Song Quotes · Page 273

We're not the kind of band that writes very well on the road.

— Tony Kanal

I like to do cover songs if I really love them, I have to love the song first.

— Paul Taylor

Music is what I have to do, I only answer the questions so that I can do it.

— Jack White

I'd always listened to my parents' Bee Gees albums.

— Britt Daniel

I'd really rather put songs on people's lips than in their ears.

— Pete Seeger

We don't ever want to be this political band. We're just a bunch of dudes.

— Matthew Ramsey

I don't know really, apart from Barnes & Noble, where you buy CDs anymore.

— John Waite

I could do anything. I'll do a rock-star song.

— Sexyy Red

Hybrid theory-Linkin Park not serious Aqua-Barbie Girl or that spaceman song. I have always wanted to be in a band since I…

— Oliver Sykes

Lyrics have to be underwritten. That's why poets generally make poor lyric writers because the language is too rich. You get drowned…

— Stephen Sondheim

Sometimes a song can take up to a year to write, and because I waited that year and waited to work on…

— Skrillex

“I don’t want to mix music and computers. Just like it’s not good to mix friends and work, and sex.”

— Haruki Murakami

People listen to music with cavemen ears: Is it a bird song or the call of a lion? The audience at a…

— Marsha Norman

As long as there are musicians who have a passion for spontaneity, for creating something that's never been before, the art form…

— Charlie Haden

I'm convinced there are a lot of couples who have got together while listening to my music. My songs are not exactly…

— Kylie Minogue

I tend to like songs that are very emotional, that strike a chord with me emotionally.

— Martin Gore

Romance isn't just about roses or killing dragons or sailing a kayak around the world. It's also about chocolate chip cookies and…

— Steve Kluger

LCD live was set up to be an argument about what's wrong with bands and why bands should be better. I always…

— James Murphy

Being in a band is the best place I can think of to be as up-front as possible. If you let something…

— Duff McKagan

First and foremost: I'm a metal fan. I'm a musician, an artist, but I'm a complete fan and I've never grown out…

— Max Cavalera

I do think sometimes there's danger in guest appearance mania. I've seen too many examples that sound cool on paper, like 'Oh,…

— Ezra Koenig

If you write a hit song for Britney Spears, it's worth several million dollars. Just one song! And it might have taken…

— Jewel

Shoot, there's a committee to tell you everything at a record label. You definitely have to know who you are if you…

— Gary Allan

She had changed him. The ice was in his eyes and in his heart, like he had predicted with that song, but…

— Francesca Lia Block

Just like using an instrument, a song calls for different things.

— Aldous Harding

Music is at its best when it is pleasingly melancholic.

— Charles Spurgeon

I think my set is more so mixed in everything. It's not just EDM.

— Mustard

Music comes to me more readily than words.

— Ludwig van Beethoven

“Aren't people just like gramophone records?”

— Agatha Christie

Vocal arrangements are something I'm working a lot with for the new songs.

— Jens Lekman

Our sweetest songs are those that tell the saddest thoughts.

— Anonymous

I don’t need the factory behind me. I just need help getting my music heard.

— Kaskade

When you are listening to music it is better to cover your eyes than your ears.

— Jose Bergamin

Funny how 90% of the songs is based on something that's so painful.

— Anonymous

Don't be a perfectionist... leave that to the classical musicians.

— Dave Brubeck

Sometimes the lyrics just fall out of my mouth.

— Eddie Rabbitt

Richard Landis is a modern-day Mozart, almost.

— Lorrie Morgan

I have a 1969 Grammer Johnny Cash acoustic guitar, and it's so inspirational.

— Joe Bonamassa

I'll keep evolving and put that into my songs.

— Alanis Morissette

Music is my biggest passion aside from anything else.

— Gemma Arterton