Song Quotes · Page 47

I write with music. I write scenes in movies that hopefully can earn the use of some songs that are powerful to…

— Cameron Crowe

I give myself time with a guitar and PA to let my subconscious do its thing. This happens repeatedly over a period…

— Scout Niblett

I want to sing more in Spanish. I want to sing the songs of Granados; the songs of Montsalvatge. To do things…

— Jessye Norman

I want to make music three-dimensional. I want to make a song also a painting, and a painting also a culinary experience.

— Benny Cassette

“And what if there are no damsels in distress? What if I knew that, and I called your bluff? Don't you think…

— Ani Difranco

I've been in bands since I was about fifteen, so there are probably quite a lot of terrible teenage songs kicking about…

— Lauren Mayberry

I didn't write those songs, but I can relate to every one of them... I have.

— Joss Stone

I enjoy singing the songs a certain way, but I don't even know how the writing even began. To me, it's work…

— Angel Olsen

I don't want to be 35 years old and still popping out songs in miniskirts and la-la-la.

— Holly Valance

Writer babe you could be the quote. If I'm the lyric baby you could be the note. Record that!

— Miguel Jontel

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

— Andrew McMahon

The day I write a totally happy song... I'll retire.

— Dean Lewis

I would love to have a song that fusions western arrangement with classic Indian instruments.

— Lara Fabian

To make a song is a gift, and once it's done it keeps evolving and changing and becomes a tool to interact…

— Ryan Adams

Licensing is how indie rock people make a living these days, so whatever about that. But I want good films and good…

— Justin Vernon

The song 'Some Other Time...' is full of emotion. In wartime, it had a tremendously poignant feeling.

— Betty Comden

Saturday morning was come, and all the summer world was bright and fresh, and brimming with life. There was a song in…

— Mark Twain

I like to blur the line between remix and cover version and new song.

— Dev Hynes

Im not interested in fad songs.

— Ryan Tedder

'Boyz-n-the-Hood' was actually supposed to be written for Eazy's group. He had a group out in New York called Home Boys Only,…

— Ice Cube

The jazz band's chief stimulus, of course, was the rise of the negro 'blues' and their exploitation by the negro song-writer, W.…

— Bix Beiderbecke

The idea that I could write songs that people wanted to hear came from other people who said they liked what I…

— Benmont Tench

“Our song escapes On neon silver discs”

— Arcade Fire

I've had lots of friends who've gone through 'Battlefield' situations in their relationships, so when I was singing the song I put…

— Jordin Sparks

There are lot of bands that have too many songs, I think.

— Doug Martsch

I wish you'd listen closer to the songs I play. 'Cause the lyrics speak the words I fail to say.

— Anonymous

It's a really common trap to want your life to live up to some standard that you believe in, and then you…

— Will Sheff

When I was preparing for '1994,' the song for Deena and Sam was 'Fast Car' by Tracy Chapman. I just really love…

— Kiana Madeira

Actors are given songs that suit their voice and skill. At the same time, those songs which have a complicated tune and…

— M. Jayachandran

Nobody gets married to a clever song, let alone falls in love to one.

— Paul Westerberg

As much as I enjoy traveling and playing on stage as an artist, I really find my true sense of purpose in…

— Sam Hunt

“Young Noah: [humming] Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum. Young Allie: [laughing] You're a terrible singer.…

— Nicholas Sparks

It's hard to write new stuff when the songs you have written before are still changing and evolving. It would be like…

— Thomas Mars

It's great when you play to an audience that knows the words to all your songs, and sings them back to you.

— Chris Cornell

It only takes one song to bring back all the memories and ruin your day.

— Cuts And Scars

I want to live, I want to give, I've been a miner for a heart of gold.

— Neil Young

I don't really concentrate on Urban AC or whatever. I don't concentrate on genres or how people section off songs for radio.

— B.J. The Chicago Kid

Lack of feeling in an emotional sense is responsible for the way some singers do our songs. They don't understand and are…

— John Lennon

Sonnets are guys writing in English, imitating an Italian song form. It was a form definitely sung as often as it was…

— Steve Earle

When you're in a daze - whether it's from running or a hangover or whatever else - I think that ideas from…

— Alasdair MacLean