Song Quotes · Page 482

There are three things I was born with in this world, and there are three things I will have until the day…

— Miriam Makeba

My backpack is signed by three members of The Doors. I did a song with Robby Kreiger, John Desmore, and Ray Manzarek.…

— Tech N9ne

I didn't think I was a famous singer. I didn't think I was a star or that I could make the waters…

— Linda Ronstadt

In honor of his new Nobel, this hard-core Dylanophile wants to share with you a song or two from each of his…

— Jay Michaelson

“Not all musicians believe in God, but they all believe in Johann Sebastian Bach”

— Mauricio Kagel

“The Piper's playing again, and there's a full orchestra.' There was a long silence as Andrew deciphered the cryptic statement. 'A FULL…

— D.J. Stutley

'Ragtime' is about how we get through ugliness, how we talk together, work together, get through it together.

— Brian Stokes Mitchell

As an independent artist, there can be nothing better than the fact that your song will be played and heard in different…

— Guru Randhawa

I would never ever sing at all if I could get away with it. I had pitch problems, no range. So what…

— J. J. Cale

It became a question of do I want to be on a label where it could take three years to put out…

— Matthew Sweet

I don't think you need a record deal to write songs. You don't need any other reason than you want to do…

— Andy Taylor

It was really hard to find people to come over and play guitar and sing and write songs together. So that turned…

— Jack White

I think when people hear your music, sometimes they get deeply attached to it and think they know something about you, that…

— Mark Lanegan

'Welcome to Atlanta' was a song I wanted to do on my first album. The idea was for me and Outkast to…

— Jermaine Dupri

With songs, it doesn't matter what song it is; every time I go out and perform it, it's like the first time…

— Beth Hart

“Music is my inspiration. When my brain and music come together they form something unpredictable. The songs are the talent that fuels…

— Christina Casino

I may not be as lyrically adept as Jay-Z and Morrissey, but at least I can sing what I feel.

— Chris Martin

Im a musician first, a food-lover second, a dirty mouth with feet, and a girl last time I checked.

— Tori Amos

My favorite thing to do is make music. It's what I spend most of my free time doing.

— Miles Heizer

Jazz is a very accurate, curiously accurate accompaniment to 20th century America.

— Ken Burns

I'm also a blues musician, and all blues artists can trace their pain to the slavery fields of the Mississippi Delta.

— Tony Todd

As far as subject matter, I'd say most of the songs aren't that personal to me. I love making up characters and…

— Carrie Underwood

And if you are playing in several meters at once, there has to be a - not a rigid - but there…

— Robert Fripp

Whenever I meet children's parents, they complain that the kids don't sleep until they listen to my whistle baja song! My songs…

— Tiger Shroff

More than anything, I want to just have the largest amount of people possible listening to my music. This is the biggest…

— Kim Nam-joon

I've never sold my publishing. I have 100% control of all of my publishing and that includes everything, every use of my songs.

— Natalie Merchant

Piano was my first instrument, but it wasn't the instrument that I showed the most proficiency on.

— GRiZ

Women need a lot of understanding, and they need songs to help them express themselves.

— Lorrie Morgan

Since the beginning of time mankind has used music and dance to commune with the spirit of nature and the spirit of…

— Goa Gil

“These punk anarchist peoples de most honest an’ authentic peoples in de whole world!”

— Jonathan Shaw

I will be the same person; I can't really see myself changing. I am just happy people can relate to my music…

— Akon

I'm very proud of 'Will the Sun Ever Shine Again.' That was a song written very close to the 9/11 event.

— Alan Menken

I started harmonica at the age of four, and when I was 12 I started the guitar. Then I played at school.

— Peter Ham

I started publicly singing when I was eight. Singing was always what I did. I never really acted.

— Meghann Fahy

Songs that don't depend on composition depend instead on performance - so the fire has to be there in the playing.

— Brian Eno

When I was growing up, my brother liked the Beatles, and I liked the Rolling Stones. I think if I were a…

— George Ezra

We started playing 'Free Bird' in clubs, and initially, it was just a slow ballad.

— Gary Rossington

Maybe it's just me being lazy but I just don't like describing my music or style or anything, I just like letting…

— BØRNS

Sometimes a break-up song is perceived as that because that's what the person who's hearing it needs.

— Ryan Adams

Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.

— Pope John Paul II