Song Quotes · Page 823

Whenever I write a new song, it always happens when I come back from Europe or Egypt or something like that. It's…

— Yuna

It's all downloading. As a matter of fact, within five years, there will be no CDs.

— Al Jourgensen

I think it's good if a song has more than one meaning. Maybe that kind of song can reach far more people.

— Syd Barrett

My voice has definitely been my plus point and many compliment me for the power of my vocal chords.

— Nizhalgal Ravi

If nobody throws all their rules at you, you might make a song with no introduction.

— Bill Withers

There's a universe inside your head - a place of pictures and passions, of songs and sorrows. It's everything you are -…

— Jeffrey Kluger

I had a lot of vocal problems when I was younger. I don't know if it's down to leading a healthier lifestyle…

— Jack Bruce

Looking back, I think I was always musical. My dad was very musical, and I think my mom was musical.

— Paul McCartney

Sometimes when we hear a song we breathe deeply and sigh. This reminds the prophet that the soul arises from heavenly harmony.…

— Hildegard of Bingen

I believe that from that Earth emerges a musical poetry, which is by the nature of its sources tonal. I believe that…

— Leonard Bernstein

I'm surrounded by music; I always was when I was growing up and continue to be. And I love music. And when…

— Lorrie Moore

By the Angel, Bridget’s depressing,” said Henry, setting down his newspaper directly on his plate and causing the edge to soak through…

— Cassandra Clare

Einstein was very attracted to Mozart. There's a mathematical, classical structure to the music, and I think he identified with that very…

— Geoffrey Rush

I once wrote a song so beautiful that I myself couldn't sing it. It's called Plastic Government Cheese Swan, and it's about…

— Thom Yorke

At some point the label 'hard-rocker' began to get on my nerves, and I decided to break those chains. My music definitely…

— Gary Moore

If you think of the way Howlin' Wolf made records, you get the feeling there wasn't a production manager onsite, or a…

— M. Ward

I like to come up with lots of different sounds. So the final version of a song might have been 10 completely…

— Sam Hunt

My music is colorful. The intention for it is to be good for whoever's listening to it, and my style is good…

— Amine

Sometimes I'll get to the end of a song, open my eyes and there's all these faces peering at me. It's quite…

— Robert Smith

When you play music with someone who has a heart rather than playing with someone who is just doing it for money…

— Greg Lake

Without an audience, all your dreams will not come true at all, because you need an audience to write new songs and…

— Rokia Traore

My mother was a classical pianist and my stepfather was an industrialist who was passionate about composing contemporary music.

— Carla Bruni

What is music anyway? It's a form of communication, and that's why I play the kind of music that I think -…

— Kenny G

I just want to try - on a daily basis keep trying - to make music that I really love.

— Moby

My father moved through theys of we, singing each new leaf out of each tree, (and every child was sure that spring…

— Mitch Albom

I'm one of the few people that I know that sings better than they did 20 years ago.

— Steve Earle

A lot of bands have the enthusiasm kicked out of them by playing really dreary pub venues that just churn bands through.

— Alex Kapranos

Every nation, every human being that came across earth had a song and sang in some way to their God.

— Thomas A. Dorsey

This album [Stroll] and all my songs that break barriers are more reflective of my personality.

— SonReal

I don't touch electric guitars. It's just not my thing - I stick with acoustic guitars only.

— Dave Matthews

I'm a Scandinavian Midwest girl who doesn't always know what's going on in herself emotionally, which is why I make music in…

— Erika M. Anderson

“And if I get it right everybody will be singing along, yeah And when they see you on the street they’ll say,…

— Keith Urban

'All Over Me' is a song that I really got fired up the first time I heard it: it just really moved…

— Josh Turner

In my imaginary utopian world there would be a greater allegiance between music writers and musicians.

— Emily Haines

My father was a preacher so I wouldn't sing at all when he was around, but as soon as he locked the…

— John Witherspoon

Trombone virtuoso and innovative composer, Papo combines the best of jazz and Latin music to create a genre that is unique and…

— Michael Brecker

Music imitates (represents) the passions or states of the soul, such as gentleness, anger, courage, temperance, and their opposites.

— Aristotle

I always have to change the song I'm playing to something less embarrassing before someone gets into my car.

— Anonymous

I really like working with drummers, I like being able to bounce ideas off drummers.

— Thighpaulsandra

Sometimes an unexpected chord change can be the difference between a good song and a great song.

— Gary Talley