Song Quotes · Page 374

I don't sit down to write a song, per se.

— Creed Bratton

When a song comes to you, you can't run around it.

— Connie Smith

I don't think a song should be put in a category.

— Billie Eilish

I don't know what else I would have done, because I love music too much.

— Julie Gold

I feel like, with an album, that's how you get to know an artist.

— Rich Brian

With 'Westworld,' the player piano plays a very important role.

— Ramin Djawadi

God gave us music, so we play with our words.

— Talib Kweli

I don't write duets - I write songs for my voice.

— Tarja Turunen

When you're working a three-hour gig, how do you know when to climax? You just watch the crowd and ride the wave.…

— Alexandra Richards

Some songs seem to achieve the quality of a geometric object - a ball, box, or cone - and I don't mess…

— Peter Blegvad

Children are given Mozart because of the small quantity of the notes; grown-ups avoid Mozart because of the great quality of the…

— Artur Schnabel

As a songwriter, oddly enough, my influences were people like Bob Dylan, The Velvet Underground, and Buddy Holly. Some psychedelic stuff, too.

— Ric Ocasek

Green Day is like sex, when were good, were really good, when were bad . . . were still pretty damn good.

— Mike Dirnt

Prince used to call me up 3am in the morning and invite me to hear some of his new songs.

— Sheena Easton

We love music for the buried hopes, the garnered memories, the tender feelings it can summon at a touch.

— Letitia Elizabeth Landon

Anything that gets to the more emotional and dark side of music, I always enjoy.

— El-P

I've always seen this overlap between medieval warfare and heavy metal. You see heavy metal singers and they'll have like a brace…

— Tim Schafer

I'm in total control. I write the songs, decide what to sing and how to sing. I even control the recording process.…

— Norah Jones

Releasing a record is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the promotion of the product, but you have…

— John Barrow

I brewed potions in a vain search for life everlasting, I read books, I sang songs of history, And today I've come…

— Hanshan

Of what use is the universe? What is the practical application of a million galaxies? Yet just because it has no use,…

— Alan Watts

I'm inspired by day to day life, things that people go through, things that make people tick. Everybody has a story, so…

— Shaggy

I think cool originates with the jazz culture in the '40s. There was probably cool before that, but that's when people started…

— Alissa Quart

Rock 'n roll smells phony and false. It is sung, played and written for the most part by cretinous goons and by…

— Frank Sinatra

I just write songs whenever I feel like it, whenever they come to me.

— Cass McCombs

Music is that great language where a lot can be said and little can be proven.

— Milton Babbitt

I do play the guitar, and I can sing, but just enough to carry a tune.

— Cameron Monaghan

For me, if we're going to have a guitar solo, it needs to be over the top.

— Wayne Static

We just like making the music that we make. It makes us super, super happy.

— Kevin Jonas

It's amazing what the acoustic guitar can bring to the picture.

— John Waite

Obviously, it's great to know that your music is being listened to.

— Victoria Legrand

“Speaking unspoken words, music is a good way to say.”

— Toba Beta

Every personal experience of my life impacts my music.

— Chaka Khan

I'm not going to play funk licks on a jazz album. That makes no sense.

— Branford Marsalis

My dad bought me a guitar and people would ask me to play.

— Rod Stewart

I don't know if I've ever written a song that wasn't on assignment.

— Henry Mancini

The core of all the music I love is a good bass line and a good rhythm.

— Christine and the Queens

There haven't been many credible electronic covers records.

— Martin Gore

It's such a great honor to be mentioned along The Beatles.

— J-Hope

If I heard someone else singing like me, I would buy it in a heartbeat.

— Amy Winehouse