Song Quotes · Page 301

I love everything from The Rolling Stones to Run-DMC to Nina Simone.

— Hannah Bronfman

There's always a story in music, and it's expressed through my music.

— Ledisi

I've been pursuing music since I was 14.

— Chanel West Coast

All a musician can do is to get closer to the source.

— John Coltrane

To find a new British composer who is really good is rare.

— Tim Rice

When I am not too sad to listen, music is my consolation.

— Marcel Proust

Writing songs is a solo activity, so, if I put my mind to it, I can do it.

— Joe Hisaishi

I was in the choir before. I don't know if a lot of people know that.

— Pascal Siakam

“And what was the song which she sang? Ah, my little man, I am too old to sing that song, and you…

— Charles Kingsley

I went to school for folk music back when I was a teenager and learned hundreds of songs.

— Roger McGuinn

Song falls silent, music is dumb, But the air burns with their fragrance, And white winter, on its knees, Observes everything with…

— Anna Akhmatova

People are familiar with my songs, especially through Eric Clapton. But I have a hard time drawing a crowd, because I have…

— J. J. Cale

I feel like my music at least allows me to release the other side of me, a more vulnerable and sensitive side.

— Mickie James

“Instead of narrowing our allegiances to only include our favored nation, let us sing an anthem to the marvelous human being.”

— Bryant McGill

Seeing our VH-1 Behind the Music shows just how dysfunctional some of the moments of the band were but this new line-up…

— James Young

I like writing songs all females can relate to - songs about when you're a chick and you get your heart broken…

— Nikka Costa

I want my music to be everywhere, I want it to be heard. I want to give people an opportunity to enjoy…

— TobyMac

Most bands don't make it past two albums and tours, if that. We pulled it off, and everybody's been happy and cool,…

— Dimebag Darrell

A lot of people influenced me as I was learning, but probably Bing Crosby was the most influential because I would hear…

— Gordon Lightfoot

You think about him every single day. You wonder if he thinks about you too. You tell yourself he doesn't and its…

— Anonymous

“Your songs are still out there on the clifftop, hanging in the air for you when you want them. Wish to speak…

— Emma Donoghue

That's where people go wrong in the music industry: they get all these fancy things and think that they deserve them, but…

— Justine Skye

It's that quirky kind of weekend feeling they write ridiculous sunny-day songs about. You know the ones--I'm sure they're on your iPod…

— Neal Shusterman

With Whitesnake it would have been inappropriate for me to have played Deep Purple songs, although I did at the beginning because…

— David Coverdale

I chose people who would complement the songs that I put them on.

— Ahmad Balshe

The sooner you start writing songs, the sooner you'll get better.

— Lewis Capaldi

I know I can sing; I can sing, and I like how I sound.

— Jorja Smith

Music helps me immeasurably in the writing process.

— Irvine Welsh

Rock and roll never sleeps. It just passes out.

— George Thorogood

It's good to see your songs breaking the barriers of language.

— Anirudh Ravichander

I think 'Invisible' is a great song, but I don't know how accessible it is.

— Bono

I don't think kneeling during the anthem is such a bad thing.

— Jose Feliciano

I was always making memes, and now I have music.

— Lil Nas X

As a musician, I've accomplished what I hoped to accomplish.

— Rickie Lee Jones

Who knows ... we'll be playing Jazz and having a good time!

— Art Blakey

“Well, I'd like my life to be like a Bruce Springsteen song.”

— Nick Hornby

My songwriting has evolved, just as I've evolved as a person.

— John Oates

Songwriting is what I do, and there could be worse burdens to carry.

— Mark Kozelek

If everybody was happy in relationship there wouldnt b any good music

— Karu

It's a unique thing to stand in front of a crowd and sing your songs.

— Marcus Mumford