Music Quotes · Page 398

I think listening to real classic soul material made me learn how to feel music that's sung

— Gavin DeGraw

As I matured, the things that I liked influenced the music I wanted to make.

— Shonlock

In the end, the best music will always rise to the top.

— John Carter Cash

I have to write pretty songs; that's what gets them on the charts.

— Nicky Jam

So many good songs get written fast, because you know exactly what has to work.

— Stephen Sondheim

If you ever feel alone, put on my music, i'll,be there for you.

— Demi Lovato

I think music is a spiritual way to communicate transcendental things.

— Christopher Owens

I think you have a limited amount of impact as an entertainer, performer, or musician.

— Bruce Springsteen

You have to give kids something to rebel against. You can't like their music - you have to call it noise. It's…

— Graydon Carter

I've listened to a lot of different styles of music growing up, and they've all influenced me at different times in my…

— Kirstin Maldonado

“Dogs get after big living. They seem illiterate of worry, yet able to read joys that elude us. They quietly shout to…

— Michael Cogdill

I am very fond of the people, landscape, poetry, music, history and the Guinness. Being there makes me think of my mother…

— Stephen Lang

“A day out-of- doors, someone I loved to talk with, a good book and some simple food and music — that would…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

This is not the same old story. This is not your same old thing. If you let the music take you. You…

— Kaskade

I really love that I'm giving myself the opportunity finally to not have the pressure of every single song you do having…

— Kathleen Hanna

Coming from an artistic family was really helpful because they understood that music is a real job, that I can make money…

— Lola Young

If you have good songs and a real desire to make music, the next thing to do, instead of approach record companies,…

— James Blunt

My first album, 'Get Lifted,' was a hip-hop soul album that had some of its roots in the church, as far as…

— John Legend

“you really have love at home then why are you in a place where the music is too loud and men can’t…

— Love Vincent

I think that a great song needs the full package. I think that a great song needs everything from lyrics, to melody,…

— William Beckett

“This waltz was the music of the softly falling snow on the regal new buildings of the Ringstrasse. It was the spring…

— Allison Pataki

I kind of write in a very classic way. I sit in the piano, working on some catchy, cool melodies and coming…

— Jonas Blue

Everybody has their own America, and then they have pieces of a fantasy America that they think is out there but they…

— Andy Warhol

If I play somebody's mixtape, if it gets on my nerves halfway through because it's too loud or everything sounds the same,…

— Valee

I wanted something where I could explore comics and music at the same time.

— Gerard Way

We all know this: Music is such a fundamental part of life.

— Bozoma Saint John

Find what makes your heart sing and create your own music.

— Mac Anderson

Fashion is my lover on the side, but I am married to music.

— Dawn Richard

Whenever I'm making songs, I am pretty much, quote unquote, freestyling them into existence.

— Jaden Smith

I've written songs about things that nobody else has ever written about.

— David Allan Coe

If people don't like it [my music] now, they will.

— Albert Ayler

I let my music take me where my heart wants to go.

— Cat Stevens

I was never planning on being a musician. It's basically a hobby that sprawled out of control.

— DJ Spooky

I love writing super sad songs, and I love writing big pop songs.

— Griff

Ambient music is intended to induce calm and a space to think.

— Brian Eno

Opening acts are hard, really hard. There's more politics involved than music, sometimes.

— Kaki King

Musicians have been political literally since people were writing songs.

— Maggie Rogers

Music helps me to express feelings in a way words often cannot.

— Jane Chen

Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below.

— Joseph Addison

I also just accept that I might never want to write a song again.

— Fiona Apple