Song Quotes · Page 227

That's interesting: people deriving their identities from their music.

— Ethan Coen

The first song I ever did on screen was 'Main Shaayar To Nahi.'

— Rishi Kapoor

“There is music in the cacophony of life.”

— Saru Singhal

Really good musicians don't think of "self-reflection."

— Dan Bejar

If I can tolerate my own singing, then people can do so, too.

— Shruti Haasan

Music, for me, is just about where you're at, and that's always changing.

— Yolandi Visser

I want to sing simple things for the simple lives of simple people.

— Julio Iglesias

There is not many tenors in the male category and that makes me stick out.

— Bryan White

Since I was a kid, music has been a huge part of my life. My parents had a pretty solid vinyl collection…

— Reid Scott

I hope people hear my songs and realize that writing music is kind of easy, or that taking your sadness and turning…

— Frankie Cosmos

Growing up, I was always around adult musicians who played for their entire lives. So that's what I wanted to do, and…

— Steve Miller

I don't disrespect the audience. I only sing very well-written, intelligent songs.

— Tony Bennett

“Songs are just novels that get to the point quicker. Though I don't imagine that Ke$ha's book would be clean YA...”

— Inda Herwood

Where most people looked forward to the weekend to go out and yie one on, my idea of a good time was…

— Warren DeMartini

What affected me the most about the Beatles was that they were the biggest band in the world and they could have…

— Danger Mouse

I think all my albums have concentrated on songs, I've never taken the typical Van Halen route to try and become a…

— Gary Moore

It's hard enough to make a good song and a good recording of that song. But to try to tailor it to…

— James Iha

Nothing is better than music; when it takes us out of time, it has done more for us than we have the…

— Nadia Boulanger

I recorded 'The End of All Things' right before I married my now wife. We had no vows publicly, so I wrote…

— Brendon Urie

Quite a few musicians came to our house. And my ma took me to hear many more, hoping to encourage in me…

— Mary Lou Williams

This is total war. We are fighting a variety of enemies. There are lots of them out there. All this talk about…

— John Pilger

I get a lot of shit because I put "I" in the lyrics all the time. The "I" is always for someone…

— Henry Rollins

Caitlin Cary and I were always talking about X when we talked about whiskeytown, before it became an actual band. We like…

— Ryan Adams

People are consuming more than ever, but I think they want a bit of honesty and depth. Adele, Gotye, Janelle Monae -…

— Kimbra

“They really thought what other people sing in songs.”

— Boris Pasternak

'Hold On' is such an important song to me personally.

— Chord Overstreet

I just wanted to write the songs. I never wanted to sing them.

— Julia Michaels

In a world of peace and love, music would be the universal language.

— Henry David Thoreau

To have a Beatle doing an impression of you, I almost retired at that moment.

— Ron Mael

The rhetoric is the key to the character. It's the verbal music of the piece.

— Peter Shaffer

Music is one of the most essential things in life. It is what teaches us.

— Ziggy Marley

My songwriting is like extending a hand to the listener.

— Dave Grohl

Music is not material. Music is Spiritual.

— Sun Ra

Ah music…a magic far beyond anything done here.

— Joanne Kathleen Rowling

“If I could be anywhere, where would I be?”

— Tom Felton

Coldplay was big for me in the 2000s. 'Parachutes' was a good album.

— Scarface

Dreams can change histories and songs can alter destinies.

— Tiffanie DeBartolo

Just call us the band that wouldn't die.

— John Rzeznik

My mother used to play nothing but Billie Holiday.

— Etta James

And I definitely have an affinity with the piano.

— Jim Coleman