Song Quotes · Page 821

It is true that the present is powerfully shaped by the past. But it is also true that ... insight at any…

— Judith Viorst

I see myself continuing to be a songwriter and a motivator and someone that has grown in her faith.

— Ashthon Jones

There are good people in radio and the record companies, but there are others who are completely in the wrong job and…

— Allan Holdsworth

My mom is about 60 years old and she loves our music because she can bounce around to it.

— Wayne Static

I like how pure the expression is in music. You can go straight to the heart of an audience rather than through…

— John C. Reilly

I like to put something on and want to listen to it again once I get done listening to it, not feel…

— Chris Stapleton

I think if every song I had was, 'I love you, you love me,' there would be a problem.

— Gilbert O'Sullivan

For me, the original Guns N' Roses is the embodiment of a certain kind of chemistry that really couldn't be duplicated.

— Slash

A lot of the time I use slide tuning for rhythm parts. I play a lot of slide in regular tuning as…

— Rory Gallagher

The first song I wrote was called 'Baby Darling Darling Girl,' and you know what's funny? It went, 'Baby darling darling girl,…

— Nate Dogg

I keep guitars that are, you know, the neck's a little bit bent and it's a little bit out of tune. I…

— Jack White

There are bands, like R.E.M., who want to have 17 records, and some are terrible and some are great. I don't know…

— Travis Morrison

But when you have to deal with notes, and to be able to make a full definition of what a sound is…

— Dennis Brown

I could stop and say, Well that was a D minor, G seven, but I really don't want to know that. I…

— Lee Konitz

When I hear my favorite songwriters write about things they clearly have not experienced, like "Isis" by Bob Dylan or a lot…

— Taylor Goldsmith

With few exceptions, music has been for some centuries the art which has devoted itself not to the reproduction of natural phenomena,…

— Wassily Kandinsky

I had some great mentors as I was coming up and starting to sing so early - I've been singing since I…

— Gladys Knight

My dad had a great record collection, which included some music from Mexico, and so I always loved it.

— Michael Giacchino

A lot of people say, 'AC/DC - that's the band with the little guy who runs around in school shorts!'

— Angus Young

I'm trying to be a professional singer. ... I've never been given the chance before. But here's hoping it'll change.

— Susan Boyle

Music is my shining light, my favorite thing in the world. T get me to stop doing it for one second would…

— Taylor Swift

I understand that, but this disc shows the type of music that I've always liked and wanted to make.

— Richard Marx

There's another way of making music, by touching the lives and feelings of ordinary people.

— Gavin Bryars

Don't want to hear my favorite rapper doin' a love song. If I want to hear something soft, I'll throw on Luther…

— Ice Cube

You can see when that happens with bands when they do TV appearances; they just shut down. They get really irritated.

— Jancee Dunn

Dabbling in music and being in music when I was young I had my own view of what I thought music was…

— Rakim

I hate that if you do one style of music or become really well known for that one song, that everything that…

— Estelle

Making music can get so emotional that, if you don't set limits for yourself, it can push you or the person that…

— Arca

It does feel really good to sing songs about somebody that I really respect, admire, love, care about and am so passionately…

— Anthony Green

My vocals are bad, I can't sing, hey man, I wouldn't ask you to do a drum roll if your arm was…

— James Hetfield

The gods at will can shape a gladder strain, and from the lamentations at the graveside, a song of triumph may arise.

— Aeschylus

I notice guys playing the piano playing a part up here and a part down there, and I wandered why couldn't I…

— Steve Young

If you listen to the songs I write, they are the most ADHD songs ever. They have five hooks in one and…

— will.i.am

There's no way to learn how to write a hit song. There's no formula for it. You just have to have it…

— Al Jardine

My singing voice has sort of an Ethel Merman-type quality: just, like, loud and strong and full.

— Beanie Feldstein

No matter how close we got to a station or a disc jockey ... they could disappear into the ether without so…

— Ben Fong-Torres

I compose music because I must give expression to my feelings, just as I talk because I must give utterance to my…

— Sergei Rachmaninoff

I'm not listening to 'Email My Heart.' I don't know anybody who is listening to 'Email My Heart.'

— Robin Lopez

I love rap lyrics, I love hearing people rap, I love molding a thought or idea into the shape that fits on…

— Aesop Rock

I think a domestic situation can change you and your attitudes. I suppose if you did get a bit content, then you…

— Paul McCartney