Song Quotes · Page 493

Out of the ashes of the music business, comes the rebirth of the musician business.

— John Perry Barlow

As convenient as that would be to make it easier to communicate with more prolific musicians, I don't want to think of…

— Blake Judd

Factoring in millions of people when I'm writing a song is not a good idea. I don't ever do it.

— Taylor Swift

My goal is just to be real and bring people good music and let them enjoy the music that I bring.

— Stefflon Don

My favourite guitar was - I can't remember if it was '50s or '60s - a pale wood Telecaster, and it made…

— Viv Albertine

Going to radio with a rap record prior to going to the consumer is like having no foreplay with your girlfriend.

— Lyor Cohen

The music industry as a whole needs to genuinely make a conscious effort to look after people's physical and mental health.

— Sam Fender

'Uprising' was one of the first three or four albums I ever bought in 1980 when I was 13, and that had…

— Kevin Macdonald

It is inescapable that Ringo was the catalyst for the others. He certainly completed the jigsaw and The Beatles, with Ringo, became…

— Brian Epstein

Charlie Christian played amplified guitar with Benny Goodman's quartet. He was the greatest guitar player that ever was. But he never looked…

— Chuck Berry

I don't play the traditional Charlie Parker songs. But I do improvise and I do create with my instrument, and that to…

— Kenny G

I try to sing many different kinds of songs. If I sing a batch of humorous songs, I'll throw in a deadly…

— Pete Seeger

It takes a lot to put a 5-piece band on, even though we need it. We need those harmonies; I need those…

— The-Dream

There's a misconception that, as you have success with a band for a long time, things get easier, and that's not necessarily…

— Lzzy Hale

I will be honest, I like to always say that I am not that creative. My skill is digging in deep down…

— Esther Povitsky

My 'Chili Palmer' was my mother. Her name is Carmen Milian, and she's my manager. Before getting into music, we actually educated…

— Christina Milian

Tell your sotries to me, Show me your bruises. Let's see what humanityis capable of handling

— La Dispute

I was left to painstakingly deal with the aftermath of my avoidance later in life, in therapy or through the lyrics of…

— Alanis Morissette

Other people's songs can inspire me, though - I always have music on when I'm painting.

— Danny Fox

What do you have to do to get people to take an interest? I'm not going to go out and cause a…

— John Lydon

I'd like to write songs for other people, see things from a different perspective. I'd like to watch things from the dugout…

— Ian Brown

I don't think I could ever give up music. It's what makes me tick. If there was no music, there would be…

— Maggie Stiefvater

Once you're away from music, I realize that's as intrinsic to who I am as anything else. That's the part that takes…

— Carrie Brownstein

Sometimes I'll be playing along and find I'm missing the strings. I'll worry about it for days until I notice that the…

— Terry Kath

It's a band singing on how metal should be played, the effect it has on the band and its listeners.

— Christopher Lee

I'm not really into the whole lyrics thing; I just like to make music that people like to listen to.

— Fetty Wap

If I talk to a new guy, it's because the old guy bores me, and I already wrote a bunch of songs…

— Bibi Bourelly

I'm not concerned at all to have a number one song or a top 10 or top 50 or top whatever.

— Anitta

I think Green Day's 'American Idiot' is probably the best comeback or mid-career record that any band has done.

— Brian Fallon

You know, being able to, in my mind, have a song that you know doesn't really have any loose ends or you…

— Jonny Lang

A lot of times, I'm singing things that are observational and am definitely including myself.

— Kacey Musgraves

I've always treated my songwriting as a process that isn't solely driven by a production model or genre, but instead by a…

— Matthew Koma

I'm always just looking to get back to the joy of playing music, and keeping it simple, as much as I can.

— Chris Stapleton

My folks bought a baby grand piano and that's where I did the majority of figuring out the songs I heard on…

— Borns

The music does a lot for me. I'm one of those types of artists who the music really inspires my delivery, my…

— LeCrae

When I was 9 years old, growing up in Denver in the 1960s, I'd spend hours listening to my friend's mother's record collection.

— Philip Bailey

In Romanticism, the main determinant is the mood, the atmosphere. And in that regard, you could also describe Schubert as a Romantic.

— Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

You are my song playing so softly in my heart, I reach for you, you seem so near yet so far.

— Anonymous

It is music that causes the heart to broaden and the listener to grow cold with ecstasy and fright.

— Carson McCullers

A right balance between music and lyrics is important. Music complements lyrics.

— Kailash Kher