Music Quotes · Page 481

I'm not here to write a song for you, I'm here to help you write a song for yourself.

— Miguel

Some songs are sort of born in the studio but some songs are really half-written in the studio.

— Ron Mael

I love huge dramatic songs with ridiculously big orchestral parts.

— Conchita Wurst

I've written songs on everything. Menus. Napkins. Little pieces of paper.

— Chuck Berry

I like the pop music, but I still want to have meaning in my music.

— David Archuleta

You work very hard on the lyrics. Getting them to fit the contours of improvised melodies.

— Kurt Elling

"Law suites of up to $150,000 per song against people who download music...

— Danny Worsnop

“The musical equivalent of St Pancras Station. (on Elgar)”

— Thomas Beecham

I write songs on guitar and that's about how good of a guitar player I am. I can write songs on it.

— Billy Bob Thornton

It is always an honor to work with those that share your passion for music and just enjoy making great music.

— Solange Knowles

A guy like Scott [Robinson] plays the whole history of music on every instrument you've ever heard of. He's just kind of…

— Jon Gordon

It looked like 'The Sound of Music' would even surpass 'Ben Hur,' and I thought it would be unfair for me to…

— William Wyler

I loved Justice and Uffie and everyone signed to the label Ed Banger. They were really influential to me when first started…

— Charli XCX

As cliche as it sounds, there's a reason why people always say that music has no language; it transcends language barriers.

— Jonita Gandhi

Two songs I like are 'High Flying Adored' and 'Another Suitcase Another Hall,' both from 'Evita.'

— Tim Rice

My music is party music. If you can make people party, you can always have an audience for that.

— Lil Jon

There is a little bit of a head vs. heart kind of battle that happens sometimes with the song. There's the goose…

— Josh Groban

I don't come from a film background. I haven't learned anything about films or film-making. But I have a thirst to know…

— Priyanka Chopra

I'm not really entertained anymore, everything sounds the same. We have a crisis right now of innovative music. I'm probably the only…

— Kool Keith

I don't want to do children's music. I write kids songs, but the kids songs I write are for my kids -…

— Anonymous

My mom was a folk singer and Celtic harpist. My dad was in a barbershop quartet and my great grandma was an…

— Skylar Grey

I grew up very heavily involved in a United Methodist Youth organization. I grew up going to church camp for years. I…

— Tracy Lawrence

Overall, working with 50 Cent was one of my favourite moments. I grew up, like most of us did, listening to his…

— J. R. Ramirez

I like the fans, but I don't feel an obligation that I have to be an example to them, like say maybe…

— Bob Dylan

I'm just going to make the music I love to make, and I'm going to mature with my music.

— Jay-Z

I want to play music that draws a picture of the world and its space.

— Jimi Hendrix

“Musical Chairs. Except I thought, when God's providing the music, everyone gets a chair.”

— Neta Jackson

I've never really cared if I was famous for my music. It was just something I had to do.

— Juliette Lewis

I am friends with the most amazing musicians that can do pop, rap, punk and jazz.

— Kenny Beats

Gifted women musicians and composers rarely received their due.

— James Cook

Whatever I've got going on, I play music to accompany me.

— Brooke Burke

The more real you get, the more unreal everything else is.

— John Lennon

Apple has given me a platform to spread music. They're giving us Latinos a chance to shine.

— Bad Bunny

I give myself strength by staying away from any music.

— Alannah Myles

My dad is huge on music, so he always made tapes from his friends. That's how I got into music.

— Chris Harris, Jr

I don't play the kind of music that works in a football stadium.

— James Taylor

The only proof he needed for the existance of God was music.

— Kurt Vonnegut

I'm not an actor like Shah Rukh Khan, Amitji or Salman Khan. My magic lies in my music.

— Bappi Lahiri

Be honest with who you are and what your music is about.

— B-Real

Songs are easy to remember because they have rhythm and music.

— Asha Bhosle