— Page McConnell

Every song ends, but is that a reason not to enjoy the music?

— Anonymous