“Poetry is like a song without music,” I said loftily. “A song without music is like a body without a soul.” — Patrick Rothfuss- The Name of the Wind Copy Share Image
I mean, my wife is always like - I don't write lyrics. So I couldn't, like, really technically write a song for… — Mark Ronson Copy Share Image
I pounded through the houses, staggering down the hallways, falling down the steps. It was a hot streaky dawn full of insecticides,… — Francesca Lia Block Copy Share Image
I think more obvious to others, is that I'm most vulnerable on stage. Even though I know which songs I'm going to… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
“The world, once flat to his eyes, now bristled with edges and textures. He saw the tiny grooves of petals and leaves,… — Remy Wilkins Copy Share Image
I have ideas of subjects and atmospheres that I love. I either want to go in a tougher, stronger direction or do… — Charlotte Gainsbourg Copy Share Image
A lot of my lyrics are approximate meaning without me knowing why they sound right. — Matt Berninger Copy Share Image
It's a great honor when somebody takes your song and does something different with it. That's what music is all about: to… — Laurent Brancowitz Copy Share Image
I only write about stuff I know. I don't have a lot of experience with boys and stuff so I write a… — Brie Larson Copy Share Image
I think it'd be great if Prince made an album of just romantic, slow ballads. — Moby Copy Share Image
I want to be a woman who lives totally abandoned to the first commandment: to love my Lord, my God, with all… — Misty Edwards Copy Share Image
“ Autumn The autumn comes, a maiden fair In slenderness and grace, With nodding rice-stems in her hair And lilies in her… — Kalidasa Copy Share Image
When we listen to improvisational jazz, or solo classical violinists, the way they phrase and inflect melodies feels vocal, like they’re talking… — Bobby McFerrin Copy Share Image
Most Christmas carols have no obvious religious content, or at least that's noticeable to most people. I mean, it is almost by… — Howard Dean Copy Share Image
Sometimes you're inspired by an old-school song that you want to chop up and make a sample out of it. I find… — Bishop Briggs Copy Share Image
I would always sing it (Take Me Out To The Ballgame) because I think it's the only song I knew the words… — Harry Caray Copy Share Image
The romantic stuff comes a lot easier when you're experiencing true love. It feels better, it feels more natural to record love… — Aaron Tippin Copy Share Image
“He did not know what to say in the face of such sorrow. He sat in silence by his sister's side in… — Halldor Laxness Copy Share Image
I'm a song-and-dance girl. I can act enough to get by. But that's the limit of my talents. — Betty Grable Copy Share Image
Oh, Black known and unknown poets, how often have your auctioned pains sustained us? Who will compute the lonely nights made less… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
The thing with Disney songs is they're very manipulative, very sentimental, but they do get you, you know - there's a kind… — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
Jewelry should not upstage you. I pick one hot point on my body that I'm going to highlight. Let one area do… — Padma Lakshmi Copy Share Image
God sent his Singers upon earth With songs of sadness and of mirth, That they might touch the hearts of men, And… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
Creativity is secondary, meditation is basic and fundamental; everything should come out of your meditation. Then it will give you a beatitude,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
An upbeat song, for example, means one thing, but when you hear it with really vibey, mellow ambience around it, suddenly the… — Lights Copy Share Image
I'm a songwriter who's put my childhood memories and teenage angst into songs. — Paula Cole Copy Share Image
Songs are like a form of chaos that you can control. It's a form of intelligence that maybe you only understand and… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
Most songs that aren't jump-rope songs, or lullabies, are cautionary tales or goodbye songs and road songs. — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
Lyrical content is very important to me. I'm always trying to make sure the lyrics and music complement each other perfectly. — Matt Smith Copy Share Image
All truths, not merely ideas, but truthful faces, truthful pictures or songs, are highly beautiful. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I was working with Toby Gad, who spent a lot of time in India. There's a sitar [in "Body Shop"] and the… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
There are times where I'm just open to receive songs. I sit down, and a jam will just come out, all at… — Benji Hughes Copy Share Image
I'd always put on little shows at home, but when I was 11, I did a community event in Woodford, where anyone… — Naomi Scott Copy Share Image
I am not just a singer, I am a composer as well. Because I'm balancing both, it takes me longer to compose… — Ankit Tiwari Copy Share Image
Every single song I write has to feel like it has a beginning, middle, and end, like a movie or a short… — Grace Potter Copy Share Image
'Manu' is one of the best albums. The climax song will be a trump card for all break-up songs. Everybody will talk… — Nani Copy Share Image
To see that people appreciate the work that I put in to make these songs for them, that's what makes me care.… — Fetty Wap Copy Share Image
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