Song Quotes · Page 686

So it was just a case of getting a bunch of songs that I had been writing for years but hadn't recorded…

— Richard Marx

There's a joy I get from collaborating with other artists, and there's a joy I get from making songs on my own.

— Rostam Batmanglij

Three months. I was playing the organ for three months. It was a challenge for me in the beginning.

— Jimmy Smith

I've spent my whole life trying to find out who I am, so I could express that through the music.

— Neil Diamond

I feel blessed and humbled that people have loved my music. Nothing would be possible without their acceptance.

— A. R. Rahman

As a kid, sometimes you have nobody to turn to. I could always go back to some of the sermons and talk…

— Curtis Mayfield

I don't know what any of my tunes are about, they're just out there. I'm not good with words. I just say…

— Liam Gallagher

Rock 'n' roll is a participatory sport. It ain't passive. It ain't TV. Go out there and rock 'n' roll and dance…

— Steven Van Zandt

Lina couldn't sleep at first, thinking of the old songs and what they meant. Someone, long ago, had hoped that at least…

— Jeanne DuPrau

Maybe its not the coolest thing when it comes to whats on top of the chart or whatever at that time, but…

— Dimebag Darrell

Florence Foster Jenkins was born in Pennsylvania in 1868 and left home because her father refused to allow her to fulfil her…

— Maureen Lipman

What distinguishes a mathematical model from, say, a poem, a song, a portrait or any other kind of "model," is that the…

— John L. Casti

I think the most important thing about what musicians do is the music. You can be as big an arsehole as you…

— Peter Hook

I feel like that for the next album, we're going to know what we're doing for each song even more than what…

— Theresa Wayman

That one record changed everything for me. After Sgt. Pepper, it's the most influential record in the history of rock and roll.…

— Roger Waters

At nineteen, it seems to me, one has a right to be arrogant; time has usually not begun its stealthy and rotten…

— Stephen King

Technology, publicity and sexuality have their place in music, but they are all subordinate to the pleasures and power of true vocal…

— Christopher John Farley

I like to play music, and I like to be funny, so I just do both at the same time.

— Christopher Guest

The way the mind decodes music is an individual mystery. But the physical circumstances can change the way you listen.

— Simon McBurney

My guitar sound pretty much came from discovering there was reverb on my little practice amp and really loving the mood it…

— Romy Madley Croft

As a songwriter, if you can touch people and make them feel a little less alone in the world, then you've done…

— Tom Cochrane

I listen to every type of music there is, and I also have a little girl, so I listen to ultra-fun Disney…

— Jamie Lynn Spears

But the rhythm of the mix tape is the rhythm of romance, the analog hum of a physical connection between two sloppy,…

— Rob Sheffield

I really enjoyed playing drums on 'Born Again.' It was a good feeling about being alive. There was a good energy there…

— Bill Ward

You can learn and enrich yourself through the process of knowing a different musical culture.

— Ludovico Einaudi

I'm as embarrassed as hell about it. I purged myself of my shame by buying the Beatles 'all you need is love',…

— Jon Snow

My first real experience with worship, I was 19. I was playing drums in the church band at a church in Phoenix,…

— Israel Houghton

As a producer, I'm an objective observer, helping a band form their ideas into a cohesive album. It's a step back from…

— Mark Hoppus

Certainly, jazz has become more of a niche, which is surprising, because it's our music. It's the national music of America.

— Renee Fleming

Everybody deserves a piece of where they live, in some type of fashion. Music is just my way of preserving that.

— DJ Premier

We're charging what we're worth and we don't think we're worth $22.50. We take a lower cut than Pearl Jam.

— Tre Cool

Here's the tragedy of the modern record business: It's radio. If you're not on radio, nobody really is going to hear you…

— Shirley Manson

Yes, there have been musicians on both sides of my family going back several generations.

— Bear McCreary

Strangely, I feel that I become increasingly reclusive in my normal life and more open and candid in my music.

— Mika

I can't believe we've got away with becoming this huge band. And we still haven't done anything I think is that good…

— Chris Martin

Every composer knows the anguish and despair occasioned by forgetting ideas which one had no time to write down.

— Hector Berlioz

I remember being a bathtub singer. You know, the type that sings and everybodys like, Shut up.

— Sean Paul

We really try to bring a really joyful and happy and uplifting experience through the songs, through the words, through the music.

— Susan Tedeschi

My day job is that I write songs for other artists and if I'm not on the road I'm in my studio.

— Chesney Hawkes

I love playing my music and I love sharing the music with people. But at the same time, it is pretty taxing.

— Jack Johnson