Song Quotes · Page 395

I want to write something that celebrates life, that's fun to listen to.

— Brendon Urie

I'm having to cope with the fact that some people might consider me a musician.

— Grant Evans

Music is the emotional life of most people.

— Leonard Cohen

One should not promote lyrics that are vulgar.

— Kumar Sanu

We really do believe that we can improve the world, one song at a time.

— Daniel Ek

I just make music based on what I believe.

— Boots Riley

The heart bleeds music no matter what, and it bleeds different types of music.

— Joey Jordison

I always grew up around music, my parents and their love of music.

— Caleb McLaughlin

Bernstein grew up in my building in New York. He's a very, very fine player. When he was a kid, he came…

— Lee Konitz

We had so many hit singles, and usually right in a row, that we tended to be dismissed again by our detractors…

— Richard Carpenter

It's quite difficult to figure out a common thread among us all as we're five very different people who love different types…

— Kevin Olusola

One of my best friends in the world is Lars Frederiksen. He plays guitar for a band called Rancid.

— CM Punk

When you hear a good traditional gospel song it makes you wanna go buy a three piece suit

— Pat Boone

At the end of a song, someone's always different than they are at the beginning.

— Rob Marshall

“Men grow cold as girls grow old And we all lose our charms in the end. How prettily Lorelei Lee sang these…

— Joyce Carol Oates

When my guitar was growling, playing surf beat, you could hear it; you could feel it.

— Dick Dale

When I sit down and play guitar, I melt into the instrument. I can play for hours by myself. Playing guitar has…

— Alex Lifeson

I've done a lot of performance practice, Baroque playing, and some of the joy and the challenge of it is figuring out…

— Caroline Shaw

I finally feel content with my work. My fruit has started to ripen. I'm able to dissect emotion properly and distill it…

— Nelly Furtado

We've been really lucky. We've gotten a lot of airplay over the years. I guess people keep requesting our songs on the…

— Bob Seger

So basically, I think music at its best can be everything. It can be totally stupid and very intellectual and emotional at…

— Ville Valo

There's this new band that just started with us called the Dave Matthews Band. My God! I mean, I like those guys.…

— Butch Trucks

I know that I'm capable of moving around on the guitar. I can express myself the way I want to and feel…

— Gary Clark, Jr

It more or less has the shape of a love song, but 'Crescent Moon' reflects more my longing for an ancient romantic…

— Frank Black

Lyrics are my racket; music is play - the fluff stuff.

— Cass McCombs

What passion cannot music raise and quell!

— John Dryden

Perhaps it is music that will save the world.

— Shinichi Suzuki

As a musician, it's only natural that my music mirrors my life.

— Anoushka Shankar

But, you know, I'd be happy just making music.

— John Lurie

Music... is the shaping of the invisible.

— Leonardo da Vinci

I've listened to blues my whole life. I know it, I play it, I understand it.

— Ry Cooder

I find singing as somebody else very liberating, it just frees me up.

— Jane Horrocks

I have been using small teardrop jazz picks since I was, like, 14.

— Steve Lukather

I'm creating music - it doesn't matter if anyone else likes it.

— Brian McKnight

Nothing feels comfortable in rock 'n' roll.

— Dusty Hill

Once I finish a song, it's done and it's on the album.

— Classified

“The hurt is the place where the music enters you.”

— Ella Leya

I'm just here to show the world that I make quality music.

— Boosie

“I don't know why you care. He doesn't even know you're there”

— NSYNC

It varies from song to song, but melody was always easy for me.

— Rodney Crowell