Songs Quotes · Page 76

It creates a conflict of interest - what songs would I use for me, and what would I use for the band.

— Martin Gore

To me, there's two types of songs, good and bad. And I just like to stick with the good ones.

— Reba McEntire

With songs one invents a world that wouldn't exist otherwise. And in that world you can be more than you actually are.

— Sophie Hunger

“88% of what we call good songs aren’t really good. They merely remind us of a good time we once had.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Songs seem to take me a long time. I don't know why; they're not especially excellent for taking so long.

— Leonard Cohen

I look at some of the songs I wrote years ago and I can't believe I wrote such crap.

— Billy Joel

No matter where I go, I actually have a lot of couples coming and telling me that one of my songs was…

— Shreya Ghoshal

When I'm old I shall give up writing the big stuff and shall wander round the park thinking of songs.

— George Lloyd

In many ways Bright Eyes is really a studio project. We form bands to tour, but it really is - you know,…

— Conor Oberst

I do want people to know that the songs that I wrote when I was with women were really about women. And…

— George Michael

I don't bother so much about the others' songs. For instance, I don't give a damn about how 'Something' is doing in…

— John Lennon

'Haywire' is full of different kinds of love songs. It's definitely country and a little something for everybody. I feel like the…

— Josh Turner

My parents have always had a great sense of humor. And I really appreciate good humor in songs, witty lyrics that sneak…

— Kacey Musgraves

I start a lot more songs than I finish, because I realize when I get into them, they're no good. I don't…

— Johnny Cash

I picked songs that I've been singing my whole life that stuck with me. I tried to pick stuff that was a…

— Chris Isaak

Apparently Pope John Paul II and his boys - is that what you call them? - loved one of my songs and…

— Gloria Estefan

My next record I really just want it to be a collection of great songs, classic songs in a way.

— Marc Almond

It seems like some of my favorite songs have almost like a nursery rhyme vibe to them.

— Ruston Kelly

When I was young and didn't know any English, I was drawn by the energy and power of foreign songs and their…

— G-Dragon

I don't want you to feel defeated, like, 'Oh boy, why do you do this to me?' We have too many of…

— Kelela

I will go down on my deathbed telling my kids to find songs like 'Don't Take the Girl.'

— Walker Hayes

The songs my band and I like to sing - the songs that the room will erupt for - are '90s hits,…

— Ross Lynch

I'm not the type of person who makes a lot of songs in a day just to see which one is the…

— A Boogie wit da Hoodie

I like to consider myself a narrator of sorts for my friends and I feel like songs are a perfect way to…

— Maisie Peters

The Smiths did that well, putting words in pop songs you wouldn't hear anywhere else.

— James Righton

So, anyway, I think the format of love songs for me stopped becoming about people and started becoming about life.

— Caroline Polachek

I especially like the songs Hurry Up and The Curse Of Castle Dragon, and I often include them in my live show.

— Paul Gilbert

I think a lot of it is that we used to tour so much that we never really had time to write…

— Mike Lowry

I can play 'Guitar Hero,' most of the songs on Medium and some of the songs on Hard. No Expert.

— Ryan Hansen

There are many examples of great songs that become more famous when they are covered.

— Alex Ebert

I write the songs, go in and record them, then I listen to everything and decide how it all fits together.

— Lucinda Williams

I've always written songs, even when I wasn't doing anything with my personal life in music.

— Leif Garrett

The Smiths hasn't been equaled. That goes for the composition of the songs, the lyrics, and the performance.

— Jeff Buckley

My songs pretty much revolve in my brain most of the time - usually, whatevers coming next.

— Jeff Mangum

I think when you're making an album, as the songs are piling up, one of the good things about it is that…

— Paul McCartney

In the West, Rihanna, Chris Brown, Justin Bieber are the face of their songs.

— Armaan Malik

I will not promote other people's songs big time. I will just mention that I produced the song to get the credit…

— Zedd

Some songs just fall out of you. And some you have to wrestle out like an abscess.

— Julien Baker

There are a lot of bad worship songs, in my opinion, but there are a lot of good ones, too

— Michael W. Smith

I have sung some great songs, and fortunately, all have gone to become hits.

— Mohit Chauhan