Song Quotes · Page 284

“It's you, Jack Henry. It will always be you in every song I sing.”

— Georgia Cates

Music is the child of prayer, the companion of religion.

— François-René de Chateaubriand

Music, somehow, breaks through, to everybody.

— Sandra Bullock

I love old school music, that's just always been my thing.

— Big Daddy Kane

As a singer-songwriter, what I do is write about how the human feels.

— Bjork

Playing music was always a part of my life; I don't know anything else.

— Mark Salling

Fergie's married. I'm married. A lot of the band members have families as well.

— Taboo

I always try to leave songs open for people to interpret in their own ways.

— Ryan Bingham

“If the music is live, then there is a praise inside of you that will bring the Glory cloud realm.”

— Renny McLean

I think to really write songs, you need empathy. You have to put yourself in other people's shoes.

— Ryan Bingham

I don't have any dreams or aspirations or goals I want to meet music-wise, so there's nothing to keep me from being…

— Vince Staples

As a Liverpool boy, it is impossible not to think of the Beatles' question, 'Will you still need me when I'm 64?'

— Simon Rattle

I'm trying to play guitar every day. I think I have a gift, and I've not been nurturing it for a long…

— Bucky Pope

Songwriting is a mysterious art. When I sit down to write a song, the end result should be mysterious and have this…

— Martin Gore

Each day for me is a musical note that I use to compose the symphony of my life.

— Paulo Coelho

I hold all of the songs that I have had the pleasure of recording and performing in high regard.

— Dionne Warwick

I think, after 'Let Her Go,' I wanted to show people that I don't just write really sad love songs about my…

— Passenger

The song 'My Way' is a very remarkable song. It is also difficult to sing because you've got to convince people that…

— Christopher Lee

On stage, generally speaking, the story is stopped or held back by songs, because that's the convention. Audiences enjoy the song and…

— Stephen Sondheim

The song that I will sing is an old song, so old that none knows who made it. It has been handed…

— Geronimo

And um, when I came back to England I put a very complex soundtrack on it, featuring everyone from Jimi Hendrix, right…

— Gerald Scarfe

I don't understand why some people will only accept a guitar if it has an instantly recognizable guitar sound. Finding ways to…

— Jeff Beck

I had no album title, and the album is like a journey in that it's a complete body of work. It's not…

— Vanessa Carlton

I've always seen the songs as having a consciousness. Since I was two-and-a-half they would come to me from nowhere. I never…

— Tori Amos

“We are not written for one instrument alone.”

— André Aciman

I love songs that tell stories. They make you feel something, something real.

— Daphne Ashbrook

When something is bothering me, I write a song that tells my feelings.

— Loretta Lynn

As soon as I hear music, something in me starts to vibrate.

— Suzanne Farrell

I like songs that don't just repeat verse/chorus.

— Naughty Boy

The first ever song I performed on stage was 'Fernando' by Abba.

— KK

“Music is an invisible being which is able to create a visible happiness!”

— Mehmet Murat ildan

Sometimes music isn't the way to talk politics, you know?

— Gary Rossington

Music is that which takes silence and brings it to life.

— Plato

I first picked up a violin aged five - I just assumed everyone played.

— Andre Rieu

I shouldn't admit this publicly, but I really want to get an electric guitar.

— Monica Barbaro

My father has a great voice. My father used to sing... just sing.

— Marvin Gaye

I'm constantly complimented for my voice, even by random people at the airport!

— Kabir Bedi

A great song can make you cry and transport you to another dimension.

— Charli XCX

“Always sing your own song wholeheartedly.”

— Nikki Ngoc Nguyen

I want to play piano. My girlfriend loves the piano.

— Theo Walcott