Song Quotes · Page 402

Led Zeppelin was a very sensitive and beautiful animal beast.

— Robert Plant

Jazz was more of a tool for me to use to enhance my musicality.

— John Otto

The title of a song is like the wrapping on a present.

— Billy Corgan

When rock roll is done with that fervor, it's close to gospel.

— Paul Stanley

Lyrics are tough for me and I never feel like they're quite done.

— Stacey King

I was playing in other rock bands. Any of those bands didn't last long.

— Ikue Mori

The common denominator is a love of music.

— Natasha Bedingfield

Society has low standards for what is considered good or great music.

— Eyedea

Sometimes you sing songs about the way you want to feel more than the way you actually do feel.

— Jon Crosby

I probably spent more time as a kid playing air guitar to Jimmy Page than any other guitar player.

— Paul Gilbert

No matter how long what I'm doing here lasts, I want to be a songwriter for the rest of my life. I…

— Miley Cyrus

Creating music fulfills me. It gives me purpose. It connects me with the world...

— Colbie Caillat

If you're just making a record to pay the bills, that's not a great idea because chances are it might not come…

— Brian Fallon

One of the things that I think is such a constant in country music is that the song is so much a…

— Suzy Bogguss

If I just gave you a piece of paper with the lyrics written down on it, it would mean something to you.…

— Smokey Robinson

I think the music of Mozart is like a universe of human feelings, sentiments and fragility, and ... that's why it's so…

— Cecilia Bartoli

“[D]id you ever notice how friendships are a lot like pop songs? They are for girls, anyway. First there's the newness of…

— Brando Skyhorse

The New Deal exists principally on an emotional plane for Obama. To him, the New Deal is something you play like a…

— Amity Shlaes

In hindsight I might have chosen a different path and everything but I still make music, I have a core following that…

— Chesney Hawkes

“Why do you weep, child? We of the Floating World live only for the moment, giving all our time to the pleasures…

— James Clavell

Eric's Trip is still a huge influence on me. The style of those recordings and the rawness of them is very inspiring.…

— Phil Elverum

My whole life is geared to play guitar. I play what I want when I want and I hope the listener gets…

— Jim Sullivan

I think at one time every drummer wanted to play like Krupa or wanted to win a Gene Krupa drum contest. This…

— Buddy Rich

'Roxbury Drive' was the street I grew up on as a little kid, and it was the street that I first listened…

— Kat Graham

The main goal of my music is to make people feel strong and confident.

— Megan Thee Stallion

My first memory of guitar was seeing my father play one.

— Joe Bonamassa

Take a step, breathe in the world, give it out again in story, poem, song, art.

— Jane Yolen

I've got stories on every one of my albums, big ones.

— Ghostface Killah

When it comes to music, I'm such a fan of music and it makes me feel so much.

— Snoh Aalegra

Chords that vibrate sweetest pleasure Thrill the deepest notes of woe.

— Robert Burns

You're never going to improve on a Michael Jackson song if you cover it.

— Ian Brown

Composers are very individual creatures.

— Krzysztof Penderecki

Not everyone wants to be in misery in every song!

— Machine Gun Kelly

How light the touches are that kiss the music from the chords of life!

— Coventry Patmore

I don't know why I need music, I just do, and that's what I love.

— Declan McKenna

I practice and work hard at my music, but I'm not saving lives here.

— Harry Connick, Jr

I love to sing random stuff. That's exciting for me.

— Samantha Barks

It's a really bad idea to be in a band and get involved with each other.

— Ann Wilson

My dad played music so I was around it at a really young age.

— Shawna Thompson

I was always good at hearing complete arrangements in my head.

— Jimmy Page