--- title: "12 Song Learned Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 12 Song Learned quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Song Learned sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55d/arnel-pineda-8590_escape_i-think-i-was-10-or-11-years-old-i-think_766152.jpg" --- > [I think I was 10 or 11 years old. I think the first song I learned about then was 'Open Arms.' Then,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnel-pineda/i-think-i-was-10-or-11-years-old-i-think-the-first-song-i-learned/) [Arnel Pineda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnel-pineda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55d/arnel-pineda-8590_escape_i-think-i-was-10-or-11-years-old-i-think_766152.jpg) > [Remembering growing up on U.S. Army bases stateside and abroad, the Star-Spangled Banner was played at important occasions... and often. It was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harris-faulkner/remembering-growing-up-on-u-s-army-bases-stateside-and-abroad-the/) [Harris Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harris-faulkner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/453/harris-faulkner-6729_army_remembering-growing-up-on-u-s-army-bases_87162.jpg) > [Celine Dion is one of my heroes. The first song I learned was "My Heart Will Go On." And we sang "Because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charice-pempengco/celine-dion-is-one-of-my-heroes-the-first-song-i-learned-was-my-heart/) [Charice Pempengco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charice-pempengco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b7/charice-pempengco-23683_celine_celine-dion-is-one-of-my-heroes-the-firs_1693552.jpg) > [I heard Pete Seeger records when I was a kid. I saw Bob Dylan when I was about 12. The first song…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ketch-secor/i-heard-pete-seeger-records-when-i-was-a-kid-i-saw-bob-dylan-when-i/) [Ketch Secor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ketch-secor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e30/ketch-secor-28477_bob_i-heard-pete-seeger-records-when-i-was-a_3074845.jpg) > [When I was in school, the first song I learned was of Simon and Garfunkel and The Beatles. I couldn't even pronounce…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neha-bhasin/when-i-was-in-school-the-first-song-i-learned-was-of-simon-and/) [Neha Bhasin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neha-bhasin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4af/neha-bhasin-6001_beatles_when-i-was-in-school-the-first-song-i-le_2663303.jpg) > [At 13 I taught myself piano from an old song book, and Joni Mitchell's 'Both Sides Now' was the first song I learned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olly-alexander/at-13-i-taught-myself-piano-from-an-old-song-book-and-joni-mitchell-s/) [Olly Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olly-alexander/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ea/olly-alexander-5923_book_at-13-i-taught-myself-piano-from-an-old_2648110.jpg) > [The first song I learned on the guitar was a Kenny Chesney song called 'What I Need to Do'; it was just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-hunt/the-first-song-i-learned-on-the-guitar-was-a-kenny-chesney-song/) [Sam Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-hunt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/697/sam-hunt-3215_come_the-first-song-i-learned-on-the-guitar-w_210293.jpg) > [Starting in music, where I get a chance to connect with the lyrics of a song, I learned so much about performing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naturi-naughton/starting-in-music-where-i-get-a-chance-to-connect-with-the-lyrics-of/) [Naturi Naughton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naturi-naughton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d50/naturi-naughton-12087_about_starting-in-music-where-i-get-a-chance-t_2648865.png) > [The first song I ever learned to sing and play on the piano was 'I Remember Sky' when I was 10 years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-benanti/the-first-song-i-ever-learned-to-sing-and-play-on-the-piano-was-i/) [Laura Benanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-benanti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb7/laura-benanti-7592_beautiful_the-first-song-i-ever-learned-to-sing-an_1204887.jpg) > [A pamphlet, no matter how good, is never read more than once, but a song is learned by heart and repeated over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-hill/a-pamphlet-no-matter-how-good-is-never-read-more-than-once-but-a-song/) [Joe Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-hill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9e/joe-hill-1162_books_a-pamphlet-no-matter-how-good-is-never-r_2724454.png) > [I can't remember the first song I learned to play on bass, but the first song I learned to play on guitar…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geddy-lee/i-can-t-remember-the-first-song-i-learned-to-play-on-bass-but-the/) [Geddy Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geddy-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb1/geddy-lee-10677_bass_i-can-t-remember-the-first-song-i-learne_218649.jpg) > [“She taught them all a song. Learned from a para on French leave from the fighting in Algeria: Demain le noir matin,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-pynchon/she-taught-them-all-a-song-learned-from-a-para-on-french-leave-from/) [Thomas Pynchon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-pynchon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2c/thomas-pynchon-533_land-and-sea_she-taught-them-all-a-song-learned-from_2859551.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song-learned/#itemlist", "name": "Song Learned Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think I was 10 or 11 years old. I think the first song I learned about then was 'Open Arms.' 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I remember thinking, This is the most beautiful song I will ever hear. And that remains true for me to this day. His music is the sole reason I wanted to be on Broadway. 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And I maintain that if a person can put a few common sense facts into a song and dress them up in a cloak of humor, he will succeed in reaching a great number of workers who are too unintelligent or too indifferent to read.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Joe Hill" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-hill/a-pamphlet-no-matter-how-good-is-never-read-more-than-once-but-a-song/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9e/joe-hill-1162_books_a-pamphlet-no-matter-how-good-is-never-r_2724454.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9e/joe-hill-1162_books_a-pamphlet-no-matter-how-good-is-never-r_2724454.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9e/joe-hill-1162_books_a-pamphlet-no-matter-how-good-is-never-r_2724454.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A pamphlet, no matter how good, is never read more than once, but a song is learned by heart and repeated…” — Joe Hill", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I can't remember the first song I learned to play on bass, but the first song I learned to play on guitar was 'For Your Love' by the Yardbirds. 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I thought it was a great song and I loved the open chord progression at the beginning of that song.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Geddy Lee" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geddy-lee/i-can-t-remember-the-first-song-i-learned-to-play-on-bass-but-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb1/geddy-lee-10677_bass_i-can-t-remember-the-first-song-i-learne_218649.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb1/geddy-lee-10677_bass_i-can-t-remember-the-first-song-i-learne_218649.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb1/geddy-lee-10677_bass_i-can-t-remember-the-first-song-i-learne_218649.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I can't remember the first song I learned to play on bass, but the first song I learned to play on guitar…” — Geddy Lee", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“She taught them all a song. Learned from a para on French leave from the fighting in Algeria: Demain le noir matin, Je fermerai la porte Au nez des années mortes; J’irai par les chemins. Je mendierai ma vie Sur la terre et sur l’onde, Du vieux au nouveau monde . . . He had been short and built like the island of Malta itself: rock, an inscrutable heart. She’d had only one night with him. Then he was off to the Piraeus. Tomorrow, the black morning, I close the door in the face of the dead years. 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