Song Quotes · Page 156

Critics don't buy records. They get 'em free.

— Nat King Cole

“Music is ... A higher revelation than all Wisdom & Philosophy”

— Ludwig van Beethoven

People used to say nobody can sing my songs but me - they're too personal.

— Joni Mitchell

My music is about the journey, about love and the human experience.

— Wynonna Judd

A lot of my songs are about being a teenager with a tornado in your head.

— MO

We're best at doing pop music - we're not good at doing down, depressing music.

— Keren Woodward

Although music comes from a very personal place, talent is meant to be shared.

— John Petrucci

Led Zeppelin was Led Zeppelin when John Bonham was on drums. It's timeless.

— Jason Bonham

The fate of the African continent does not f-ing depend on a load of f-ing musicians in Hyde Park singing f-ing s-t…

— Noel Gallagher

Since my baby left me, I've found a new place to dwell, down at the end of Lonely Street at Heartbreak Hotel.

— Elvis Presley

I think hopefully we've got enough brain cells left to decide if our music is really worth something.

— Will Champion

I love making music so it's important for me to keep doing that even if the schedule is busy.

— Michael Kiwanuka

You learn a lot about people when youlisten to songs that mean something to them.

— Ritu Ghatourey

I tend to think of all the songs the same - I give them all kind of equal rights.

— Jules Shear

My mother is an amazing vocalist and a lot of my grounding in music has come from her. She was a student…

— Anoushka Shankar

Every time I would think about my purpose, the answers seemed to come in sounds. In melodies. In feelings.

— David Archuleta

If a song's about something I've experienced or that could've happened to me it's good. But if it's alien to me, I…

— Aretha Franklin

When you sing R&B songs in front of an audience, you look out and there's 85% women. I think R&B music is…

— Jamie Foxx

Rhythm and harmony enter most powerfully into the inner most part of the soul and lay forcible hands upon it, bearing grace…

— Plato

The melody is the most important thing that must stay in the minds of the people who listen to you. No matter…

— George Benson

There's a bit of hope that a song can be about anything. If you want to write a song about anything, you…

— M.I.A

As I look back, I understand what [the record company] was getting at. They were trying to market a record and make…

— Michael Buble

I like clever songs. I like songs that make people think and I try to have substance in all my records, even…

— Rico Love

You just went right in and just recorded songs and listened them, and if there were any mistakes, then we would correct…

— Dennis Brown

Jazz is played from the heart. You can even live by it. Always love it.

— Louis Armstrong

To be honest, there is no song in the world I want to hear 44 times on repeat.

— Stassi Schroeder

I am about the arrangements and the layers of depth in the music.

— Van Morrison

“Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor along with”

— Dan Brown

Inspiration for my music just comes from, you know, my life experiences.

— Avril Lavigne

Music is not supposed to rile you up. Music is something to bring you down.

— Chi Chi Rodriguez

Full lasting is the song, though he, / The singer, passes.

— George Meredith

I could just play my horn in my room for 20 minutes a day, and I will be happy.

— Trombone Shorty

I used to play the drums when I was, like, 5 through 10.

— Rich Brian

If you use music boldly at the front of a scene, it creates another level.

— Yorgos Lanthimos

Music is a very personal and emotional form of communication.

— Trevor Dunn

Music is something that's so powerful and means so much to me.

— Fantastic Negrito

I spend all my time right now trying to combat music retail and copyright.

— Garth Brooks

Music and space collide for me, as I find them incredibly stimulating.

— M. Shadows

I just always make honest music. I just always kinda do what I wanna do.

— Julia Holter

I've always loved singing and the catharsis of it.

— Autre Ne Veut