Song Quotes · Page 461

'My Church' - that was really the tipping point of me going from songwriter to artist.

— Maren Morris

I hated old people as a young kid who thought he knew anything about punk rock. I just thought old people sucked…

— Anthony Green

With 'City of Black & White,' I wanted a record that would make you feel good, that would sort of take you…

— Mat Kearney

I could sing you a thousand and one doo-wop songs. I love the simplicity in that music. It's not super-poetic, it's just…

— Bruno Mars

It's not easy to decide what kind of music should be our title song or which direction we should go in.

— Ok Taec-yeon

I listen to everything and find parts about a song in the lyrics/melody/chords/production that I like and can be inspired by when…

— Astrid S

We were fans of Green Day and Nirvana or whatever, but the bands we really loved were Chicago bands that didn't really…

— Matt Skiba

'The First Time' is a song that I wrote by myself on my front porch, in real-time, as that situation was happening…

— Kelsea Ballerini

He happens to be my father and an incredible musician. When he gets lucky, we let him into the studio for 20…

— Synyster Gates

I saw the Ramones, early on at a country-rock palace in Denver. They were opening for some record-company band, so the local…

— Jello Biafra

I grew up seeing my parents perform and sing, and I just always wanted to be singing, too. Music has always been…

— Leah LaBelle

Any professional knows that the flute and the piano is a boring combination. All you've got to arrive at is a kind…

— Morton Feldman

“A song of despair The memory of you emerges from the night around me. The river mingles its stubborn lament with the…

— Pablo Neruda

I think it would be wrong to consider 'Ashes and Fire' a love album. The record is obsessed with time. I believe…

— Ryan Adams

I had pretty much raised my kids and my first wife and I were divorced, so I began, in earnest, to start…

— Jimmy Carl Black

The song 'Why' was always in my head. Three or four years, I always wanted to do a song called 'Why' and…

— Jadakiss

A protest song is a song that's so specific that you cannot mistake it for bullshit

— Phil Ochs

If you love attention and have a pretty decent voice, that's a pretty good combination.

— Zara Larsson

Obviously, for Geffen, if it wasn't for us, it's quite possible that bands like Nirvana or Beck would not be on the…

— Lee Ranaldo

It's deep-rooted, the music of being young and dumb, It's never muted, in fact, it's much louder where I'm from.

— Kendrick Lamar

Nobody can tell you you're wrong for writing a song about how you feel - even if you don't really feel that…

— Norah Jones

Never forget that music is too important to be left entirely in the hands of professionals.

— Robert Fulghum

“Jace Herondale plays the piano very well.” “And he knows it.” “That sounds like a Herondale.” Tessa laughed.”

— Cassandra Clare

We may learn anew what compassion and beauty are, and pause to listen to the Earth's music.

— David R. Brower

Elvis Costello's song writing is so peerless and individualistic. It's storytelling and it's deeply intelligent and clever.

— Chip Esten

Music has always been one of my life's greatest passions - shaping, influencing and motivating me on a daily basis.

— Haim Saban

Well, the stuff that I liked growing up was AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, but I also liked the Beatles and guys like Cat…

— Dave Mustaine

The Beatles did treat me as a member of the group. And that was a great honor, you know?

— Billy Preston

I couldn't have recorded this record 15 years ago. My voice didn't have the depth to pull these songs off.

— John Mellencamp

There's no doubt that the ready availability of music online has created a thousand more opportunities than it's destroyed.

— Mark Hoppus

With a lot of songs, songs that don't make a good statement, I forget the words.

— Glen Campbell

Releasing a record makes you realise what you want to do with music. It's not something you can understand before you do…

— Declan McKenna

I love singing, and I came to absolutely adore it in the later part of my career.

— Julie Andrews

It's been a transformative period and I really wanted to make music from what I've experienced.

— Adam Lambert

I was gonna write songs, I was gonna be a star and a singer and I never thought of doing anything else.

— Kim Carnes

I get mad about something, and then I have this melody in my head, and then afterwards, the lyrics come.

— Alice Merton

If somebody else wanted to do a song for McDonald's, that's up to them. I wouldn't do something like that, but whatever.

— Kurt Vile

I get to express myself in my songs more than I can ever do in real life or in talking to somebody.…

— Max Cavalera

I can sing fine and I can play guitar fine, but put 'em together and it becomes a thoughtful effort.

— Jerry Cantrell

Of course, you're always going to be biased but Submarine was amazing and I'm not surprised that people liked it.

— Yasmin Paige