Song Quotes · Page 700

I've always sang a little like a 16-year-old girl, but even Ann-Margret stopped after a while and brought it down a bit.

— Leslie Jordan

“sing all the same, the voice doesn't matter, its the reason behind the singing that does”

— Ohadugha Golden O

If you've got a verse with a lot of rhythm, you want to pair it with something that doesn't.

— Max Martin

I probably listen to more instrumental music than music with lyrics, but at the same time I do love both.

— Flume

All comics want to be musicians. There's a part of me that wants to be a serious musician. I love songs about…

— Sarah Silverman

I can't sing, like, I can't saaang. I'm no Luther! That to me is singing. Being able to hit a note doesn't…

— Michael Ealy

These days, you're always surrounded by music and sounds, whether you're in the mall or a subway car.

— Ludwig Goransson

Jazz musicians are so comfortable. The reason they can't do what we do is because they're so comfortable doin' what they do.

— Miles Davis

Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart. The nearer I approach the end, the plainer I hear…

— Victor Hugo

Right at the end of the war I wrote a piano sonata, which was written at a time when Sam Barber used…

— Elliott Carter

I'm onstage for an hour.I do an hour of stand-up. Actually, I do 10 minutes standing up and 50 minutes sitting in…

— George Burns

One of the tracks that I have is Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - by the way, that's Bach's second son - Emanuel…

— Mahan Esfahani

“Life is a song - sing it. Life is a game - play it. Life is a challenge - meet it. Life…

— Sai Baba

It was the 'Gaucho' album that finished us off. We had pursued an idea beyond the point where it was practical. That…

— Walter Becker

Video is a funny thing. It's one thing to be an artist, singer-songwriter, and use words and create pictures in people's minds.…

— Melissa Etheridge

I start with the subject matter I want to write about. Then I make a musical base for that and create an…

— Midge Ure

I don't really want to force anyone to feel a specific way, but if they can keep their body and mind "floating"…

— Hiromi

Radio is paid by advertising. They decide what songs to play that'll keep people listening. And that's what promoters and the Classic…

— George Thorogood

Sticking to our guns creatively is the only way we'll ever survive as a band and be happy.

— Ted Dwane

I love Les Beaux Peeps. Everyone in that band works together really well. I used to go out to see bands a…

— Clea DuVall

“Seven fine broads are at his side. They sing songs of the Mexican Revolution which they learned from their grandmothers”

— Oscar Zeta Acosta

I've never written a political song. Songs can't save the world. I've gone through all that.

— Bob Dylan

I got this autographed championship jersey from Ron Artest and it says, 'To Alchemist, the producer of 'Veterans Memorial,' the best song…

— The Alchemist

I hate playing the piano! And it's so hard to fight for Beethoven's soul! But that's what I have to do!

— Charles Hazlewood

You've got certain guys that just want to be famous and then you've got the real musicians that just love playing music.

— Zakk Wylde

As a songwriter, you always look for guys that you can write good with. Show up, have an idea, knock it out…

— Jon Pardi

I can put on 'Revolver' or 'Led Zeppelin II' and then 'Tell the Truth' and there is no quality gap.

— Billy Squier

I play a little but also like to keep the guitars around for when friends come over.

— Rande Gerber

I saw an interview with Jay-Z where he said he didn't write down any of his lyrics, so I tried that.

— Travis Morrison

We are a metal band, period. To me, the 'nu' part infers some sort of a rap influence.

— David Draiman

Early on in my career, I was really into the volume pedal techniques that somebody like Steve Howe or Alex Lifeson would…

— John Petrucci

I stay way from that area, and there's only so many songs you can write about love, sex and death.

— Peter Steele

I'm not known as a singer, but in life I like to do things that are a bit beyond my reach to…

— George Hamilton

I'm really into Sweet 75 right now, and I dig playing Nirvana, don't get me wrong. Even if Kurt never died, more…

— Krist Novoselic

I think that I can't help but put my personal pain in my music because there's a lot of it. That's my…

— Bibi Bourelly

The song 'Stick'? That needed to be chunky and sexy. It's human. It's human to be the girl in 'Stick' and feel…

— Banks

I'll listen to the same song on repeat for hours because I'm so in love with it, then I can never listen…

— Anonymous

There are definitely some songs more than others where I feel like I'm reliving a moment in time.

— Maisie Peters

There are times, like with Dire Straits, where you can get as close as you can be to being good at your…

— Taylor Goldsmith

I don't know, I just got a feeling about her. You know when a song comes on and you just gotta dance?

— Ryan Gosling