Song Quotes · Page 749

If guys don't want me to wrtite bad songs about them then they shouldn't do bad things.

— Taylor Swift

My house was really like 'It's a Wonderful Life.' I sang in the choir and was very involved in the church.

— John Tesh

It does make sense to put on some songs that are relatively short, because radio usually only plays songs that are less…

— Mike Gordon

I know that I'm not a criminal. People say that, but my music speaks for itself. And I believe in my music.

— R. Kelly

When you learn to play, you just hold the guitar differently. You can tell when someone's just never held an instrument.

— Monica Barbaro

Nirvana is very funny. It's not sincere particularly. It's rather frivolous, actually.

— Frederick Lenz

“golden and worn, the dingy color of mustard powder. A piano sat off to the side, with photographs”

— Melissa Foster

I know that starting out as a young band, it's really easy to get lost with bands that sound the same or…

— Kellin Quinn

To me, the songs that I'm most thankful to have been a part of creating are the songs that are able to…

— Laura Jane Grace

How the hell did you ever pick me? Honestly, cuz I could sing you a song. but I dont think words would…

— Sleeping With Sirens

I secretly hate worship music, as it's it weak and predictable, with lyrics designed to appeal to the lowest common denominator -…

— Reese Roper

I used to go to Caerphilly with my brother Les, two years older than me, with my mother to see her sister,…

— Shakin' Stevens

All the kids at the kindergarten had to play, or at least touch, the piano. It was a good start. Then, after…

— Ryuichi Sakamoto

Music is a permanent art, it will always go through phases where you like it and are in tune with it, but…

— John Darnielle

Once I grew up and realised 'What am I doing?' I started re-listening to the music I was playing and I realised…

— Eric Hernandez

“When the song of the angels is stilled, when the star in the sky is gone, when the kings and princes are…

— Howard Thurman

I've been really trying to hone the art of songwriting in a way that doesn't follow any sort of guideline.

— James Blake

I play really bad punk rock guitar. Age-old friends; it's just great hanging out with your mates, causing havoc.

— Rhys Ifans

No one wants to wait for tracks to buffer or spend hours searching through a Web site to find their favorite song.

— Daniel Ek

I hadn't been exposed to music except in church. They used to have me singing a solo when I was five years…

— Willie Dixon

I love most 70's song writers, not so much outlaw, but really those 70's guys. I'm a big fan of Johnny Cash…

— Bryan Hayes

Most songs that aren't jump-rope songs, or lullabies, are cautionary tales or goodbye songs and road songs.

— Tom Waits

The Ramones were American, and I knew about them, and I thought they were interesting. But they were like a pop band…

— Rick Nielsen

To me, it's all about opening all the doors and getting people to be not only prolific, but creative and having control…

— Eric Brown

In my daily life, I tend to be very literal and unsuperstitious. But music gives me an outlet to be very emotional.

— Paul Gilbert

Songs, stories are beyond value; they are the memory and wisdom of a people, the particular individual rivers of the sea of…

— Rudy Wiebe

In the beginning, we were a real good, straight rock 'n' roll band. We were writing quality tunes.

— Eric Carmen

I always feel like young people are more emotionally in tune with new and timeless music.

— Adrian Younge

My songs were already a hit track with over 100 million views/comments and multi-hundred thousand downloads on online websites before coming to…

— Guru Randhawa

Always focus on the music first. That's the big thing. Staying true to making good music and not sacrificing that for anything.

— GRiZ

Every song is something that I've been through or an emotion I've felt - like falling in love or heartbreak.

— Ashlee Simpson

Few things anger me more than having a song stuck in my head that I don't know the lyrics to.

— Anonymous

Too pop for punk, too 'old school' for the New Wave, Mumps were a '70s era New York rock band, out of…

— Lance Loud

The music has allowed me to see the world, make a lot of friends and learn a lot about life.

— Philip Bailey

I just want to play shows and write songs and make music. That's what feels good.

— Laura Jane Grace

Our life a harp is, with unnumbered strings, And tones and symphonies; but our poor skill Some shallow notes from its great…

— John Boyle O'Reilly

“I am only a little rose who grows in deep and difficult places. ~ Song of Songs.”

— Nicole Arlyn

An ambition is a little creeper that creeps and creeps in your heart night and day, singing a little song, "Come and…

— Carl Sandburg

Some people are great lyricists, but they're terrible at melody. But I could do melodies till the cows come home.

— Guy Sebastian

Everyone should be able to go to a concert and enjoy music, and not feel like they're going to be harassed. That's…

— Joe Armstrong