Song Quotes · Page 202

The heart of the melody can never be put down on paper.

— Pablo Casals

The first condition for making music is not to make a noise.

— Jose Bergamin

Mozart is the most inaccessible of the great masters.

— Artur Schnabel

Every song I write, including 'Too Close,' always starts on the guitar.

— Alex Clare

“The more you love music, the more music you love.”

— Tom Moon

Yes, maturity in life brings maturity to the music I make.

— Varg Vikernes

I always enjoyed writing music; things pop into my head every day.

— Wayne Static

Singing in front of people, I learned a lot more about fragility and strength.

— Alison Sudol

There's many, many ways to write a song. But generally, sitting down at a table and writing is not one of them.

— John Lydon

The Rolling Stones set the bar to where I look to as a band. But I don't envision myself touring in the…

— Jon Bon Jovi

Polyphonic painting is superior to music in that there, the time element becomes a spatial element. The notion of simultaneity stands out…

— Paul Klee

The music comes first. Final lyrics are usually written very close to recording the vocals.

— Tobias Forge

As much as money is important for security, for me, it is worth nothing without music.

— Craig David

I want to make something that's fun to listen to but still challenging and unique.

— Girl Talk

“O may it come, the time of love, The time we'd be enamoured of. - Song of the Highest Tower ”

— Arthur Rimbaud

Death Cab is a militantly analog band. We'll continue moving forward with our sound, but there will be no crossover.

— Ben Gibbard

I use the music almost as a compass in some kind of quasi-romantic way. I try and go to places that I'm…

— Robert Plant

I could imagine at a certain age, when I have no vocal cords left, that I would find a young man who…

— David Bowie

We really wanted to create an album that had no boundary or limit to it. There's nothing to say that we couldn't…

— Zacky Vengeance

I work more emotively. If someone listens to one of my songs and says, "I know exactly what that's about," then I've…

— Justin Rutledge

DJing for people is fun until someone comes up with a phone screen that has 'PLAY SOME RIHANNA' written on it. I…

— Alexa Chung

One of them would definitely be the Nelson Mandela gig, when I played the tribute song for him. He was up and…

— Joan Armatrading

It is a well-known mystery that guitar players suddenly get better once they are dead. Buddy Holly was the first. Stevie Ray…

— Lemmy Kilmister

The death of the music business was insane, but audio recordings have been around now for maybe 120 years. Books have been…

— Stephen King

Music to me is something I did as a hobby.

— Pitbull

“Each song had a story to tell, each song was a small, but significant tale.”

— Lindy Zart

All I want for Christmas is a rock n roll electric guitar...

— Chuck Berry

My favorite artists have always been Elvis and The Beatles and they still are!

— Johnny Ramone

“Music is any sound you want to go on and on.”

— Carl Sandburg

The most beautiful philosophical song existing in any known tongue.

— J. Robert Oppenheimer

My whole act, my music, it's different; no-one does what I can do.

— Marty Scurll

That song, 'Couldn't Be A Better Player,' was a major turning point in my life.

— Too Short

I'm using Fender Twin Reverbs and Fender Blues Devilles on stage.

— Ike Turner

Music is music, ultimately. If it makes you feel good, cool.

— Prince

Music is nothing else but wild sounds civilised into time and tune.

— Thomas Fuller

Bobby Womack is always very real, both with his music and as a person.

— Etta James

A Westlife reunion is definitely going to happen - but I have no idea when.

— Louis Walsh

Rihanna my brother is in lov with your song huck a siesta out u feel me

— Miss Priss

I never look back after finishing a song and think, 'Damn, why did I do that?'

— Laufey

It's not enough to play a song: you have to inhabit it.

— Joe Bonamassa