Song Quotes · Page 197

You can either sing or you can't. And I'm one of the can'ts.

— Steph McGovern

There is an integrity to INXS, in the music, that makes it worthwhile

— Michael Hutchence

I'm not the kind of singer that's always super, super careful.

— Floor Jansen

At the age of nine, playing the violin at school, and then onto the mandolin.

— Noel Redding

Life is a lot like jazz... it's best when you improvise.

— George Gershwin

I make music almost, like, every day. But I don't release a lot of music.

— DJ Snake

Music runs my life. I can't imagine going a day without it.

— Jake Peavy

I wrote a song about dental floss but did anyone's teeth get cleaner?

— Frank Zappa

A stand-up comic is judged by every line. Singers get applause at the end of their song no matter how bad they…

— Phyllis Diller

I feel really personally connected to all of the songs, so stepping back is really hard.

— Hamilton Leithauser

I'll write and make chords with my voice sometimes if I don't have an instrument even though it takes a million times…

— Zooey Deschanel

One day we'll all find out that all of our songs was just little notes in a great big song!

— Woody Guthrie

When I was about 11 years old, I wrote a song with my dad. Then in high school I started more writing.

— Gabby Barrett

My music definitely comes from a place of experience. Everything connects to a truth.

— Frank Ocean

It takes a level of creative depression to hear 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun' and weep.

— Sloane Crosley

So I guess I'm a fool, I'm a fool in love. But I'm willing to stay here, and bask in the glory…

— Rihanna

I only performed a song so I could not write an essay. I just enjoyed being around bands, and around musicians, and,…

— Caitlin Rose

I more or less think that the trombone was chosen for me. I first selected a violin, which I didn't do too…

— Curtis Fuller

A choir is made up of many voices, including yours and mine. If one by one all go silent then all that…

— Vera Nazarian

“Must I accept the barren Gift? -learn death, and lose my Mastery? Then let them know whose blood and breath will take…

— Diane Duane

At seventeen years old, I found out I could sing, and I got up and sang in a club, and I got…

— Engelbert Humperdinck

Peace is not just a colored ribbon. It's more than a wristband or a t-shirt. It's not just a donation or a…

— George Clooney

I knew the man up until our divorce - after that I didn't know the man, but it didn't stop me caring…

— Cynthia Lennon

I mean regardless of what kind of success we have, this is one of the most gratifying things in the world -…

— Fab Moretti

At any one time language is a kaleidoscope of styles, genres and dialects.

— David Crystal

It's through sheer will that I can sing.

— Harvey Fierstein

Selling a million records used to be a big deal. I guess it's not anymore.

— Dusty Hill

I love the song 'Potential' by Alt Bloom.

— Zara McDermott

I was always nervous to play my father's [John Lennon's] songs.

— Sean Lennon

Music addresses us from beyond the borders of the natural world

— Roger Scruton

I'm just trying to make the best music that I can.

— Carly Pearce

I still use the guitar pretty much just to hide my gut.

— Garth Brooks

“As long as the focus is on God the style of the music is irrelevant.”

— Virginia Smith

Walk towards Music and you will find life...

— Praj

I'm kind of like a musical Bill Cunningham.

— Princess Nokia

I just play Cure music, whatever that is.

— Robert Smith

When I was eight, it was clear I was a very good singer.

— Lesley Manville

Then I took 8 years of French Horn, first jazz, and then classical.

— Jim Coleman

I believe that through music we can help heal the world.

— Michael Jackson

I love punk rock, but I also love metal.

— Penelope Spheeris