Song Quotes · Page 487

I think being married and in love and all of that changed how I write songs and what I want to sing…

— Gabby Barrett

There is no music like a little river's . . . It takes the mind out-of-doors . . . and . .…

— Robert Louis Stevenson

I always give the encore over to chaos, so people can yell out requests and I can hack my way through a…

— Liz Phair

You think you've moved on, there will always be the song which will bring back all the memories you thought you've forgotten.

— Anonymous

I can write a happy song, but there has to be some sort of twist. Otherwise it feels a bit cheesy.

— Dean Lewis

The religious lifestyle keeps you focused. It's helpful when trying to manoeuvre through the music scene.

— Matisyahu

I make music for people to relate to and to connect with me. I want to tap into different emotions.

— Saweetie

Vinyl is great, I made a lot of vinyl, but I don't want new vinyl that's from digital sources, because that's a…

— Neil Young

Around the time I dropped out of college, I decided to start taking what I liked about short stories and apply it…

— Avey Tare

I don't think there was ever a moment when I was like, 'Yeah, I want to be a singer!' I guess it…

— Ellie Goulding

During our first year, we were playing Priest and Maiden cover tunes all the time while we figured out what we wanted…

— Jeff Hanneman

I'm so thankful for 'Backseat' because it's doing so much. It's almost at two million listens on Spotify. It's changed my life.…

— Ari Lennox

But my role is to just apply the skills I've learned over the years: you listen to the guitar, you listen to…

— Krist Novoselic

"Animal" is my favorite song because it's a reminder for me every night when I step on to stage that I am…

— Andrew Ripp

I can understand how some people might resent me for having the audacity to continue playing music, but it'd take a lot…

— Dave Grohl

I let the song come to me. Then that thing comes to you, and you just know what that thing is. Music…

— Benny Blanco

I'm always excited about music, but having spent so much time in its pursuit - well, my musical life is complicated.

— Chris Thile

“Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) was born in Salzburg, Austria on January 27. About eleven minutes later he was writing his own music.”

— Ron David

Songs like Reach and S Club Party are pop classics. I'm really proud that I had a part in them.

— Rachel Stevens

I know it's simple, but my main inspiration is just my love of music. I know that sounds overly naive. But it's…

— Moby

“What do you want to sing?” “My favorite song.” “I don’t know if she’ll like that one.” “She will.” Marcus had the…

— Neil Gaiman

For us every gig is a responsibility. We don't want people seeing us then saying, 'They're not as good as The Proclaimers.'

— Jim Kerr

Almost every band has somebody who's the main songwriter and who has a vision, a very clear idea of how a song…

— Stephen Malkmus

I am sure as I grow older I will understand more about my own feelings and how to put them in a…

— Michael Tolcher

Music has the power to make me feel good like nothing else does. It gives me some peace for a while. Takes…

— Gil Scott-Heron

Music is an emotional experience, and that is what imprints itself on the soul. And I think for me, any great art…

— Greg Lake

That romantic notion of a band being a total democracy is just like lying to yourself in the mirror.

— Cedric Bixler-Zavala

In a novel, the biggest symbiosis exists between plot and character. In a song, it would be the lyrics and the melody.

— Jesse Michaels

I remember being turned on to The Beach Boys, hearing 'Surfin' U.S.A.,' I guess, in 1960. But The Beatles really did it…

— Joey Ramone

I get to play what I'm feeling on my solo records, and I get to bang the hell out of a drum…

— Bill Ward

You tie me up in knots. I want to play you a thousand different songs so you can get a clue of…

— Katy Evans

I never anticipated that people would be listening to my songs and getting something out of them.

— Noah Reid

When I'm going through something that has a big impact on my life, it's much easier to sing.

— Avril Lavigne

We're not on a mission to uplift people, but music in general has such a profound effect on people.

— Ron Mael

Writing songs about it is a really useful way for me to love New York more, and stay observing it, and not…

— Frankie Cosmos

There's gotta be more to life than chasing down every temporary high to satisfy me.

— Stacie Orrico

I'm still an angry dude. I'm just older. I still push the band to be heavy and dark-that's always been my role.

— Kim Thayil

There's not a lot of pop music in the mainstream that makes you feel scared, that makes you wonder what's happening.

— Prince

A lot of my songs deal with spirituality and God, and I guess if you're in tune with that, you'll read into…

— Lenny Kravitz

I didn't know the piano only has 12 notes. It's just different octaves of the same 12 notes. When I figured that…

— James Ingram