Song Quotes · Page 331

Jimi Hendrix was the most exciting guitarist I've ever heard.

— Brian Jones

The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.

— Victor Borge

I always wanted to learn how to play the guitar.

— Barun Sobti

Success, for me, is a song that can deliver shivers.

— Grimes

Oh I got music, coming outta my hands and feet and kisses

— Julian Casablancas

If anyone asks me about songwriting, I guess I'd say that you just gotta do it.

— Alex Turner

All men that date me have to know that their name may end up in a pop song.

— Kesha

I like how you sing that song. You sound like you're really old.

— John McEuen

I really enjoy playing music. I feel like it's something to try to give to people.

— Frank Fairfield

The Beatles had an influence on everybody. You have to realize what an incredible explosion the Beatles were.

— Lemmy Kilmister

I don't have the best body in the world, but I know for a fact that I have a really good voice.

— Kesha

When I started to play with my fingernails, it was not just for volume. The most important thing was giving the guitar…

— Andres Segovia

You can study orchestration, you can study harmony and theory and everything else, but melodies come straight from God.

— Quincy Jones

I generally, you know, I don't - I don't really scat. I'm - I'm basically a songwriter so you need a little…

— J. J. Cale

Jimi Hendrix could play better than our best guys and he did it while he was dancing while being completely outrageous.

— David Crosby

I want to write a song for someone who has just fallen in love or someone single and living their live.

— Taylor Swift

I would walk down the hall with my guitar and play for anyone that would listen. As a young kid I was…

— Teena Marie

You know, there's an economy in lyric-writing that doesn't afford you, or at least me - I usually start off with nine…

— J. Tillman

I didn't have much of a relationship with the songs and my voice was changing. I didn't have any control over it.…

— Tevin Campbell

I get told I'm a confessional songwriter, which gets on my tits because I think of negative connotations attached to the word…

— Beth Orton

We worked very hard on that untitled record to do something different and that we were proud of and to try a…

— Mark Hoppus

You just have to know your story from the beginning. You have to know what you're going for and be honest with…

— Brian Fallon

It is irrational to charge high prices for socially valuable innovations as this guarantees that they will be underutilized. It is much…

— Thomas Pogge

Listening closely to songs these days, there's a lot of lazy songwriting where people get away with it. I don't want to…

— Steve Gunn

Our goal was definitely to be the biggest band in the world, for sure.

— Redfoo

As long as it sounds good to the ears, I consider any music to be good music.

— Devi Sri Prasad

Alas! all music jars when the soul's out of tune.

— Miguel de Cervantes

I started playing guitar by the time I was 9.

— Jon Pardi

I am proud of Kirk. I think he drums to his own drummer in every way.

— Lee Grant

I was lucky enough to see the Beatles play live.

— Jon English

You love someone because they sing a song only your heart can understand.

— L. J. Smith

I'm kind of still learning my voice and learning my style.

— Shawn Mendes

We love the idea of putting out music in a non-conventional way.

— M. Shadows

Without music and money life would be a regret.

— $Teady

As a kid, I wasn't listening to The Who; I was listening to Frankie Knuckles.

— Nick Frost

Swimming upstream in the music business is a hard thing to do.

— John Oates

Music is really a medicine, it can make you feel good.

— E-40

I felt that when punk came out, it was overlooked.

— Marky Ramone

The most important things cannot be spoken; that’s why there’s music.

— Clive Wearing

I grew up in Detroit. So my mother always loved big band music.

— Glenn Frey