Song Quotes · Page 405

I still find it hard to believe that the whole era of jazz is over.

— Sam Shepard

I can't write songs unless I am in love.

— Kevin Ayers

My parents once caught me conducting Beethoven's 'Fifth Symphony.'

— Walker Hayes

When you're sad,you understand the lyrics

— Olayemi Ayodeji

I'm moved by what I hear about the power of music.

— Judith Durham

Broken guitar for sale - no strings attached …

— Punit Ghadge

I sang the 'Kim Possible' song for their cartoon series 'Kim Possible'.

— Christina Milian

My father was a stone mason, and a talented amateur pianist and vocalist.

— John E. Walker

I'm a pretty bad troubadour. I'm more of a music fan who got away with making records.

— Ryan Adams

I'm trying my best to keep things exactly the same. Spotify hasn't changed my process other than doubling up. We do twice…

— Joe Budden

I admire the ballad form most of all. Stories are irresistible. I've always had a passion for stories, the endings being of…

— David Massengill

I think I have got a peculiar voice really, it neither one thing nor the other. It's not a contralto and it's…

— Vera Lynn

This guy told me that playing the guitar is the best way to calm you down. I bet he never tried smashing…

— Nikhil Saluja

With streaming, everything is focused on singles. That means an artist's depth doesn't have the chance to shine through.

— Joe Hisaishi

[You Got To Make It Through The World] it's kind of a survival song. Survival is what's happening and it's basically a…

— Van Morrison

When I'm listening to a song, it's the lyrics and the stories they tell that matter most to me.

— Sara Evans

With every song, all the elements have to work. First, the beat has to be great - you start there. You start…

— Eminem

One does not realize the historical sensation as a re-experiencing, but as an understanding that is closely related to the understanding of…

— Johan Huizinga

Some bands sound like one song the whole album through. We've been all over the place because we are punk, hardcore, rock…

— Sonny Sandoval

There are... certainly more innovations on 'Revolver'... but the truth of the matter is 'Sgt. Pepper' has something that was just completely…

— Steven Van Zandt

Way back in the day, when I first started and had delusions of adequacy as a cartoonist, I would listen to music.…

— Alan Moore

When I was on the big labels, I never calculated what would make me sell more records. I just did what I…

— Jill Sobule

Yes, when I come up with ideas on my own, it's almost always a melody, just as often an instrument or bassline…

— Caroline Polachek

Earl Scruggs had this thing that it wasn't just the technique or even the instrument. It was him. There was this soulful…

— Earl Scruggs

People don't really need to question our sincerity when it comes to our songs.

— Ted Dwane

I've always liked a lot of different kinds of music.

— Dianne Reeves

I wouldn't sit down and work at writing a song like a novelist or something.

— Roger Taylor

I always went to Sunday school, sang in the choir.

— Ann-Margret

I still sing. I don't know if I'm going to sing on 'Glee' or 'New Normal.

— NeNe Leakes

I was raised listening to so many wonderful females with great music.

— Gabby Barrett

“A truly great piano is one that enables you to convey deep emotion”

— Sviatoslav Richter

I make singers sing every note fully and wait till they hit the right note.

— Himesh Reshammiya

As I've matured as a songwriter, I realize that if it's out there, it's mine.

— John Mellencamp

One whispered yes becomes the wind song over an ocean of no's.

— Mary Anne Radmacher

I got a song called 'Bicking Back Being Bool.' That's our lingo.

— YG

We all like music in my family, but I'm the only one who's made it my life.

— Pixie Lott

I like bands that don't necessarily sell the most records.

— Donal Logue

I don't want to make an album which is full of brutal and jarring techno.

— Jon Hopkins

Music is the tonal reflection of beauty.

— Duke Ellington

I love that I'm able to reference Dow Jones in a song, I think that's funny.

— Noah Kahan