Song Quotes · Page 184

I got tired of playing other people's songs.

— Gregg Allman

“You see there's no real ending, it's only the beginning, come out and play.”

— Shinedown

In order to lead the orchestra, you must first turn your back to the crowd.

— Mike Mentzer

Collaboration is part of what keeps me interested in music.

— Mark Lanegan

The guitar is the most beautiful of all instruments.

— Julian Bream

I went to an art school, so I was a choir boy.

— Raymond Ablack

I just wrote one song at a time. Kinda like an alcoholic. One day at a time.

— Neil Young

“I write songs that are like diary entries. I have to do it to feel sane.”

— Taylor Swift

My own goals center around writing the best music that I can, and only I can determine whether or not I've succeeded…

— Michael Hersch

I'm in a state of my life when the essential is very important to me. I don't like long songs with complicated…

— Rokia Traore

Now so many really good groups who have had a first major hit can't get a deal for a second one.

— Crystal Gayle

As I've gotten older, I've found that I'm not afraid anymore to throw my influences into making a record.

— Scott Weiland

My brother Carl taught me how to play bass. I'm a self-taught keyboard player, though - I figured out our harmonies at…

— Brian Wilson

In high school, I listened to The Jam, stuff like that, a lot of English bands, really. And then I got into…

— Jamie Hince

That cyclone in Burma? That was just me doing the dance to that annoying ass song...

— Zach Braff

I Know Sometimes You Say I Really Dont Express Myself, Well In The Definition Of Normal But Music Is Like My Expression..

— Auburn

“And now, because of a song, Vimes, a simple piece of music, Vimes, soft as a breath, stranger than a mountain, some…

— Terry Pratchett

The mixtapes, and a lot of our music, it comes from a place of fandom and appreciation and of respect and of…

— Dan Smith

What we've noticed is that people latch onto our music, and are very, very supportive of it, even almost defensive about it.…

— Jez Williams

The more settled I've become, the more problematic my characters have become. There was a period when I wrote sensitive and gentle…

— Nick Cave

“For those who listened attentively to his strong voice, filled with anxiety and, at times, breaking with despair, Shostakovich had become a…

— Anonymous

When John Coltrane passed, we were in the church for the memorial. Albert Ayler came walking in playing, real out there. He…

— Wayne Shorter

You should vote for Neoprene Byzantine in the Hot Hundred, they're really sweet guys and that Moscow song is just wow! Hurry…

— Taylor Swift

Up till now I wrote the songs on my acoustic guitar alone with the Lord. Then I would take the song and…

— Daniel Smith

Yeah, I'd always wanted to do a song with finger-picked, nylon-string guitar.

— Rostam Batmanglij

I wanted a physical kick in the music. I wanted it to be stimulating.

— Andrew Ridgeley

When we first began, we didn't have any hits.

— Diana Ross

“I don’t turn away—grief can feel like an aching love song.”

— Ann Voskamp

Me, I listen to all kinds of music, really.

— John Cooper Clarke

I consume music the way other people consume movies.

— Lena Olin

Kaiserslautern is and has always been a matter very close to my heart.

— Miroslav Klose

It's not the words but the music that counts.

— Benjamin Spock

I love music - it's soothing and takes away from all the other stuff.

— Timothy Weah

You can only really sing about what you know; at least, I can.

— Mark Lanegan

In early '57, I bought a Fender Telecaster.

— Johnny Rivers

I always want my friends to be across my music.

— Maisie Peters

It's just that some people are lucky and people still seem to enjoy the music.

— Johnny Mathis

I fight these strange personalities by getting into music.

— El DeBarge

Singing is something that I have learnt. I have given exams for it.

— Parineeti Chopra

The national anthem of hell is, "I Did It My Way."

— Peter Kreeft