Song Quotes · Page 778

I actually grew up listening to music as like - church music and stuff like that.

— Cupcakke

Once I picked up an electric guitar, I lost interest in piano, and I just wanted to rock. I studied piano for…

— Juliana Hatfield

I wanted to write some lyrics that had some meaning to them, lyrics that were meaningful to me and hopefully people can…

— Adam Rich

I love playing our older songs along with newer ones but If all I have is my old stuff, I quit. Creating…

— Patrick Stump

If our history can challenge the next wave of musicians to keep moving and changing, to keep spiritually hungry and horny, that's…

— Carlos Santana

I started playing guitar when I was 6 or 7 years old, and I think that, within a week of getting my…

— Robby Benson

Follow me and do exactly what the song says Smoke weed, take pills, drop outta school, kill people And drink and jump…

— Eminem

You can't explain the feeling of singing hit songs to an audience - it's like being a genuine sports star at the…

— Rick Astley

“...And all the while, accompanying my every step, The Photographer is sounding in my head, purling incessantly through my clamped-on Walkman; it's…

— Evan Dara

I feel like guitar explains a lot. You can just listen to a guitar without any lyrics over it; you can just…

— Nayvadius Cash

“How are you? Did you ever go to Brazil? What do you eat in a day? Are you off the pills? Did…

— Karl Kristian Flores

I don't like to play the same set every night. I think the band would prefer the same 12 songs, to be…

— Wayne Hussey

Basically, I try to treat the electric guitar like an acoustic guitar. What you have to do is attack the instrument and…

— Rory Gallagher

“From the stage Ben catches my eye. "This is for them, Taylor," he calls out as they begin to play. It's a…

— Melina Marchetta

“things were created by God and for God, no exceptions. Every note of music. Every color on the palette. Every flavor that…

— Mark Batterson

Music forecasts the past, recalls the future. Now and then the difference falls away, and in one simple gift of circling sound,…

— Richard Powers

I always loved the piano because it's just a bunch of buttons. I like to push buttons.

— Grace Potter

I may never get my own action figure, but at least I think what I'm doing is really legitimate musically

— Gavin DeGraw

Rock 'n' roll will never die. There'll always be some arrogant little brat who wants to make music with a guitar.

— Dave Edmunds

I tried writing a song and it wasn't very good. I sung it to my mom and she told me it was…

— Doja Cat

Whenever I write my music, it's always been in English first and then I take it into Korean.

— Eric Nam

I like the songwriting. I don't ever listen and then go back and change stuff. For me when I wrote the song,…

— Christopher Owens

Unlike motor sport, I didn't get into music for the live performances. I like writing and studio work and seeing how a…

— Jacques Villeneuve

I will absolutely say that Johnny Ramone was a huge influence on me. I'm a giant Ramones fan.

— Scott Ian

Veteran performers are dying off, and new acts simply aren't emerging on the national scene.

— Brian Setzer

I'm not afraid to use my personal experiences and put them into a song. I think that's when you get the best…

— Pixie Lott

“Rock is a commercially made mass music and this must be the starting point for its celebration as well as for its…

— Simon Frith

Elton John and Billy Joel, I find them both to be huge inspirations, those guys are so talented.

— Kygo

The craziest thing is that the song ["My President"] is real but you can still hear it in the club.

— Young Jeezy

My mum's family would all get together, with guitars, harmonica, mandolins and upright bass and play old blues and folk songs. That…

— Dan Auerbach

When a good idea sparks, it's usually because of some subversive angle that means the song we're writing will be fresh.

— Robert Lopez

We always try to sing what we feel, and it would be best if we can become artists who can deliver the…

— Jisoo

I feel like all the songs are little scenes, different angles, of the feelings that come around something ending.

— Norah Jones

I used sit in the back of the truck and make up these songs and play at the tailgates at rodeos.

— Ryan Bingham

I would love to get Rihanna on a Khaled song. That's my friend, but every time I'm around her, I get shy.

— DJ Khaled

I find so many songwriters today are missing an element... either the production is amazing but the songs aren't, or it's the…

— Rufus Wainwright

It's very difficult sometimes having bands, you know, when all the members aren't on the same page.

— Stanley Clarke

Does the song of the sea end at the shore or in the hearts of those who listen to it?

— Khalil

My songwriting and my style became more complex as I listened, learned, borrowed and stole and put my music together.

— Boz Scaggs

Music is a nice friend to have around, whether it is just for yourself or for other people. If you can enjoy…

— Arlo Guthrie