Song Quotes · Page 312

I think I'm making music that's pretty universal.

— Zola Jesus

Musicians communicate in other ways. That's just something you rely on.

— Ry Cooder

But it can be hard to experiment when you're in a band.

— Julian Casablancas

Rock and roll is commitment. Rock and roll is passion and spirit.

— Mick Fleetwood

“I have been known to say that the devil gave me my first violin.”

— Laini Taylor

To my eyes and ears the organ will ever be the King of Instruments.

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

When I sit down and play the guitar, Im 20 years old again,

— J.J. Cale

The use of music is to remind us how short a time we have a body.

— Richard Powers

“The song and the silence in the heart, That in part are prophecies, and in part Are longings wild and vain”

— Longfellow

I wish they'd had electric guitars in cotton fields back in the good old days. A whole lot of things would've been…

— Jimi Hendrix

Songs don't wear out. Good songs are good now. If they were a comfort during those hard times in the past, they'll…

— Levon Helm

I know that there's a lot of room to maneuver in those kind of ghostly musical spheres.

— Rob Brown

Music is everybody's possession. It's only publishers who think that people own it.

— John Lennon

When I first saw you with your smile so tender, my heart was captured, my soul surrendered.

— Elvis Presley

Bands like Metallica never sat around and said, 'We're speed metal,' or 'We're thrash metal.' If it feels good at the end…

— Ivan Moody

Well, I am David Gilmour, the voice and guitar of Pink Floyd. I have been since I was 21.

— David Gilmour

“I have a lot of problems with fifteen-minute jazz-funk jams as well. I don’t care about instrumental prowess. I don’t care about…

— Matt Thorne

Hopefully, the people that would look at a Good Charlotte record and dismiss it for maybe what they think is a certain…

— Benji Madden

It's a very interesting thing because I can start mixing a song and leave the room and come back and maybe just…

— Dr. Dre

The Beatles is over, but John, Paul, George, and Ringo...God knows what relationship they'll have in the future. I don't know. I…

— John Lennon

I suppose, counting back, if the Beatles had been influenced by music in the same length of time ago - you'd have…

— Jonny Greenwood

Originally I had a block about appearing in a musical. I went to a voice teacher for a while, but that did…

— Rex Harrison

There's a tendency for young musicians - I certainly was guilty of this - of wanting to know what they sound like,…

— Jack Conte

As a writer, as a lyricist, you're just trying to make sure that you're not repeating yourself. And that's a danger for…

— Corey Taylor

I never thought music could also bring you personal growth, but it truly has.

— Lara Fabian

I feel like I've established myself as a music maker in my own right.

— Ian Brown

To me, rock and roll is not a perfect science.

— LP

I got something if you want it. You can have it if you sing my song.

— Bob Sinclar

To put it in musician's terms, my chops are good.

— Cy Coleman

She's addicted to the song lyrics that spill out her heart for her.

— Rachel Copeland

I walked out this morning and I wrote down this song.

— James Taylor

If I had the knack I'd sing like Cherry flakes falling

— Anonymous

Music dissolves the straight and narrow.

— Mason Cooley

Walkin' on the Sun' changed music. It changed the way people listen to music.

— Steve Harwell

Making music with people is a very intimate process.

— Jeff Gutt

Music gives wings to the mind and flight to the imagination.

— Plato

I played cello in my high school orchestra.

— Eberhard Weber

No, I don't think rock 'n' roll will ever fade.

— Dave Clark

I have always enjoyed different kinds of music.

— Billy Sherwood

Music can be made anywhere, is invisible and does not smell.

— W. H. Auden