Song Quotes · Page 324

A good song takes on more meaning as the years pass by.

— Bruce Springsteen

When you write a song, a song has longevity

— Smokey Robinson

“We rise again in the grass. In the flowers. In songs.”

— Anthony Doerr

I started on the drums when I was eight.

— Masego

Of nothing but me I sing, lacking another song.

— John Updike

“Through music you learn not to care about the color of someone’s skin. ”

— Vince Gill

Conductors don't suffer, they are part of the performance.

— Michael Tippett

Life is a song everyday has a different tune.

— Jeremy Limn

All I really want is for people to really get what I do and connect with the songs and find meaning in…

— Passenger

In my whole life, I've had maybe 10 people who have told me how much my music means to them.

— David Berman

I can write a love song or a ballad, or when I read something and it pisses me off, I know how…

— Tink

We're musicians. We make music for a living. It's that simple. Nothing else matters.

— Eddie Van Halen

I don't really think about what people think of my music, and how they listen to it or what my demographic is.

— Melanie Martinez

Jack Bruce, as soon as I saw him, it changed me. I didn't even know what bass players did until I saw…

— Geezer Butler

I was immediately taken with Geoff Muldaur's rich soulful voice, masterful phrasing and guitar playing when I first heard him.

— Lucinda Williams

My mother was the concert master of the symphony. Absurdity and eccentricity were not criticized.

— Martin Short

I was in the recording studio when Pink was recording for a part of the gay rights anthem. It was just amazing…

— Judd Apatow

What 'jazz' means to me is the worst kind of working conditions, the worst in cultural prejudice. The term 'jazz' has come…

— Maxim Gorky

I knew I could never be accepted as a straight-ahead jazz musician, nor would Iaccept myself as that. I would never be…

— Anthony Davis

There are people who can out-twiddle me all over the place. But Ive got a very distinctive voice. Whatever I sing, you…

— Tony Hadley

The Replacements are the foundation for a lot of what came after in alternative and college rock. Let It Be is their…

— Craig Finn

I was a huge fan of this band called Sparks. It was a pretty good inauguration to music since their music is…

— Johan Renck

The last song was so deep and raw and pure that I could not escape. It was as if the people were…

— Anne Lamott

I remember when I was 10-years old I was at that proverbial fork in the road and I was acting as much…

— Alanis Morissette

Jazz is something you have to feel, something you have to live.

— Ray Brown

The only thing I want to be defined by is my music and personality.

— Jessie J

If you want to strive toward something, just listen to John Bonham.

— Bill Ward

I have to write 100 songs before you write the first good one.

— Taylor Swift

The blessing of this music is that it is fun to do and it keeps evolving.

— Jorma Kaukonen

I have a big problem with conductors who gesture a lot.

— James Levine

I have been singing gospel music since I was four years old.

— Marvin Sapp

I play piano, but not well enough to play professionally.

— Gordon Lightfoot

It was my love for the guitar that first got me into music and singing.

— Ed Sheeran

My aunt played the piano and I used to sit and listen to it.

— Dick Dale

I've just always written songs in a style that appeal to me personally.

— Lyle Lovett

“The taps mimicked the theme song to The X-Files.”

— A.G. Riddle

As a songwriter, metaphor is instinctual.

— Rodney Crowell

Telling my whole life with his words. Killing me softly with his song.

— Roberta Flack

Music is a pastime, a relaxation from more serious occupations.

— Alexander Borodin

“Music is the best source which gives you real comfort”

— Nima Lama