Song Quotes · Page 124

Lyrics of some songs are vulgar... I feel they are not good for the society.

— Kumar Sanu

Music is so abstract; it is a combination of words and melody.

— Shankar Mahadevan

I went to Kalamazoo to get my first Gibsons back in '76.

— Alex Lifeson

My dad's music was a great inspiration to me.

— Julian Lennon

I got to sing a wonderful song called 'I Ain't Down Yet.' Well, I ain't.

— Debbie Reynolds

I started taking vocal lessons steadily. I started taking it seriously.

— Syd

Music is such a problem in the time it takes.

— Harrison Birtwistle

Playing jazz in restaurants is too stereotypical.

— Ryuichi Sakamoto

Music speaks to people at a level that is much more universal and can kind of trigger things in the listener in…

— Tim McIlrath

Sweetheart, do not love too long: I loved long and long, And grew to be out of fashion Like an old song.

— William Butler Yeats

Slayer just goes from generation to generation to generation, because it's just so great.

— John 5

I've never heard a song written from a stepmother's point of view, about their family.

— LeAnn Rimes

Many people have asked me why there are three pedals in these grand pianos. Well the pedal in the middle is there…

— Victor Borge

I can play in many sorts of categories because we've seen that with Led Zeppelin, all the acoustic stuff, and this, that…

— Jimmy Page

I think articulating things through song is a good way of letting people know that they're not alone.

— Dan Mangan

I personally get into the supervision of every song, from the lyrics to the artiste, I oversee everything before it goes out…

— Bhushan Kumar

My buddies worked with me for weeks, and I went up to take my test, and started crying because I couldn't remember…

— Barry McGuire

“Maybe it is because music is about as physical as it gets: your essential rhythm is your heartbeat; your essential sound, the…

— Anne Lamott

I was truly thrilled when Alex-Zsolt played for my tribute concert titled, 'A Tribute to Richard M. Sherman.' This special concert event…

— Richard M. Sherman

And wheresoever, in his rich creation, Sweet music breathes--in wave, or bird, or soul-- 'Tis but the faint and far reverberation Of…

— Frances Sargent Osgood

...As the great Confucius said, "The one who would be in constant happiness must frequently change." Flow. But we keep looking back,…

— Anthony de Mello

Crisis and my experience of Punk Rock in Britain/Europe was anything and everything but "fun" and this sort of idea comes from…

— Douglas Pearce

I was a singer professionally when I was four years old, and I did not really begin to play any instrument -…

— Mel Torme

Music has a great power for bringing people together. With so many forces in this world acting to drive wedges between people,…

— Ted Turner

It is always the latest song that an audience applauds the most.

— Homer

I like songs with a lot of heart and feeling and subtlety.

— Norah Jones

I'd rather have vinyl and a download code than a CD any day.

— Lee Ranaldo

“Fire and Ice, Song by Song, Day by Night, One follows along.”

— Tricia O'Malley

Music has pulled me through some of my darkest days

— Blossom

I like to see people's eyes when I'm singing to them.

— Shakira

There are very few things that make me happier than new Rascal Flatts music.

— Lucy Hale

Questioning anything and everything, to me, is punk rock.

— Henry Rollins

I've always wanted to walk into a hotel, sit at a piano and play 'Piano Man.'

— Bill Cowher

Music is life. Its slowly taking it over and I love it.

— Anonymous

What does sharing music mean? It means playing it for people.

— Anonymous

Sing me a new song; the world is transfigured; all the Heavens are rejoicing.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

A different drumbeat or some vocal overdub could completely transform the song.

— Matt Berninger

At the end of the day, I love singing, whatever the style might be.

— Neha Kakkar

Everyone hears a song a different way and hears timing a different way.

— Adam Granduciel

“God is the composer; you are the song.”

— Steve Maraboli