Song Quotes · Page 323

It's a powerful thing hearing your friend on a very beautiful song.

— Paul McCartney

The song 'Gave It All Away' has a reggae sound.

— Ronan Keating

I believe 100 percent in the power and importance of music.

— James Taylor

I like people who can write and sing, and play an instrument.

— Sixto Rodriguez

I never thought that I would have the No 1 song in the world.

— Tones and I

Joan Mitchell, Joan Baez, Judy Collins - that was my mom's era.

— Cheyenne Jackson

I didn't really want to sing at first, but my dad insisted that I do.

— Aretha Franklin

You just don't wake up one day and decide that you need to write songs.

— Bob Dylan

The book of love has music in it In fact that's where music comes from Some of it is just transcendental Some…

— Peter Gabriel

When we played with the Rollins Band, we'd keep songs going until we felt like ending it.

— Adam Jones

Music to me is mankind's greatest possible achievement because look at all the good it does.

— Henry Rollins

Of course it's fantastic to have bands formed in garages, but there is a market for other types of music.

— Rachel Stevens

I don't want to do romantic roles where I have to lip sync to a song. A role that explores romance on…

— Irrfan Khan

That's what the drummer is supposed to do. Keep the time. If you can do something else besides that, fine. But the…

— Elvin Jones

The End of a long week with Viking Leader AKA DJ Virgo AKA Avicii! So many great songs! #icantwait #revolution

— Madonna Ciccone

The whole Lower Ninth Ward hasn't really recovered, but I feel a good spirit in my heart that something is going on…

— Dr. John

It's kind of dumb; everybody should be able to listen to the kind of music they want and just because you're a…

— Ray Toro

That's one reason why it's pretty worthless, I can't totally buy it, if you think about it, it's things like the Phil…

— Lester Bangs

In 2008 it's easy to get huge before you have an album out with the Internet. I think that's great and you…

— Girl Talk

Saying you're a pop group isn't saying very much. Personally, when I think of pop, I think of instant, accessible, catchy songs…

— Ed MacFarlane

In country music the lyric is important and the melodies get a little more complex all the time, and you hear marvelous…

— Dinah Shore

As a kid, my parents would always listen to a lot of Beatles, Queen, Elvis. My mom was born and raised in…

— Alessia Cara

“When you fell into my life, I was shattered beyond repair. But as the shining angel of redemption, you didn’t seem to…

— Katie Ashley

When the good student chooses the honest path, free of perfectionism and faking, music study becomes something refreshingly new: a calm oasis…

— William Westney

Our music is just perfect for us because we make it just how we want to her it.

— Kings Of Leon

Gaah you need to listen to this song!!! Im in loveee !

— Trey Songz

Singing isn't always about being on key; it's about emotionality.

— Chris Robinson

I think that being precious and rock and roll should never go together.

— Grace Potter

The lousy guitar player in any band is the bass player.

— Jimmy Iovine

“hung-over groan, the elective malady’s melody.”

— Ian McEwan

The most perfect expression of human behavior is a string quartet.

— Jeffrey Tate

Not doing music period is the death of a musician.

— Melody Gardot

There's a responsibility as a musician to do the music that you want to hear.

— El-P

Black Sabbath invented heavy metal, in my opinion.

— Eddie Trunk

I want him to see the flowers in my eyes and hear the songs in my hands.

— Francesca Lia Block

When we separate music from life we get art.

— John Cage

There are no bridges in folk songs because the peasants died building them.

— Eugene Chadbourne

Eloquence the soul, song charms the senses.

— John Milton

Music is now becoming 'free,' and it's very difficult for new artists to start.

— Peter Frampton

My song titles are always left-field or mean a lot to me.

— Westside Gunn