Song Quotes · Page 546

Music is the expression of the will of nature while all other arts are expressions of the idea of nature.

— Rudolf Steiner

Knowing a person is like music. What attracts us to them is their melody, and as we get to know who they…

— Anonymous

I mean, there are so many of his songs that I like that I could easily do that one day.

— Bryan Ferry

I thought of Gene Krupa's drumming, his staccato drumming. I went and put 'Misirlou' to that rhythm.

— Dick Dale

I started a big band when grunge was popular. I mean, that didn't make much sense.

— Brian Setzer

My music is constantly changing because I am. I'm writing it and changing as I'm writing.

— Anne-Marie

I didn't hate Nirvana. That was more of a media-constructed this-versus-that thing.

— Bret Michaels

Tears of joy over what I love. Not afraid to say that I'm beyond proud of the music I've been making and…

— Diggy Simmons

I've also learned to only write songs and melodies that really work for my voice and that I won't have issues doing…

— Solange Knowles

If I experience a really difficult moment, write a song about it, and someone on the other side of the planet experienced…

— Dennis Lloyd

I wrote '('Til) I Kissed You' about a girl I met in Australia. Her name was Lilian, and she was very, very…

— Don Everly

It's a humbling and amazing journey when you write a song in your bedroom, and you've got no money, and you're trying…

— Linda Perry

In the far corner, a tenor began to sing, Zsadist's crystal-clear voice sailing up toward the warrior paintings on the ceiling far,…

— J.R. Ward

This guy kept telling us that rock was the big thing, everyone's talking about the big thing, our band was the big…

— Terry Kath

In the game, you've got some people who've got money, but their music is kind of off, their music is garbage. Then,…

— Young Dolph

If the melody is telling me this is what the song is about, then I'm sort of forced into confession, autobiography or…

— Ben Folds

It was only supposed to be on WCW compilation; on that wrestling compilation. And for that I thought it was good. And…

— Kerry King

In case you're wondering whether I lip synch, the answer is no... people think so because I sound so good.

— Lady Gaga

The record companies don't give you a chance, like in the old days when they went, 'Here's a pile of money. Go…

— Till Lindemann

I must have been five or six when I realised all the stuff I was writing made sense with what I was…

— Mabel

I love when people get songs wrong. I love when people take something from a song that's totally not what I intended!

— Richard Marx

It's quite funny that, 20 years ago, one would have thought putting out a fragrance would [negatively] affect your musical credibility. Now…

— Bryan Ferry

I don't much like 'Wonderwall,' but the effect that song has on people, I can't deny it.

— Noel Gallagher

I think you get a lot of influence from what your parents play around you. So I always loved country, R&B and…

— Gabby Barrett

What keeps me going or keeps me wanting to do more music is just knowing that I can provide for my family.

— Amine

I don't think we should speak so much. What if we were singing a song? We split, whilst singing.

— Jean Gabin

I could write songs on the beach, but the interior darkness, we have it all. We have it.

— Tarja Turunen

As a person who has a pretty short attention span I think of music like that, completely. That's why I can quite…

— Thighpaulsandra

Bob Dylan tends not to have geographical or chronological markers that tie a song to any specific context, so they stay alive,…

— Richard F. Thomas

I remember coming home from school - I couldn't wait to get to the piano so I could play and practice.

— McCoy Tyner

I love writing songs for other people, and it's an honor when someone records your songs.

— Ryan Hurd

I had an all-Fear of Music iPod, just versions of the 11 songs from the record. No other songs allowed.

— Jonathan Lethem

Rock bands don't really swing... a lot of rock is stiff. They don't understand the feel, the movement, you know, the jungle…

— Malcolm Young

I studied with Seymour Rosenfeld, who was first trumpeter of the Philadelphia Orchestra.

— Frankie Avalon

Music has always been an important thing to me in my life and understand I've worked in the music business.

— Taylor Hackford

Not only is your story worth telling, but it can be told in words so painstakingly eloquent that it becomes a song.

— Gloria Naylor

Producers like to record all the drums first, then they do the bass, then all the guitars, so you're constantly moving from…

— Noel Gallagher

The chief trouble with jazz is that there is not enough of it; some of it we have to listen to twice.

— Don Herold

'Immortalized' is hopefully what music does for everyone in terms of emotions, in terms of experiences, in terms of being people who…

— David Draiman

By the time I was about 15, I was out playing gigs and knew I was going to be a musician.

— Kamasi Washington