Song Quotes · Page 632

But the approach to recording this album was kind of an organized, chaotic approach where I wanted to maintain and preserve that…

— Vanessa Carlton

I'm the most indecisive person in the world. I'll do three versions of a song, then think, "Is the demo better?"

— Marc Almond

Do noble things, not dream them all day long: And so make Life, Death, and the vast Forever one grand, sweet song.

— Charles Kingsley

I've always been in music. I started out in music, and I will continue to do music.

— Jacob Latimore

I still sing on bits and pieces. Singing's something that I love to do, but it's not something that I pursue as…

— Idris Elba

Kombucha' is a song about leaving someone who was awful for me and wanting no residual contact. Reclaiming my life and the…

— Matthew Koma

So you can play if you wanna nigga it's goin' down and I don't need a manager cuz I don't trust a…

— Yo Gotti

Hate and anger and disappointment and rage can be channeled in music into the most positive place.

— Brody Dalle

Backstage at the Grand Ole Opry, I got on my knees and told her that I was going to marry her some…

— Johnny Cash

“The compact disc may now be outdated technology, but a lot of music albums are still released on CD. A standard 700-megabyte…

— Matt Parker

... Albert Lee and I have become real close friends, and he comes out anytime I'm in the L.A. area, and he'll…

— Brad Paisley

My truth is relevant and my songs are relevant, but I have to recalibrate myself and speed up my vibrations so that…

— Erykah Badu

There was this kind of dictatorship of the Darmstadt school, composers like Boulez and Stockhausen, who were very strict and orthodox. They…

— Krzysztof Penderecki

I've always thought that whether I'm writing or not, I've gotta pick the best songs, whether or not they're mine. I'm not…

— George Strait

I never got lessons. I took influence from Chet Baker, Ian Dury, and Joe Strummer. I don't hear my voice and think,…

— King Krule

When I composed, I heard my music played by the orchestra within days of completion of the score. No master at a…

— Andre Previn

I say the same thing about the death of James Wait. "Oh, well -- he wasn't going to write the Beethoven's Ninth…

— Kurt Vonnegut

My dad played some guitar, and both my parents are fans of music and have huge record collections.

— Zacky Vengeance

There's always a message in my music, you just gotta be able to just sit there and be open-minded.

— E-40

It's always a mixture of fiction and your own story. It's more I recreate atmospheres and moods through songs.

— Keren Ann

I think my favorite Rolling Stones song is "No Expectations." I always think and talk through songs.

— Ragnar Kjartansson

When I first got signed, I used to literally pick up a pen and pad. Write bars in my notes, even whole…

— Jeremih

Time crawls on when you're waiting for the song to start so dance along to the beat of your heart - The…

— Anonymous

You put a song on the record or on tape and you stop singing it. You just don't sit around and sing…

— Rick Danko

I was in the back of the car with my girlfriend, the Rascals came on the radio and I realized their song…

— Steven Van Zandt

Music is my life… the lyrics are my story... for each time I hear the beats, I begin to live again

— Mercy Pheona

We have high expectations and a high level of standard we try to reach in everything we do. Ideas get through if…

— James Righton

During our first meeting, Tony Iommi was a great jazz guitarist, his capabilities cover all styles - Black Sabbath has even narrowed…

— Geezer Butler

I love finding songs, going through them, tearing them apart, and seeing if I can find anything wrong with them.

— Randy Travis

It's always nice to be able to capture your life's experiences in a song and hold the emotion in that way.

— James Blunt

“Don't die with your music still in you, play your music unencumbered. Should your guitar remain unstrung?”

— Sravani Saha Nakhro

Social justice has always been a part of my inspiration. For example, when the Vietnam War was going on, I wrote a…

— Jimmy Cliff

I've never done songs with people just for the sake of the great combination. I've always done songs with friends.

— Kid Rock

My third song I put out, it got a lot of shares on Facebook. I'm like 'OK, they digging it.'

— GloRilla

The song is very light-hearted, it's just a bit of fun. For a couple of tracks [the rest of the band] let…

— Brendon Urie

I was once sitting on a tube, and someone was playing my song so loudly through their ear phones next to me.…

— Sam Smith

Everybody wants to write a hit song, but in Nashville people want to write the best song, which was my original intention…

— Melissa Manchester

Oberst is one of those musicians that some people hate in a visceral, biological way.

— Ben Dolnick

I have never acknowledged the difference between serious music and light music. There is only good music and bad music.

— Kurt Weill

It's weird talking about the album as a living being with its own thoughts and direction, especially if you're the one creating…

— Jens Lekman