Song Quotes · Page 271

A good mind should tell the difference between noise and music.

— Ilaiyaraaja

I can never stop singing... it has given me recognition and fame.

— Kumar Sanu

The history of Pantera speaks for itself.

— Vinnie Paul

I have this theory, bands with enigmatic lyrics attract crazies.

— Michael Azerrad

I thought my song was beginning that day, but it was almost done.

— Anonymous

I like a lot of bass players. I like a lot of tuba players too.

— Rick Danko

Their words, like the music, had the potential to be endless.

— Sarah Dessen

I come from a business family. I rebelled from my father to become a musician.

— Yo Yo Honey Singh

Usually, when you go in to make a record, you have 30 songs, and you record 30 of them, and 12 of…

— Dave Grohl

When I was growing up in Wakefield in the 90s I would get in fights for carrying a guitar around.

— Gary Jarman

I take a lot from everywhere. I take from music, architecture, novels, and plays. Anywhere that hits you.

— Alex Winter

Rock music in its lyrics often talks ahead of the time about what's going on in the country.

— Edmund G Brown

With all tools at my disposal, I'm 100% into chasing tone and checking out new equipment and "geeking" out during sound check…

— John Petrucci

“The lyrics gather in my soul, as the blooms burst in air, and what flows from my lips is a symphony long…

— Jayita Bhattacharjee

I have my own thing that I do really well, but it's not singing. It's more of a screaming-type thing.

— Wayne Static

We've always done a bunch of musically diverse things. We were just showing a broader side of the band, the more melodic…

— Dimebag Darrell

I saw Al Foster with Miles Davis the other week. It was beautiful. But, the whole thing was, Al Foster played as…

— Charlie Watts

But ya know what, I am a part of something that happened. I'm a part of the music that happened. My voice…

— Waylon Jennings

I'm very unstable; there's no stability in a musician's life at all. You live on a bus or on the road hand…

— James Taylor

With a lot of what we take to be true feelings, especially on pop records, we feel them because they're cleverly crafted.…

— David Byrne

That's what we all hope and dream to do, when we stand in front of the mirror with our Goody comb and…

— Jay DeMarcus

The label's going great, because we're not idiots. We're not trying to sue everyone that downloads everything. We try to give the…

— Al Jourgensen

When I'm outside gardening, it can be so inspiring. I think of words and melodies. It's peaceful. Every singer-songwriter should find something…

— Amanda Shires

Eric's Trip is still a huge influence on me. The style of those recordings and the rawness of them is very inspiring.…

— Phil Elverum

You only hear the music when your heart begins to brake.

— Seether

Music is not my life. Christ is my life.

— Jeremy Camp

Black Sabbath has always been noncompliant.

— Bill Ward

I've been hearing fiddle music since I was in the womb, I'm sure.

— Natalie MacMaster

If we don't have great music, we're not any company.

— Scott Borchetta

In the songs that I write, that's where I get to be really brave and outspoken.

— Emily Kinney

Rock N Roll even gonna set you free. Make the lame walk and the blind to see.

— Motorhead

There's a warmth, obviously, with vinyl that you just don't get with CDs.

— Myles Kennedy

I'm so happy people have enjoyed listening to my tracks.

— Kygo

Songs I do have to strike an emotional chord the first time I sing them.

— Keith Whitley

I personally think Miles Davis is a lot funnier than me. And he's working more.

— Gilbert Gottfried

The grandeur of man lies in song, not in thought.

— Francois Mauriac

Somewhere in a burst of glory / Sound becomes a song.

— Paul Simon

I've said it before and I'll say it again: I don't think music should be free.

— Trent Reznor

She taught me to play the piano, and what it meant to miss somebody.

— Eric Roth

My music was made with everyone in mind with no prejudice towards anyone.

— Harry Wayne Casey