Song Quotes · Page 691

I pick up Lucille and then ping out those funny sounds that sound good to me, you know. Sometimes I get to…

— BB King

I very rarely sit down with a guitar and try to write a song. I usually think about it a lot and…

— Sune Rose Wagner

Being on Ozzfest has been a great way for us to break out and show metal fans that we have a heavy…

— Adam Rich

I don't really like Nirvana that much. Sorry, promotional people, Universal. I'm more into Mercury Rev, Oasis, Brian Jonestown Massacre.

— Frances Bean Cobain

Once the jazz musician learns all the fundamentals they can keep track of a lot of choices in an instant.

— Sheena Iyengar

I grew up in East Germany, and we were short on technology. So my father was really proud to be the owner…

— Apparat

It's really cool when, in every genre of music, you can listen to a song and know what era it was from.

— Kelsea Ballerini

It is the power of music to carry one directly into the mental state of the composer.

— Ludwig van Beethoven

I'm sort of an 'automatic' writer. I'm not much for chiseling away at songs or working at them for days trying to…

— Leon Russell

I like to bring my audience on a journey during my 90 minute concert. I will tell stories every few songs about…

— Don McLean

When I listen to a song, I don't say, 'Oh my gosh, that vocal line she sang was the best thing I…

— Taylor Swift

“♫ Music is the one thing on this earth that allows us to be truly free. Music has no boundaries or rules…

— Harry

I call it sacred geometry. When everything's just right and it feels really balanced, so that when it unfolds to the next…

— Jason Mraz

If a professional musician in a symphony orchestra is playing Beethoven. But this particular orchestra have played this particular chestnut so many…

— Robert Fripp

You know, songs often have a very coloured past. They might have something about them but it still doesn't work, so someone…

— Kylie Minogue

The music I really like to get off on is the old rhythm 'n' blues and rock 'n' roll stuff... that's what…

— Van Morrison

I write blatantly obvious songs with blatantly obvious details, and then I'm like NO! when they find out, I dunno what's wrong…

— Taylor Swift

You can argue with a philosopher, but you can’t argue with a good song. And I think I’ve got a few good…

— Cat Stevens

Beethoven's reputation is based entirely on gossip. The middle Beethoven represents a supreme example of a composer on an ego trip.

— Glenn Gould

Sometimes, the simple messages are the best thing music can do, really. Sometimes, songs can stir people up, motivate them to make…

— Jack Johnson

That's one of my struggles as a hip-hop artist. If I feel like doing a super conscious song where I don't even…

— SonReal

“Judy Collins sings about in “The Blizzard,” or read Alice Walker’s essay “My Father’s Country Is the Poor.” Each”

— Gloria Steinem

I want to grow as an artist, and I'm taking a step out. I want my music to mature.

— Justin Bieber

Songs are not better just because they're emotionally honest. To write a song well, you have to put some work into it…

— Jakob Dylan

I'm always trying to experiment and come up with new palettes of sound and new combinations of music that you haven't really…

— Ludwig Goransson

The only 'anti-fascist' song that makes any sense to me is the Beatles' 'Love Is All You Need', because, quite simply, it's…

— Penny Rimbaud

For people who write songs, it's a gift you're given. You become good at the craft, but you're given the gift.

— Chris Martin

I feel like I'm waving the flag for musicianship, trying to bring back bands that can play.

— Jonathan Davis

'Haaye ve' is special to me because it is about unconditional love. The song is that when you love someone you can…

— Ammy Virk

This was the reason there was music, he realized. There were some feelings that didn't have words big enough to describe them.

— Jodi Picoult

I've sort of decided that I can settle for being just the artist, arranger, writer and part-time engineer. That seems like enough…

— Tom Scholz

I play acoustic when I need to play acoustic, and I say I'm probably a better acoustic player than I am electric.

— Joe Bonamassa

But this isn’t like anything I’ve ever seen, or imagined, or even dreamed: This is like music or dancing but better than…

— Lauren Oliver

Happy Song' is a sarcastic open letter to the world about how we use superficial and trivial things to ignore the real…

— Oliver Sykes

I think that's the way to go - dive into the music and don't think, stay frozen, why don't we all stay…

— Carlos Alomar

As far as guitar picking, if I make the same mistakes at the same time every day, people will start calling it…

— John Prine

I would hope my legacy would be bringing smiles to faces. Happiness with my music.

— Janet Jackson

I've only been blessed with one talent, unfortunately, and that's being able to sing a wee bit.

— Nadine Coyle

I'm a sucker for two things: Adam Lambert and songs that start out as emo as a sad episode of 'Felicity' and…

— Phoebe Robinson

I knew when I wrote the line "light-skinned friend look like Michael Jackson" [from the song "Slow Jamz"] I was going to…

— Kanye West