Song Quotes · Page 133

I function as a channel from which music emerges from the chaos of noise.

— Vangelis

We've never been a religious band, but the media wants us to be.

— Amy Lee

Rock 'n Roll is monotony tinged with hysteria.

— Vance Packard

I cannot switch my voice. My voice is not like an elevator going up and down.

— Maria Callas

Sometimes I need to be alone with my music.

— Nikkie

Music is proof that beauty is deeper than looks.

— Hayley Williams

I guess a lot of bands play around until they come up with something they like.

— Greg Saunier

I feel like songwriting is an experiment in empathy.

— Zooey Deschanel

People don't think of cello as a rock instrument, really, and we want people to know all the possibilities that the cello…

— Luka Sulic

When I first started out, I thought it was enough to make an angry song that pointed out the problems of the…

— Michael Franti

Punk is all about doing what you want and being yourself. And that's what rap is too.

— JPEGMAFIA

And then like a song we'd forgotten was even on the mix, you stepped into the house and my whole life.

— Daniel Handler

“Upon Good Earth, lay the body down, open the mouth wide, let song rush through.”

— Maxine Hong Kingston

I love that element of songwriting. I think it's so important to be open and honest, that's always how I've been in…

— Lola Young

Where I'm at physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually usually dictates where my music goes.

— Joe Budden

I think that if everybody changed and tried to make their music political, it'd be kind of a bummer.

— Jack Johnson

John Berger once defined music by saying that it began as a howl, became a prayer, then a lament, and still contains…

— John K. Samson

When I was writing some of songs for the record in Galapagos it was the feeling of being there I wanted to…

— Jonathan Meiburg

Well, at the very beginning of the Amboy Dukes, I was doing background but I never sang my own songs. I would…

— Ted Nugent

We are really in a rut with the three-minute song. You know where it's going to go. If you're trying to get…

— Jimmy Webb

I think there's a lot more freedom in doing the solo thing. It's almost like switching bands every time I do an…

— Jay Reatard

I had a lot of time to myself, and I would listen to a lot of music, mostly music that I knew…

— Will Oldham

It's almost like a theater, where I can play a character in every song, 'cause Kamelot songs are very... There's always a…

— Alissa White-Gluz

Actually, I very much dislike routine. Creating music is my chaos therapy. The writing process puts me in a good place. Recording…

— Mpho Koaho

People threw food at me and sang songs about how ugly I was.

— Lele Pons

I do have a favorite Zeppelin song, Larry, Black Dog.

— Condoleezza Rice

I don't feel like anybody can stop me when it comes to music.

— Dinah Jane

A legacy for me is being a piece of the soundtrack of someone's life.

— Brett Eldredge

Youre a supermarket punk rock television comedy.

— Goo Goo Dolls

I’m shy, but sometimes my voice is so clear and strong,

— Hakeem Olajuwon

I've always been attracted to odd chord changes and interesting melodies.

— James Righton

I don't want to stop bringing out music.

— Melanie Brown

Not everybody can sing - that's something I have.

— Nicky Jam

Music has changed, but there will always be a demand for amazing music.

— Scott Storch

I want to write weirder stuff and convince people that it's Top 40.

— Verite

I never had the blues; the blues always had me.

— Brownie McGhee

“Music is the real life. Everything else is just mortar.”

— Fox Benwell

In the long term, we want to become a band that everybody remembers.

— Jisoo

A lot of my stuff in the past has been very piano-based.

— Benson Boone

When I do music, I'm really getting the devil up off me.

— August Alsina