Song Quotes · Page 253

Rock and roll just used to be for kicks, now a days it's politics.

— Billy Joel

Every day I look forward to getting with my instruments, trying new things.

— Lionel Hampton

It's going to take a lot of love to make things work out right.

— Neil Young

You know there was always a confusion that punk was a style of music.

— Mike Watt

“Anything can be a love song as long as two people care about it.”

— Rob Sheffield

All the best songs are, I think, the easiest write because they just come out.

— Benji Madden

There's no grace period between album one and album two.

— Maren Morris

If you go back to the roots of jazz, it was all about COLLECTIVE improvisation.

— Henry Threadgill

Nothing pleases me more than to go into a room and come out with a piece of music.

— Paul McCartney

It's hard to say when the life of a band starts and stops... but playing music together is an act of trust.…

— Kim Gordon

Ringo: 'I had no schooling before I joined The Beatles and no schooling after The Beatles. Life is a great education.

— Ringo Starr

Where I come from, music is not a business. Sharing music is a business, but music is not a business. It comes…

— Lizz Wright

Rock n' roll is about attitude and rebellion. It's supposed to be fun and spontaneous.

— Slash

I like messing up the song, doing some improvisation. And I like running around the room with the mic.

— Erika M. Anderson

I think initially, the record industry struggled a lot with digital media because there are a lot of aspects to it that…

— Paloma Faith

A good song stays in your head because it's catchy, a great song stays because it means something to you.

— Tove Lo

Now somebody will ask me, Pete, how can you prove these songs really make a difference? And I have to confess I…

— Pete Seeger

I was really running a music school back then, because my band wasn't making any money. I keep talking about money, because…

— Artie Shaw

“With our music, and music that we popularize, we try to reach out and remind people that, when taken out of the…

— Eugene Hutz

Almost everything I've done, I've done through my own creativity. I don't think I ever had to listen to anyone else to…

— Buddy Rich

We all have such common ways to identify with each other, and I think when you approach music in that organic way,…

— Debby Boone

When you're dealing with a constant rhythm, no matter how great your lyrics are, if you don't switch it up, people's heads…

— Lin-Manuel Miranda

Absolutely, I grew up listening to soul music. People like Stevie, Aretha, Ray Charles, Michael and Prince. My parents' record collection was…

— Jesse McCartney

I think, with music in general, people just inevitably connect with feeling. The opportunity to hear expressed feeling. And that's what has…

— Antony Hegarty

The ultimate language of love is music... The ultimate connector.

— Borns

I love singing devotional songs, in whatever language.

— K. J. Yesudas

All my hits in Punjab and Haryana are about heartbreak.

— Raftaar

The music business used to be filled with people who love music.

— Steve Lukather

If there is one thing that is constant in this world, it is the power of music.

— Josh Groban

People always sound so proud when they announce they know nothing of music.

— Lillian Hellman

I apologize for the song 'Everything Is Awesome.'

— Phil Lord

I found it was really impossible for me to write songs when I couldn't sing.

— Rosanne Cash

I have been told that my voice is very suited to oldies albums.

— Anne Murray

Music reflects on who you are as a person.

— Taylor York

I'm constantly on my toes and re-examining my own music.

— Daryl Hall

I never download anything; it's crazy! We must keep buying albums and DVDs.

— Caterina Murino

music became my refuge and then my salvation.

— Lena Horne

But I mean, again, Zappa's far more musical than the Bonzos ever were.

— Neil Innes

I just want to make my music, and I want it to stand on its own.

— Norah Jones

Music has always followed a cyclic trend.

— Kumar Sanu