Song Quotes · Page 67

I sing only in Meronian - my own language - but there are also elements of English and Finnish languages in our…

— Jussi Lehtisalo

The difference between a good song and a great song is a good song is one that you know, you'll put on…

— Taylor Swift

My songs always tend to have a good element to the story. That is who I am - an optimistic person.

— Rayvon Owen

Janis Joplin didn't just sing a song, she took it over. She swallowed it whole, then sent it back through her gut…

— Scott Simon

I think the line is where you're in the studio, you're creating. That belongs to you as an artist. Nothing should taint…

— Talib Kweli

“If you hear a song that makes you cry and you don’t want to cry anymore, you don’t listen to that song…

— Jay Asher

I wanted to write a song about sexism, but I didn't want to do it in a mechanical way and be like,…

— Boots Riley

“The weight of the world is love. Under the burden of solitude, under the burden of dissatisfaction the weight, the weight we…

— Allen Ginsberg

The present flowed by them like a stream. The tree rustled. It had made music before they were born, and would continue…

— Anonymous

I'm always making music. I'm constantly making little musical recordings on my phone or on a little voice recorder I carry with…

— James Taylor

I think it's absolutely possible to write a song and go somewhere where no one's been before, uncharted territory. In terms of…

— Richard Thompson

I can destroy a dance floor. I think life should be a musical. I always hate it when people watch a musical…

— Zachary Levi

My songs are not pretty. They're what I call optimistic realism.

— Laura Marling

My earliest memories as a child are listening to Beatles records, and they are a big part of how I've learned to…

— Christina Perri

In the meantime [1965-67], [Bob] Dylan was again writing some of the best love songs in the genre, like "Visions of Johanna,"…

— Bob Dylan

“When I wrote this song I felt pretty unoriginal because everybody writes love songs, and everybody feels like their love is the…

— Tegan Quin

Song, songs kept them going and going; They didn't realize the millions of seeds they were sowing. They were singing in marches,…

— Pete Seeger

I'm visually stimulated, so I watch TV, movies, even Pinterest. A song could come from something as simple as being words splashed…

— Bonnie McKee

My highest score karaoke song is 'Ben,' by Michael Jackson.

— Nancy Wilson

Some birds are not meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild. So…

— Stephen King

Dream Theater music, there's a lot of background and context to the songs, as far as the subject matter and the albums…

— John Petrucci

My cousin used to make fun of me for liking stuff like C+C Music Factory. I didn't have any tapes; I just…

— Kurt Vile

The thing that I love about acting is the fact that I can help people feel things, know themselves or feel less…

— Naomi Watts

Some people expect me to have changed overnight because of one big song.

— Passenger

Not only is your story worth telling, but it can be told in words so painstakingly eloquent that it becomes a song.

— Gloria Naylor

I suppose my job is to describe spaces that are honest to me. And the goal, I suppose, is that the listener…

— Jacob Collier

When Satan makes impure verses, Allah sends a divine tune to cleanse them.

— George Bernard Shaw

I love Paul Simon... his lyrics.

— Rza

I think it's really cool when artists have song titles or album names that are a really conversational sentence.

— Billie Eilish

I was, like, in my mid-30s when I found out I could sing. I was doing karaoke and we were doing Bob…

— Jelly Roll

The song 'Make 'Em Laugh' is genius.

— Bernard Cribbins

I really, really like writing songs.

— Debbie Harry

I've always loved punk music, so it was really cool to do my first punk song.

— Kate Nash

When I am performing live, I walk into a room, and I just try to get a feel for the vibe, and…

— Grandmaster Flash

The first song I wrote, when I was 8, was about feeling really angry - like the weight of everything on my shoulders.

— Adrianne Lenker

I had this talent for these stupid little teenage songs. I just couldn't get anyone to sing my songs, so I had…

— Paul Anka

I don't ever try to make a song better than my last song. I just try to make it different from my…

— Fetty Wap

I think my first hit was the first song I ever wrote. I actually wrote it in 2005 in college. The title…

— Kevin McCall

All the new songs have been written since the re-issue of Diamond Day. With my first royalties I got a Mac and…

— Vashti Bunyan

Lover's Entwined, Even apart, Fawning, Reaching, Trembling. Fear Absolute, Aspiration Divine, Anticipation Exquisite. Bound, Yet Free. Souls Quivering, Hearts Weeping, Minds Soaring,…

— Eric Nickel