Song Quotes · Page 722

Every few generations there are people who come along that change the way we look at the world, for musical enthusiasts Monk…

— John Conyers

Music is my life, professionally, for nearly 60 years. To be recognized by the academy is still the highest honor.

— Ray Charles

You sounded like someone who should be singing on a cruise ship. Halfway through your song, I wished the ship was sinking.

— Simon Cowell

Throughout history, musicians have never counted on intellectual property really getting them rich.

— John Popper

Everything has to evolve. Music has to go somewhere. That's what keeps it fresh.

— Fat Joe

It's hard to find other musicians that push you to go somewhere new all the time.

— Jack White

I never want to pick an easy song. I want to continue to challenge myself vocally.

— Hollie Cavanagh

When we did the 'Roots' tour with Cavalera Conspiracy, it was more flashy. It was supposed to be a big deal because…

— Max Cavalera

There's an interesting story around that ["Heaven Without a Gun"], because the girl I was dating at the time got into a…

— Kevin Drew

Da Pak was a group out of Chicago. It was a put-together group. We actually met for the first time at this…

— Lupe Fiasco

“It may be laid down as a general rule that if a man begins to sing, no one will take notice of…

— Susanna Clarke

“He remained seated on his revolving stool, turned toward us, hands between his knees, in a position the same as ours, and…

— Thomas Mann

Once you find your own sound, you find the strength and courage to stay true to that. Keep going even in moments…

— Richie Hawtin

I've been looking forward to doing an album, but it's really sad to see how many doors have been closed because of…

— Jai Rodriguez

My song titles have different reasons for the mistakes. "Don't You Evah," that's just the way that I've always said it, and…

— John Britt Daniel

You write in songs what you're too scared to write in real life, and then you sing the songs to loads of…

— Winston Marshall

When I got the 'Blue Album,' I was 11 years old, 10 years old, and then I convinced my parents to go…

— Brendon Urie

I want to be a tuneswept fiddle string that feels the master melody, and snaps...

— Amedeo Modigliani

Punk was more based on social change than on music, so it didn't bother me too much. It wasn't really a musical…

— Steve Winwood

People like hearing songs that sound like something they've heard before, that's reminiscent of their childhood and of what their parents listened…

— Bonnie McKee

I pray that when people hear my music, they say at the very least 'man I'm glad that someone else feels that…

— Jonathan McReynolds

It's easier to make an album, harder to figure out how to get people to notice it.

— James Taylor

Mike is a genius guitar player and keyboard player. I realized that, with this group, I just joined Mike Keneally's band!

— Joe Satriani

Music soothes you, especially when you write, sing or play an instrument. It really can be a cure for everything.

— Hope Sandoval

People just want the hottest records. It's not really about all the names attached to the project. It's about the work.

— Scott Storch

Good Charlotte became more than a band and more than the songs: it became something that the fans owned.

— Benji Madden

You're always starting with a nugget of truth, whether it's a song or an improv scene.

— Matt Besser

The fact of picking up an instrument and writing a song and expressing yourself publicly has a powerful political dimension

— J. Robbins

I don't think about the styles. I write whatever comes out and I use whatever kind of instrumentation works for those songs.

— Lenny Kravitz

Letters start with ABC, numbers start with 123, songs start with DO RE ME, love starts with you and me~ summer

— James

I've written this song called 'Insania' - it's a mix of Insane and Mania, and even though it's a made up word…

— Peter Andre

When I was 4 or 5, I attended my father's concerts. He very often played Strauss waltzes as encores and I saw…

— Andre Rieu

People digest and process music differently, and I'm sure that was the case even when I was a kid.

— Ed Droste

Even when metal was on the radio, it was always the watered down stuff. There were only a couple real metal bands…

— Wayne Static

I'm asking questions that most people are asking, but just putting a melody or a song to it.

— Sam Fender

When one individual writer sings her song of beauty, she changes the lives of a million others.

— Richard Bach

Music raises in the mind of the hearer great conceptions: it strengthens and advances praise into rapture.

— Joseph Addison

Music is a mantra that soothes the soul...something our body has to have. It's important to understand the power of music.

— Michael Jackson

I never wrote music or arranged songs or lyrics when I was under the influence of anything but coffee. That's not gone…

— Chris Cornell

The music of 'Damadamm!' will be released by my company, HR Musik, and you will find a completely different Himesh in every…

— Himesh Reshammiya