Song Quotes · Page 369

I got tired of playing other people's songs.

— Gregg Allman

“You see there's no real ending, it's only the beginning, come out and play.”

— Shinedown

“Music is the music of all music, and I am jealous.”

— John Sladek

At times, I fit into lyrics more then I fit into life.

— James Merrow

In order to lead the orchestra, you must first turn your back to the crowd.

— Mike Mentzer

Collaboration is part of what keeps me interested in music.

— Mark Lanegan

The guitar is the most beautiful of all instruments.

— Julian Bream

“I write songs that are like diary entries. I have to do it to feel sane.”

— Taylor Swift

I really enjoy playing solo acoustic. I think it's good for me as a songwriter to stay in touch with what it…

— Jeff Tweedy

Every time I put out music and it goes well, it's a confirmation of your taste and your gut.

— Russ

So all of the music had reference, or is inspired by something of the dharma that I've come in contact with.

— Joseph Jarman

I don’t think it’s important who I am. I really like playing music, but I don’t really want to be anything in…

— Elliott Smith

For my money, insecurity, depression, etc, can be healed by way of El Morocco, sad songs at 4am, and the pop of…

— Elaine Stritch

I like jazz but actually I didn't love it enough to study it for four years. It was boring.

— Tom Misch

Caress is a sad song blindness is a sad song nevertheless is a sad song loneliness is a sad song airless is…

— Lorna Grace

I'm the same guy at that podium preaching to the people on every single song. I'm not doing a dance for you…

— Fred Durst

There's always room to make stuff that is completely morose and downbeat, but we'd probably spiral into a state of complete despair…

— Dan Smith

I feel very strongly about letting people know I'm proud of who I am. I want people to know when they hear…

— Nomi Ruiz

People don't appreciate music any more. They don't adore it. They don't buy vinyl and just love it. They love their laptops…

— Laura Marling

Any respectable artist has really given up on a label because the labels are still kidding themselves that the only way to…

— Tony Visconti

Music, not being made up of objects nor referring to objects, is intangible and ineffable; it can only be as it were…

— Jacques Barzun

I think that every record label has its trials and tribulations, its ups and downs. The only thing you can do is…

— El-P

With every song I have a person in mind who, in a perfect world, would perform with me. Usually I end up…

— Busta Rhymes

With the bass it's another thing. I don't need to use alternate thumb-picking as much. Even though Jack says he loves it.…

— Jorma Kaukonen

I just wrote one song at a time. Kinda like an alcoholic. One day at a time.

— Neil Young

I went to an art school, so I was a choir boy.

— Raymond Ablack

Yeah, I'd always wanted to do a song with finger-picked, nylon-string guitar.

— Rostam Batmanglij

I wanted a physical kick in the music. I wanted it to be stimulating.

— Andrew Ridgeley

I like everything loud, over the top, dramatic.

— Carmen Electra

I sang on Church Street, every place that had a stage.

— Ruth Brown

A composer's job involves the decoration of fragments of time.

— Frank Zappa

In my hood, I was always with the older guys, but I like everybody's music.

— Shy Glizzy

The second side of Abbey Road is my favorite.

— Ringo Starr

My voice isn't an instrument I can just hang up on a hook.

— Audra McDonald

The singing was something I got from my father.

— Woody Herman

Folk songs in general, I like. The old spooky Scottish folk songs.

— Alasdair MacLean

Sometimes people mishear my lyrics and think a song's about something it isn't.

— Kate Bush

I can only do music if I can do it the way I can do it.

— Mase

I'll get you naked by the end of this song.

— Justin Timberlake

I've always loved music since I was a little kid.

— J Balvin