Song Quotes · Page 720

Music is supposed to create an associate level, wherein I and you and you and I can associate without any misunderstanding.

— Burning Spear

When I was 20, I didn't give a damn about song construction. I just wanted to make as much noise and play…

— Ritchie Blackmore

I don't see us as being part of that 90s revival. We were always a band, even when we weren't playing together.

— Tony Kanal

It's not set in stone. I like to keep it rolling and changing, and so I am like, "Great, I get to…

— Andrew Bird

Of course, we haven't spoke to anybody at Island Records about this yet, but you should go ahead and print this, because…

— Pete Wentz

If I had not kissed anyone, or danced with anyone, or had a reason to cry, the music made me feel as…

— Lavinia Greenlaw

I was such a massive fan of all the '60s pop bands, but if I had to single out one band, it…

— Paul Weller

Our industry [classic music] has kind of retarded into this kind of endless cover-producing thing, and it's a pity.

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

“This song is Copyrighted in U.S., under Seal of Copyright #154085, for a period of 28 years, and anybody caught singin’ it…

— Cory Doctorow

I always think I don't have any songs, I don't have anything I'm working on, and I get in the studio and…

— Jeff Tweedy

Right around my first year of college - I remember "Song of Solomon," by Toni Morrison, just moved me tremendously. The power…

— Barack Obama

I knew Bobby Dylan back in the days when he lived in the village. He used to come and see me and…

— Alan Lomax

hat's just a fact of life. So I've taken music into my life and it's gotten into my blood to the point…

— Chuck Ragan

First of all I think that is true, if you are a musician, particularly on the comeback that you do have to…

— John Sebastian

The thing about being on the majors, from the beginning, going into this, I was like, "I'm not going to be treated…

— Beth Ditto

I've sold a lot of records. I've sold, like, 150 million records, and I don't think I've had that many good reviews.…

— Boy George

I dont think we're the type of band people look at and say, 'I want to grow up to be just like…

— Billy Corgan

I've never written songs, I've never brought any songs to System, but as far as arranging, I've always had arrangement ideas.

— John Dolmayan

We were at the dark end of the L.A. punk scene, and that scene was full-on and violent and aggressive and wild…

— Flea

I watch movies and hang with my family, go shopping, love to cuddle with my dog, Happy, & write songs with my guitar!

— Megan Lee

I'll have to get people to write songs for me right now until my own writing comes around.

— Andy Gibb

When I'm working on my music, I take special care to make sure the sound is perfect.

— Yo Gotti

Me, l'm a weird person, so my music is kind of weird, but l want my music to be weird.

— Denzel Curry

Your own music comes out of your head and emotions, but it's not etched in your system.

— Keith Jarrett

If you notice in my own films the blending of songs is distinct. They narrate stories and scenes.

— Gulzar

I'd love to play bass with Parliament Funkadelic, but I can't play bass, so I don't think that's going to happen.

— Anthony Bourdain

You have a wine tasting of different years, and we're sort of doing that with our music, giving them a taste of…

— Jonathan Cain

To most white people, jazz means black and jazz means dirt, and that's not what I play. I play black classical music.

— Nina Simone

You listen to your favorite song just until you're almost getting sick of it, and then it's so fun to rediscover it…

— Anna Kendrick

Most of my lyrics are little stories about my experiences or those of my friends.

— Sade Adu

I'm never gonna be a Carlos Santana - an instrumentalist. I just like songs. It's three minutes of something that can be…

— Steve Forbert

Well, I guess my unease with that is... I'm always a little uneasy with that phrase - smooth jazz, as opposed to…

— David Sanborn

I let my music do the talking. Ain't no TV show gonna help me. Ain't no hit single gon help me sell…

— Schoolboy Q

I have sung, but I haven't sung in any way that I would ever call myself 'a singer.'

— Jennifer Grey

I've been traveling around to play music since before I even had a driver's license.

— Steve Forbert

Though 'KK' is an urban film and has more scope for fast-paced numbers, I've made sure that there's a bit of melody…

— Vidyasagar

My music is a reflection of what I really love to listen to, pop, dance, mid tempo dance and ballads.

— RuPaul

My goal in my career is to inspire people, is to get my music out there and have people enjoy it, and…

— Christina Grimmie

You just need the ear. But the ear is something, I guess, that you can't buy. And I can't play the piano…

— Metro Boomin

Music is part of the tantra, the dance of life. Before your eyes, before your awareness, is the procession of eternity.

— Frederick Lenz