Song Quotes · Page 151

Have a little taste, Baby, don't hesitate, every hit don't have to be a song.

— Grateful Dead

The function of music is to release us from the tyranny of conscious thought.

— Thomas Beecham

“I tell you piano the things I used to tell you”

— Frédéric Chopin

I want to be Benson Boone 'cause I write smash hits and they love my music.

— Benson Boone

I feel like if it's a good song on a guitar, it's a good song no matter what.

— Astrid S

A lot of people don't know this, but I sing.

— Chi Chi DeVayne

No matter what song I recorded or sang, I did it my way.

— George Jones

A song can't be completely serious if you rhyme melodic with alcoholic.

— Jarvis Cocker

Music is really all about experimentation and lots of trial and error. It's just mind-numbingly boring until you hit on something that…

— Martin Gore

My mother sang jazz and opera - she even performed at the Apollo on Amateur Night.

— Rakim

When I'm in a songwriting phase, it's a phase. I don't just suddenly feel inspired and then write a song, because I…

— Sia

My lyrics say I have morals, I have confidence, I have weaknesses, I have strong points, that I am a human being.

— Kendrick Lamar

I don't think you could pull one Bob Marley song that didn't have quotes from the Torah or the Old Testament.

— Matisyahu

The way that I've always gone about making music, the rule of thumb, has just been to make what I love.

— Amy Lee

Do you remember when everyone began analyzing Beatles songs..I don't think I ever understood what some of them were supposed to be…

— Ringo Starr

Mi use to play Familyman bass, knock Carly's drum and any question you can ask I man can answer mi son.

— Junior Delgado

I find it quite difficult to think that there's, you know, about 20 million people listening to my album that I wrote…

— Adele

I write lyrics really fast. When it's time to write, I usually put them off until the very end and then when…

— Luke Temple

“Even if, in one or other of them, I had a particular word or words in mind, I would not tell anyone,…

— Felix Mendelssohn

“A critic looking at these tightly focused, targeted interventions might dismiss them as Band-Aid solutions. But that phrase should not be considered…

— Malcolm Gladwell

I hear music that comes out of need, out of grief, sorrow, suffering and out of overcoming these things, as well. That…

— Kathleen Battle

I love singing. I've never felt I've had a great voice but I feel I've gotten better. It's funny. I can hear…

— Joel Plaskett

I’m sorry. I was just thinking of that stupid song, ‘Seasons in the Sun.’ You know, ‘we had joy, we had fun,…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

I don't collect the way other people do. Some people collect rare guitars, like, 'I have a '54 Strat worth $50,000.' And…

— David Crosby

U.P. gives me very positive vibes as an artist.

— Hiten Tejwani

The song 'Eastbound and Down' by Jerry Reed is, of course, a personal favorite.

— Hal Needham

I think rock 'n' roll, in a way, has been dead for a long time.

— Jim Root

I find a therapy in playing music, in many different ways.

— Dave Matthews

My singing voice is very specific to me. That's my natural voice when I sing.

— Gus Dapperton

It really does help everyone when there are some big bands leading the charge.

— M. Shadows

I sang and wrote songs when I was 12 years old.

— Mose Allison

We don't have the big-band mentality. We never wanted to become a big band.

— Fab Moretti

You're so vain. I bet you think this song is about you.

— Carly Simon

Every song that I play I wrote by myself.

— Noel Gallagher

Flim from Aphex Twin is my favorite song.

— Skrillex

Everybody is a singer..as long as you can speak you can automatically sing

— Markson Bero

Music acts like a magic key, to which the most tightly closed heart opens ªª«ª«

— Dee

My songs have always had frustrating themes - relationships I've had

— Kurt Cobain

“I finished your song, she said. Our last song.”

— Nicholas Sparks

“Let the park live in you until it sings you a song.”

— Zack Love