Song Quotes · Page 780

“Mr. Black started singing a song in some weird language, which I guess was Philippinish.”

— Jonathan Safran Foer

I always write from rhythm first, so if I need a song fast, I have to start there. Then I just threw…

— Erin McKeown

“Happiness is a song that plays you when you share it with the people who matter the most”

— Emily Murdoch

It is important that the audience should understand every syllable of every word, for only then can they grasp the meaning of…

— Kate Smith

But you know, I really like to present the songs on an album as a story, as something thematic, rather than something…

— Pegi Young

I like to write my own songs rather than merely singing what has been handed over to you.

— Shibani Dandekar

There were times I thought I was going to turn to the blues, but then I'd hear better blues players.

— Stephen Stills

Music and silence combine strongly because music is done with silence, and silence is full of music.

— Marcel Marceau

We [Notekillers] are in no way super-earnest about what we do and if you see us live, you see we are cracking…

— David First

“Like one of his heroes, Tom Waits, whenever Yorke feels like his songwriting is getting too comfortable or stale, he’ll pick up…

— Austin Kleon

Many people who don't like Rachmaninov's style consider the 'Rhapsody' his masterpiece. It's written fantastically well for orchestra and piano. He combines…

— Stephen Hough

When my first song was released, I needed some reassurance. I went to my grandmother and she said to me, 'These lyrics…

— Skip Marley

“The thing about being a songwriter is,even if you been fucked over, you can find consolation in writing about it, and pour…

— Keith Richards

If you make money back from your record, you're doing it smart. It's an expensive hobby. I'm lucky enough to still make…

— Robyn Hitchcock

Keith Moon was amazing as a drummer, but he was also a nut, and it reflected in his drumming. And the great…

— Joey Jordison

If I give myself a chore, for instance, when I was writing the songs for Shameless, I said to myself, Now, every…

— Judy Collins

Music is not like sports, where you can go and do a hundred reps in a gym and come out and be…

— Damian Marley

Sound is one of the best most powerful tools. All the ancient traditions confirm that in the beginning was the word. Sound…

— MC Yogi

Clapton was just picking up ideas. He picked up some of mine like I picked up some from the people before me.

— J. J. Cale

“A poet can imagine an iceberg singing a melancholic song while the world leaders find it difficult to imagine proper solution to…

— Munia Khan

My songs are very personal, which means they are fantastically therapeutic to write, but performing them night after night is emotionally draining.

— Laura Mvula

Out of all the weird things out of the tour, the weirdest thing for me is singing every day.

— Dev Hynes

The song "Sing for the Submarine" presents my dream world, which is way different from my waking world. It's set in the…

— Michael Stipe

It must have been the summer of 1967, the Beatles were singing love is all you need. I held her hand as…

— Robert Earl Keen

I know my music probably isn't going to matter to the public after I die, but that doesn't mean I don't have…

— Natalie Imbruglia

I don't think you can reach the same highs working in a band as you can on your own.

— Kevin Parker

Jazz translates the moment into a sense of inspiration for not only the musicians but for the listeners.

— Herbie Hancock

I always felt each instrumental and vocal inflection had to be special... I'd spend almost as much time on those as I'd…

— Roy Orbison

I feel the reasons my songs might seem dark is because of how I viewed the situations I was in and it…

— James Vincent McMorrow

For some reason at 12 or 13, I just heard Gerry Milligan and fell in love with that, whatever it was called.

— Charlie Watts

I need to get as deep as I can into my own heart to really make people connect and react to the…

— Kyle

I have a hard time even calling myself a musician, but I still have to be involved in music in some capacity…

— James Paxton

You know why Guns n' Roses aren't a good band? Because no black people listen to them.

— Anton Newcombe

Btw Pink Floyd album out in October is called 'The Endless River.' Based on 1994 sessions is Rick Wright's swansong and very…

— Polly Samson

With music I feel like it's the one time when I don't have to think and I don't have to contrive anything.

— Corinne Bailey Rae

“I'd like to hear your opinion on this piece of Beethoven. And remember, it is not Beethoven who is being examined here.”

— Paul Strathern

Do not be precious about your music within your own world. Try everything you want to try; just because it exists doesn't…

— Caroline Polachek

When punk came along, it made perfect sense to me. I found it melodic. The Clash, Buzzcocks.

— Fred Armisen

Spotify has paid more than two billion dollars to labels, publishers and collecting societies for distribution to songwriters and recording artists.

— Daniel Ek

I started crying, because there's nothing like hearing that the artist who originally did the song likes your version.

— Kelly Rowland