Song Quotes · Page 319

There is a chord in every heart that has a sigh in it if touched aright.

— Ouida

Magic is what we do. Music is how we do it.

— Jerry Garcia

Music and sleep are the best escape root in a world of hurt and pain.

— Unkown

Higher than high school, Mariah tunes and five flutes.

— Wale

You must have the music to justify an instrument's extensive use.

— Steve Lacy

We like to juxtapose our music with a more dour aesthetic.

— Matthew Healy

I just started mimicking what I heard and singing along to it.

— Bryson Tiller

Singing is something I can do, but it's not my first passion.

— Taraji P. Henson

As worship leaders we might use music as a tool, but music is only ever just that - a tool with which…

— Reuben Morgan

I'm into a lot of music. I used to dabble in electric guitar, but not in a band or anything.

— Chace Crawford

To be 23 and riding the crest of a song sweeping the world country by country is to live an altered and…

— Dan Hill

The nice thing about being a band that nobody knows about is that you can do whatever you want.

— Jonathan Meiburg

I don't think I've ever met a drummer who didn't tell me that my dad was an influence. He's a tough act…

— Jason Bonham

I can't believe I got a major-label record deal. My music was quirky, and my voice was so odd and high and…

— Juliana Hatfield

I loved Riot Grrl. Not only was it a punk rock revolution, but it meant you could get dressed for a night…

— Caitlin Moran

Everything I see and hear... I will take ideas from anyplace, anywhere, anytime, and life has become a song to me. I'm…

— John Mellencamp

In Othello, Othello kills Desdemona, but no one reads that play as a model for their own behavior. In Lou Reed's case,…

— Anthony DeCurtis

My mom was a piano teacher and I grew up taking voice lessons since I was 9. I started off writing melodies…

— Sophie Thatcher

Grunge gave me a sense of identity, and I remember really associating with 'Silverchair,' who were these chilled-out Australian teenagers. The fact…

— Kevin Parker

We live in a time where everybody has an opinion and everyone's opinion can be featured somewhere, whether it's an online column…

— Charlie Benante

One of the things I wonder is whether it's good that the whole free model makes a lot of people listen to…

— Tablo

If I do a song with a chorus and a verse, it takes me about 25 minutes. If I do a song…

— NLE Choppa

“Taking five or ten or fifteen years to make an album, like Guns N’ Roses did, is just f**king ridiculous, end of…

— Ozzy Osbourne

I look fondly back on renegade days of my youth. Not the partying or anything, but it's still the spirit that I…

— Terry Richardson

Life can be challenging and sad... but music is the easy part.

— St. Vincent

When I die, just keep playing the records.

— Jimi Hendrix

People will steal ideas and put them into songs.

— Mike McCready

I can be more real and more vulnerable when I sing.

— Tee Grizzley

As a singer, you need to find you water that works for you.

— Melanie Brown

Without a song, each day would be a century.

— Mahalia Jackson

You can't play a symphony alone, it takes an orchestra to play it.

— Navjot Singh Sidhu

I've been singing in church since I was little; my grandmother is a pastor.

— Fantasia Barrino

Music can lead people to greater health and happiness.

— John R. Levine

I would hate to think my songs were giving advice to people.

— Nick Cave

Collaborating on lyrics has never worked for me.

— Lapsley

The song Ironic has no meaning cause it isn't ironic

— Sarah Mehmood

Music is the universal language; it is the soundtrack to our existence.

— Melody Gardot

Music is a wonderful way of healing and helping get through things.

— Cindy Wilson

I always felt like I had a punk album waiting to be made.

— Ezra Furman

I hope people will find sincerity and authenticity in my music.

— Lara Fabian