Song Quotes · Page 551

I am not a trained singer, but when I was offered to sing for 'LPNY,' I took it up as a challenge.

— Aditi Rao Hydari

The very first song I ever wrote was called 'I See Between The Trees,' when I was 9. It was really bad.

— Little Simz

I think most people now listen to different genres when they have different moods. I know I certainly do.

— Doug Walters

Beethoven in c minor has come to symbolize his artistic character...where he seems to be most impatient of any compromise.

— Charles Rosen

I didn't read this book--I inhaled it. This a terrific new take on a great old rock n roll story, a clash…

— William McKeen

Just trying to make my music as good as possible and to keep performing and just keep moving.

— Steve Miller

There's not much longevity in music today. It's so easy to go in, put some pretentious lyrics on, with people saying the…

— Patti LaBelle

Basically every song on modern metal albums follows a formula and you get that formula in between one to three tracks.

— Mat McNerney

My concept of successful living is escaping the matrix, as we've talked about. It has very little to do with what people…

— Lauryn Hill

In a studio situation, I'm able to dig deep and come up with stuff that all the guys think fits the vibe…

— Synyster Gates

The business of making music is changing so radically because of the Internet. It's become a lot more democratic in one respect,…

— John Rzeznik

I felt like I plateaued at playing drums, like I wasn't getting any better. I bought an electric pair of drums, sold…

— Murda Beatz

A man once asked me, what's punk? I kicked over a trash can and said that's punk. He kicked over a trash…

— Billie Joe Armstrong

Vocally and stylistically, we'd have different kinds of songs come on the radio, and people didn't realize it was the same band.…

— Steve Lukather

I have a really weird relationship with myself where I'll say, "Do it, do it!" and then, "I don't want to do…

— Grimes

And in "Elbow Room" the cast sings the glories of westward expansion in the United States, which involved the murder of native…

— Tim Wise

The decline of the major labels has changed the audience. They aren't force-fed by a system any more. They can make their…

— John Oates

With iTunes and Spotify and Pandora and this and that, you don't need to buy CDs any more.

— Sergio Garcia

I just want to play for the people, give my new sound to them, and encourage them and be encouraged by people.

— Narada Michael Walden

Each culture might lend its own dialect, but above all that is the language of music itself, and it doesn't care about…

— Geoff Zanelli

It could be thousands of people or just two, but I can't hide behind anything when I am singing my own songs.

— Syesha Mercado

I think within our music there is a real strong idea of search, search for identity, search for place, search for time,…

— Jim Kerr

My mother was this force of nature when it came to both communication with people and the whole of learning music. She's…

— Jacob Collier

I do music for the love of it, and I've been doing it from a very young age: about 11.

— Wyclef Jean

I feel in my heart it is right to continue to kneel during the national anthem, and I will do whatever I…

— Megan Rapinoe

The national anthem blows. Are you kidding me? Do any of you have it on your iPod?

— Daniel Tosh

I think we have to assume we have one life. Though, having said that, I did write a song called 'You Only…

— Leslie Bricusse

I know all the songs that the cowboys know'bout the big corral where the doggies go,'Cause I learned them all on the…

— Johnny Mercer

Music is so hard. It's a struggle to get people to care. It's hard to make an impact in today's world because…

— Juliana Hatfield

I suspect music is auditory cheesecake, an exquisite confection crafted to tickle the sensitive spots of... our mental faculties.

— Steven Pinker

Sometimes, after I finish the lyrics and have all the melodies and harmonies and the pop and vocal, I'll be like, 'I…

— Sia

What Ive learned is that music affects the way you feel. A song can change someones life.

— David Archuleta

The highest reaches of music come thrillingly close to the central core and essence of life itself.

— Leopold Stokowski

I'm kind of the town pump. I think I have a pretty good ear for what sounds good in this style.

— Michael McKean

As our team leader and arbiter of all that is good, I must say: I don't think that song is good enough…

— Glee

I don't want to have a song like 'My Humps' and it be sagging down, so I pay attention to that area.…

— Fergie

The harmonious efforts which our guitarists produce unconsciously represent one of the marvels of natural art.

— Manuel de Falla

The most beautiful music in the world is your own heartbeat, it assures you that you will survive even when the whole…

— InsaneInsomniac

You're like the lyrics to my favorite song, hard to forget, and always on my mind.

— Anonymous

I think I will just use guitar as backing. I'm not doing a traditional folk thing, but a contemporary thing-my own version…

— Cat Stevens