Songs Quotes · Page 69

A girl's favorite songs will tell you more about how she feels than her lips ever will.

— Anonymous

Every single one of the guys that I've written songs about has been tracked down on MySpace by my fans.

— Taylor Swift

I write songs from the point of view I had at a time;I'm not tryingto write songs from a young person's point…

— Nick Cave

Whenever I wrote songs - particularly back then - it would always be for a particular artist.

— Allen Toussaint

Some songs can make you cry When you hear them. But Actually it isn't the songs, It's the people behind the memories.

— Anonymous

A lot of my heartbreak songs are inspired by things my sisters are going through, or friends.

— Dolly Parton

'Things that Never Cross a Man's Mind' is probably one of my favorite upbeat tempo songs because it is just a sassy…

— Kellie Pickler

I've dreamed about performing songs, songs that don't even exist, as a complete song.

— Ted Leo

When the label came to me to say, 'would you like to do another record,' I said, 'Well I got these sixteen…

— Brian McKnight

That's one of my favorite songs of all time. It's so beautiful. It's an old song, sung by Nina Simone. This is…

— Ellen Page

I have always had to write songs. As a lifestyle and as a business model, it's pretty difficult. Largely at this point…

— Doug Walters

The first eight songs we were using someone else's monitors and it is hard to follow the changes when you are jamming…

— John Entwistle

I make up stories in my head all the time, but I've never written them down. But I write a lot of…

— Ashley Monroe

That's one of the things I like best about folk music is the beautiful melodies - and the harmonies - that exist…

— Roger McGuinn

Songs used to be short, then they became longer, and now they're getting shorter. But otherwise, music is about a beat and…

— Anonymous

Just having the pain of being alive without anything else, whether it's good or bad. There's a lot of serious songs on…

— Jon Crosby

I do listen to all of the songs in this world but, only a few are the ones I listen to when…

— Johnnymane

Calculating how long you've been showering by adding up the songs you listened to.

— Anonymous

I never really wanted to be an artist. I just really wanted to write songs. But, of course, I can't get placement…

— Bryson Tiller

You don't plan 'La la la's.' They just pop out. Bowie and Marc Bolan littered many of their songs with 'La la's.'

— Jim Kerr

Writing songs and looking for ideas is like blinking my eyes. It's an involuntary muscle. I do it without thought.

— Toby Keith

“A song and a smile from someone I cared about could be enough to distract me from all that darkness, if only…

— Ransom Riggs

When I write songs, when I sing songs, I don't have anybody in mind. I'm just trying to express what I think…

— El DeBarge

I just want people to connect to the songs. I want people to be really moved by the music.

— Griff

Because of my methodology and my sensibilities to write songs, I'm not very comfortable with the notion to rush in any creative…

— Rodney Crowell

Artists have been getting ripped off since the beginning of time, probably. But on the other hand, it might be nice to…

— Exene Cervenka

I prefer selective memories. Some songs and some co-workers are all that I want to remember, as memories are not always so…

— Asha Bhosle

“No man sings as beautifully as when his song is accompanied by a woman’s voice.”

— Roman Payne

I've wanted to do a solo album since 2000 when I was writing songs for the 'Machine' record.

— Wayne Static

With every album, the approach is find the best songs you can find, write the best songs you can write and try…

— Luke Bryan

I sit and write songs alone and then get together with people to help me flesh it out into a recording.

— James Mercer

People come to me to write songs that will be successful for them, and they allow me the freedom to do so.

— Linda Perry

I like words. I like the way they clash around together and bang up against each other, especially in songs.

— Jimmy Webb

You can write songs about your comic books and the girl or boy you sort of know and your mom and dad…

— Scott McClanahan

My music is nostalgic. The early Neil Sedaka songs are always catchy and very singable.

— Neil Sedaka

A lot of these songs just came from day-to-day experiences. And it was a very natural, kind of organic process.

— Dolores O'Riordan

I try not to release songs that I'm not proud of, and even songs that I don't connect with.

— Andrew McMahon

Songs wont save the planet, but neither will books or speeches. Songs are sneaky things; they can slip across borders.

— Pete Seeger

I wanna make more songs than anybody, I wanna be the oldest rapper who is active.

— Too Short

All songs are already perfectly written. It is the writer's job to find it and get it on paper.

— Beth Nielsen Chapman