Song Quotes · Page 703

I'm a person of change and I must be honest to my artistry and my creativity. That's part of the word 'jazz'...…

— Maynard Ferguson

I never thought in my whole life of becoming a heavy metal singer, but it just happened because I took the challenge.

— Tarja Turunen

In 2004, I don't think any Silver Jews fan was probably expecting another record.

— David Berman

“I believe that a person's taste in music tells you a lot about them. In some cases, it tells you everything you…

— Leila Sales

Whenever society gets too stifling and the rules too complex, there's some sort of musical explosion.

— Slash

It was sort of an experiment to try to leave the violin. Can I be a real person without this thing? It…

— Caroline Shaw

It's so crazy to see people singing along to songs that aren't even released yet. I'm like, 'How do you even know…

— Seinabo Sey

“Miranda's mom had taught her that while eyes were important, music was the real window to someone's soul.”

— Gwenda Bond

I don't respond well to time pressure - when you're in the studio, with the clock ticking, and the record company's waiting…

— Corinne Bailey Rae

Ideals are not something I can control. It's not logic that convinces me of something, it's what my heart says. My heart…

— Michelle Shocked

If we compel the composer to write in terms of what the listener is able to hear, we flirt with the danger…

— Jean-Jacques Nattiez

The Beatles had a huge impact on me. I did 'Strawberry Fields Forever', and we worked it out in an open tuning.…

— Kate Pierson

When you have a relationship with music, and it's that deeply a part of your life, it's so much more than a…

— Lzzy Hale

I love to make songs out of some of those shadows - you know, some of the things you lie awake thinking…

— Matt Berninger

I always write knowing that people will hear it, but also hoping they'll see it. So a lot of times I make…

— Boots Riley

I hope someone thinks I sing good. I'm always working hard to sing better. I sound the way I sound, but I…

— Luke Bryan

I learnt from Armstrong on the early recordings that you never sang a song the same way twice.

— Van Morrison

All the sexy girls all across the world working hard to get they cash. Shawty this yo anthem gone and shake yo…

— Roscoe Dash

I was really enjoying playing 'The Sea,' but it is quite an intense and emotional record.

— Corinne Bailey Rae

“The first two tracks were pop songs from the 1970s, sung in Danish in a style that was best described as Abba…

— Claire North

Jazz is neither specific repertoire, nor academic exercise... but a way of life.

— Lester Bowie

So it's not so much that I set out to do something different, it's just that the songs themselves require their own…

— Ben Harper

My songwriting process is painful. Songwriting is brilliant. It's a load of fun - when it works. It's really difficult as well.

— James Bay

It's fun to sing sad songs. And it's fun to listen to sad songs. Enjoyable. Satisfying. Something.

— Richard Thompson

I love music and I guess I have less expectations or pressure to kind of put on myself because the music hasn't…

— Mandy Moore

Coldplay's music is so uplifting but not cheesy. You listen to it and you're taken away. It's so honest. There's kindness to…

— Alison Sudol

I want to play music when I want, write a song if I want or watch a baseball game if I want.

— John Lee Hooker

When you catch me playing something at home, it's somebody else's stuff where I can what we call steal licks from, and…

— Buddy Guy

That's one of my pet peeves. People always want to put something into a category - this one or that one. You…

— Darius Rucker

The only reason to do this job is because I love playing my music. And I love my bandmates.

— Frankie Cosmos

People are used to music that justifies street culture but something that's not touched on is why these kids act the way…

— Kendrick Lamar

“Music is joy, music is sorrow, music is celebration, music is suffering. Whatever you feel, music is.”

— Angelique La Fon-Cox

I'm glad that the lyrics reach people and make them understand that we're all the same, really.

— Phil Collins

I don't think of Kurt as 'Kurt Cobain from Nirvana'. I think of him as 'Kurt'. It's something that comes back all…

— Dave Grohl

It's true that I can write a song and not really be sure what the meaning of it is.

— James Taylor

I wanted to play this part: the goofy rock and roller who can't hang up his guitar when it's clear to everyone…

— D. B. Sweeney

I'm inspired by everything that I encounter, from the environment to people to other songs, movies and artists.

— Kreesha Turner

Ever since I can remember, I hated silence. I wanted it filled with guitars and melodies to sing all day.

— Jeffree Star

It would be ridiculous to say I don't want to sell records, but I trust my taste.

— Earl Sweatshirt

“David had apparently been busy writing more songs about the glory of doing his wife. Ah, true love and stuff.”

— Kylie Scott