Song Quotes · Page 218

You've got to be a really straight man to write a song like 'It's Raining Men.'

— Paul Shaffer

“Children have their morning song as well as birds.”

— Victor Hugo

I was born and raised on 'Singin' in the Rain.' It's in my work. It's in me.

— Zac Posen

Selling eight million copies of your first album will mess you up.

— Don Henley

People think the Beatles know what's going on. We don't. We're just doing it.

— John Lennon

I've never written a song that I thought was a hit.

— Richard Marx

It's so hard to be the girl in a country song, so we're speaking up.

— Maddie Marlow

I just don't think I'm a very good singer.

— Kevin Kline

I think that the best music and the music that people relate to the most is the honest music that people feel…

— Morgan Wallen

I've been very happy to see some of the success that I've had along the way in opening the eyes of people,…

— Johnny Mathis

“a record player needle had slipped into the groove in the vinyl and I couldn't get it out again.”

— Leslie McAdam

I don't even want a song to ramp up the drama, you know? I want music to be there only when it…

— Ramy Youssef

I appreciate people who sway to the beat of their own tambourine, like Iris Apfel and Helena Bonham Carter.

— Hong Chau

People are like, 'Well, she doesn't know the Sex Pistols.' Why would I know that stuff? Look how young I am. That…

— Avril Lavigne

All good music, whatever its date, is ageless - as alive and significant today as it was when it was written.

— Peter Warlock

My grandmother really wanted to see me become a singer, but she passed away before I became one.

— Jeongyeon

You see the genius that Whitney Houston has as an interpreter of material, and you realize why genius can be applied to…

— Clive Davis

People need to realize that even the greatest jazz musicians, when they listen to jazz, they're not like, analyzing it and deconstructing…

— Kamasi Washington

There's a guy at the record company who's 30, and he says, I would not listen to these songs except in this…

— Tom Wopat

I write a lot on airplanes actually because it's completely isolating; there's no one to talk to, there's nothing to do. And…

— Mandy Moore

I remember when I was little, my mom asked me, 'Would you like to play the violin or the piano?' I looked…

— Sirena Huang

It's about being patient and working hard. People try to put the money before the work. You can't do that. You have…

— Sean Garrett

A guitar being played by an actual person is never going to be as precise and perfect as a programmed synthesizer. But…

— Matt Bellamy

I just try to play music from my heart and bring as much beauty as I can to as many people as…

— Charlie Haden

Oh, I try to stay as far away from karaoke as humanly possible!

— Jeremy Jordan

Life is like a beutiful melody,only the lyrics are messed up.

— Ally Mbululo

I am moved by music, and certain things just make my day.

— Bobby Sherman

I was introduced to soul music at a very young age - my mom was a soul singer.

— Elliott Yamin

The way I was singing the songs was jazz

— Van Morrison

My mother was an amateur singer, my father was an amateur drunk.

— Ozzy Osbourne

I try to write five or six songs each year and not just in one genre.

— Don Felder

Music helps shape the way people think about the world and act in the world.

— DeRay Mckesson

I keep saying to everyone that one day I'll write a love song.

— Anne-Marie

It's pretty dangerous if you approach music trying to please other people.

— Adam Anderson

I play the piano, paint, and go for trekking.

— Nana Patekar

Music will always have an audience, no matter how many artists there are.

— Jonita Gandhi

I finished your song, she said. Our last song. And I want to play it for you.

— Nicholas Sparks

It makes me happy to hear good music before I go on.

— Johnette Napolitano

Music inspires contemplation, dreams, and the imagination.

— Varg Vikernes

Every record that you do man, is sooo different in every way.

— Jerry Cantrell