Song Quotes · Page 424

I'm just a one-instrument player. I have been known to play a blender, but I basically play - just play the violin.

— Itzhak Perlman

For the most part, metal has been underground. It's too dangerous for mom and dad and schools. It will probably always be…

— Wayne Static

I feel close to people like Jimi Hendrix because I connect with his music. Not the man but what he did.

— Henry Rollins

When I heard Bjork's debut, that was when I first realized that I could be a singer, even with my unusual voice.

— Ellie Goulding

Writing music obviously comes from being inspired by things, and big changes in your life, and relationships and growing older and being…

— Tristan Prettyman

“But blasting the drummer into the river, though it would have been easy at this range, was not a good way to…

— Neal Stephenson

I started classical piano when I was eight, but I wasn't a virtuoso. I just really liked it.

— Julia Holter

It is easy to get an interesting loop to happen, but it becomes a collage when the song and loop are constantly…

— Washed Out

I was backstage at the House of Blues in L.A where I was about to perform, and Stevie Wonder and Prince turned…

— Jill Scott

And if I can't be with you I would rather have a different face And if I can't be near you I…

— Neil Finn

Dressed in your Friday best, And ready to impress whoa-oh I like the show, And can I say that you're the prettiest…

— The Ready Set Go

So lots of respect for all you boys and girls out there who tab out songs like all the time. You bring…

— Thurston Moore

It was just a mercy f**k, as it was our 30th anniversary. They gave Grammy to us for a cover of somebody…

— Lemmy Kilmister

As a Beatle, my everyday life belonged to the public in one way or another. We were always appearing for the public…

— George Harrison

I think that music, beats, melody, sound are a natural part of our DNA, our vibe. It’s just a part of the…

— Ziggy Marley

I have to live to write. But I try to discipline myself into writing on the spot as well. I think it's…

— Laufey

“Where the deepest word ends, there music begins with its supersensuous and all-confounding intimations.”

— Herman Melville

You don't have to understand Korean to understand the music, the visuals, the vibe.

— Jisoo

My main thing is constantly looking forward and trying to make music that I couldn't have made at any other time.

— DJ Shadow

When you hear 'Truth of Touch,' I believe you recognize that it is me; however it's not the typical Yanni album.

— Yanni

I just got tired of turning on the radio and everything just sounding the same. I know it might sound corny, but…

— T-Pain

“If life is a song and we are born with the lyrics, then it is up to us to create the music…

— Michelle Cooke

I spent quite a bit of time in choirs, growing up, and in the world-touring music group Anuna.

— Hozier

I think in some ways, it can do a listener a disservice to explain a song. I think I'd rather leave a…

— St. Vincent

It's such a wonderful thing for me to be able to be in there and make music with people that I love,…

— Jay DeMarcus

We're not writing songs to solve a cultural problem. The goal for us is to express what we're going through, and it's…

— Ben Hopkins

Knowledge is still power -- but today you've got to make sure you know more about your listener than their favorite song.

— Bob Walker

I'm not a traditional sonero, at least not in the way they want me to be, I'm an interpreter, and I reach…

— Marc Anthony

When I put out my first mixtape, '50 Cent is the Future,' it was the first tape where an artist did the…

— Curtis Jackson

I must say, I don't think there's any more challenging music out there in jazz than what we're doing.

— Patricia Barber

Secretly, I wanted to look like Jimi Hendrix, but I could never quite pull it off.

— Bryan Ferry

Yes, our band will change and evolve, but we want to establish the reality of what this band truly sounds like.

— Isaac Hanson

I do love to sing. Had I a longer set of thigh bones and a sweeter voice, I should have loved to…

— Gregory Maguire

There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven't yet done

— B. B. King

You're always super stoked when you see that your song did go the distance and people are recognizing it.

— Dr. Luke

If I were to explore music, I'd want to just focus on that and make that my priority.

— Maia Mitchell

What we get in punk these days are layers of 'anti-', and so many of them are so self-serving. It's not about…

— Geoff Rickly

There has never been any proper commitment to marketing these artists and their music. We are not Sony.

— Eddy Grant

It is jazz music that called me to be a musician and I have always sang the songs that moved me the…

— Harry Connick, Jr

Every business is there to make money, and making a record is business. This tends to be forgotten by many.

— Giorgio Moroder