Song Quotes · Page 595

I went to the studio, and I freestyled 'Beautiful' in, like, an hour and a half, and I threw it up, and…

— Bazzi

I'd like to hear them be a bit more creative, though. I've heard 'you're a sieve, you stink' my whole life and…

— Ryan Miller

Music is a very strong force when it comes to making a difference, as well as entertaining, soothing, and encouraging.

— Philip Bailey

I love to sing. I never had any formal training. My mother is a singer, and I picked up listening to her.

— Nimrat Kaur

I actually have a lot of couples coming & telling me that one of my songs was instrumental in strengthening their romance.

— Shreya Ghoshal

I'm very, very open to experimenting with different people and trying to find different methods of writing and making music.

— Paul Weller

People get out of music what they want to get out of it, and all I try to do is do the…

— Tim McGraw

Records don't have to be perfect. Everyone doesn't have to move left when everyone else moves left. I love hearing the mistakes.

— Josh Homme

In the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra we play such a diversity of music, with 10 arrangers in the band, we don't…

— Wynton Marsalis

'Music Is Worth Living For' is an exaltation of my love for music itself. It's also me pleading with myself to recognize…

— Andrew W.K

Listen to the late Isaac Hayes covering 'Walk on By' by Burt Bacharach or Mayfield singing The Carpenters' vanilla-seeming 'We've Only Just…

— Kevin Young

That's what I find with any good song, you just have to let it happen. Out of about twenty songs you might…

— Mick Ralphs

I play and I've played in heavy bands, but when I write for myself, I don't particularly feel like writing huge rock…

— James Iha

“When I wrote this song I felt pretty unoriginal because everybody writes love songs, and everybody feels like their love is the…

— Tegan Quin

The violin has always been important for me. My mom was a single mom and we moved around a lot, and so…

— Amanda Shires

The moment I read the lyrics, I question if I'll be able to play it before my mom and sister. I've often…

— Devi Sri Prasad

Poison is one of the first, if not the first, truly independent bands to sell 3 million copies of our first record.…

— Bret Michaels

If I had to compare myself to another artist, I wouldn't. I feel like my lyrics are really strong. I'm good at…

— Bryson Tiller

I wonder sometimes whether that's why I threw myself so much into music, because it was a place where I felt confident…

— Griff

I don't like heroin, unless you're a jazz musician and then you have to be on it because jazz is the sound…

— John Waters

I really like working with unique and unknown artists, as they usually bring something fresh to a song.

— Zedd

I don't know what I could do besides sing but I'm not worried because I figure I've got the rest of my…

— Michael Jackson

Songs can be Trojan horses, taking charged ideas and sneaking past the ego's defenses and into the open mind.

— John Mayer

I'm recording freely, and if I make a song, I release it immediately, so I'm more likely to believe in one song…

— Chuck D

“If music can ever restore a lost past, then this was the moment. Redemption! We do crave it. But music is different:…

— Arthur Phillips

“Ambient music” is the term used today for “atmospheric” background music usually intended for relaxation or meditation.”

— Merriam-Webster

I dont really take anything from home except some U.S. magazines and books and definitely some U.S. music. There are just certain…

— A. J. McLean

In truth, inspiration comes from anyone who creates music with great soul and great essence.

— Melody Gardot

I don't listen to music. I very rarely listen to music. I only listen for information. I listen when a friend sends…

— John Oates

I love collecting guitars, even though I can't play well. My favourite guitarists are Richie Blackmore, Jimmy Paige, and John Mayer.

— Kiefer Sutherland

I really feel like I found myself, and when I found myself, I found the music along with it.

— Lauren Alaina

I'd like to do a pop album with an R and B influence. I definitely want to have those big ballads with…

— Pia Toscano

When a rap song glorifies violence, death and sadness and loss is inflicted because of the violence.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I grew up listening to so much different pop and stuff other than just aggressive music.

— Chino Moreno

I've always been a fan of Buddy Guy as a guitarist, as well as Stevie Ray Vaughan and those blues guys. I'd…

— Chris Carmack

Music is like wine, it ages beautifully - and if you spend enough time you can just sit there and listen to…

— Jim Root

I found my sound through exploring. I was in the studio yelling, going low, trying things, and that's how I found that…

— A Boogie wit da Hoodie

We're heavily influenced by '90s pop punk bands like Green Day, Good Charlotte, and Yellowcard.

— Calum Hood

The Voice Chamber hatches a new and healthy experience of the vibrational universe

— W.A. Mathieu

Jim Morrison's very good looking, but I don't like this version of the song. The Feliciano version is better.

— Maurice Gibb