Song Quotes · Page 311

Sometimes the best songs almost write themselves

— Bill Anderson

The problem with composers is that they are the most unrequired job in America.

— Gail Zappa

Shawty's like a melody in my head. That I can't keep out.

— Iyaz

Metal music is a very fan-oriented, fan-protected music - very sacred.

— Joey Jordison

Music is the way our memories sing to us across time.

— Lance Morrow

I want to make music to lift the people.

— August Alsina

Sex is the sacred song of the soul; Sex is the sanctuary of Self.

— Aleister Crowley

That's how you want your sound to be - global.

— Yo Gotti

When I write a song, it's all about the riff - the riff first, then the words come later.

— Evan Dando

Troubled times do call for troubled songs, songs that unsettle our souls and our spirits unapologetically.

— Tavis Smiley

Maybe the songs that we sing are wrong, Maybe the dreams that we dream are gone, So bring it on home and…

— Noel Gallagher

Music is bipolar One time its sad but then its happy but thats what music so unique from anything else

— Wheaton

I'd rather sing one wild song and burst my heart with it, than live a thousand years watching my digestion and being…

— Jack London

I guess now I view music as my career. I want to do it forever, regardless of whether or not it's my…

— Kevin Morby

I'm writing a record of comedy songs. I'm doing all these collaborations with artists. I bring them lyrics and they write the…

— Margaret Cho

When a song came on the radio that I wanted to learn, my mother would quickly write down the lyrics for me.…

— Kiran Ahluwalia

I realised that you can never legislate away from piracy. Laws can definitely help, but it doesn't take away the problem. The…

— Daniel Ek

The answers were maddeningly absent—it was like trying to remember a song that you knew made you feel a certain way, without…

— Jennifer Egan

“This may sound weird, but there are certain songs, like really great songs---you don't just listen to them, you know? They make…

— Jasmine Warga

“In the event that your feminist activities are discovered, quick diversions include bursting into song, asking him how to fix something in…

— Reductress

There is nothing like this extended family that is Fleetwood Mac. And I think you have to say, for all the perceived…

— Lindsey Buckingham

It would be as naive to study the song of the nightingale, as it would be ridiculous to try and win a…

— David Bronstein

When I am seriously composing, sometimes a phrase will come into my head, a catch phrase. When I was writing pop songs…

— Tom Glazer

A song is essentially an 'asset' after its creation and release because it can be traded, sold or rented. This makes it…

— Momina Mustehsan

My big love was the Beatles. I was more into music.

— Gary Oldman

I truly believe that listening to music can transform you into a better person.

— Andrew W.K

The truth is I want to make music that people enjoy.

— Hunter Parrish

I like to write my lyrics on clay tablets.

— Randy Newman

I really like the song "Only One" [ Kanye West with Paul McCartney].

— Kim Kardashian

“I’ll always love you like a new favorite song.”

— A.R. Wise

“The dichotomy of a drummer: worshiped but forgotten.”

— C.M. Stunich

Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, no winter in thy year.

— John A. Logan

Sweet Leaf' is a very aggressive song when we do it live.

— Bill Ward

When I grew up, there were no songs about gay people.

— Melissa Etheridge

It wouldn't bother me at all not to play on my own album.

— Walter Becker

I hate to say Napster kind of killed our business, but what can I tell ya?

— Frank Stallone

Even the Beatles found it hard to escape their image; they were trapped by it.

— Tina Weymouth

Music is everywhere. It’s in the air between us, waiting to be sung.

— David Levithan

Charts and learning the politics behind making a record - it's pretty soulless.

— Paolo Nutini

No technology comes close to the effect of a live symphony orchestra.

— John de Lancie