Song Quotes · Page 117

LCD is a band about a band writing music about writing music.

— James Murphy

Each man has his own music bubbling up inside him.

— Louis Armstrong

I've been a total Tom Waits dork for a long, long time.

— Hozier

I have never followed anyone's style of singing.

— Javed Ali

Always have a song on your heart and you will be on a good note. -

— Ritu Ghatourey

Music reminds us that the universe loves us

— James Taylor

Modern instruments were designed to throw sound all in one direction.

— Marc Ribot

'Tragedy' and 'Loud City Song' are both inspired by stories from the past.

— Julia Holter

I think every album you have, especially if it's done well, you feel like you're competing with yourself.

— Alan Jackson

I have a thing: I will always put money in for any street musician anywhere in the country, anywhere in the world.…

— Andy Grammer

There is a formula that allows you to write a decent song. But a song like 'You're All I Need to Get…

— Valerie Simpson

My parents discussed singing every night over the dinner table; I had a tremendous music education.

— Renee Fleming

I think people psych themselves out before they listen to jazz a lot, thinking that they have to, like, put on a…

— Kamasi Washington

I'm quite arty. I didn't know whether to become an artist or musician but I realised I could paint with music. All…

— Ed Sheeran

Sure, I've thought about retiring, but in my mind, if you can't sing the song anymore, change the song and sing a…

— Johnny Mathis

“sometimes music isn't just a bunch of sounds and lyrics, sometimes it's more than that: a time machine...”

— Alina Radoi

Larry Carlton is an incredibly versatile guitarist who has been a major force for guitar for many years. He is easily recognizable…

— George Benson

somebody/ anybody sing a black girl's song bring her out to know herself to know you but sing her rhythms carin/ struggle/…

— Ntozake Shange

Well, the moral of the story, The moral of this song, Is simply that one should never be Where one does not…

— Bob Dylan

Most music that you hear is in synch with itself. We were experimenting with the music falling out of synch with itself…

— Wayne Coyne

I think our songwriting has evolved. We can show that we have continued to branch out and do different stuff and incorporate…

— John Bush

Jazz was formerly a crude term for indulging in an action which in polite society is referred to, if at all, only…

— Charlton Laird

The Beatles are not merely awful. They are so unbelievably horrible, so appallingly unmusical, so dogmatically insensitive to the magic of the…

— William F. Buckley, Jr

We're all very sensitive that Jim has the shortest history with the band. He wants to be somewhat of a free agent.…

— Thurston Moore

Music ministers to human welfare more than any other art.

— Herbert Spencer

I like a nice rumble on bass, openness on guitar and drums that breathe.

— Rory Gallagher

And I now think that Stratocasters and Telecasters are way cool.

— John Fogerty

I'm a big proponent of letting songs tell me what they wanna sound like.

— Frank Iero

When The Beatles came out, my mother bought me my first concert ticket.

— Paul Raci

I have a drum set in my dressing room. I play drums to relax and have some fun.

— Queen Latifah

My time will come, that is: after the finish of the recurring song cycles

— Gustav Mahler

"Dead upon the field of glory," Hero fit for song and story.

— John R. Thompson

In music one must think with the heart and feel with the brain.

— George Szell

For me, Spotify is not even a necessary evil. It helps me do what I want to do.

— Ed Sheeran

And wouldn't you know he'd be a singing man.

— Toni Morrison

I've never really thought of myself as a singer.

— Charlie Fink

A band is a good way to break up a friendship.

— Julian Casablancas

All the best lyrics are written in ten minutes.

— Brian Eno

We've been a band since 1993. I don't think we're ever gonna be broken up.

— Shavo Odadjian

Music is what feelings sound like out loud.

— Georgia Cates