Song Quotes · Page 112

I love to write quartets. One could say that this is a mania.

— Heitor Villa-Lobos

It's very funny to see a Justin Bieber song done by a bunch of grown men.

— Shawn Stockman

“Music is the weapon in the war against unhappiness.”

— Jason Mraz

Reason speaks in words alone, but love has a song.

— Joseph de Maistre

Tori Amos had a major influence on how I craft words in a song.

— Hal Sparks

The first song I learnt to play was Leaving on a Jet Plane.'

— Ananya Birla

When you're playing, you're playing something for the world to hear.

— Pharrell Williams

I say no to songs more often than I say yes.

— Andrea Jeremiah

I think very frequently, musicians become a victim of every song they sing. I like all kinds of recreation. It's aggressive. I…

— David Lee Roth

I'd like to be in a man band, but with Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and Keith Richards. We'd have a rocky edge.

— Ringo Starr

The business has changed so much that they're able - we're able these days in the music industry to be able to…

— Bobby Brown

I need punk rock. It's the medicine for me, but it's bitter and sickening. If you don't need it - if you're…

— Bradford Cox

As a rapper, I was heavily influenced by American rap albums. But for songs that are more melody-driven, I get my inspiration…

— G-Dragon

I'd say I'm really, really good for a 16-year-old, which is where I peaked. I'm impressive, but not classically trained, not a…

— Simon Helberg

My father had a passion for love. It's mostly what he talked about in his songs, and I still have his old…

— OMI

Thus the slogan should be reversed: Catholics taught the world what music is supposed to sound like, and, more importantly, what it…

— Richard Morris

I've never felt anything that moves me as much as my piano. I'm an emotional player. I don't really like people. I…

— Tori Amos

Music is this medium to express who I am and what I've been through and my thoughts and what my feelings on…

— Kamasi Washington

For me, music is a byproduct of this process - the human process - and the fact that I've managed to eke…

— Devin Townsend

What a good session musician does is listen to the song, to the artist, and to the other players. That way you…

— Benmont Tench

Every time I write a song, it's different. I'm all about the rhythm of the words and the melody. Musically, you gotta…

— Dan Bern

A song is no song unless the circumstance is free and fine. If a singer sing from a sense of duty or…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The bottom line is I love good music and I try to shy away from all these labels that people think are…

— Brad Nowell

I think that music has always been restricted to media. The LP is an antiquated form, and the CD is now an…

— Sufjan Stevens

Personally speaking, I think the Beatles were our biggest influence.

— Charlotte Caffey

This ain't rock 'n' roll; this is genocide

— David Bowie

“Sing me a love song in a slow, southern drawl to the tune of sunny days...”

— Kellie Elmore

Singing is and always will be a part of my life.

— Tammin Sursok

I don't think the music business is a very good business to be in.

— Justin Kan

My love of written language is every bit as great as my love for music.

— Robert Christgau

A lot of songs you write are just for exercise - just pencil sharpeners.

— Harlan Howard

I never knew I was grunting, it was just part of my strokes.

— Monica Seles

An atom must be at least as complex as a grand piano.

— William Kingdon Clifford

My song is going to need dope lyrics to lure the honeys in!

— Ramandeep Singh

At the end of the day, I use music to be able to communicate to people.

— Mark Foster

There's nothing like an Aerosmith groove

— Steven Tyler

Speaking in a common tongue, speaking through guitars and drums.

— Lou Reed

In the music industry, you are in competition with everyone.

— Mandy Moore

'Varmathiye' is a song that can touch your hearts.

— Shweta Menon

In the open air you don't play as many quiet songs as you would normally.

— Ira Kaplan