Songs Quotes · Page 12

People take songs so literally.

— Richard Marx

Songs are more powerful than books.

— Elvis Costello

I like songs that are simple.

— Syd Barrett

Nothing in my songs is disrespective.

— Teddy Pendergrass

I like to do those hum-along songs.

— Uncle Kracker

Our songs all carry the same way.

— Isaac Hanson

I think a lot of our songs are good.

— Hope Sandoval

I won’t sell my songs for no TV Ad.

— Adam Yauch

I remember starting out and covering songs.

— Bebe Rexha

We need more pop songs and more empowering songs.

— Ava Max

I always say that I fall in love with artists, not songs.

— Olivia Rodrigo

I like singing all kinds of songs, be it a soft number or a peppy track.

— Javed Ali

Singing someone else's songs is like keeping your clothes on.

— Eddie Vedder

So many songs on how to treat a lady right and guys still make mistakes.

— Anonymous

Music isnt for the eyes, its for the ears.

— Adele

Don't trust anyone that doesn't like any Bowie songs.

— Shaun Ryder

The older songs were better songs, because they had lyrics with a story to tell. Aretha and Otis told stories.

— Wilson Pickett

A band is a real band if they can play not just their songs, but they can just play.

— Shavo Odadjian

I've done songs with legends like De La Soul with Pete Rock. I've done songs with B.O.B. I've done songs with Big…

— Lecrae

Heck, I'm no Henry Mancini or Michel Legrand. I just play the guitar and write songs.

— John Denver

Certain songs just feel a way that's hard to put into words and it's not happy and it's also not really sad…

— Elliott Smith

“My task is set before me, girl My mission clear and true There’ll be black knights and dragons, girl But I will…

— Emme Rollins

I like to make songs that are gonna be here for a long time, not for five months that they play on…

— Ginuwine

Songs go through cycles for me. And sometimes I lose my passion for some of them.

— Bob Weir

I wrote most of these songs right before the end. A lot of these songs are about that. Even if it's not…

— Gene Ween

Well, as a songwriter, it's really dangerous to use the word love in a song. It's a word that has been used…

— Jack White

I like those kinds of songs that have details that you remember and that have stories that mean something and that open…

— Jason Isbell

Just give me a reason Just a little bit's enough Just a second we're not broken just bent And we can learn…

— Anonymous

I started writing songs when I was real young, when I was 3 years old. The piano spoke to me - I…

— Ian Axel

I still perform because it's a necessity for my innards. And those songs, some of those songs, I have sung, I don't…

— Smokey Robinson

Democracy can tie your hands in a rock 'n' roll band, you know? It can be a great thing, but if you've…

— Jason Isbell

A lot of my songs do relate to me, and the lyrics come from a place within myself and things that I've…

— Ruel

We kind of just got more mature and more realistic with what we're doing. We kinda said, "We quit our jobs and…

— Jordan Buckley

“Is it possible that the Pentateuch could not have been written by uninspired men? that the assistance of God was necessary to…

— Robert G. Ingersoll

People love to play 'Baby, I Love Your Way' at their weddings. They even play it for births and deaths - whatever…

— Peter Frampton

“You have broken my heart I am a little kid, I cannot stop crying I hit my feet to the ground and…

— M.F. Moonzajer

“Nobody ever talks about the pyramids that weren't built, the books that weren't written, the songs that weren't sung. Stop letting your…

— Steve Maraboli

“So Jason, in England, do you eat these ‘Farmer burgers?’” Wong Tong asked. “Farmer burgers? I don’t know what they are?” “Maybe…

— Mark A. Cooper

I'm not saying you have to be totally despondent or anything, but... in New York, it's cold sometimes; it rains sometimes; even…

— Tom Odell

I was a huge Beatles fan. We could talk about who I listened to growing up and what my sources were, but…

— James Taylor