Song Quotes · Page 439

I don't like all these people slagging her for breaking up the Beatles, don't blame it on Yokey.

— Bare Naked Ladies

Farewell,' she said. 'I hope you hear many more songs' - which was the best way she could think of to say…

— Peter S. Beagle

I really believe in the power of music - and I mean literally the power of musical tones - to rearrange the…

— Michael Azerrad

Usually a song being hard to write is a sign that the song isn't good enough. It should be like a good…

— Oh Land

I use my music to kind of lead my feelings. I feel like if I make a happier sound, I will be…

— Lil Tracy

When it feels like the lyrics to the song you're listening to were written just for you..

— Music

The regular rhythm and upbeat tunes of military music or marching bands positively affect your mood even if you don't actually 'enjoy'…

— Liz Miller

Rich kids who write songs about food stamps always piss me off. I'm not going to write any songs about that, either.

— Neko Case

For a little kid like me, growing up in Carle Place, you put on John Lee Hooker late at night, and it's…

— Joe Satriani

When I found music I thought, that's what I want to do, but the idea of it being a job never crossed…

— Caleb Followill

I have had vocal training, at Cal Arts we had very extensive vocal training, it's an hour and a half per class…

— Alison Brie

Almost every second film today has a rehashed version of an old song. In fact, even non-filmi songs are now being rehashed…

— Ankit Tiwari

In the meantime [1963-65], [Bob] Dylan was writing some of the best love songs in the genre, like "Girl From the North…

— Jay Michaelson

I write each song individually and each one calls for individual musicians, You sit around and wonder who can we get to…

— Warren Zevon

Maybe you play a melody twice. You play it once like you like it, and some parts that you don't like you…

— Miles Davis

In the rhythm of life, we sometimes find ourselves out of the tune, but as long as there's someone which becomes our…

— Anonymous

It was great being together as a band, but much more difficult being brothers than it was being in a band.

— Barry Gibb

“All bands eventually break up because of one or more of the four P's: power, property, prestiege, pussy.”

— Dave Mustaine

Van Halen stood out from the corporate rock clones being churned out monthly by the music industry.

— Marky Ramone

Music was a way for me to almost speak things into existence before they even happened and to build confidence.

— Darren Waller

There is too much emphasis on technical perfection nowadays, and not enough on what music is actually about - irony, joy, human…

— Mstislav Rostropovich

Loving you is hard and wanting you is wrong; like a paper full of words without the melody of a song ...

— Anonymous

That's one of my struggles as a hip-hop artist. If I feel like doing a super conscious song where I don't even…

— SonReal

I want to grow as an artist, and I'm taking a step out. I want my music to mature.

— Justin Bieber

Songs are not better just because they're emotionally honest. To write a song well, you have to put some work into it…

— Jakob Dylan

“Judy Collins sings about in “The Blizzard,” or read Alice Walker’s essay “My Father’s Country Is the Poor.” Each”

— Gloria Steinem

I'm always trying to experiment and come up with new palettes of sound and new combinations of music that you haven't really…

— Ludwig Goransson

For people who write songs, it's a gift you're given. You become good at the craft, but you're given the gift.

— Chris Martin

The only 'anti-fascist' song that makes any sense to me is the Beatles' 'Love Is All You Need', because, quite simply, it's…

— Penny Rimbaud

I feel like I'm waving the flag for musicianship, trying to bring back bands that can play.

— Jonathan Davis

'Haaye ve' is special to me because it is about unconditional love. The song is that when you love someone you can…

— Ammy Virk

This was the reason there was music, he realized. There were some feelings that didn't have words big enough to describe them.

— Jodi Picoult

I've sort of decided that I can settle for being just the artist, arranger, writer and part-time engineer. That seems like enough…

— Tom Scholz

But this isn’t like anything I’ve ever seen, or imagined, or even dreamed: This is like music or dancing but better than…

— Lauren Oliver

I play acoustic when I need to play acoustic, and I say I'm probably a better acoustic player than I am electric.

— Joe Bonamassa

As far as guitar picking, if I make the same mistakes at the same time every day, people will start calling it…

— John Prine

I think that's the way to go - dive into the music and don't think, stay frozen, why don't we all stay…

— Carlos Alomar

Happy Song' is a sarcastic open letter to the world about how we use superficial and trivial things to ignore the real…

— Oliver Sykes

I would hope my legacy would be bringing smiles to faces. Happiness with my music.

— Janet Jackson

I've only been blessed with one talent, unfortunately, and that's being able to sing a wee bit.

— Nadine Coyle