Song Quotes · Page 733

Music resembles poetry, in each Are nameless graces which no methods teach, And which a master hand alone can reach.

— Alexander Pope

My favorite electric guitar would have to be my Duesenberg. I've named her 'Dolores,' and she sings like an operatic menace.

— Brendon Urie

I like to talk about things when it pertains to a band. I like to talk about things that matter and music.

— Hayley Williams

A man with a dream of pleasure can go forth and conquer a crowd and three. With a new song's measure can…

— Fred Shero

There's no hierarchy in suffering. I think songs that are transcendent are the ones where everyone can feel something from it, you…

— Meshell Ndegeocello

I keep joking with my teammates that Nickelback should be our walkout song. I think everyone secretly likes at least one song.

— Sam Mikulak

I always thought music was more important than sex—then I thought if I don't hear a concert for a year-and-a-half it doesn't…

— Jackie Mason

I even have a Harmony Rocket and a Stratocaster with a scalloped neck back in Florida.

— Anonymous

In 1977, I had Paul Rivera hotrod six Fender Deluxes for me. At that time, a lot of studio guys in L.A.…

— Rick Nielsen

“Concert pianists get to be quite chummy with dead composers. They can't help it. Classical music isn't just music . It's a…

— Marisha Pessl

(about her father encouraging her to sing) My dad would give me $10, which is a lot of money when you're 9,…

— Katy Perry

Everyone was saying, "Oh, Chumbawamba, they're crap, can't get arrested." But we had absolute faith in what we were doing, so we…

— Alice Nutter

I'm not into that whole Satanic thing. It's just something to fall back on if you don't have much imagination. Singing you…

— Kirk Hammett

When I have a breakthrough in music and I hear the melody in my hands: that's when I get compelled - something…

— Jason Mraz

At Julliard we had some voice classes. It was really just so you could carry a tune. It always just helps with…

— Wendell Pierce

I'm doing a fun EP. It's called 'Songs in the Key of Phife: Eight Is Enough.' It's radio-friendly, but then a lot…

— Phife Dawg

I think that by staying true to myself and making music from my heart, the blessings come.

— Bad Bunny

Paul McCartney and John Lennon would often write a song a day, so I have the same workmanlike philosophy.

— Jason Mraz

We hope to win over new listeners who would normally never listen to an Aly & AJ record. That's our greatest expectation…

— AJ Michalka

Unpremeditated music is the true gauge which measures the current of our thoughts; the very undertow of our life's stream.

— Henry David Thoreau

'Maruvarthai' was an exciting song for me because it showcased my Carnatic roots.

— Sid Sriram

I can stitch a song together in about an hour anytime you want, but it won't have the depth.

— Rodney Crowell

I've banged my head quite a bit. I liked Iron Maiden, Ozzy, AC/DC. And of course, Ratt and Poison.

— Cameron Diaz

I just try to tell a story with a song, and be able to try to transmit the emotion to you. That's…

— Meshell Ndegeocello

If someone listens to our music, and it makes them creative, that makes me happier than anything.

— Marilyn Manson

Communicating with musicians is really interesting because everyone has their quirks and their strengths and their weaknesses.

— Flying Lotus

My dad used to play drums in a country band, and my mom is an incredible singer.

— Jonny Lang

When I found out how music made me feel and how my singing made other people feel, that's when I decided this…

— Dianne Reeves

I'm not scared to sing songs. I'm not scared to walk out the front door and make a mistake.

— Mandy Harvey

I missed jazz, kind of. And by the time I came to it in life, it was too intimidating to enjoy thoroughly.

— Warren Zevon

When the human being hears music, he has a sense of wellbeing, because these tones harmonize with what he has experienced in…

— Rudolf Steiner

But however measurable, there is much more life in music than mathematics or logic ever dreamed of.

— Gabriel Marcel

I'll keep working as long as I live because singing has taken on the feeling of joy that I had when I…

— Rosemary Clooney

“Izzy’s new band also featured Tracii Guns on lead guitar. They were calling the new group Guns N’ Roses.”

— Duff McKagan

To do a band properly does kind of mean you don't really get to do anything else.

— James Murphy

We'd rather be a band that some people are going to passionately hate than be a ringtone band.

— Sam Endicott

I knew I didn't have the right name for a singer. Having a name that nobody could pronounce was hardly an asset.

— Scott McKenzie

“Music on the radio. When I went in, the big bands were just getting up a good head of steam. Now every…

— Stephen King

I tend to write songs critiquing myself. The best way for me to deal with stuff is to write a song about…

— Ty Segall

It feels great to be able to put the mic out and 40,000 people all sing the lyrics back at you.

— Sky Blu