Song Quotes · Page 131

Just like any songwriter, I love it when people sing my songs.

— Tim Finn

My advice to singers is always the same: 'Don't sing the song, sing the lyric.'

— Mitch Leigh

It's my job to have ups and downs because it makes good music.

— Sam Smith

I found my voice was a reaction to all that voice stuff.

— Kathy Acker

I pawned my grandpa's old guitar in collage.

— Jake Owen

“At the heart of who you are is a love song that has always been resonating.”

— Joan Cerio

“I am sailing on a ship bound for life. a line in a song”

— Phil Wickham

I think jazz is good, but I don't enjoy it. It's not for me.

— Ted Rall

I love Hank Williams, he's the original emo kid. Some of his lyrics remind me of, like, Promise Ring lyrics.

— Julien Baker

I woke up this morning, Smiled at the rising sun, Three little birds, Sat on my doorstep, Singing sweet songs

— Bob Marley

I'm really passionate about music - I get really emotionally connected, probably in a weird way.

— Ellen Page

I don't want to just go out and do song to song to song. I like to create things before the song…

— R. Kelly

I probably have the most versatile playlist in the world, from country to rap to classic rock to classical.

— Christian McCaffrey

So vast is that Being that there's enough room for every sensation to have its momentary play.

— Mooji

To me, playing an instrument and singing, all of these different things are just as natural to me as rhyming.

— Mos Def

People kept asking me, 'When are you singing again?' so I kept doing it. It was that simple.

— Harry Dean Stanton

I guess my music career is my personal life. You know, I've always been a writer who wants to write about my…

— Jason Mraz

Here, before the flames begin, may passion burn within. Our anthem as we wait, for love to save the day. There is…

— Anonymous

When that much time goes by, you're really listening to your old music differently. At the time it's written, it was the…

— Chris Cornell

I’ve always tried to find God in lots of different things, whether that’s been drugs, women, etc, etc… But all those things…

— Matthew Healy

A rock band is a mysterious thing. Somehow, every once in a while, a few individuals bump into one another, and they…

— Alan Light

[Patrick Leonard] is such a magnificent composer. I don't think there is anybody working today with those kind of skills that could…

— Leonard Cohen

After I moved with my mother to St. Louis, my older sister and I went to see Ike Turner, who was the…

— Tina Turner

Puzzles are like songs - A good puzzle can give you all the pleasure of being duped that a mystery story can.…

— Stephen Sondheim

“Music has charms to soothe the savage beast.”

— William Congreve

I feel freedom in singing and performing.

— Dana Reeve

Those who wish to sing will always find a song.

— Anonymous

“Please do not have a band, as I do not care for music.”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

For me, the best rock is not what you play - it's what you're not playing.

— John Lydon

When Satan makes impure verses, Allah sends a divine tune to cleanse them.

— George Bernard Shaw

Music is about textures as well as melody.

— Ken Hill

You can't exactly practice all the time. Drumming is hard on the road.

— G Flip

Life is like music, so it can be played in different styles.

— Ritu Ghatourey

I don't really know why I chose bass except that it was different than guitar.

— Trevor Dunn

There's certain little sounds that I just like to hear.

— Lil Baby

I want them to come away with discovering the music inside them...

— Charlie Haden

You can tell an honest artist from one who's just given all their songs.

— Rita Ora

“The world can change music/ Music can change the world”

— Mikayla Jade

Live not for Battles Won. Live not for The-End-of-the-Song. Live in the along.

— Gwendolyn Brooks

“The heating systems composed works in the style of John Cage.”

— David Mitchell