Song Quotes · Page 801

What we used to say was whoever had the bow tie got to lead the band. There was never any jealousy.

— Pete Fountain

When I first heard that song, it was a ballad but it had a lot more. It felt like a gospel song…

— Deborah Cox

“A multidisciplinary synthesis is difficult enough if the disciplines are singing different songs, but if they are in different auditoriums . . .”

— Stephen Oppenheimer

“The song you write may be beautiful, the research you conceive may be beautiful, but you are the real beauty in life.”

— Eric Maisel

I'm definitely a guitar player, but it's the last thing I listen to in a song, after the singer and the drums.

— Dan Auerbach

I'm going to try and make you take the Beatles and Eric Clapton as seriously as the Berlin Philharmonic and Simon Rattle.

— Melvyn Bragg

Genuine music, to me, is the one which has no purpose. It should be as natural and as purposeless as the flow…

— Ilaiyaraaja

Music should not be a contest, it should be an individual thing that each band is putting out from within themselves.

— Chuck Schuldiner

I think something for us that we're always interested in is how people interpret the music or the band for themselves, and…

— Lizzy Plapinger

I've been able to find just as much interesting, exciting music through the Internet and iTunes... The personal interaction is not the…

— Colin Hanks

That just felt like the most natural name out of all of the names. Everything else just felt so contrived. Even now,…

— Nate Ruess

I create my own schedule, so you start out each day and you say, "Okay, from 10 to 11 I'm going to…

— Sarah Jaffe

What a good session musician does is listen to the song, to the artist, and to the other players. That way you…

— Benmont Tench

Music is this medium to express who I am and what I've been through and my thoughts and what my feelings on…

— Kamasi Washington

For me, music is a byproduct of this process - the human process - and the fact that I've managed to eke…

— Devin Townsend

The bottom line is I love good music and I try to shy away from all these labels that people think are…

— Brad Nowell

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

— Warren Zevon

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

— Mandy Harvey

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

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

— Jonny Lang

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

— Flying Lotus

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

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

— Rodney Crowell

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

— Sid Sriram

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

— Henry David Thoreau

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

— Anonymous

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

— Jason Mraz

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

— Bad Bunny

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

— AJ Michalka

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

— Sam Mikulak

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

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

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

— Hayley Williams

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

— Brendon Urie

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

— Alexander Pope

I hold all of the songs that I have had the pleasure of recording and performing in high regard.

— Dionne Warwick

Each day for me is a musical note that I use to compose the symphony of my life.

— Paulo Coelho