Song Quotes · Page 291

I am moved more by melodies, song structure, and evocative textures.

— Geddy Lee

Every soul is a melody which needs renewing.

— Stephane Mallarme

“Standing still at dusk Listen . . . in far distances The song of froglings!”

— Buson

I am ultimately comfortable with what I'm sampling.

— Girl Talk

I want my songs to be heard by everyone.

— Joshua Radin

Victor Hernandez, like an orchestral conductor directing his troops...

— Jon Champion

People are born with the knack to write poems and songs. I'm not a poet at all.

— Petra Haden

I've always tended to write songs prolifically.

— David Bowie

The first song I wrote was for my friend. She was going through a really tough time.

— Noah Cyrus

I want to have not only the good side of life but the bad side of life. And the both combined is…

— Stromae

Though the inspiration for my songs almost always comes from things that are happening around me, I am definitely not always the…

— Thalia Zedek

'Fix' was a song that definitely put me on the map and changed everything for in me my career. I'm really thankful…

— Chris Lane

I try to listen to stuff that makes me happy for other reasons, rather than being musically inspiring.

— Anna Meredith

“Together me and Amy are Jaramy. Pearl Jam wrote a song about us speaking in class.”

— Jarod Kintz

I've always been incredibly lucky that the music that I make, other people like it.

— Sarah McLachlan

There's always tons of crap music people are trying to sell us - [it's] the same way with publishers and galleries.

— Scott McClanahan

I grew up the biggest fan of the Cure. Knew every lyric, had every album, B-side, single, poster, everything. Then cut to…

— Mark Hoppus

Three of tonights performers are members of the group Return To One, whose album Hopes and Dreams I heard for the first…

— Mike Keneally

No one imagines that a symphony is supposed to improve as it goes along, or that the whole object of playing is…

— Alan Watts

Different people have different ways of doing things. For me, becoming a songwriter first and falling in love with the Nashville songwriting…

— Kacey Musgraves

I started cutting my teeth on "Someone To Watch Over Me" [George Gershvin] in the college. I've sung that one for a…

— Kristin Chenoweth

One thing that I like to do is use words that have never actually been used in a rap song before. I…

— Kanye West

Armstrong was the key creator of the mature working language of jazz. Three decades after his death and more than three-quarters of…

— Anonymous

Somebody told me once it takes an Americana song five minutes to say what a country song says in three - so…

— Sturgill Simpson

I have a song called 'Working Girl' and it represents my whole story.

— Shangela

I started singing at age five and haven't stopped since.

— Kimberly Caldwell

I'm always seeing stuff and imagining scenes in my head when I'm making music.

— Flying Lotus

One day the 'Maple Leaf' will make me King of Ragtime Composers.

— Scott Joplin

“Jazz and vodka, the fuel of resistance.”

— Rawi Hage

My father started me out on the flute and I began going to teachers.

— Henry Mancini

I'm no stranger to making timeless music.

— Shaggy

Rock and Roll's got to be like Jack Daniels. You've got to feel it burn.

— Nikki Sixx

The more wild experiences you have, the better songs you can write.

— Gary Rossington

Rock and roll has had a powerful anti-Christian subtheme for decades now.

— D. James Kennedy

Music forced into the air you breathe is an invasion of privacy!

— Henry Mancini

Growing up, I always had Indian music playing around the house.

— Jonita Gandhi

I prefer to read into other people's songs what I want to hear in them.

— Lou Barlow

To me, the essence of the music is the most important thing.

— Ry Cooder

I always try to write a song, I never just want to write a record.

— Smokey Robinson

Broken Bells reminds me how much fun I have making music.

— Danger Mouse