Song Quotes · Page 314

“Ah, music," he said, wiping his eyes. "A magic beyond all we do here!”

— J.K. Rowling

My goal as a songwriter now is to simply write some memorable turns of phrase.

— Ben Gibbard

Every one of my father's songs is a lesson.

— Damian Marley

Singing pop music was not something I planned, but I managed to do it.

— Tiffany Darwish

Music is a secret and unconscious mathematical problem of the soul.

— Gottfried Leibniz

As a listener, I like a wide range of sounds.

— Erin McKeown

My favorite song of ours is 'Dance The Night Away.'

— Nayeon

You can't evaluate your situation when you're in a band, not really.

— Jim Root

The people who keep coping, keep trying, no matter how many blows Fate takes at them. Nobody'll make a song about them,…

— Mercedes Lackey

When my song came on the radio for the first time, that was one of the heaviest things I remember.

— John Oates

I gotta new strategy it's called no strategy. And I gotta way to sell more music its called make better music.

— Kanye West

When I'm playing guitar, I just try and put those words into lyrics and just try a few things. It's all over…

— George Ezra

I still will sit down at the piano and play when I am wrestling with something emotionally or just want to move…

— Alan Lightman

Many, many composers have only found their way to a certain form, through familiarizing themselves with texts.

— Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

With music, you can put sophisticated thoughts in a child's head - it gives you a whole new avenue to express ideas.

— James L. Brooks

You're not going out there to make a living out of it by selling records. You want acclaim and you want to…

— Kevin Drew

It is my hope that during my brief passage through this universe, that I may share with you the joy of hearing…

— Anonymous

They say that Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a homosexual. Truth be told, we don't love him because of that, but he was…

— Vladimir Putin

And the great spirit of darkness spread a shroud over me...everything was silent-everything. But upon the heights soughed the everlasting song, the…

— Knut Hamsun

“Stray birds of the summer come to my window to sing and fly away. And yellow leaves of autumn, which have no…

— Tagore Rabindranath

I lie awake and feel your nearness I never wanted more than this I don't wanna run Beneath your tears I don't…

— Angel_eyes

'Captain Fantastic' was the first album in history to enter the (American) album chart at number one. We did it for a…

— Bernie Taupin

When the album 'Duke' came out, by Genesis, Phil Collins beat Dad in a drummers poll. My dad got me to learn…

— Jason Bonham

“But now, I had a reason to sing the song because I finally, truly understood what it was about. I would follow…

— Celestine Matoive

What am I singing? A song of seeds The food of love. Eat the music.

— Kate Bush

It's a shame in a way that people come and go with one album.

— Marc Almond

A song that pays tribute to mothers was always on my bucket list.

— Jubin Nautiyal

I played a guitar with a file, and a synthesizer.

— Jean-Michel Basquiat

My love for The Four Tops cannot be expressed greatly enough.

— Brandon Victor Dixon

The guitar is a wonderful instrument which is understood by few.

— Franz Schubert

I'm singing the music publisher's theme song - it ain't a commercial.

— Hoagy Carmichael

Each time I play a song it seems more real.

— Robert Smith

I always want to make Strokes records and play Strokes shows.

— Julian Casablancas

People who have memorized your songs-how can you not love them?

— Todd Rundgren

All it takes is one song to bring back 1,000 memories. :)

— Elyza El-Samman

Alex Turner is one of my heroes - his lyrics are genius.

— Thomas Grennan

I have a karaoke punk band called The Ungrateful Dead, but we don't exist yet.

— Eric Andre

He wanted the songs, the stories, to save everybody.

— Sherman Alexie

“A heart has its multiple facets of daily music. Respect a genuine good heart.”

— Angelica Hopes

Thoes who wish to sing will always find a song

— Ritu Ghatourey