Song Quotes · Page 662

I was about 16 when punk started to happen... It felt like you had this naive idea that you could change things…

— Boy George

Christians and Jews alike are the new exiles of the contemporary world, struggling with how to sing the Lord's song in a…

— David Novak

Music lives in me. Life is a song to me. I have the gift of rhyme, and I'm always trying to write…

— Dolly Parton

Many classical musicians lack pulse and rhythmical strength and precision, so for us it was very important to acquire and learn those.

— Luka Sulic

I appreciate when people listen to the sad songs, because it's almost like telling someone your problems and having them listen with…

— Jhene Aiko

I carry my finger pick around all the time now, because it reminds me that I want to keep playing guitar.

— Monica Barbaro

“Someday, you will take the notebook that has awaited you forever and begin to construct your walls of song and then, leap…

— María Negroni

Songwriting has become such a big part of what I do that emotions and the melodies that accompany them blur into one.

— Kevin Parker

I've written a lot of wordy, erudite, pretentious songs, but believe it or not, I'm usually doing my damnedest to resist the…

— Peter Blegvad

“Something is conscious of us. It listens as it plays upon the instruments that we are. It takes delight in the cacophony,…

— Dielle Ciesco

In every generation, politicians let us down, but music can lift us above the fighting and the mistakes. It does not offer…

— Stephen Hough

And once the music is out there, when you're selling a record and selling music and people are going to do whatever…

— Patrick Carney

I can understand why rock stars are rock stars and why they play in front of people because the buzz that you…

— Aaron Taylor-Johnson

You noodle around with tempo and sound until you get the perfect fit for that particular song, and then, so long as…

— Wilfrid Sheed

The musician - if he be a good one - finds his own perception prompted by the poet's perception, and he translates…

— John Drinkwater

I always wanted to have a headphone line but I feel like I'm going to do more than just headphones eventually, but…

— DJ Khaled

Music has always enhanced our experience of life on earth by seeming to give us access to something larger than ourselves -…

— Tom Junod

I didn't say I wasn't gonna do rockabilly. I just said I ain't gonna sing no song that ain't a country song.…

— Buck Owens

I write a song because I want to. I think the moment you start writing it to make money, you're starting to…

— Pete Seeger

It is true I've written songs for other performers; I've worked with Tricky, Tears for Fears, A1, HearSay among others.

— Chesney Hawkes

The Queen and Electric Light Orchestra harmonies are so distinct and fit in our songs so well sometimes, but we don't know…

— Nate Ruess

Music is a part of my life all the time - on the plane, before matches, driving out to the court.

— Maria Sharapova

There have been highs and lows in my career. But everything to do with 'Raindrops' has virtually been perfect... I feel lucky…

— B. J. Thomas

But when I hear a great song, I can't help but be inspired by it, regardless of whatever genre that song falls…

— Taylor Swift

If you look at the content of songs people write, it's usually about the things they know best.

— Nick Rhodes

“Poetry is a song without music. A song without music is like a body without a soul.”

— Patrick Rothfuss

I don't want to go on tour and have everyone just sitting there waiting for one song.

— Mac Miller

I'm not full of malice, but I do dislike Neil Diamond a lot, and I'm sorry that I've done a Neil Diamond…

— Robert Wyatt

Music is entertainment, and we need that in order not to fall into the pit of despair.

— Varg Vikernes

I get my inspiration from a lot of bands actually. I really like AC/DC, Nirvana, Led Zeppelin and new bands. I like…

— Bea Miller

“Listening to music, I realized, was simply the pleasure of counting without realizing you were counting.”

— Matt Haig

What makes us so different from anything else is we're a rock band with a boy band fanbase.

— Luke Hemmings

I listen to a pretty wide variety of albums so as to get influenced by nothing particular.

— William Beckett

I love the music, I love who I am. So that is the driving force to make everything else work.

— Xzibit

I realized music is the most important thing to me and I love writing songs, and I think I had more to…

— Chad Gilbert

Music speaks to people in a way that breaks down boundaries that words and actions sometimes can't.

— Dan Reynolds

I don't write songs for myself anymore. I only write songs on assignment. It's purely a business, but it is still so…

— Alan Menken

The Fat Mattress consisted of people I'd played with before joining the 'Experience and it was put together as a song writing…

— Noel Redding

At this very early stage in my career, I want people to experience the music first and let it drive their imagination…

— Aubrie Sellers

So alone, just me and an instrumental. They say my music ain't normal, must be something up with my mental.

— Kid Cudi