Song Quotes · Page 531

“You are your art Your are your song You are your craft. You are all the immaculate designs of which you dream;”

— Priscilla Koranteng

“Oh, the drums, of course,” Jase says. “It was the clarinet, but then he realized that was just not a turn-on.”

— Anonymous

For I have learned to look on nature, not as in the hour of thoughtless youth, but hearing oftentimes the still, sad…

— William Wordsworth

I think one of the best things you can do is write really sad songs that touch some semblance of... I guess…

— Eric Bachmann

When you look at what people consider success in the music industry, it's just terrible music.

— Conor Oberst

I play, like, 12 instruments. Guitar, piano, harmonica, African drums... I'm working on mastering the accordion.

— Lucas Grabeel

Whether it's Memorial Day or any other holiday, music has the power to set any mood and build long-lasting memories.

— Nadia Ali

I never knew Kurt to be suicidal. I just knew that he was going through a really tough time.

— Mark Lanegan

I don't spend my time perusing message boards to find out what people think about me or if people think my songs…

— Ben Gibbard

The first album was written over the course of a couple of year while we were supporting One Direction on tour. It…

— Luke Hemmings

Now I have never met a group of people who hate music more than professional roadies, and it is clearly obvious that…

— Buzz Osborne

I was half asleep lying there writing this lyric in my head at about 3:30 in the morning. I woke Steve up…

— Jim Capaldi

When I am onstage, singing all these songs... what's going through my mind is nothing. That's what's so amazing about meditation -…

— Thao Nguyen

I just love to see the crowd reactions when I drop certain songs. There's some songs that you just know are going…

— Jax Jones

I haven't made anything I don't believe in. I've always started a movie with a song in my heart, and even when…

— Nicolas Cage

It was disturbing to me that an idea or a song could become something so different from what you originally intended. It's…

— Beck

“Well, I guess because most of my music is about surrender, change, sacrifice and love. You know the heartfelt stuff that would…

— Lindsay Delagair

It's not just songs and glamour. It's sweat, blood, broken toes, and mistakes... It's life.

— Mary J. Blige

“The strings all soar, The reeds implore, The brasses roar with notes galore. It's music that we all adore It's what we…

— Lloyd Moss

People thought we were only gonna be around for one record, that it was a one-shot deal.

— B-Real

“You finish listening to a song of Leonard's and you know he's said everything he had to say, he didn't let the…

— Sylvie Simmons

In an era of magic conveniently available at the touch of a button, new music should on principle represent something akin to…

— Helmut Lachenmann

I'm gonna keep making music that hopefully I think is good, and whatever comes out of that, that will be fine with…

— Chris Stapleton

Being on a microphone nightly has made me better at what I do, made me better able to sing a little bit,…

— Craig Finn

You must surrender whatever preconceptions you have about music if you're really interested in it.

— Cecil Taylor

Eminem's 'Lose Yourself' is my go-to song to pump myself up if I'm having a tough time or if I get really…

— Sara Blakely

I would like to be able to do a song with Ray Charles, before we both get too old.

— Joe Cocker

I want y'all to know that all of the music I make is for the people that truly appreciate it and care…

— Logic

My father started me off on the guitar, and we learned classical guitar together.

— Julian Bream

For me, the poetic decisions tend to be calculated, and the musical decisions inspired by the poetic decisions are free.

— Julia Holter

Don't get me wrong, I have the utmost respect for anyone who has the nerve to even attempt to do music today,…

— St. Lucia

We played 'Girl in a Country Song' in front of Scott Borchetta, and he loved it.

— Maddie Marlow

Miles' sessions were not typical of anybody else's sessions. They were totally unique.

— Herbie Hancock

The only instrument I can play is piano. Whenever I make songs at home, I play the piano and make them on…

— Yoko Ono

“Music is the best storage for human memory. As soon as you hit play, it can take you back in time”

— Ela Crain

I don't know if I would compare my sound to anyone because I like to think that my music is my music.

— Noah Cyrus

I'm talented in other places, not only in songwriting, but music is always going to be the backdrop to whatever happens in…

— The-Dream

I've started to look at guitar playing from more than just a standpoint of using certain modes and techniques.

— Jim Root

Historically, the notes of scale systems anywhere have been based on these pure harmonics.

— Lara St. John

As would-be songwriters, our interest was in black music and black music only. We wanted to write songs for black voices.

— Mike Stoller