Song Quotes · Page 222

My music is just as much me as it is everybody else.

— Torae

I loved grand pianos and small pianos, too.

— Alicia Keys

(Punk rock is) lunging after some glimpse of a new and better world.

— Lester Bangs

My favorite sounds are the high, spacey ones that are very ambient.

— Andy Summers

Drummers don't write - or at least, that's what everybody believes.

— Tony Williams

Music speaks when words can't Express your felling...

— Keren Zhims

If there were no Carl Perkins, there would be no Beatles.

— Paul McCartney

I feel like in every song I write, I always write a little darker bit.

— Ladyhawke

I love the Beatles. What more can I say? I'm not gonna lie to you. I love 'em. They make me happy.…

— Liam Gallagher

Music is well said to be the speech of angels; in fact, nothing among the utterances allowed to man is felt to…

— Thomas Carlyle

I try to write about small things. Paper, animals, a house…love is kind of big. I have written a love song, though.…

— David Byrne

The good thing about music is that it can be the voice of what we feel inside especially when we are mute…

— Jessica

There are alway going to be bad things. But you can write it down and make a song out of it.

— Billie Eilish

'My Swan Song' - that song is so depressing but uplifting at the same time, you know what I mean?

— Joey Jordison

The band will always be our number one, and I don't see it ever stopping. We love playing, so why would we…

— Chad Gilbert

Almost everything The Beatles did was great, and it's hard to improve on. They were our Bach. The way to get around…

— T Bone Burnett

A lot of my albums that I've done, a lot of the songs have been the first take. It's before you mess…

— Anonymous

Life's an act of magic, too. Claire Hamill sings a line in one of her songs that really sums it up for…

— Charles de Lint

When we came out, the kind of music that was popular was Nirvana, Soundgarden and Alice In Chains, all that stuff. That…

— John Petrucci

I'm trying to laugh uncontrollably with whoever I'm making a song with because whatever we just listened to that we just came…

— Eric Benet

I walk away from writing what I consider to be a good song - with a good character, a good story in…

— Robert Hunter

For me, the intent in a song is to sing it. I compose songs, meaning I'm writing words to be set to…

— Cornelius Eady

Let's just cut a live record with three microphones in four days and talk about lizards and aliens. If I had taken…

— Sturgill Simpson

I had never before thought of how awful the relationship must be between the musician and his instrument. He has to fill…

— Anonymous

I am not super-ambitious. I am not a classically amazing singer or anything.

— Neneh Cherry

I try to make sure that I make music that can stand the test of time.

— Mayer Hawthorne

It's not jazz as we know jazz here in America.

— Les Paul

It's a pity to shoot the pianist when the piano is out of tune.

— Rene Coty

Every love song makes me cry cuz every love song reminds me of you

— Madi

In my mind, an album shouldn't be self-titled unless it feels that way.

— Grace Potter

If I wasn't singing, I'd probably be, probably an accountant.

— Janet Jackson

As my kids are growing up, I continue to write songs for them.

— Eddie Rabbitt

I'll never be a music director... I'm not cut out for that.

— KK

Your solos should be as interesting as any other part of the song.

— John Petrucci

The music, while it lasted, brought a new world into being.

— Wendell Berry

I grew up listening to a lot of Massive Attack and Portishead.

— Tessa Thompson

The most important thing is to make quality music that will last.

— Jay Sean

It seems to me, sorry seems to be the hardest word.

— Anonymous

Music makes me love life, and without it, I don't know if I'd be happy.

— Mya

I have a thing about inane lyrics - the world doesn't need them.

— James Murphy