Song Quotes · Page 521

I think music is what language once aspired to be. Music allows us to face God on our own terms because it…

— Simon Van Booy

What an orchestra! They just sit there, but their minds are thousands of miles away with their bookies.

— Milton Berle

I am always thinking of how the part I am playing will contribute to the atmosphere of the song and not how…

— Alex G

It's hard to write any good song. It seems more rewarding, or maybe just easier, to write sad ones.

— Eric Bachmann

“We are musical notes emanating from the quantum string section of a grand symphonic orchestra.”

— Kane Freeman

I write songs, but the guys play on them, they have opinions on them, and we tour together and spend all our…

— Dan Smith

I think when you're writing songs, it's impossible to not draw on personal experiences, whether it be traveling or girls, or anything.

— Harry Styles

Basically, what happened was, Lena was on the fence as to whether or not she wanted 'Girls' to have a theme song.…

— Michael Penn

I have struggled for decades now with the fear of and resistance to change - mostly in the realms of technology, transportation,…

— Julia Glass

When I'm going to do a Christmas album I had to put my mind in Christmas mode. I had to go back…

— Mary J. Blige

A composition is always more than the sum of its parts. In other words, a really good piece of music is more…

— Yo-Yo Ma

I've been writing and collecting songs on the ukulele for at least 10 years, so it was time to clear them out…

— Eddie Vedder

Of course I have bills to pay, but at the same time, it's more about the passion and the love, and I…

— Ludacris

I listen to the summer symphony outside my window. Truthfully, it's not a symphony at all. There's no tune, no melody, only…

— Jerry Spinelli

Albums tend to dictate what they need. Every time I have made an album it sort of feels like it is decided…

— KT Tunstall

I think the purpose of a piece of music is significant when it actually lives in somebody else. A composer puts down…

— Yo-Yo Ma

I have worked with the tavil and the mridangam all my artistic life. My style does have a strong grounding in rhythm.

— Shobana

If it feels good, feels different, and falls in the middle of both of our wildly different tastes, then we know it's…

— Tucker Halpern

I like to give clues - titles - that can give a simple, evocative hook into what picture or feeling welled up…

— David First

I made an album of healing music called 'Grace and Gratitude' that came from my soul.

— Olivia Newton-John

As I got older, it turned into hardcore punk. I started getting into more aggressive music.

— David Pajo

My mother knew how to read music and everything. But I just kinda learned off of records. And so, I was listening…

— Clint Eastwood

I would also like to thank my father who discouraged me from playing the violin at an early age.

— Paul Desmond

My parents were simpletons. Everyday living was a big thing in that small village where I was born. They had no clue…

— Ilaiyaraaja

The demise of the monolithic record industry has been, for a lot of people, really liberating and emancipating.

— Moby

“When I loved myself enough, I would sometimes wake in the night to music playing within me.”

— Kim McMillen

Landmarks to the muses that inspired the music. When I could tell it was sincere without trying to prove it

— Drake

I think my first instrument was a ukulele that they gave me. I used to know how to play that pretty well.

— Don Henley

You know what, I'll climb under my covers, and curl up into a little ball, put my music on full and let…

— Amanda

I hate album covers where people are just smiling so big. It's like a neon sign that says PLEASE COME BUY ME.

— Kenny Chesney

When I get emotional I lean on music to help me get through hard times and I use music to express when…

— Porsha Williams

I'm not a rock and roller, a hitmaker. I'm highly dependent on what's coming out of these vocal cords.

— Joan Baez

This is music that will disturb your imagination and delight your heart-a rare combination.

— Jeremy Begbie

When you come home and dad's making music, sister's making music and my mum is also very musical - you can't escape…

— David Alaba

When you put an album out, you can't do any material from the album if people are paying to see you.

— Patton Oswalt

I was blessed with the talent. God gave me the gift to put words together and make popular songs.

— Yo Gotti

So by the time I taught myself the bass guitar at the age of 14, my hands were already pretty nimble.

— John Entwistle

I've been in therapy since I was five, but music goes way, way, way, way, way beyond therapy.

— Beth Hart

There's this thing called freebasing. It's not free, it costs you your home. It should be called 'homebasing'.

— Robin Williams

What are your favorite jazz clubs? Planning gigs to play for later this year & want to get your feedback

— Melissa Morgan