Song Quotes · Page 680

That's something we really enjoy - incorporating things that don't ordinarily find people breaking into song.

— Ron Mael

The youngest metal kids are less impressed by tradition, so you get metal that encompasses everything. It's not a defining kind of…

— Ian Christe

I think that virtuosity is the first sign of morality in a musician. It means you're serious enough to practice.

— Wynton Marsalis

I'm surprised that we're around still. A lot of the bands that we came out with are not around.

— Mike McCready

The intent of Slayer's musical and lyrical content has always been selfish. We feel very strongly about the importance of staying true…

— Jeff Hanneman

I don't write songs thinking about formats, where is it going to get played, who am I gonna please, what's the outlet…

— Kid Rock

There was a time when melody was the most important feature in any song. But with time, music underwent a major transition.

— Kumar Sanu

My kids love vinyl, I had to teach them how to put the needle on the records. Now they're worried about scratching…

— Simon Le Bon

There's such a currency to Led Zeppelin, or the members of Led Zeppelin. If I put it to you this way, on…

— Jimmy Page

I was pretty young when my folks were playing those kinds of records, '70s rock and psychedelic stuff. So I just remember…

— Borns

When I write a song, I see a tunnel, and then the chorus is an open space, or the bassline is doing…

— Bjork

Those emotions that are really strong, the ones that inspire a song, you can hold onto that. You can let it marinate…

— Frankie Cosmos

My brother has a tendency to get quite lyrical when he writes music; he gets so romantic, it's borderline. I make it…

— Josephine de La Baume

Nothing has really changed. We had bootleg albums in the '60s and today we have Internet file sharing. They just found a…

— Richie Havens

Ambient means the natural center or atmosphere of a space. All music has that in it- a space or center. I think…

— Bill Laswell

Dad bought me a toy drum one Christmas and I eventually destroyed it. I wanted a real drum and he bought me…

— Keith Thibodeaux

The music and the message, to me, is something that is imperative and that's what drives me know.

— Robert Davi

“If some musicians put half as much effort in to the business side as they do their outer look and appearances, they…

— Loren Weisman

I'm sure there are people who say like, "I was wearing weird emo eyeliner," but there's something pretty embarrassing about the jazz…

— Nick Kroll

I wanted to be the greatest woman guitarist alive. I had fantasies about being a female Jimi Hendrix.

— Phoebe Snow

Every album that I've attempted, I suppose, has been different - it's bound to be.

— Jimmy Page

By the second time I sang by myself in school, I just realized that I was more in control of my environment…

— Seinabo Sey

Using something that is really painful, generally, as the percussive element for a beat, I think is cool.

— Daveed Diggs

I thought I sang - it's OK - it's so hard to sing! Singing - I had no idea. I'd get fatigued…

— Bradley Cooper

When you're writing with an artist or for an artist, you have to help them serve their vision. That's the cool part…

— Chris Stapleton

I think people are too hard on the Pistols. The Pistols started the whole punk thing and never saw much money.

— Gavin Rossdale

I don't particularly fall in love with my own compositions, but some of them are decent.

— George Benson

All record companies want big-selling records, and my music is a little too raw for commercial success.

— J. J. Cale

In both pop and disco, the meaning of the lyrics is not too important. I have nothing I feel I particularly want…

— Giorgio Moroder

“If anybody can appreciate fine music, it's me. I mean who else can hit multiple octaves with their armpits?”

— Jarod Kintz

Most of the lyrics are rooted in my own experiences. But there is some sheer fabrication.

— Max Tundra

Music is my life, and the words inspire my personal feelings and makes who I am today today

— Rob Lloyd

Handel is the greatest composer that ever lived... I would uncover my head and kneel down on his tomb.

— Ludwig van Beethoven

Written on these walls are the colours that I can't change Leave my heart open but it stays right here in its…

— Niall Horan

“ Music is pleasant not only because of the sound of many voices, but because of the silence that is in it. ”

— Karen Russell

The loyalty rate isn't that high. I could have a big hit, then put out the next single, and they say, Oh…

— Lenny Kravitz

“Be music always. Keep changing the keys, tones, pitch, and volume of each of the songs you create along your life's journey…

— Suzy Kassem

It's like... to make a good record - I don't care who you are - it takes a long time and a…

— Devin Townsend

I really don't know whether any place contains more pianists than Paris, or whether you can find more asses and virtuosos anywhere.

— Frederic Chopin

If you don't want to be the biggest band in the world, you may as well pack it in.

— Noel Gallagher