Song Quotes · Page 439

My first favorite band that made music important to me was the Beatles. I was a little kid. I didn't know who…

— Chris Cornell

“But even a wonderful soloist needs a song. Even a pitch-perfect voice needs a message.”

— David Pietrusza

I wanted something where I could have the clearest and most unfiltered artistic and creative voice.

— David Alan Grier

Getting to see the impact of the music that I write and people having moments with their friends is cool.

— Maisie Peters

Fill my heart with song, let me sing for ever more, you are all I long for, all I worship and adore

— Frank Sinatra

Sometimes, we've made songs where we're angry and yelling, and then there are some songs where we're just having fun and dancing…

— Tucker Halpern

I could never teach a class on songwriting. I'd tell them to goof off and find a good hideout.

— John Prine

“Music is a holy place, a cathedral so majestic that we can sense the magnificence of the universe.”

— Don Campbell

I'd probably be a super wealthy guy if I had sat around writing songs and getting them placed like everyone else I…

— Nile Rodgers

I remember when we were mixing our record and our manager was in there going, 'You guys need to sing more, so…

— Wayne Static

Songs should have an infectious melody and rhythm and, I think, should elicit an emotion of happiness or of celebration or of…

— Alan Menken

I wrote 'Torches' before experiencing touring as a band. I really had no idea what they would sound like live, and that…

— Mark Foster

“The Night rains hot tar : The night rains hot tar into my throat, the taste is good to my heart’s tongue,…

— Lance Jeffers

I don't want to preach, but I really think the rudiments are very important to developing your drumming skills. Many of the…

— Phil Collins

I've always thought 'Southern Accents' would make an amazing country song. It's always spoken to me. I've always loved it. Every time…

— Charles Kelley

“Hold On" They hung a sign up in our town "If you live it up, you won't live it down" So she…

— Tom Waits

The most miraculous process is watching a song go from a tiny idea in the middle of the night to something that…

— Taylor Swift

I was about 16 when punk started to happen... It felt like you had this naive idea that you could change things…

— Boy George

I either write songs on guitar, or... I don't ever have a keyboard with me, but like, my keyboard on the laptop.

— Jay Watson

I appreciate when people listen to the sad songs, because it's almost like telling someone your problems and having them listen with…

— Jhene Aiko

I carry my finger pick around all the time now, because it reminds me that I want to keep playing guitar.

— Monica Barbaro

Christians and Jews alike are the new exiles of the contemporary world, struggling with how to sing the Lord's song in a…

— David Novak

Many classical musicians lack pulse and rhythmical strength and precision, so for us it was very important to acquire and learn those.

— Luka Sulic

Music lives in me. Life is a song to me. I have the gift of rhyme, and I'm always trying to write…

— Dolly Parton

“Someday, you will take the notebook that has awaited you forever and begin to construct your walls of song and then, leap…

— María Negroni

The Queen and Electric Light Orchestra harmonies are so distinct and fit in our songs so well sometimes, but we don't know…

— Nate Ruess

Music is a part of my life all the time - on the plane, before matches, driving out to the court.

— Maria Sharapova

It is true I've written songs for other performers; I've worked with Tricky, Tears for Fears, A1, HearSay among others.

— Chesney Hawkes

I write a song because I want to. I think the moment you start writing it to make money, you're starting to…

— Pete Seeger

I didn't say I wasn't gonna do rockabilly. I just said I ain't gonna sing no song that ain't a country song.…

— Buck Owens

Music has always enhanced our experience of life on earth by seeming to give us access to something larger than ourselves -…

— Tom Junod

Songwriting has become such a big part of what I do that emotions and the melodies that accompany them blur into one.

— Kevin Parker

I don't want to go on tour and have everyone just sitting there waiting for one song.

— Mac Miller

If you look at the content of songs people write, it's usually about the things they know best.

— Nick Rhodes

“Poetry is a song without music. A song without music is like a body without a soul.”

— Patrick Rothfuss

But when I hear a great song, I can't help but be inspired by it, regardless of whatever genre that song falls…

— Taylor Swift

There have been highs and lows in my career. But everything to do with 'Raindrops' has virtually been perfect... I feel lucky…

— B. J. Thomas

Music is entertainment, and we need that in order not to fall into the pit of despair.

— Varg Vikernes

I'm not full of malice, but I do dislike Neil Diamond a lot, and I'm sorry that I've done a Neil Diamond…

— Robert Wyatt

I listen to a pretty wide variety of albums so as to get influenced by nothing particular.

— William Beckett