Song Quotes · Page 315

Being in a rock band is just an excuse not to get a job

— Billy Corgan

I don't have the will for singing but I must do it.

— Alfredo Kraus

There will always be a Beach Boys. Being a Beach Boy is like being in love

— Dennis Wilson

The music should be first, not the ego or the personality or the style.

— Dewey Redman

When I was three years old, my dad bought me my first drum set.

— Travis Scott

Silence can be very effective, and it gives the music space to breathe.

— Johann Johannsson

We tap into a lot of things from musical history when making the songs.

— Chris Stein

A good deal of classical music is, today, the opium of the good citizen.

— George Steiner

The worst thing about not being president anymore is I was disoriented for three weeks because nobody every played a song when…

— William J. Clinton

I began to learn a lot of chords and rhythms. It was a bit boring at the time but came in very…

— Alvin Lee

I think that in order for music to be heard in a lot of different situations you have to always consider that.

— Kenneth Edmonds

Is there nothing to sing about to-day? Then borrow a song from tomorrow; sing of what is yet to be. Is this…

— Charles Spurgeon

When I first picked up an instrument, nothing really happened. I played piano when I was a little kid. I hated it…

— Phoebe Bridgers

The more a race is governed by its passions, the less it has acquired the habit of cautious and reasoned argument, the…

— Stendhal

I think a lot of men are afraid of pretty things, and I'm not, I like pretty songs.

— Justin Townes Earle

No matter how much life sucks sometimes. There is always some kind of escape and mine just so happens to be MUSIC.

— Anonymous

Everyone seems so excited by the fact that music is more accessible, people can find new artists more easily and it's cheaper,…

— Romesh Ranganathan

I try to use other songs or bands as reference points - it seems like the easiest way to get across what…

— Steven Soderbergh

It really surprises me that people in this day and age still write such busy music and fill up every space with…

— James Blake

You get to thinking that because you've written 50 or 100 songs, you think maybe you know how to do it. But…

— John Prine

When you're working with the same band you kind of know their style inside out, and even when you've been working for…

— Elvis Costello

I have a very clear picture of what I want to do and what I feel is important as far as my…

— Charlie Haden

I can write, boy, I can write. That's what I do. The trouble is that it's too bloody easy for people, that's…

— Mark E. Smith

When recording, whatever you first think about, you come out with something totally different at the end of it. Whatever plans you…

— Paul Weller

Quadratic reciprocity is the song of love in the land of prime numbers.

— Kato

The Beatles gave me everything. Especially Paul McCartney. I adore him.

— Ozzy Osbourne

Only because uplifted in song, was I able to endure the blaze of the dawn.

— George MacDonald

Everything I do got that bounce to it, that addictive, repetitive sound.

— Tay Keith

“All Bach's last movements are like the running of a sewing machine. (on Bach)”

— Arnold Bax

I feel like some artists need a record label, and some don't.

— Freddie Gibbs

My music is being condemned strictly for publicity and votes.

— Bushwick Bill

You have to be kind of sensitive to be in rock and roll.

— Kemp Muhl

Every single note on this album is there for a reason.

— Vanessa Carlton

I love any opportunity I have to make music.

— Barry Manilow

My most favourite song is 'Aave re hichki.'

— Gulzar

But it was the singing that pulled me in and split me wide open.

— Anne Lamott

It's hard for a country performer to make a living in a Beatles society.

— Marty Stuart

Jazz is a state of mind. There's no boundaries.

— Robert Glasper

One day I will go back to my books and piano, but not yet.

— William Hague

On the first few albums the songs would grow into strange shapes.

— Brian May