Song Quotes · Page 585

I'm not known as a singer, but in life I like to do things that are a bit beyond my reach to…

— George Hamilton

I'm really into Sweet 75 right now, and I dig playing Nirvana, don't get me wrong. Even if Kurt never died, more…

— Krist Novoselic

I stay way from that area, and there's only so many songs you can write about love, sex and death.

— Peter Steele

Around the house my parents played a lot of R&B and soul; Stevie Wonder, Mary J. Blige and Kirk Franklin.

— Griff

To the uneducated eye, as to the incurious mind, much of the world is in darkness, and a thousand songs are lost…

— Margaret Millar

I listen to Bill Stewart play the drums and when I have finished doing that, I listen to Bill Stewart.

— Bill Bruford

I don't know, I just got a feeling about her. You know when a song comes on and you just gotta dance?

— Ryan Gosling

In rock & roll heaven, there ARE drum solos, but only the drummers can hear them.

— Lin Brehmer

There were two things I discovered when I toured with Snoop. One was that the band was all jazz musicians. The second…

— Kamasi Washington

It was by listening to Goodman's band, that I began to notice the guitarist Charlie Christian, who was one of the first…

— Alvin Lee

I have only a couple of Super 6s now, but I do have quite a few black-face Fenders around the studio. They…

— Derek Trucks

When I was child, I saw the 'Ram Leela' performed on stage. Now there is the film 'Ram Leela,' and its maker…

— Yo Yo Honey Singh

I don't like to hurry. I'm not a conductor of the fast, fiery romantic type. I prefer Bruckner, with the sincerity of…

— Jeffrey Tate

From the stage, I can reach a large audience, and you learn from being on stage how much a song reaches, what…

— K'naan

This is a setback. You get back up, you dust yourself off, and you get back in the game. We had a…

— Don King

I've been able to find just as much interesting, exciting music through the Internet and iTunes... The personal interaction is not the…

— Colin Hanks

There are definitely some songs more than others where I feel like I'm reliving a moment in time.

— Maisie Peters

There are times, like with Dire Straits, where you can get as close as you can be to being good at your…

— Taylor Goldsmith

As a songwriter, you always look for guys that you can write good with. Show up, have an idea, knock it out…

— Jon Pardi

I can put on 'Revolver' or 'Led Zeppelin II' and then 'Tell the Truth' and there is no quality gap.

— Billy Squier

You've got certain guys that just want to be famous and then you've got the real musicians that just love playing music.

— Zakk Wylde

Early on in my career, I was really into the volume pedal techniques that somebody like Steve Howe or Alex Lifeson would…

— John Petrucci

I saw an interview with Jay-Z where he said he didn't write down any of his lyrics, so I tried that.

— Travis Morrison

I play a little but also like to keep the guitars around for when friends come over.

— Rande Gerber

We are a metal band, period. To me, the 'nu' part infers some sort of a rap influence.

— David Draiman

“Seven fine broads are at his side. They sing songs of the Mexican Revolution which they learned from their grandmothers”

— Oscar Zeta Acosta

I love Les Beaux Peeps. Everyone in that band works together really well. I used to go out to see bands a…

— Clea DuVall

Sticking to our guns creatively is the only way we'll ever survive as a band and be happy.

— Ted Dwane

Radio is paid by advertising. They decide what songs to play that'll keep people listening. And that's what promoters and the Classic…

— George Thorogood

I don't really want to force anyone to feel a specific way, but if they can keep their body and mind "floating"…

— Hiromi

I hate playing the piano! And it's so hard to fight for Beethoven's soul! But that's what I have to do!

— Charles Hazlewood

I got this autographed championship jersey from Ron Artest and it says, 'To Alchemist, the producer of 'Veterans Memorial,' the best song…

— The Alchemist

I've never written a political song. Songs can't save the world. I've gone through all that.

— Bob Dylan

I probably listen to more instrumental music than music with lyrics, but at the same time I do love both.

— Flume

All comics want to be musicians. There's a part of me that wants to be a serious musician. I love songs about…

— Sarah Silverman

If you've got a verse with a lot of rhythm, you want to pair it with something that doesn't.

— Max Martin

“sing all the same, the voice doesn't matter, its the reason behind the singing that does”

— Ohadugha Golden O

Jazz musicians are so comfortable. The reason they can't do what we do is because they're so comfortable doin' what they do.

— Miles Davis

These days, you're always surrounded by music and sounds, whether you're in the mall or a subway car.

— Ludwig Goransson

I can't sing, like, I can't saaang. I'm no Luther! That to me is singing. Being able to hit a note doesn't…

— Michael Ealy