Song Quotes · Page 520

“The raw and natural sounds of Aero music don't subtract from it's beauty, instead it creates a rich soundscape for the musician…

— Jim O Rourke

The thing about this band is that every member of the band is a song-writer so that takes some of the pressure…

— Joey Jordison

There is a lot of music in the world that I love that does not always get the appropriate exposure.

— Moby

Music gives the inspiring, yet intangible beauty, a path of expression, a voice.

— Ellis Hadlock

I would never put any growl on my voice in concert - it's not the kind of music I sing.

— Josh Groban

I played piano for about two years when I was a kid. I didn't play long enough to be really great.

— Joanna Newsom

My first songs were about animals and shoes. I wrote one song about PF Flyers, and one to my fish.

— Kate Micucci

It's all about risk-taking when you're making an album. Don't be scared to do weird things sometimes.

— Vic Fuentes

The Beach Boys have always been a part of the '60s spectrum, with The Beatles and that kind of thing. They were…

— Brian Wilson

“Kyle tapped Caeden’s shoulder. “Isn’t your little brother the one who sang the Fergie song at the top of his lungs during…

— Micalea Smeltzer

You know...sometimes I'll be looking out at the audience and I'll be in the middle of a song, and I'll just stop…

— Anonymous

I like to sing and it's just really fun to sing, and I don't get too much. And at my house I'm…

— Garrison Keillor

I wrote a lot of lyrics in prison, but they'd all be like, 'Crawls upon the shoulders, hatred in the eyes.' I…

— Ian Brown

When you do a song new live on stage, it's kind of a bit weird until it gets worn in, you know,…

— Jeff Lynne

I think it's important for bands to rough it. Whether you're in a van or a bus, it's still tough. You still…

— Hayley Williams

What keeps me motivated to create new music is the joy of songwriting. The joy of being creative. The joy of writing…

— Nick Heyward

My style is part of the music I like, the bands I see, the people I surround myself with, the places I…

— Alice Dellal

Often, with my uptempo songs, people get the misconception that I'm a rapper or something of that nature. But a song like…

— Sisqo

I'm aware that a lot of what is happening in jazz has not had a very dynamic change in a long time.

— Herbie Hancock

If I had a good scream, like Frank Black, I'd be doing punk music, 'cos I love that.

— John Grant

My major influences were primarily guitar players and bands; I started playing bass by accident.

— Dusty Hill

I feel that through my father's music I've found my own voice in my own playing.

— Dweezil Zappa

There are a lot of singers, but they weren't doing it the way I was, taking an Adele song and putting a…

— William Singe

If you don't feel comfortable talking about really personal things in your music, you shouldn't do it. There's plenty of other things…

— Lewis Capaldi

I like my music to be like a buffet. If you don't like this plate, there's another one for you.

— Romeo Santos

Some people come into your life to make you fall in love with songs you had no idea existed

— Hussein Nishah

There are certain choices you make as a songwriter, based on vowel sounds and melody and chord changes.

— Rodney Crowell

While I revel in the memories of my own Grammy moment, I also know how it feels to walk away empty-handed.

— Kurt Elling

Music begins where words leave off. Music expresses the inexpressible. If there is a Kingdom of Heaven, it lies in music.

— Edward Abbey

Music is essentially useless, as life is; but both have an ideal extension which lends utility to its conditions.

— George Santayana

Noble and manly music invigorates the spirit, strengthens the wavering man, and incites him to great and worthy deeds.

— Homer

Things can turn ugly so quickly in the music business, especially if you have an unexpected success.

— Dean Wareham

Both the guys in Nightwish and I have experiences with previous band breakups and all emotions that come with it. It's almost…

— Floor Jansen

PIANO, n. A parlor utensil for subduing the impenitent visitor. It is operated by pressing the keys of the machine and the…

— Ambrose Bierce

I was really learning my craft as a jazz singer and working with some great players and all, really growing and feeling…

— Al Jarreau

The older I get, the more I just like plugging directly into my amp. I'm tired of trying to impress myself with…

— Steve Vai

Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto gives us for the first time the hideous notion that there can be music that stinks to the ear.

— Eduard Hanslick

I realized after writing songs for years how important it is. Whether it provides a living for me or not, that creative…

— Sam Hunt

When I had arrived in Italy, I had my CD Walkman and about 100 CDs. The song that spoke to me was…

— Joely Fisher

I learned to play the git-tar from an old colored man in the streets of Montgomery. He was named Tetot, and he…

— Hank Williams