Song Quotes · Page 243

Whether the angels play only Bach praising God, I am not quite sure.

— Karl Barth

I never do karaoke. I don't enjoy singing to be honest.

— David Essex

A song is a burden that you carry happily.

— Mani Ratnam

I've retreated to what I was originally, which is an individual songwriter.

— Denny Laine

I believe that people want to hear good songs and they want to be moved.

— Corey Smith

My favorite songwriters are all solo artists.

— Kevin Morby

The true musician is to bring light into people's hearts.

— Bobby McFerrin

Every piece of music I have composed reminds me of a different time in my life.

— Lior Ron

I found a way to connect with lots of instruments rather than just fixating on one of them. I just loved making…

— Jack Garratt

I don't really consider myself a "singer." I am getting more comfortable singing every day, which is great.

— Michael Benjamin Lerner

“Give us a song to cheer        Our weary hearts,               a song of home,        And friends we love so dear.”

— Mary Pope Osborne

Music was the medium through which knowledge was passed from generation to generation.

— T Bone Burnett

My mother played guitar by ear, and all of us sang except my father, bless his heart.

— Keala Settle

I don't hate any sort of music but I just think that the lyricism needs to be in the forefront.

— Joell Ortiz

But we used to go to flea markets and things, and look for old 78 records that had silly song titles.

— Neil Innes

It's very weird to write a song in your apartment and then realize that this random person knows all the words to…

— Toby Lightman

When you do a song new live on stage, it's kind of a bit weird until it gets worn in, you know,…

— Jeff Lynne

I have struggled for decades now with the fear of and resistance to change - mostly in the realms of technology, transportation,…

— Julia Glass

I wrote a lot of lyrics in prison, but they'd all be like, 'Crawls upon the shoulders, hatred in the eyes.' I…

— Ian Brown

I like to sing and it's just really fun to sing, and I don't get too much. And at my house I'm…

— Garrison Keillor

A composition is always more than the sum of its parts. In other words, a really good piece of music is more…

— Yo-Yo Ma

When I'm going to do a Christmas album I had to put my mind in Christmas mode. I had to go back…

— Mary J. Blige

Of course I have bills to pay, but at the same time, it's more about the passion and the love, and I…

— Ludacris

I've been writing and collecting songs on the ukulele for at least 10 years, so it was time to clear them out…

— Eddie Vedder

“wake up who cares about little boys that talk too much”

— Mr. Big

I am a pop girl! And I'm on a major label. I enjoy singing pop songs.

— Katy Perry

I can sing better after shooting smack in both arms than after eating too much,

— Linda Ronstadt

Before I could even hold a pen I was singing.

— Melanie Fiona

I wanna make music; that's all I wanna do.

— Jon Bellion

My goal is to just be able to play as many instruments as I possibly can.

— Tash Sultana

The songs are definitely all about me. I am my favourite subject.

— Teddy Thompson

When your heart is broken all the song lyrics touch your heart..!!

— Anonymous

Music is something that even when you close your eyes it gets into your body.

— Yoko Ono

The women in Europe think I'm the Beatles, they throw me flowers.

— Demis Roussos

If I was writing songs just for me I'd only play them in my living room, alone.

— Tori Amos

I tell stories to music and, thank God, in tune.

— Pearl Bailey

Vivaldi didn't write 400 concertos; he wrote one concerto 400 times.

— Igor Stravinsky

I think my music generally transcends a lot of genres.

— Mika

“Music is no longer tasted it is swallowed.”

— Jules Verne

I started taking music lessons and singing when I was about ten.

— Alex Winston