Song Quotes · Page 726

I grew up listening to Frank Sinatra, riding in the car with my grandpa, and I was just intrigued by it.

— Brett Eldredge

I'm not terribly happy about rock and roll. Certain rock music is uninspiring, numbing; it makes you feel like an idiot.

— Manuel Puig

“We take gingko to sharpen our memories. We could be memorizing song lyrics instead.”

— Joan Oliver Goldsmith

To me as a fan, as a die-hard AC/DC fan, Brian Johnson is the reason I discovered AC/DC.

— Jim Breuer

Sometimes I feel guilty for skipping songs on my phone like I'm sorry song I love you I'm just not in the…

— Kendrick Cole

The reason I connected with music was because of the stories that people were telling and making me feel when I listened…

— Amber Liu

My mom is the piano player in my dad's church - she's also the choir director - and she's just a musician…

— Marc Martel

We never could have foreseen the success of 'Babel.' It's not like banjo records were soaring up the charts, you know.

— Ted Dwane

When I was younger it was a lot of quantity over quality. Just writing, writing, writing. Hundreds of songs. Now it's fewer…

— Lights

For many artists fame complements the value of creative self-expression. Ludwig van Beethoven loved composing music, but he probably would have enjoyed…

— Tyler Cowen

We've always been trying to climb this ladder that leans so hard on our own idea of what our big songs are.…

— Aaron Dessner

A lot can be said with just a look, or the way the body moves. Each song is a different character. So…

— Eartha Kitt

“This one's for Aura. You all know who that is by now. The only girl I've ever loved. I wrote her a…

— Jeri Smith-Ready

“The song came back suddenly, longer and more triumphant! It was the sweetest sound I’d ever heard. The voice of an angel.…

— Serra Elinsen

Now that I know that each star has its path, each bird is finally feathered and grown in the unbroken shell, each…

— Judith Wright

I can honestly say my music is always going to be greater than my business side. Because I'm naturally a musician. And…

— Lil Wayne

“Everything has been composed, just not yet written down. LETTER TO LEOPOLD MOZART [1780]”

— Frederick P. Brooks Jr

We don't really talk about music that much, to be honest with you. It's not some I usually - I can't really…

— Sean Booth

Sweet bird that shunn'st the nose of folly, Most musical, most melancholy! Thee, chauntress, oft, the woods among, I woo, to hear…

— John Milton

People would think I wouldn't like Noel Coward. I think he was the original punk in a lot of ways. You know.…

— Kathy Burke

I think of a song in terms of lyrics and stories, and that's what keeps it country for me.

— Sam Hunt

Music must never offend the ear, but must please the listener, or, in other words, must never cease to be music.

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Mom claimed that I could carry a tune at 2 or 3 years of age. Maybe she was a little prejudiced.

— Ethel Merman

No music is so charming to my ear as the requests of my friends, and the supplications of those in want of…

— Julius Caesar

Simple music can make you sing, a simple hug can make you feel better, simple things can make you happy. I hope…

— Ritu Ghatourey

I've seen bands split up for five years and do nothing. That sounds great to me, but it just hasn't worked out…

— Joe Perry

In songs, you have to tell people about something they didn't see and weren't there for, and you have to do it…

— Bob Dylan

'Dogfight' holds a special place in my heart, and I try to sing the songs whenever I can.

— Lindsay Mendez

Springsteen is a hero to a lot of people in New Jersey. He's a role model - because he's a local guy…

— Brian Fallon

I'm happy whenever anybody does my material. I don't care what they do with it. I do what I want to with…

— Mose Allison

When I'm writing, I try to think about what would make a song better before worrying about personal opinions.

— Phoebe Bridgers

In my older songs, I used to hide behind fictional characters to deflect attention away from myself.

— Mika

“Q: What songs do Santa’s gnomes sing to him when he comes home freezing on Christmas night? A: Freeze a jolly good…

— Uncle Amon

And we just went with Julie because that name hadn't been used in any other popular songs at the time.

— Bobby Sherman

There's too many favorite songs, so I'll just say right now my favorite song of all time is 'Poison' by Bert Jansch.

— Kurt Vile

I achieved something specially different with Love To Love You Baby and I Feel Love. These songs will endure.

— Giorgio Moroder

I really enjoy going out with my jazz group. That's something that I don't ever want to stop doing.

— Dianne Reeves

Writing for somebody else is really fun 'cause I consider myself a songwriter first and foremost.

— Kesha

I'm really just concentrating on making good music, whether it's using a sample or doing an original track.

— Rahki

I fell in love with folk music at Surprise Lake Camp. It was the songs of Woody Guthrie and the Weavers.

— Neil Diamond