Song Quotes · Page 360

I have a sloppy style of playing guitar. A percussive style. Unique in fact.

— Sixto Rodriguez

I love good beats and good lyrics. I'm pretty open.

— Tika Sumpter

The music tends to be an expression of one's darker moments.

— David Gilmour

I like The White Stripes and I like the kinda twang American thing right now.

— Ann Wilson

Then, for a hot three or four weeks I wanted to be a concert pianist.

— Frank Langella

I just don't believe in making music about making music anymore.

— El-P

I think that 'Psychopomp' is very much a Eugene, Oregon record.

— Michelle Zauner

I've always wanted the sound of Muddy Waters' early records - only louder

— Eric Clapton

When I was 6 years old, I asked my parents for an organ. I don't have any idea why I wanted an organ.

— Brian Stokes Mitchell

The number-one thing about the hyphy isn't the sideshow or doing donuts. It's the music.

— Too Short

Every song becomes an emotional journey for me, and only then will the soul of the song remain honest.

— Anirudh Ravichander

I think that to capture food in music, you really are capturing an emotional response to food.

— Michael Giacchino

It is an unfortunate irony that music-making intended in part to attract new listeners is usually the least well rehearsed and motivated.

— Bernard Holland

I think I am an artist. I think I am Juan Gabriel, who has given so much with my songs.

— Juan Gabriel

A lot of bands break through with their third record: the White Stripes, the Clash, the Replacements.

— Ezra Furman

When Lonnie Mack came out with the guitar instrumental "Memphis" I thought, Oh God, finally somebody we guitar players can relate to !

— Richard Betts

My parents' generation was definitely pre-telly, and they knew how to entertain each other. Everybody knew something that they could do -…

— Lindsay Duncan

I got an email from my dad after the Super Bowl, and he was like, "Will you send me all of the…

— Caitlin Rose

My love songs are very personal and quite weird. They don't really have the big radio hit choruses because basically they're my…

— Ed Sheeran

What it boils down to is that we look for a melody and we look for a lyric, and we look for…

— Jim Kerr

I don't believe in singles. The singles market has changed. I am trying to get back to the old days of releasing…

— Prince

As the days go on toward July, the earth becomes dry and all the flowers begin to thirst for moisture. Then from…

— Celia Thaxter

You are an eternal being now on the pathway of endless unfoldment, never less but always more yourself. Life is not static.…

— Ernest Holmes

When people hear our record, they're not going to be able to put us into the 'New Metal' category or the 'pop-punk'…

— Bert McCracken

Digital downloading of music has affected us all in adverse ways.

— Wynonna Judd

Music is the always first step and key for a vibey start to the day.

— Jonathan Bailey

Though the singer is silent…there is still the truth of the song.

— John Denver

The day you stop racing, is the day you win the race.

— Bob Marley

I still play Strat, I don't know nothing else. Strats and Telecasters.

— Ike Turner

I write songs with melodies, which have sold for decades.

— Van Hunt

Ultimately it's a blessing to be able to make music.

— Tim Commerford

You can't kill Rock 'n' Roll. It's here to stay

— Ozzy Osbourne

My future definitely lies in the music business.

— Ronan Keating

Restarting the whole song, because you missed your favorite line.

— Every Teenage

Being without music is like the earth without the sun.

— Anonymous

What could be more experimental than me writing a straight up love song?

— Bradford Cox

You can cure racism and hate by injecting music and love into peoples lives!

— Bob Marley

The song that nerves a nation's heart is in itself a deed.

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

It was both exciting and frustrating to work with an orchestral group.

— Ken Hensley

Beethoven and Liszt have contributed to the advent of long hair.

— Louis Moreau Gottschalk