Song Quotes · Page 170

I'll tell you, what the world doesn't need is another Joe Bonamassa DVD.

— Joe Bonamassa

I started listening to Sufi music when I was 21.

— Shikhar Dhawan

Popular music formed the soundtrack of my life.

— Martin Scorsese

“After a song or three or seven, James pull me closer.”

— Kiersten White

Music has a way where it moves, regardless of the genre, to progress.

— Koffee

Quick music sounds dull unless every note is articulated.

— Herbert von Karajan

Music should be a collective magic and hysteria.

— Pierre Boulez

Frank's bands could play the hardest stuff and make it seem like no big deal.

— Dweezil Zappa

Our writer would play the piano and then come up with songs on the spot that included all of us. It was…

— Odeya Rush

Pain can be washed out with a song. / Pain can become jazz digested and transformed.

— Alexis De Veaux

I just want to reach a point where I have an opportunity to impact the entire world with one song.

— Kyle

I've done eight grades of piano training from Trinity College and also done my sound engineering course.

— Anirudh Ravichander

You know, I've sung a lot of emotional songs in my life, but when you're writing it yourself, it's very difficult to…

— Diana Krall

It is not easy for me to sing consonants, and I am sorry if I don't sing the 'S'.

— Jose Carreras

I don't know if any genuine, meaningful change could ever result from a song. It's kind of like throwing peanuts at a…

— Tom Waits

Whether I'm writing for myself or someone else, I'll always write a song that I would feel comfortable singing.

— Charli XCX

None of the jazz greats made music for the purpose of you going to check out music before them. Michael Jackson didn't…

— Robert Glasper

In the '70s, anybody who was a connoisseur of collecting vinyl had the velvet brush. Remember the velvet brush? It would clean…

— Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five

I am aware that somewhere along the line, I've subconsciously turned down the pitch of my speech, like a silencer of a…

— Koren Zailckas

Now I'm able to play on the main stage and play my own tracks and the crowd likes them. I feel like…

— A-Trak

When God had made The Man, he made him out of stuff that sung all the time and glittered all over. Some…

— Zora Neale Hurston

Part of doing mash-ups is getting the legal rights to use the songs. If you're going to do a mash-up with five…

— Harvey Mason, Jr

“Felix was in his room singing into a tape recorder then playing it back and exclaiming, “My God. Do I actually sound…

— Heather O'Neill

After 'City of Evil,' the world was still kind of apprehensive about Avenged Sevenfold. They didn't know if we were a serious…

— Zacky Vengeance

I just wanted to get out there, make music, and do it. And I love it so much.

— Tom Sandoval

I'm definitely not going to go and sing a song that condones certain things.

— Josh Turner

My favorite Extreme records were the last two. I can't listen to the first one.

— Gary Cherone

“Without a song, the soul grieve in sad spirit.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Bands in the Nineties seem to forget the entertainment aspect of rock music.

— Matt Bellamy

An orchestra full of stars can be a disaster.

— Kurt Masur

The last thing you want to do is write songs about being in a band.

— Matt Berninger

I think that if people get my music, then they get what my message is.

— Courtney Barnett

I have a really diverse family and have a diverse background in music.

— Kyle

Basically, my life was music, and I was always consumed by it.

— Billy Squier

Music is for making people happy, lyrics tell them who they are.

— Gustav Ejstes

I wanted to play some more grown-up music - jazz.

— Rick Derringer

Songwriters write songs, but they really belong to the listener.

— Jimmy Buffett

Me, I've concentrated on music pretty much to the exclusion of other things.

— Lou Reed

The best way to learn is through the powerful force of rhythm.

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

You can separate the men from the boys and ballads.

— Coleman Hawkins