Song Quotes · Page 397

People may have too much of a good thing: Full as an egg of wisdom thus I sing.

— John Wolcot

We need to restore the spirit of irreverence in music.

— Pierre Boulez

I don't listen to my music if I'm not making it.

— SZA

I've had singing lessons and plan to show off.

— Geri Halliwell

In f-major, c* is a sonority contained within the overtones of the tonic f*.

— Jean-Philippe Rameau

There is a downside to having one of the biggest-selling albums ever.

— Carole King

Music...This is the favorite passion of my soul.

— Thomas Jefferson

I've always had an instrument attached to my body.

— Maggie Rogers

I'm not here to change the music world, but I'm definitely here to show what I can do and express myself through…

— Lee DeWyze

There is perhaps nothing that is not musical. Perhaps there's no moment in life that's not musical... All instruments, musical or not,…

— George Brecht

I come from a very musical family, and a songwriter, a musician, is a byproduct of the influences of his life, whether…

— Pedro Capo

I am never happier than when I have something to compose, for that, after all, is my sole delight and passion

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

In Kannada cinema, the introduction song for the hero is normally, as we call it, a massy commercial number.

— Arjun Janya

'I Want It That Way' is a feelgood song. It's happy, easy to sing along with, and everybody knows it.

— Brian Littrell

I'm just excited that I get to put out the music I love versus music just for the sake of it.

— Estelle

Unfortunately for humanity, I've gotten into the habit of providing my own closing music for shows by singing a song and playing…

— John Hodgman

It could be the old man I see at the store or the chick I see walking down the block. Normal people…

— Mic Geronimo

I think the tendency to paint composers or styles of music with too broad a brush - for example, identifying composers as…

— Michael Hersch

Sometimes you meet people that try to explain to you your work, and how to write a song and how to sing…

— Jain

I was at a picnic, and there were a lot of songwriters. I remember praying, 'God I wish you would give me…

— Andrae Crouch

I wrote 'Song Like You' the day I recognized that someone who was really important to me was not actually very good…

— Bea Miller

When ABBA broke up, I assumed our music would fall into oblivion so in the early 90's with BJRN AGAIN becoming popular…

— Bjorn Ulvaeus

I was age six or seven, and singing, "Jesus wants me for her son, beep, to shine for him," and people smiled…

— Al Jarreau

People say I'm the life of the party Because I tell a joke or two Although I might be laughing loud and…

— Smokey Robinson

My ambition was just to be able to play guitar.

— Angus Young

Music was our way of remembering our inner selves, our values.

— Alice Herz-Sommer

Music is the best way for me to say I love you.

— Mireille Mathieu

Music has always had the ability to comfort and inspire.

— Pete Seeger

We were never the trendiest band, but we've always been here.

— Steve Lukather

I learned to read music when I was 10 and did piano and took lessons.

— Chris Cornell

And the music, as far as a type of music, it's still pretty viable.

— Steve Forbert

“For your learning disability pleasure, I’ll be playing a song backwards.”

— Jarod Kintz

Singer-songwriters should be playing songs that aren't background music.

— Jack Savoretti

I was an emcee for bar mitzvahs from age sixteen to twenty-one.

— James Wolk

Music should always be just a celebration.

— K-Maro

Stay adventurous with that musical taste.

— Anthony Fantano

It's always awesome when my blinker matches the beat of the song on the radio.

— Anonymous

Music is edifying, for from time to time it sets the soul in operation.

— John Cage

There are mad people out there with good beats.

— Ghostface Killah

When people live in accordance with Nature, the song of life becomes sweet.

— Mata Amritanandamayi