Song Quotes · Page 400

I learnt violin at school and hated it. I wish I'd learnt guitar or piano.

— Declan Donnelly

Some of my songs I don't do on tour because they don't work well live.

— Ziggy Marley

I just try to create music from an honest place.

— Jimmie Allen

I've grown as an artist, as a person, as a songwriter.

— Maisie Peters

I was a very observant child. Almost anything could become a song to me.

— Curtis Mayfield

I trained a bit in music because of my brother, who is a musician.

— Richa Chadha

My singing... I'll just say it simple as possible: it's just godly.

— Michael Jackson

You can't trust an artist that just makes good records.

— Nick Cave

Every time I step on stage an' see all of the lights or hear fans singing the words to my songs ,it's…

— A Boogie wit da Hoodie

Think, in mounting higher, the angels would press on us, and aspire to drop some golden orb of perfect song into our…

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

What I like about singing is that, for me, it's a substitute for the psychiatrist's couch.

— Patti Page

The way I see it, rock & roll is folk music. Street music. It isn't taught in school. It has to be…

— Jimmy Page

Jazz fans love Miles and I love him for a myriad of reasons, but the overviews are always too simplistic.

— Branford Marsalis

I've always just wanted to make people feel something with my music - whether it makes you want to laugh, cry or…

— Lainey Wilson

I've learned that writing a book and songwriting have a lot in common - it's all about the honesty and connection with…

— Jimmie Allen

“Whatever song we are making in this place, we are going to die without hearing.”

— Karen Russell

Rock's gone soft, it's gone miserable and boring, there's not really much exciting about it. So it's important that we cross over,…

— Oliver Sykes

If T-Bone Walker had been a woman, I would have asked him to marry me. I'd never heard anything like that before:…

— B. B. King

I used singing as a safety measure. I would pay attention to what songs the popular girls liked, learn those songs from…

— Vivek Shraya

“No matter how corrupt or greedy our government is, our corporations, our media, our religious and charitable institutions may come, the music…

— Kurt Vonnegut Jr

As music became more profitable in the 1990s, it seemed like it attracted a lot of people who were just interested in…

— Moby

“The guitar poured out its soul, its history, its dreams, its pain, its victories, its secrets. The guitar’s strings purred with blues…

— Brenda Sutton Rose

I always come from a female perspective and a strong music base, trying to keep a positive slant on things. It's important…

— Nikka Costa

“And to the boy I loved who died too soon, but who left me a song. And in two weeks we'll fly…

— Jennifer Niven

Usually for the tour, there's about 80 songs in our brain.

— David Bryan

Punjabis are the only people keeping non-film music alive in a big way.

— Amaal Mallik

I'm a rock-and-roll drummer, so my job is to create chaos.

— Greg Saunier

I got my first guitar in October of 1968. I'm self-taught.

— Ernie Isley

When I am stressed, my No. 1 reliever is my music.

— Anonymous

Music is the only language in which you cannot say a mean or sarcastic thing.

— John Erskine

I know not every song has to be a powerful message.

— Kacey Musgraves

It's not We're an awesome band.' The bottom line is, we're just very fortunate.

— Tony Kanal

Every time I write a song my approach changes.

— Shawn Mendes

Music is the medium. Words merely enhance the composition.

— K. J. Yesudas

I would have given my right arm to have been a pianist.

— Bobby Robson

I don't make grandiose, prophetic statements in my songs.

— Billy Squier

One of my favorite things to do is play guitar with my dad, who taught me.

— Drew Scott

Yes, fractals are what I want to find in my music.

— Gyorgy Ligeti

Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back.

— Plato

I started playing harp about fourteen years ago.

— Joanna Newsom