Song Quotes · Page 257

I've learned that music is such a healer.

— Jimmy Scott

It is not music's function to express rational necessities.

— Artur Schnabel

Jesus loves me, this I know... It's not just a kid song, it's the truth

— Leslie

The highest mission of music is to serve as a link between God and Man.

— Corinne Heline

“I wanted to love this piano. I wanted to invite music back into my life.”

— Thad Carhart

I consider my music edgy, urban and with an earthy element.

— Jeet Gannguli

I was into playing American music, especially the blues.

— Mark Knopfler

I'm somebody who plays the piano... sometimes

— Harold Budd

I'm only interested in heavy metal when it's me who's playing it. I suppose it's a bit like smelling your own farts.

— John Entwistle

So far I've been very, very fortunate because it appears that people like to hear the music I like to play. What…

— Jimmy Page

Nonbelievers may hear all the notes of science, but without a theistic context and perspective they will not hear the song.

— George Marsden

My songs are pop songs, they're rock songs. They're not way out there. You can tap your feet to them, you can…

— Peaches

I'm confident in my intentions and why I'm making music. I'm not making music because I want to be on your TV…

— Maxwell

I'm a musichead. My favorite Gaga song of all time is 'You & I' - it might not be the popular vote…

— Michelle Visage

Not, like, that, boychik, you sound like a herd of elephants charging through a music store.

— Jordan Sonnenblick

“All my friends are bums. We all gather round our camp-fire (in a can) and sing songs of togetherness as we cuddle,…

— Will Advise

I think of my parents as a single unit, and it's interesting because they shared so much, and they were totally opposite.…

— Arlo Guthrie

I like songs that have like a little bit of quirkiness to them. What I like to do with songs, is kind…

— John Legend

When I was growing up, I was always looking for the most willfully uncommercial music: Whether it was Captain Beefheart or Frank…

— Steven Wilson

I think the biggest thing - and this I think is true of songs but also of movies and books and art…

— Craig Finn

Ideas for songs can come from something as simple as a photograph and letting my imagination run wild on an old photograph…

— PJ Harvey

I'm coming from a place that's more experimental and indulgent already, so for the last 10 years, it's been more like, "How…

— Andrew Bird

I always told the people at Cal Arts that if they wanted me to do Jazz studies, first of all, there couldn't…

— Charlie Haden

The forest is peaceful, why aren’t you? You hold on to things causing your confusion. Let nature teach you. Hear the bird’s…

— Ajahn Chah

I think it is your job as an artist to be able to hear a song.

— Keifer Thompson

Music, I feel like, affects people's moods.

— Aaron Judge

Obviously, I write all of my lyrics from my heart and my life first.

— Olivia Rodrigo

We were too rough at the edges to be a pop group.

— Roger Daltrey

I can't predict what songs will do to the collective consciousness.

— Jason Mraz

“Don’t die with the music inside your head; let it be heard.”

— Abhaidev

The history of a people are found in its songs.

— George Jellinek

A tune is a song without words. Death is a life without love.

— Anonymous

By means of music the very passions, enjoy themselves.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Music draws me in. As soon as I hear it, I'm there. I'm stuck in it.

— Tash Sultana

I'm a fan of Miguel's; he's a friend of mine. I like melodic music, you know?

— Evan Ross

Music can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.

— Leonard Bernstein

I'd like to be writing songs for other people - I just like writing songs.

— Darren Criss

I don't know why, but I like the saxophone.

— Matt Dillon

I feel it's my responsibility to turn people on to great music.

— Randy Jackson

The first shows we played were after metal bands and everyone hated us.

— Calum Hood