Song Quotes · Page 201

I know what my job is: I write the songs, I sing them, I play them on the piano

— Fiona Apple

I've stayed true to my music and I sing heartfelt songs with a message.

— Donell Jones

A great song is one that is around even when I'm not.

— Tessanne Chin

I scientifically engineer my music to be as accessible as possible.

— John Mayer

It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ’n’ Roll)

— Lucinda Williams

When I make a song, I'm really happy. It's an indescribable feeling.

— Kygo

I use music to focus, like an internal motor.

— Edgar Wright

Traveling all around the world, music sounds different.

— David Guetta

If my peers had a significant impact on my music, my music would probably be a lot more popular.

— J Tillman

Cello is my first instrument, then piano, drums, bass, violin, recorder, saxophone, but I'd never play them live!

— Dev Hynes

I ask myself when I see a new album: 'Is this an album that they needed to make, or do they need…

— David Berman

I actually learned the guitar with the help of a Pete Seeger instructional record when I was 13 or 14.

— David Gilmour

I think sometimes people have a different idea of what starting a band is going to be.

— Davey Havok

I'm disregarding all the rules I've seen as people approach writing music. I'm trying to break them.

— Verite

Classical music is this music that was written by a bunch of dead people a long time ago.

— Frank Zappa

Unfortunately, 'How You Remind Me' is the song most perfectly suited to my voice.

— Aisling Bea

I can play a bunch of instruments but drums? My brother's a drummer and I've always been jealous that he's such a…

— Nat Wolff

There is always, in the fine arts, a physical interface between the artist's esthetic vision and the material result he seeks. The…

— Robert Breault

Some people are the greatest people on Earth with good hearts and will get in the studio and make the most negative…

— Lupe Fiasco

Sometimes it's nice to try different instruments because they have a different sound to offer and therefore your approach changes a little…

— McCoy Tyner

There's a lot of griping and groaning about wanting to play half-baked new songs live, but you don't want it to just…

— Travis Morrison

I still hear you humming, Mama. The colour of your song calls me home. The colour of your words saying, Let her…

— Sonia Sanchez

There is an idea that you can take the spiritual teachings of a religion outside of a religion and practice them; these…

— Seyyed Hossein Nasr

“Sad Songs Once there was a boy who couldn't speak but owned a music box that held every song in all the…

— Lang Leav

Music is the art which is most nigh to tears and memory.

— Oscar Wilde

Life is like a piano. What you get depends on how you play it.

— Chinier Bennett

My music was typically continental - nothing like, say, The Beatles.

— Giorgio Moroder

This is my story, this is my song, praising my Saviour all the day long.

— Jerome Hines

What matters is what happens in the soul of an artist when you're playing.

— Mary Gauthier

Music is my experience with people and life and the world.

— Caleb McLaughlin

Nirvana was huge, but it didn't appeal to everyone.

— Eddie Van Halen

I love any TV show that has to do with singing.

— Phoebe Robinson

I've always been real honest in my music and real honest when I play live.

— Jeremy Camp

I love ballads by Brian Anderson and pop/rock by Richard Marx.

— Tanishk Bagchi

I'm enjoying writing songs that are more stripped back.

— Delta Goodrem

I don't sing. I'm the worst singer in the world!

— Jonas Blue

The song of the umrhubhe creates a world of dreams.

— Zakes Mda

I'm happier than I would have been with the Beatles.

— Pete Best

We were very influenced by The Beatles, no question.

— Barry Gibb

Harmony singing is my favorite thing to do in music!

— Nancy Wilson