Song Quotes · Page 735

I'm always good for starting a bit of a tune and the first verse, but after that I just can never go…

— Ringo Starr

When you record, you live with what you recorded for many many years, but when you play it's just an hour and…

— Keren Ann

I have always believed people can sing themselves, even if they can't sing well, into a place of joy and happiness.

— Judith Durham

The fineness which a hymn or psalm affords / If when the soul unto the lines accords.

— George Herbert

If you're gonna sing meaningful songs, you have to be committed to living a life that backs that up.

— Joan Baez

In writing songs, I've learned as much from Cezanne as I have from Woody Guthrie.

— Bob Dylan

Music's only purpose should be for the glory of God and the recreation of the human spirit.

— Johann Sebastian Bach

It's sort of funny to have songs get big about like, how much you feel like nobody likes you. It's sort of…

— Olivia Rodrigo

'The Taxi Ride,' from my second album, is one people want to hear a lot. I'm consciously trying to walk on the…

— Jane Siberry

It appears to me that the subject of music, from Machaut to Boulez, has always been its construction. Melodies of 12-tone rows…

— Morton Feldman

I've been playing the viola since I was 6 years old, and then I decided to switch it up a bit, so…

— Anthony Gonzalez

If you think about a punk band, there are only, like, three instruments - bass, guitar and drums. And I wanted it…

— Peaches

My school life was very much a wandering experience. I was having trouble in school and I was not making a lot…

— Josh Groban

I wanted to do 'Kanchana' in Hindi but many heroes I approached were hesitant to act with the saree and also demanded…

— Raghava Lawrence

“Nada Brahma Vishwaswaroopa Nada hi Sakala Jeeva Roopa Nada hi karma, Nada hi dharma Nada hi bandhana, Nada hi mukti Nada hi…

— Sadhguru

It's our party we can do what we want (no drama) It's our party we can say what we want (Mike will…

— Talyiah

I started playing the piano from the age of three and I started teaching myself; we always had a piano round the…

— Ella Henderson

Right, those relationships with your parents and family are the hardest to figure out, and the same patterns get carried into a…

— Stone Gossard

Taking the higher ground can be difficult, so it really helps when you can write those feelings into a song.

— Bishop Briggs

With the Rhythm Kings, I can involve myself in arranging and producing the music as well as the choice of songs.

— Bill Wyman

I see my music as Emotional Therapeutic Pop music that bleeds into loads of different genres.

— Jessie J

A lot of people hear the records on the radio, they aren't absolutely sure who exactly Tears For Fears is, they just…

— Roland Orzabal

For my theme song, my leather black jeans on. My by any means on, pardon I'm getting my scream on.

— Kanye West

“Adventures happen on dull days, and not on sunny ones. When the chord of monotony is stretched most tight, then it breaks…

— G.K. Chesterton

Joe Strummer, Johnny Rotten, and Ian MacKaye were all people who really made me see things differently.

— Henry Rollins

There are some good people in it, but the orchestra as a whole is equivalent to a gang bent on destruction.

— John Cage

The songwriting was almost like something I did while I was waiting for my daughter to come back.

— Joni Mitchell

I'd love to write a song that someone else sings that can actually sing really well.

— Bo Burnham

I can't pretend that I don't subscribe to Internet music culture in that I discover new music and old music simultaneously.

— Alan Palomo

It's [Joni Mitchell's "A Case of You"] been one of my favorite songs for my entire life.

— Jane Monheit

When I was a kid, my friends and I formed a band, Trombone Shorty's Brass Band. When I was six, I was…

— Trombone Shorty

I would love to hear someone write a song like 'He Stopped Loving Her Today' rather than 'You're hot. I'm hot. We're…

— Vince Gill

“The creative process is beautiful and magical thing. Whether its a song, a radio story, or a novel, it all springs from…

— Greg Kihn

The music industry is an interesting lens through which to look at change, because it has had such a difficult time adjusting…

— Jennifer Egan

“Music has the power to shake society, especially if the bass is turned way up.”

— Jarod Kintz

As far as playing jazz, no other art form, other than conversation, can give the satisfaction of spontaneous interaction.

— Stan Getz

I wish you'd listen closer to the songs I play because the lyrics speak the words I fail to say.

— Sushan

Ian and Sylvia, who, when you got right down to it, were essentially country and western singers. I just recorded his Four…

— Dave Van Ronk

I was always super, super musical. So my parents recognized that and put me in choirs, piano lessons, and all that.

— Bonnie McKee

Maybe my songs are my partner. How 'bout that? Yeah, the biggest relationship I have is with my songs.

— Diane Warren