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title: "11 Important Song Quotes by 11 authors"
description: "Browse 11 Important Song quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Important Song sayings and thoughts."
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> ['Hold On' is such an important song to me personally.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chord-overstreet/hold-on-is-such-an-important-song-to-me-personally/)

[Chord Overstreet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chord-overstreet/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64b/chord-overstreet-14008_hold_hold-on-is-such-an-important-song-to-me_2205523.png)

> [Normally I don't compromise at all but it felt important to give that song the chance to be heard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-bush/normally-i-don-t-compromise-at-all-but-it-felt-important-to-give-that/)

[Kate Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-bush/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e2/kate-bush-1547_chance_normally-i-don-t-compromise-at-all-but-i_1125227.jpg)

> [I feel like emotional content is the most important of any song, for any artist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lp/i-feel-like-emotional-content-is-the-most-important-of-any-song-for/)

[LP](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lp/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/774/lp-9491_art_i-feel-like-emotional-content-is-the-mos_1236451.jpg)

> [Words are important to me, but a song can work and function and be a good song with words that are fairly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jarvis-cocker/words-are-important-to-me-but-a-song-can-work-and-function-and-be-a/)

[Jarvis Cocker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jarvis-cocker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2a/jarvis-cocker-4176_dog_words-are-important-to-me-but-a-song-can_1769079.jpg)

> ['Make You Miss Me' is an important song to me. Having it go No. 1 as the fifth single off of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-hunt/make-you-miss-me-is-an-important-song-to-me-having-it-go-no-1-as-the/)

[Sam Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-hunt/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd6/sam-hunt-3215_forget_make-you-miss-me-is-an-important-song-to_2589462.jpg)

> [If you can make the song a soundtrack to what you're living at the time, I think that's the most important part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nate-ruess/if-you-can-make-the-song-a-soundtrack-to-what-you-re-living-at-the/)

[Nate Ruess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nate-ruess/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/feb/nate-ruess-12412_important_if-you-can-make-the-song-a-soundtrack-to_2520781.png)

> [What Madonna did with that song was to make the visual sell of the song maybe even more important than the song…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-harris/what-madonna-did-with-that-song-was-to-make-the-visual-sell-of-the/)

[Mark Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-harris/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f05/mark-harris-19840_madonna_what-madonna-did-with-that-song-was-to-m_148052.jpg)

> [Films and things like that are really my first love and, so when we get to make videos it's just as important…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilyn-manson/films-and-things-like-that-are-really-my-first-love-and-so-when-we/)

[Marilyn Manson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilyn-manson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec6/marilyn-manson-565_art_films-and-things-like-that-are-really-my_1500659.jpg)

> [It's crazy because I was 10 years old when 'Macarena' was all over the place, and I remember looking at it from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-fonsi/it-s-crazy-because-i-was-10-years-old-when-macarena-was-all-over-the/)

[Luis Fonsi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-fonsi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9f/luis-fonsi-12558_crazy_it-s-crazy-because-i-was-10-years-old-wh_1980362.jpg)

> [It's so important, after a song is finished, to go to sleep and listen to the song with fresh ears the next…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-lopez/it-s-so-important-after-a-song-is-finished-to-go-to-sleep-and-listen/)

[Robert Lopez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-lopez/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/055/robert-lopez-15154_day_it-s-so-important-after-a-song-is-finish_1143116.jpg)

> [LATE will always be the most important song to me. I used to struggle to perform it live without getting upset but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxanne-emery/late-will-always-be-the-most-important-song-to-me-i-used-to-struggle/)

[Roxanne Emery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxanne-emery/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ccf/roxanne-emery-46491_audience_late-will-always-be-the-most-important-s_1784281.jpg)

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