Song Quotes · Page 444

I was a kid from Oklahoma who never wanted to be a singer, but was told I could sing. And things snowballed.

— Patti Page

People tend to forget that we tie our life history to music like the soundtrack to your life in many more ways…

— John Seagall

Because my mother was in love with Bobby Darin, I grew up with his records playing in our house all the time.

— Kevin Spacey

Well, I can't sing like James Brown and stuff and go do a gig. I'm not a roughhouse singer.

— Philip Bailey

I do definitely like to represent my own conversational style in the way I write songs purely because it's the most effective…

— CMAT

'Summer Babe' is the start of Pavement front-loading their albums with the catchiest song first.

— Stephen Malkmus

I felt brave when I sang and could put into lyrics what I couldn't tell anybody else.

— Alison Sudol

Whenever there was a choice between music and anything else, music won hands down every time.

— Barry Manilow

I really worked very hard to bring my voice back because I used to have a good voice, and to try to…

— Meryl Streep

I remember Elvis as a young man hanging around the Sun Studios. Even then, I knew this kid had a tremendous talent.…

— B. B. King

Life in itself has no meaning. Life is an opportunity to create meaning. Meaning has not to be discovered; it has to…

— Rajneesh

The Rolling Stones reunited for a twenty-fifth anniversary tour last week. Keith Richards said that he's happy to continue to do what…

— Norm MacDonald

In the past, I'd sort of know before Ozzy sang something, what he was going to sing. I'd know what sort of…

— Tony Iommi

Once I was checking to hotel and a couple saw my ring with Blues on it. They said, 'You play blues. That…

— Buddy Guy

I think the reason composers aren't valued is because many act as servants rather than music directors. Instead of taking a stand…

— M. Jayachandran

I played guitar all my life, all the way through the Yardbirds, but I knew that for me this was going to…

— Jimmy Page

The music that of common speech but slanted so that each detail sounds unexpected as a sharp inserted in a simple scale.

— Dana Gioia

I do really believe that all guitarists have a different character that comes through, that's a strong character, the stronger the person…

— Jimmy Page

Music infuses your spirit with a certain energy that I try to convey in my work.

— Oscar Hijuelos

I was always taught by punk to think for yourself and to question authority. That's what I've always tried to do.

— Laura Jane Grace

If music is to continue to support the livelihoods of artists, it cannot be taken without the permission of artists.

— Jean-Michel Jarre

Trying to write new music is definitely daunting, but I try not to overthink it.

— Jonas Blue

Whenever I sing, I try to make it different, the sound that you've never heard before, and put something new, which people…

— Neha Kakkar

At times, it could be a bit difficult to understand everything that's being said when just listening, but I wanted the lyrics…

— Frank Iero

I have a piano in my office, and sometimes during meetings, I'll sit down and goof on the keyboard a little bit.

— Eric Garcetti

I think some sing-songwriter music can just be very serious - after an hour and a half of it, you are exhausted…

— Passenger

I still don't believe that all pieces of music are the same price. I just don't think that's America.

— Kid Rock

You know that I immerse myself in music, so to speak- that I think about it all day long- that I like…

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

I made my first song when I was 9 years old. Just beating on garbage cans, having people beat box.

— Ludacris

It is vital for me to make progress as a lyrical singer since it also helps me to sing rock better.

— Tarja Turunen

Found a band tonight called star city meltdown, needs a better name and to cut out the keys, besides that, they're awesome!

— Danny Worsnop

I play the guitar when I want to relax. But to play the guitar, you cut the nails. So one day, I'll…

— Indra Nooyi

There's something to be said for being classically trained on piano, but not having your whole makeup be tied to one instrument.

— Victoria Legrand

Boys are like songs: Some of them you like and listen to all the time, but there is that one you just…

— Alexia

To me, a song like 'Demons' or the title 'Trouble Will Find Me' are acknowledgments that you can't really plan for life,…

— Bryce Dessner

Everybody's mainspring is different. And I want to say this - folks whose mainsprings are busted are better dead.

— Margaret Mitchell

No one really gets rich doing this. A couple people do, Black Sabbath does. We don't sell any records anymore.

— Thurston Moore

I think my purpose was just to get out and sing. I love to sing. I wasn't even in it for the…

— Fantasia Barrino

I am so unbelievably excited to share 'I Hope' with the world. After my 'Idol' chapter closed, I knew this song was…

— Gabby Barrett

The advice I have for new artists is this - write great songs and play them live as often as possible. Get…

— Ben Harper