Song Quotes · Page 107

I hope people will find sincerity and authenticity in my music.

— Lara Fabian

As a singer-songwriter I definitely think I push the mould a lot.

— Ben Howard

You were born to rock, you'll never be an opera star.

— Neil Young

I feel like the music I'm doing is very experimental and very radical.

— Rosalia

I think you can do a lot with lyrics and melody.

— Alison Sudol

A song is the most intangible thing in the world.

— Jimmie Davis

I didn't think I had a weird voice until everyone started saying I did.

— Tones and I

'Proud Mary' was the best song for me to perform because it was so much fun.

— Jessica Sanchez

Percussion is the most adaptable family of instruments. The biggest challenge is to project percussion in a lyrical way.

— Evelyn Glennie

I'm always searching. It's the reason I'm here. It's not really about music: it's about searching for meaning.

— Charlie Haden

Popular music usually has a chorus that needs to repeat, and people need to remember the song. That's sort of the major…

— Alex Ebert

You just hope to do music that people will embrace... music that will be cutting edge and will be recognized.

— Philip Bailey

Music gets us in touch with our emotions in a way that's more intimate than any other art form.

— Michael Franti

I must be careful not to get trapped in the past. That's why I tend to forget my songs.

— Mick Jagger

Singing is my passion and something that I still love to do and I'm always going to want to do it.

— Naturi Naughton

I knew 'Hurt' way before Dad recorded it. In 1992, 'Downward Spiral' was one of my favorite albums.

— John Carter Cash

I think what makes compelling fiction or cinema is when you're basically taking the most intense moments of experience and you're creating…

— David O. Russell

Basically we just created our own label, but again we just did it to document our own music and create our own…

— Ian MacKaye

I don't make the mistake of thinking it's a major musical event. I love the Eurovision Song Contest and it will continue…

— Terry Wogan

In a way, the songs are written to be performed. I put them on records, but I'm always thinking about how an…

— Loudon Wainwright III

I want to be a woman who lives totally abandoned to the first commandment: to love my Lord, my God, with all…

— Misty Edwards

I'm not sure that I think about it often, but I know I try and make music that is especially moving to…

— Alex G

I think I hid my singing talent from a lot of my friends at school because I didn't want to alienate anyone.…

— Idina Menzel

Earlier in my career I just thought "I'm not very confident, I don't like singing to people." But people had some faith…

— Jessie Ware

We like to juxtapose our music with a more dour aesthetic.

— Matthew Healy

I just started mimicking what I heard and singing along to it.

— Bryson Tiller

When I die, just keep playing the records.

— Jimi Hendrix

Life can be challenging and sad... but music is the easy part.

— St. Vincent

Singing is something I can do, but it's not my first passion.

— Taraji P. Henson

People will steal ideas and put them into songs.

— Mike McCready

I can be more real and more vulnerable when I sing.

— Tee Grizzley

As a singer, you need to find you water that works for you.

— Melanie Brown

Without a song, each day would be a century.

— Mahalia Jackson

You can't play a symphony alone, it takes an orchestra to play it.

— Navjot Singh Sidhu

I've been singing in church since I was little; my grandmother is a pastor.

— Fantasia Barrino

I would hate to think my songs were giving advice to people.

— Nick Cave

Music can lead people to greater health and happiness.

— John R. Levine

Collaborating on lyrics has never worked for me.

— Lapsley

The very first song I wrote was called 'At Least It's Pink.'

— Bridget Everett

“For him, that's what battle is. A Symphony.”

— Sarah J. Maas