Song Quotes · Page 582

Music is part of the tantra, the dance of life. Before your eyes, before your awareness, is the procession of eternity.

— Frederick Lenz

My music is a reflection of what I really love to listen to, pop, dance, mid tempo dance and ballads.

— RuPaul

Though 'KK' is an urban film and has more scope for fast-paced numbers, I've made sure that there's a bit of melody…

— Vidyasagar

You have a wine tasting of different years, and we're sort of doing that with our music, giving them a taste of…

— Jonathan Cain

To most white people, jazz means black and jazz means dirt, and that's not what I play. I play black classical music.

— Nina Simone

If you notice in my own films the blending of songs is distinct. They narrate stories and scenes.

— Gulzar

I'd love to play bass with Parliament Funkadelic, but I can't play bass, so I don't think that's going to happen.

— Anthony Bourdain

Your own music comes out of your head and emotions, but it's not etched in your system.

— Keith Jarrett

I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with…

— Patrick Rothfuss

I suspect that we might actually start selling some records with these artists in about 10 years. Some the people who invested,…

— Branford Marsalis

I don't think, like, 'I've got to sell so many records here, or so many records there.' That's the record label's job.…

— Corinne Bailey Rae

The harpsichord was actually ideologically considered a very questionable instrument in that period, much like I think it's ideologically considered suspect today…

— Mahan Esfahani

One of the coolest moments for me is still when Kenny G came back to a venue to find me and personally…

— Antoniette Costa

I think the Control has really opened up the music to a whole new audience. I've met kids recently, kids of people…

— Orian Williams

“Or is it that alongside this track runs other lines - repetitions, variations, contradictions - echoes of all those lives we failed…

— Alan Bilton

I used to personally dread writing lyrics. Because I never really understood how to do it. And for some reason, in this…

— Leisha Hailey

Me, l'm a weird person, so my music is kind of weird, but l want my music to be weird.

— Denzel Curry

Well, I guess my unease with that is... I'm always a little uneasy with that phrase - smooth jazz, as opposed to…

— David Sanborn

I'm never gonna be a Carlos Santana - an instrumentalist. I just like songs. It's three minutes of something that can be…

— Steve Forbert

Most of my lyrics are little stories about my experiences or those of my friends.

— Sade Adu

You listen to your favorite song just until you're almost getting sick of it, and then it's so fun to rediscover it…

— Anna Kendrick

I dont think we're the type of band people look at and say, 'I want to grow up to be just like…

— Billy Corgan

Our industry [classic music] has kind of retarded into this kind of endless cover-producing thing, and it's a pity.

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

I was such a massive fan of all the '60s pop bands, but if I had to single out one band, it…

— Paul Weller

Of course, we haven't spoke to anybody at Island Records about this yet, but you should go ahead and print this, because…

— Pete Wentz

If I had not kissed anyone, or danced with anyone, or had a reason to cry, the music made me feel as…

— Lavinia Greenlaw

When I'm working on my music, I take special care to make sure the sound is perfect.

— Yo Gotti

I'll have to get people to write songs for me right now until my own writing comes around.

— Andy Gibb

We were at the dark end of the L.A. punk scene, and that scene was full-on and violent and aggressive and wild…

— Flea

I watch movies and hang with my family, go shopping, love to cuddle with my dog, Happy, & write songs with my guitar!

— Megan Lee

I've never written songs, I've never brought any songs to System, but as far as arranging, I've always had arrangement ideas.

— John Dolmayan

“Miranda's mom had taught her that while eyes were important, music was the real window to someone's soul.”

— Gwenda Bond

It's so crazy to see people singing along to songs that aren't even released yet. I'm like, 'How do you even know…

— Seinabo Sey

It was sort of an experiment to try to leave the violin. Can I be a real person without this thing? It…

— Caroline Shaw

“I believe that a person's taste in music tells you a lot about them. In some cases, it tells you everything you…

— Leila Sales

Whenever society gets too stifling and the rules too complex, there's some sort of musical explosion.

— Slash

In 2004, I don't think any Silver Jews fan was probably expecting another record.

— David Berman

All the sexy girls all across the world working hard to get they cash. Shawty this yo anthem gone and shake yo…

— Roscoe Dash

I learnt from Armstrong on the early recordings that you never sang a song the same way twice.

— Van Morrison

I'm a person of change and I must be honest to my artistry and my creativity. That's part of the word 'jazz'...…

— Maynard Ferguson